Tech Industry Makes Push for Energy Efficiency

[Guest]

After coming under heavy criticism for carbon emissions and lackluster environmental policies, the IT industry is attempting to make the environment a top priority.

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[Mr_Man]

I'm constantly amazed at how few people and businesses shut off their computers at the end of the day. I understand that some people have computers so bogged down with software that it takes them 5 minutes to boot up, but what's 5 minutes compared to the 15 hours the computer was on all night?

 

[Kary]

On some newer systems that support power management you can actually set the systems to boot before the employee even gets to work. If you (or your IT department) have the time you can also have the computers auto shutoff after hours and when idle for a specific amount of time.

I have 1 of our computers setup this way... the rest are dinosaurs
or the computers themselves do work after hours (or both).

 

[gm0n3y]

The IT industry uses the same amount as the airline industry? Isn't that really good considering that the IT industry is many times larger?

 

[tmc]

Yes, we should reduce our demand for power.. so maybe we can demand lower prices from our power companies ? There have been nothing but rate increases in the past few years. How about a reduction!

 

[gm0n3y]

[citation][nom]tmc[/nom]Yes, we should reduce our demand for power.. so maybe we can demand lower prices from our power companies ? There have been nothing but rate increases in the past few years. How about a reduction![/citation]

There is continued increase in demand. Even with our devices becoming more efficient the average person's power consumption has increased simply due to the volume of electronic devices used. Add to this an increase in population and inflation and supply/demand means that rate increases are not only inevitable, but justifiable.