Initiative Urging Workers to Power IT Down

Next Wednesday, Aug. 27, is Power IT Down Day. The initiative, being driven by HP, Intel and Citrix, is encouraging workers across all industries to power down their PC, monitor and printer at the end of the work day.

This Network World podcast with Citrix Federal VP Tom Simmons says the aim is to get 1 percent of the government’s 1.8 million civilian employees to participate. According to Simmons, if 18,000 civilian government employees power down those three devices at the end of the work day, the federal government will save approximately 234,000 kilowatt hours, or about $23,400.
Next Wednesday, Aug. 27, is Power IT Down Day. The initiative, being driven by HP, Intel and Citrix, is encouraging workers across all industries to power down their PC, monitor and printer at the end of the work day.

This Network World podcast with Citrix Federal VP Tom Simmons says the aim is to get 1 percent of the government’s 1.8 million civilian employees to participate. According to Simmons, if 18,000 civilian government employees power down those three devices at the end of the work day, the federal government will save approximately 234,000 kilowatt hours, or about $23,400.