Awake your Greener Part

Aug 22

Awake your Greener Part

I am not going to give you tips on becoming HULK But as I talked lot about the green initiation and sustainability plans of the big retailers and the future strategies of the small retailers to become eco friendly in the near future, but what about you as a person are doing to help our mother earth? No no no don’t worry I am not going to give you a check list of items saying switch off the lights, use solar power, say no to plastics etc. I am gonna tell u a simple step in which without doing u will become eco friendly. As everyone of as use computers as a part of office work or as a entertainment medium in home or to find location of friends home on google maps, we all use PCs and PC use power to run. So here is a freeware which can tune your PCs power usage as per your parameters and also help you to save energy as well as your money. Edison ( ya the name will make you to recall man who invented bulb to use energy but ironically in virtual world is helping in saving energy) will help your PC to go Green. Edison allows you to set different energy preferences for work and non-work time, then choose the times you want each profile to run. The power settings determine how long your PC should wait before turning off the display, powering down your hard drive, and suspending your computer. After you set your preferences, Edison also estimates your yearly savings in terms of money, energy, and CO2 emissions. Edison is freeware, requires .NET 2.0 and an email address for registration.