Certero offers channel powerful way to cut IT carbon emissions with launch of PowerStudio™

01 August 2009

IT asset management specialist, Certero, offers the channel the opportunity to benefit from its latest software product, PowerStudio™. The intelligent PowerStudio™ from Certero is a web-based management application that enables organisations to easily apply power policies and profiles, set cost savings and green targets, and quickly see a return on investment.

PowerStudio™ identifies daily, monthly and annual trends of computer power usage and helps set centralised power policies in accordance with user activity to prolong the life of computer equipment and meet environmental computing targets. 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*. PowerStudio™ saves power on all XP embedded thin client devices as well as PCs and includes a wastage reporting system that highlights where additional savings on utilities can be made in the business including CO2, coal and water.

John Lunt, managing director and co-founder of Certero, says, "Since the beta launch of PowerStudio™ in May, we have been inundated with appointments. Our strategy now is to take this to a wider audience and we see the channel as the most appropriate route to market. The trials have been overwhelmingly successful in the NHS PCT space, local government and the commercial sector."

Lunt continues, "With the Government’s initiative of reducing carbon output by 80 per cent by 2050, 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. Within the application, every user is encouraged to reduce their individual carbon footprint through a point scoring system that awards and deducts points depending on each user’s IT habits. It really does sell itself!"

More information about Certero’s PowerStudio™ can be found at: www.certero.co.uk/power-studio

Interested in becoming a reseller of PowerStudio™ contact John Lunt or call on 07525 687433

Environmental Statistics:

Reducing the overall power that is consumed by PCs when not in use produces a significant positive impact on the environment. The following information illustrates the environmental impact associated with using the Sleep feature in Windows Vista on a typical Pentium 4 with a 17-inch LCD monitor:

If this PC was left on continuously it would equate to: 24 hours x 365 days per year = 8,760 hours per year, which is approximately 963 kWh per year (assuming 70 watt for the PC and 40 watts for the display).

If this PC was in standby when it wasn't in use it would equate to: 10 workday hours x 5 working days per week x 52 week = 2,600 operating hours.

That's a difference of 8,760 hours - 2,600 hours = 6,160 hours which equates to a saving of 642 kWh per year (assuming 35 watt for the PC in standby).

Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Greenhouse Gas)

In the UK, 1 kWh produces 0.51 Kg of carbon dioxide; this takes into account the different ways in which electricity is generated (15% is generated without producing any carbon dioxide). According to the Department for Transport figures from 2007, the average car in the UK produces 2.4 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year.

So, taking the example above, leaving your PC on continuously will use 963 kWh * 0.51kg = 491 kg of CO2 per year. On a large estate of 5,000 PCs this would equate to 2,455,000 kg of CO2 per year. By implementing power saving features on these machines so they are in standby outside of working hours, we could hope to bring this down to 818,550 kg of CO2. That's a saving of 1,636,450 kg of CO2 per year, the equivalent of taking 682 cars off the roads per year.