Blackle, an energy-saving search engine, features a black background. A Heap Media site. Google Custom Search. Make Blackle your homepage. 3,945,151,402 Watt hours saved.
Blackle saves energy because the screen is predominantly black. "Image displayed is primarily a function of the user's color settings and desktop graphics, as well as the color and size of open application windows; a given monitor requires more power to display a white (or light) screen than a black (or dark) screen." (Roberson et al, 2002)
Below are instructions for setting your homepage in the most popular web browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Safari). Please let us know if any of these descriptions are incorrect. There are 2 ways to set Blackle as your homepage in Firefox.
What is the aim of Blackle? The aim of Blackle is to remind people of the need to take small steps every day to save energy. We hope that the flow on effect from people using Blackle and thinking more about other things they can do to save energy will make a significant difference.
Blackle a été créé par Heap Media pour nous rappeler que plein de petites choses de la vie de tous les jours peuvent économiser de l'énergie. Les recherches de Blackle sont basées sur les recherches personnalisées de Google. Blackle permet d'économiser de l'énergie grâce au noir, couleur prédominante de l'écran.
Wie spart Blackle Energie ? Blackle wurde von Heap Media entwickelt, damit wir alle an die Notwendigkeit erinnert werden, in unserem täglichen Leben auch mit kleinen Schritten Energie zu sparen. Die Blackle-Suche wird von Google Custom Research unterstützt.