Buckinghamshire County Council select Certero PowerStudio® to manage energy consumption across local school
26 November 2010
Buckinghamshire County Council took full advantage of the free evaluation of PowerStudio®offering from Certero to ensure that they were able to make a fully informed decision on which was the right PC power management solution to meet their requirements.
Intelligent PowerStudio® software demonstrated with real data the current usage and associated costs. By applying power saving policies on a subset of identified PC’s it was easy to show the potential saving that could be achieved across their PC environment.
PowerStudio® saves energy, reduces C02 and quickly lowers electricity bills. Business orientated management reports in PowerStudio™ makes this possible resulting in a purchase of PowerStudio®.
Buckinghamshire County Council purchased the solution for implementation in Cressex Community School – Specialist Business Enterprise School. The School is a top performer in the region and is the first of its kind to become a state maintained Trust school in Buckinghamshire and one of the first Cooperative Trust schools in England.
The Trust's vision is of educational excellence and high levels of achievement for all students. It aims to achieve this by creating and sustaining school cultures which promote high levels of aspirations and expectations and lead to the development of thoughtful, creative and enterprising young people who are ready to play an active role in their communities as citizens and workers.
PowerStudio® will quickly enable them to meet these targets by reducing energy consumption across their entire IT estate. John Lunt, managing director and co-founder of Certero, says, “Thousands of pounds is wasted on electricity bills throughout the UK’s public sector and the need for 24/7 IT access is a contributing factor. Because of this, we’ve specifically designed PowerStudio® to efficiently manage all desktop elements and demonstrably contribute to green computing targets. Our free evaluation offering provides organisations with the necessary support and information to enable informed decisions. At Certero, we believe this approach removes any risks to organisations both technically and commercially, allowing them to make the right choices without unnecessary pressure.”