About half of office computers are left running at night and on the weekends. The dollar cost of this practice is huge. In a given year, a 200 watt computer will consume about $200 dollars. Your costs will vary, based on your local electricity rates. This online CPM savings calculator lets you use the average electricity rate for your state: http://www.enovativenergy.com/Cpm_Calculator.aspx.
Consider a company with 1000 computer systems. If each uses $200 worth of power per year, the electricity cost is $200,000.00. With the right computer power management settings in place, that amount can be reduced by 75%. In other words, savings up to $150,000.00 could be realized. Why aren't more people implementing the right computer power management settings?
One concern might be that 1000 computer systems is a lot to maintain. No one wants to sit and change the power settings for that many computers. Fortunately, there is an easier way. Computer power management (CPM) software from companies like FARONICS will let you change the settings from a central management console. Here is a link to more information about FARONICS Power Save: http://www.enovativenergy.com/Solutions_Faronics.aspx.
The page includes a link for downloading a demo version of the software. It supports both PC and Macintosh systems.
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