"Leaving PCs on overnight costs companies $2.8B a year"

30. March 2009
Author: zeigler

"U.S. organizations squander $2.8 billion a year to power unused machines, emitting about 20 million tons of carbon dioxide — roughly the equivalent of 4 million cars... About half of 108 million office PCs in the USA are not properly shut down at night... Simply shutting down PCs at night can save a company with 10,000 PCs over $260,000 a year and 1,871 tons of carbon dioxide emissions..." By Jon Swartz, USA TODAY

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