Save Money – Turn Computers off at Night

More than 31 million of the country’s 104 million office computers are left on overnight.  According to the campaign survey “across the nation, this adds up to more than $1.72 billion dollars and almost 15 million tons of CO2 emissions.”

It is a cost per employee of about $150 per year to power a computer overnight…essentially that is not being used. Implement an office campaign to turn computers off at night. Having trouble remembering? Set Outlook to send you a reminder every day 15 minutes before you typically leave.

Or entice your IT department to purchase an IT system that will do it for you such as Verdiem Software. This software allows for power management settings to be controlled by a central server system. Essentially it can turn off all computers in an organization at the same time.

Are Your Computers on?

Did you know that you are wasting money with your computers on at night. The average is about $150 per computer to leave a computer sitting idle in the evening. Another study  estimated $2.8 billion wasted on excess energy costs each year in the U.S. alone just with the nation leaving computers on at night.  Often IT departments want workers to leave computers on at night so they can perform updates. Talk with your IT manager and discuss some other options. Such as maybe all updates are done on one night of the week. Bottom line a small step as turning off your computers can save a whole lot of energy and money!

Tell me if you have some other good suggestions of how to get computers off at night in your office.