eco button

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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 don’t be fooled by a screensaver – the computer is still working at full power to run this!

The ecobutton™ acts as a strong visual reminder and prompt for you to save electricity each time your computer is going to be left idle.
The ecobutton™ is illuminated and sits on your table/desk top next to your keyboard. It connects to your computer via a USB cable.

Each time you take a break, a phone call, go for a meeting etc. you simply press the ecobutton™ and your computer is put into energy saving 'ecomode' which ensures that both your computer and monitor draw only the same nominal power as when they are shut down. Under normal circumstances people generally do not like turning off their computers due to the time it often takes to restart. However, with ecobutton™ by simply pressing any key on your keyboard your computer instantly returns to where you left off.

The Eco button will also work the same on laptops, however, you may need to reactivate it by pressing the 'on' switch first.

It runs on Windows 2000/ XP / Vista 32 bit, and requires a minimum of 256kb RAM or less than 5Mb of disk space.

For added security, systems can be set to require a password on resume. With this activated, no one can access the computer when it is in ecomode.

ecobutton™ will only work on PC's at the moment. A MAC version will be available later. Some older computers and some hp computers may have difficulty in reactivation. This is a problem with the computer bios and not the software.