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Average PC generates 1,000 pounds of CO2 annually (15 pc’s = one mid-size car) Power management can save 440 pounds of CO2/pc/year PC Network Services manages 3,000 pcs PCNS influences savings = 3,000 x 440 = 1.3 million pounds of CO2 per year. Properly managing 3,000 pc’s is equivalent to taking over 67 cars off the road Link: Verdiem Softens Growing Global Warming Impact of Personal Computers |
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| 15 PC's = | 1 Midsized Car |
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| If half of the estimated 224 million personal computers in the U.S. were to adopt effective energy-saving software, the annual energy savings could exceed 22 terawatt hours, enough electricity to power 2.1 million U.S. homes. The reduction in CO2 emissions associated with saving this amount of energy would be almost 36 billion pounds annually; equivalent to permanently removing 2.5 million mid-size cars from America’s roads. |
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