Ecobutton - reduces your computer's carbon footprint and saves you money, with one small click
This great USB device enables you to power down your desktop computer every time you take a break (long or short), at the touch of a button - saving you money, electricity, and helping to reduce your carbon footprint.
Every time you take a phone call, go for a meeting or a break, simply press the Ecobutton™ and your computer and monitor are put into the most economical sleep mode available - almost the same as when shut down. Press any key on your keyboard and your computer instantly returns to where you left off.
Save up to £50 and 135kg of carbon per year.
Computers and monitors can account for a lot of electricity: a single monitor left switched on overnight can use the same energy as a laser printer producing 800 A4 printed copies.
And according to a recent study, 1.8million computers in the UK are regularly left on unneccessarily, wasting around 1.5 billion kWh of energy, approximately £115million, or around 700,000 tonnes of carbon (the same as emitted by 170,000 cars!)
All this wasted electricity can be easily avoided by adopting simple energy saving policies and by using energy saving devices like the Ecobutton™ - with one small click, a huge amount of CO2 emissions could be avoided.
A home user running a single desktop computer can make a valuable contribution by saving up to 135kg of CO2 per year and approximately £50 in electricity by using the Ecobutton™ regularly.
The Ecobutton™ sits next to your keyboard. It connects to your computer via a USB cable, and when used, puts your computer into the most economical sleep mode (usually Level 3 Standby, as opposed to Level 1 Standby which most desktop computers are routinely set to use and which still uses 50% of PC power). Ecobutton™'s software also records how many carbon units and how much power and money you have saved by using it. You can use this data to help reduce your carbon footprint as well as your energy bills.
The Ecobutton™ is RoHS compliant and manufactured from recycled plastic.
It is a retrofit device, so it will work on any PC running Windows 2000, XP and Vista (including laptops - but not Macs just yet), and regardless of how energy efficient your IT system may be, the Ecobutton™ will contribute to further savings.
NB The Ecobutton™ is designed to be used with desktop PCs mainly, as laptops generally already use Level 3 Standby. However it's still useful for laptops if you have power saving disabled, or if your laptop doesn't use Level 3 Standby. Also some older computers and some HP computers may have difficulty in reactivation. This is a problem with the computer bios and not the Ecobutton™ software.
NB The Ecobutton™ can also be used in simple networked environments, depending on the type of network and the software being run. For more complex and demanding networked environments a network option will be available early in 2009.
This product usually ships within 24 hours. Standard UK delivery cost is £3.95.
