The UK's top 200 listed companies are wasting more than
£61m in electricity a year by not maximising the energy efficiency
of their desktop computers.
A study from IT services supplier Computacenter and Fujitsu
Siemens Computers has concluded that “greener” desktop strategies
and better working practices would deliver financial savings and
reduce the environmental impact of computing.
The research investigated the energy consumption of the top 200
publicly listed companies based on the number of desktops they
operated daily.
The study calculated the potential energy savings that could be
made if these machines were made energy-efficient by, for
example, introducing policies and procedures to encourage employees
to switch off their computers when not in use.
The report also suggested that IT departments use software to
automatically turn off idle PCs outside office hours.
