Software Can Save $1,000’s
Software developed at the University of Liverpool could end up saving similar institutions thousands of dollars per week by saving energy. What this software does is simply shut down computer systems when they are not in use, they estimate that a computer that is on for twenty four hours a day, but is only used for forty hours per week will use 17 kW of electricity, but around 13 kW of this is wasted.
The university tested this software, which they called PowerDown on 1,600 computers; these were wasting 20,000 kW each week, when this is put into money that works out at about $3,600 in wasted power. It is clear how large organisations can make use of this software to save energy and power.
Source [Tech Radar]
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