IT Services launching new power saving initiative on Monday 19 March – Managed PC shutdown
Starting on Monday, any staff desktop computers that are not in use after 19:00 will be automatically shutdown to save energy. Any Microsoft Office ® documents left open and unsaved on your PC will be automatically saved for you to continue working with when you re-start your PC. Other documents will not be saved, and we would therefore remind you to save your work regularly, and certainly before you leave your PC unattended.
A new piece of software, which has been deployed on all University computers, will start checking for any user activity on your PC from 18:30, and if no keyboard or mouse usage is detected will shutdown the computer at 19:00. The process will be repeated at 19:30 and 20:30.
The user guide for the system can be found here.
Why is this being launched?
During the last three months, our monitoring has indicated that a significant number of computers are left on and unused for long periods of time. Preliminary analysis of the data shows that we can save around £29,000 per year by shutting down PCs that are not in use. This equates to 315MWh of electricity and 171 metric tonnes of CO2 which is the equivalent of the annual greenhouse gas emissions from 31 buses.
More information
We have consulted with pilot areas, and staff feedback has been positive, but if you experience any difficulties then ICT Service Desk is always on hand to help on ext. 3333 or email ictservicedesk@bradford.ac.uk
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