How can I make my workstation more power efficient?

Some power consumption figures, all numbers were calculated at the UPS by subtracting the base load on the UPS from the current workload:

Base load at UPS (networking and NAS): 130W

Workstation booted, in OS, no apps (monitor connected ie not headless as normal workflow): 60W
(nvidia-smi reported 15W per gpu)

Workstation running a few apps inc a youtube video: 120W
(nvidia-smi reported 30W at the monitor connected GPU)

Mac Studio, booted, no apps: 30W

Mac Studio, running a few apps inc a youtube video: 35W !!!

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