Wasting E lectricity
Stop Taking Electricity for Granted – It May Not Be Available Tomorrow
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Wasting electricity costs money, but do we all really know how much? Millions could be saved annually by simply switching off computers.
HOUNSLOW, U.K. (PRWEB) October 13, 2005 -- A vast number of people take electricity for granted especially when they are not the one’s paying the bill each month. We are all fairly happy leaving electrical appliances and computers switched on without considering how much it will cost us.
A PC left on for 24 hours each day can use £60 or more of energy per year. If the same computer is turned off at night and weekends, it will only use around £15 of energy per year – a staggering difference.
According to the Carbon Trust an office with 100 PCs, annual energy cost savings could be around £5000 and £15000 if sited in an air-conditioned office.
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For Chuck Kerby, it was ceiling fans that made the impact of energy-saving swirl bulbs dramatically clear.
Kerby is a vice president and divisional merchandise manager at Wal-Mart for hardware and paint (and ceiling fans) for all of Wal-Mart's U.S. stores and supercenters. Lindsley is one of 12 buyers working for him. Kerby, who started out collecting shopping carts from the parking lot of Wal-Mart #189 in Kirksville, Missouri, 23 years ago, has known about CFLs for years. "I became aware of them when I would travel and go into a hotel room."
Last year, conversations started in Wal-Mart around the potential of swirls to save customers money on utility bills. "Somebody asked, 'What difference would it make if we changed the bulbs in the ceiling-fan display to CFLs?'" says Kerby. A typical Wal-Mart has 10 models of ceiling fans on display, each with four bulbs. Forty bulbs per store, 3,230 stores.
"Someone went off and did the math," says Kerby. "They told me we could save $6 million in electric bills by changing the incandescents to CFLs in more than 3,000 Wal-Marts. I couldn't believe it. I didn't know I was paying $6 million to light those fixtures. I said, that can't be right, go back and do the math again." The numbers came out the same the second time: savings of $6 million a year. "That, for me, was an 'I got it' moment."
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The accumulated cost of wasted electricity is overwhelming; it adds up to hundreds of millions globally.
Over the last couple of years power outages have happened in the US from New York to Detroit and Toronto to Ottawa in Canada. The UK suffered power outages in London and Birmingham within the space of a week.
An expert who advises the UK government has said power cuts could hit the UK within two years (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3496844.stm)
Electricity has never been more precious we can all do more to help prevent it being wasted. By conserving as much electricity we can all help prevent fossil fuels depleting at the same time. Remember most of the global electricity is produced by burning fossil fuels. Further by saving electricity we save money from our own pockets – it’s so simple.
Manually switching off all the computers at the end of the working day is not always feasible. Organisations and individuals will be pleased to learn there is specialist software already available.
Auto Shutdown XP Professional 2005 from Gill IT is the most advanced and yet very easy to use product of its kind. This application ensures PC’s are shutdown when they are not being used.
A PC, Server or a Remote PC can be scheduled daily, weekly or on a specific date to shutdown, reboot, log off or restart. ASD XP will even save the users work before switching off – what more could you ask for?
ASD XP Professional will change the way management view computers. Traditionally viewed as an expense with this application every existing computer is an additional saving.
References:
http://www.thecarbontrust.co.uk
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3496844.stm
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