Product Description

The environmental impact of PCs left running idle in the UK Computers and monitors can account for half of the electricity used in a typical office. A single monitor left switched on overnight can use the same energy as a laser printer producing 800 A4 printed copies, - and dont be fooled by a screensaver the computer is still working at full power to run this! There are some 10m office PCs in Britain and approximately 20m home PCs, of this 1.8m are regularly left on overnight or all weekend, according to a recent study on energy wastage. Based on this study, around 1.5 billion kWh of energy is wasted by computers and monitors being left on. That is approximately �115million wasted in the UK every year! Convert this into carbon and we waste around 700,000 tonnes of carbon due to workers not switching off computers and monitors in the UK.All this office computer waste can be easily avoided by adopting simple energy saving policies which are supported by energy saving devices like ecobutton.Based on the study figures, nationally, with one small click, 700,000 tonnes of office PC wasted carbon could be avoided. The Government is urging everybody to take steps to become carbon neutral The ecobutton proactively encourages eco awareness and a satisfaction that collectively, every small click actually adds up to make a BIG difference. This is emphasized by the provision of an on-screen meter that shows exactly what has been saved in both power cost and carbon footprint. It demonstrates that individually and collectively as a business, you are taking responsibility to reduce your carbon footprint and to cut electricity bills by making more efficient use of resources. With an estimated growth of computer usage of around 40% by 2020, isnt it about

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #16202 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: A. B. Gee Ltd
• Model: Ecobutton
• Released on: 2008-05-30

Features

• The Eco Button energy saver reduces your carbon footprint as you save energy
• You can start your work from where you left off
• By using the Eco Button you could save up to £50 and 135kg of CO2 per year!
• The computer accessory measures approx 6 cm x 6 cm x 1.5 cm
• Compatible with Windows 2000, XP and Vista 32 bit operating systems and requires Internet access. Unfortunately not compatible with Mac's.

Customer Reviews

Good but has one drawback
This is a great way to save energy: when you walk away from the computer, just press the button and it instantly sends the 'puter into standby. When you return, just wobble the mouse and the 'puter instantly springs to life.

Mainly. Just occasionally I find it hangs instead of restarting, and takes some minutes to come back to life, which is frustrating. It happens only occasionally - but one star off.

But all in all, a great green buy.

I'd give it no stars if I could
It doesn't work. Two error messages and the online help admit they have this problem with some computers and they hope to have it sorted in a month. Nice theory but the implication leaves a lot to be desired.

Save even more money!
Don't buy this, click Start > Control Panel > Power Options > Advanced

Under the "When I press the power button on my computer:" drop down, select "Standby"... Done!

Your power button does the job of the ecobutton. When you want to shutdown, do so via the Start Menu!