10,000 PC's left on during non-work hours on average consume 2.5 million kWh, emit 1850 tons of CO2 and cost $262,800 annually. Enterprises implementing PC power management are faced with the following challenges:
Enterprises cannot identify PC energy wastage
IT needs the PC's on for software updates and distribution
End-users are apprehensive about PC's being switched off
Administrators do not have visibility on PC usage behavior
The Green PlanetTM extension builds upon Adaptiva Companion's PC power and configuration management abilities to facilitate a collaborative approach to real world power management. Green Planet helps to:
Identify PC energy conservation opportunities and harvest energy
Collaborate with end-users to establish optimal power policies as per the user's PC usage
Adopt: Heighten end-user awareness, Increase visibility on end-user behavior
Save $25 - $75 per PC annually
Report on actual savings and positive environmental impact in aggregate and by business unit
Features and Benefits
Integration and deployment
Tightly integrated with ConfigMgr 2007 and SMS 2003.Work from within the MMC.
Easy to deploy: Point and click deployment. No dependencies.
Identify and harvest power saving opportunities
Green Planet can help identify idle energy on a group or location basis enabling you to harvest maximum energy and cost savings. It does so by identifying:
Keyboard and mouse activity, RDP and terminal sessions
A PC left on without any of the above activities represents a power saving opportunity.
Collaborate to establish optimal policies
Power management governance
Policies can range from rigid to flexible, suiting unique needs. Administrators can set blanket polices or suggest policies, allowing user modification within established limits.
Visibility on end-user behavior: End users can configure the following within allowed limits.
Power options setting during work hours
Power options settings post work hours
Daily work schedule
Custom vacation schedule
Wake computer for start of work
Automatically turn computer off after work
Action to be taken on pressing the power button e.g. hibernate
Real-time policy updates: Power policy updates to a PC or a collection occur in real-time.
No loss in end-user productivity because of a blanket shutdown.
Power management adoption
Increased end-user awareness
Client interface provides information on PC uptime, PC power states, wasted energy, cost saving potential, CO2 emission.
Increased end-user participation
Opt-in and out of power savings during work or non-work hours
Configure custom policy as per their work patterns
Edit application exception list, PC will not shutdown if these applications are running
Defer shutdown or choose from power states made available by administrator
Wake computer for start of work
Data is automatically saved before shutdown
Save energy and money
Centrally power down PC's, on schedule or instantly, to any state desired - Power off, hibernate, sleep, log off, restart or lock.
Detailed web reporting
Reporting metrics can be collected on an hourly or daily basis.
Extendable, schema published
Power saving opportunities across groups and locations, usage baseline
Actual energy usage, CO2 and kWh reduction and cost savings per machine, group or location
