Home Office

The mainstay of the home office, computers use more energy than all other office equipment combined. Power management allows your computer monitor to go into a low-power sleep mode during periods of computer inactivity. A simple touch of the mouse or keyboard “wakes” the monitor within seconds. By enabling your monitor power management, you could save from 100–600 kWh per year depending on your computer-use habits. These energy savings are equivalent to $8.50–51 a year saved at 8.5 cents per kWh. In terms of reducing CO₂, this is the equivalent of planting 1,000–6,000 square feet of trees or preventing one to four weeks worth of car emissions.

EZ Wizard is a free Web Based Software Tool that automatically enables monitor power management in seconds.

Instructions are available if you want to learn how to enable monitor power management via the PC Control panel.