Thanks for posting.

 

Here is a recent video on Dell's commitment to being carbon neutral, and the plan to build more energy-efficient desktop and server products:

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/0,1000000091,39290011,00.htm

 

If your energy generation methods generate carbon, then using the power saving features of your Dell systems can help reduce the power consumed and thus the carbon footprint of your office.  The main thing you have to balance is power savings versus driving your employees crazy because the systems go to sleep a minute after they take their hand off the mouse.  :smileyvery-happy:

 

Screen savers don't save much in terms of energy because the system is still running, and so is the monitor.  Having the monitor power off after a while is good, and having the system go to sleep will help quite a lot.  Having the users shut the system down when they go home for the day creates a bit more work in the morning and before they go home, but it will make the biggest impact in your power consumption.  Sleep mode uses very little power, and makes it easier for your employees to get going in the morning and be more productive, so the choice is yours.

 

At work I let my system sleep overnight and shut it down if I will be out the next day. 

 

Also, it is good for security if your employees lock their system when they are not at their desk, and if they don't the system should be password protected when it goes to sleep.