| Green up | Much energy is consumed and wasted by a tool that we use every day - our PCs.A&A Computers motivates its customers to change habits and green up their offices. | ![]() |
| Refill Cartridges | Whenever customers buy a printer from us, or an ink / toner cartridge, we inform them about our refilling services. | |
| Repair, not replace | If possible, we repair computer equipment, rather than replacing it. | |
| Upgrade, not replace | Whenever customers want a new PC because their old model is 'too slow', we assess if the old PC can be used for a few more years with some software maintenance, and upgrading of memory and storage. | Read here about our technical services |
| Inverters and solar panels, no generators |
In East Africa we experience many power interruptions daily. We advise clients to use inverter backup systems, rather than generator sets. We only sell high quality, long-life batteries. We sell solar equipment to charge the batteries. | |
| Save Energy | This is what we do ourselves, and advise to our customers: - Turn off your PC when you don't use it. - Don't use screen savers because they avoid displays from going blank or shutting down. - Conserve on printing: fully proofread your documents before printing. - Replace old CRT displays with TFT displays. - In your office use one shared printer, instead of personal printers. - Use power saving light bulbs saving 80% of energy. - Make power saving light bulbs last 5+ years by connecting them through a stabilizer. |
Many of our "save money" tips also save energy. |
| Save Paper | We encourage our customers to buy printers with built-in duplexers, for automatic double-sided printing. | |
| In 2010 we are working on | - Recycling old PCs. - Selling low-energy computers. - nComputing |