Office Max  has joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star Low Carbon IT Campaign by enabling the power management, or sleep mode, on their computers and monitors.

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, if all office computers and monitors in the U.S. were set to sleep when not being used, the country could save more than 44 billion kWh or $4 billion worth of electricity and avoid the greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those of about 5 million
cars each year.

"We are proud to be part of this inaugural effort to reduce the carbon footprint of our IT operations," said Randy Burdick, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer for OfficeMax. "OfficeMax is committed to fostering programs that help our company operate in a socially, environmentally and fiscally responsible manner."