Linda posted on June 27, 2008 17:38
If you are a Lansing area business owner you have probably received information about the Greater Lansing GO GREEN! Initiative. If you haven't seen it, check it out online.
Businesses like mine have been promoting services where we schedule routine maintenance to occur after hours when your staff has gone home. However much we believe in being green, we want our time at work to be as productive as possible.
So how do you go about reducing power consumption when virtually every office employee now needs a computer to do their job? And how can you accomplish that AND keep your computers running at peak performance?
Intel has been promoting the energy saving features of their VPro technology. This technology allows machines to be turned off and on remotely. So, we can now run routine maintenance, such as patching and disk defragmenting and then turn the machine off. If you wish, machines could even be powered back on just before your staff arrives, so no one has to wait for the power on process to complete.
Intel is also driving towards processors that are smaller and smaller. Why? In part, because smaller means less power. So another way that you can decrease your power consumption is to replace your older machines with newer, more efficient models. If you are still using older CRT's, make your employees happy and save on energy by replacing them with LCD monitors. And whether your computers are on or off at night, ideally your monitors should be turned off. If not turned off, at least insure that every one has a blank screen saver. No need for pretty pictures or colored lines rotating on that screen while we are all sleeping.