Martin LaMonica

Overheard: PCs can consume as much as 10% of your home’s energy bill

PCs can consume as much as 10 percent of a home’s energy bill and give off as much carbon dioxide as a family car. Martin LaMonica, Edison: Free energy-saving PC software

Verdiem offers a free download of their software that monitors desktop Windows PCs and puts them in low-power mode when they’re idle. It’s called Edison. Microsoft and The Climate Savers Initiative are both supporting the launch of Edison.