Solutions

A recent article in TIME Magazine estimates that just by making use of current technology efficiencies we can save 20% of worldwide power consumption each year. Others argue that the savings could be even higher.

An ongoing problem which derives from inefficient energy usage has been unoccupied offices which keep lights and devices on. Another TIME Magazine report from 2007 estimates that almost $1 billion each year is lost in the US from the expense of unmanned computers running during off hours. A UK research conducted by E.ON, one of the UK’s leading power and gas companies, has shown that almost a quarter (24%) of workers polled revealed they failed to ensure electrical items were turned off, meaning that an estimated 708,480 computers are left on when people are on holiday each year. Staff failing to turn off their PC, monitor and printer before leaving for a two week holiday produced an unnecessary 27kg of CO2 each. One can imagine the enormity of the waste and environmental damage if we expand that estimate across the globe and to all office devices and lighting. Traditional solutions have been to have an employee or team be in charge of turning off lights and computers different days each week. The problem arrives though when large offices are spread out across multiple floors or if employees work in different shifts.

There has been no solution to this problem that easily captures this enormous amount of lost energy.

Gnrgy’s new system may change all of this. The groundbreaking products’ suite of Gnrgy can not only help find out where the energy is leaking at the appliance-level but can be set up to automatically shut off and power on devices at different times in a fully customized fashion. As part of that energy saving capability, the user can enter a computer into any power mode--standby, hibernate or power off-- on the fly or remotely either from a set schedule or instantly.