DELL saves 40% on energy costs with Nightwatchman PC Power Management Software (1.8 million dollars annually)

Dell was one of the companies to see the “green” promise of NightWatchman. “We want to take an industry-leading approach to energy conservation,” says Jay Taylor, Senior Engineer Global Strategist at Dell. “The technology is now available to make significant improvements in energy conservation and we set out to deploy that technology in order to both conserve energy and cut costs.”

For Dell, as for other companies, the electricity needed to run unused computers left on at night and over weekends was only a part of the wasted expense. These computers were also creating heat, which required facilities to increase their cooling, which wasted even more energy and costs.

“We want to take an industry-leading approach to energy conservation,” says Jay Taylor, Senior Engineer Global Strategist at Dell.

To address its energy concerns, Dell brought together a companywide team including product managers, facilities managers, the chief technology officer, and IT groups. As part of their solution, the Dell team chose the combination of 1E NightWatchman and SMSWakeUp. Dell identified that 95 percent of its computers could be automatically powered down overnight and powered up before workers returned in the morning—the few exceptions being in areas such as building management and manufacturing control systems.

Dell finds that its average computer consumes just three to five watts per hour when shut down, as opposed to the average 89 watts consumed by idling desktops. In all, Dell expects to save $1.8 million a year, saving 40 percent of its computer-related energy costs, by applying the 1E software across 50,000 PCs.

(this is at Texas energy rates which are typically one-half to one-third that of Hawaii.)

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