County software cuts PC energy bill

King County government says it has cut the energy use of personal computers by an average of 38 percent since installing software that reduces PCs' energy use when they sit unused for more than 15 minutes.

By Seattle Times staff

King County government agencies have cut the energy use of personal computers by an average of 38 percent since installing software that reduces PCs' energy use when they sit unused for more than 15 minutes.

By turning off monitors after 15 minutes and reducing power to the county's 10,000 networked PCs when they aren't used for an hour, the county will reduce carbon-dioxide emissions by 3 million pounds and save $140,000 in energy costs annually, according to a news release issued by King County and the software vendor, Seattle-based Verdiem.

The software was installed in October 2007.

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Folks: I have been doing desktop tech work for years and the option to control the computer's power consumption has been part of Windows... Posted on May 28, 2009 at 6:12 AM by thezone. Jump to comment

cal3 Mine works just fine, you may have a glitch some ware in your system. Posted on May 28, 2009 at 6:41 AM by olaf in the woods. Jump to comment

i wonder how much it cost to save $140K ? Posted on May 28, 2009 at 7:22 AM by unregistered. Jump to comment

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