Certero helps Barrow Borough Council reduce carbon footprint

16 December 2009

Certero helps Barrow Borough Council reduce carbon footprint

Barrow Borough Council plays its part in helping with the Government’s initiative of being one of England’s leading sustainable low carbon organisations by using Certero PowerStudio™ energy optimisation suite.

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 to ensure organisations can reduce their drain on energy and financial resources.”

The intelligent PowerStudio™ software identifies daily, monthly and annual trends of computer power usage on all XP embedded thin client devices and PCs, and helps set policies in accordance with user activity. For example, a policy can be created to automatically switch off monitors and place PCs into standby or hibernation when computers are idle, enabling energy savings of up to £48 and 642 kWh per PC per annum to be achieved*.