Green Business Saves Millions Of Dollars Through Switching Off Computers
Ford Motor Company is re-establishing its position as a green business by turning off laptops and desktop computers at their offices, which in turn can cut down carbon dioxide emissions by 16,000 tons to 25,000 tons per year.
Using a new program dubbed as PC Power Management, the program centrally controls power settings on Windows laptops and desktop computers to cut down on electricity waste. Power profiles are used on every computer of the company so that the usage patterns are screened and it can be decided when to switch off the computers.
The program has the capacity to turn off computer systems that are not being used