12 Oct 2006
Nearly nine out of 10 employees have never been asked to shut down their PC at night, according to a survey by the National Energy Foundation (NEF) and software vendor 1E.
The PC Energy Report also found that one in five office workers left their computers on at night three times a week, wasting more than £100m a year and emitting an extra 700,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere.
‘If all UK businesses shut down their PCs at night, the CO2 saved would deliver 10 per cent of the government’s climate change levy (CCL) targets,’ says the report.
The CCL is a tax on the use of energy in industry. The government hopes it will lead to reductions in emissions of at least 2.5 million tonnes of carbon a year by 2010.
‘A lot of PC users, especially in large organisations, do not shut down their PCs at the end of the day and do not have their hibernation settings turned on,’ said 1E chief executive Sumar Karayi.
What do you think? Email us at feedback@computing.co.uk
Further reading:
Have your say on this article
Newsletters
Latest stories from Client
Latest videos
You may also like
Client jobs
Technology Patent Wars
Case studies from large organisations across all sectors
... And rich media, and flexible working, and peaks in traffic ...
Upcoming Events
Join us for this Computing web seminar, in which the Head of BI at the Co-operative Group Nick Colebourn will be explaining just how he reigned in the Group’s sprawling database estate and how significant savings were realised and data quality improved as a result.
Date: 31 May 2012
Time: 11:00 AM
Live June 13th 11:00am: Register now. During this web seminar we will be looking at the sorts of incidents that can bring data centres grinding to a halt and what can be done about them.
Date: 13 Jun 2012
Time: 11:00 am
Receive the latest jobs direct to your inbox
Are you being paid what you are worth?
