A new local search engine, www.maltaquicksearch.com, is helping internet users save energy by a simple change in the website's colour from white to black.
It uses the concept that an average computer monitor requires considerably more power to display a white screen than a black one.
This new local website's search results are powered by Google's custom powered search technology and use a black background to display search results instead of the white screen we are all accustomed to use. However this site is not a version of Google clad in black. It gives different results from google.com.
The new website combines the largest web index search engine powered with local relevance while providing a new 'cool' way of reducing your carbon footprint on the environment. An average CRT monitor consumes 74 watts when displaying an all-white page while newer LCD monitors consume around 50 watts.
"Although this amount is negligible, continuous use of websites such as www.maltaquicksearch.com would mean that a user will have generated much less emissions," a news statement explained.