PC power consumption: does it really matter?

[DainBramaged]

More than 30 billion kilowatt-hours (108 petajoules) of energy is wasted because many of us simply forget to shut down our computers when we aren’t using them.

If we could improve the efficiency of how we use our PCs, the value of energy saved would be over $3 billion dollars! What’s more the CO2 emissions from just 15 computers are equivalent, in energy terms, to the gas consumption of one car!

Verdiem Corporation is a company that has helped enterprises, the World over, reduce energy waste from IT devices, and with its free download application, Edison, Verdiem is making its money and energy saving technology available to home users.

Edison system requirements

Windows XP (Service Pack 2) or Windows Vista
256MB RAM
Microsoft Internet Explorer® 5.01 or later
7MB free hard disk space
If .NET 2.0 is not already installed, 280MB of additional disk space required

Application description

Created by Verdiem Corporation, Edison is a free PC energy management tool launched in late August 2008. This easy-to-use application allows users to control their PCs’ energy consumption more effectively. To use the application, users have merely to download Edison, scroll the Savings bar to the desired level of efficiency, set the schedule, and then leave it to run in the background while the PC is on.




http://www.localcooling.com/free-software-downloads/verdiem-edison-review/

Another public service by the Bramaged one

http://www.verdiem.com/edison/ Download from here

[DainBramaged]

1. I would have thought, with DU being the bastion of Progressive thought

that this software would be welcomed and lauded. I was mistaken. I'll refrain from contributing to the reduction of our carbon footprint in the future.

[Mugu]

4. I hate to admit it,

But, I treat my computer like I do my alarm clock, I never turn it off. It goes to sleep after 15 minutes of inactivity, but it might as well not have an on/off button.

I always have Outlook Express, a photo viewer, a photo editor, a media player, and 3 windows with 15 tabs open. Whenever I shut it down it takes forever to get it going again. Hell, I hate having to reboot it every couple of weeks.

[Deja Q]

5. Show me a racing car that doesn't burn gas for breakfast.

Or is that too progressive a thing of me to ask?

(forgive me, but I see more waste and pollution coming from NASCAR and the ilk. Gas, tires, engine components, et cetera. And PC components have been made more green over the years. Cars have not.)

[DainBramaged]

8. 44 cars a week, some straw man you threw up there.

A single Chrysler Newport, vintage 1988, with a dead cylinder, produces MORE pollution than a racing engine at peak performance.

Give me a break. Why not piss on all the other sports and the people who waste energy going to them, or is NASCAR your sacred cow.

I guess in your perfect world, we shall have no entertainment.

What a joke. And thanks for coming into the thread to throw shit on it.

[rufus dog]

2. thanks for the links

[elizfeelinggreat]

3. Can I ask a question?

How is this different from Power Options on my control panel? I also tell my computer to go to sleep after 15 minutes of no activity hoping that helps cut down on the power consumption.

(I apologize for not reading through the link before asking since I'm half-surfing, half-cooking dinner).

[elizfeelinggreat]

7. answering myself

from the link:

You may ask, “But why should I download a free application when I already have control over the power settings of my PC’s monitor, hard-disk and other peripherals?” :lol:

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By comparison Edison offers you a far more sophisticated range of PC power management tools. You can tell this free application when you use your computer and also the time when the PC is normally idle so that the software will manage power consumption according to your behavioral and usage patterns. For example if you leave your system on during the night, Edison will know which times you are not on your PC and at those times will increase the energy saving settings to the maximum level possible. You can also input the amount that you pay for your electricity so that Edison will be able to calculate how much it is saving you through managing your PC’s power usage.

Using the Save More feature while you are working will switch off your monitor and hard drive after five minutes of inactivity, and suspend your PC after ten. Alternatively the Save Less setting in the configuration menu means that your display device will be switched off after 30 minutes instead of five, and that your hard drive will be shut down after 45 minutes of idle time. And there are also a whole range of settings between these two extremes.

[Jeep789]

6. Thanks for the info

I'm looking in to it.