Edison: Free Energy-Saving Software

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Edison is a new and free energy-saving PC software from the developers at Verdiem. The software makes it a lot easier for you to control your computers power saving features helping you save electricity and money.

Edison doesn’t shut down your computer completely; it just puts it in a “suspend mode” which uses much less energy than if the computer would be running normally. You can decide if you want to schedule Edison to shut down the computer screen and hard drive before going into the suspend mode. The software also displays how much electricity, CO2 emissions, and money you have saved.

It depends from computer to computer how much energy and money you will save with a tool like this. Verdiem says the average savings is 410 kilowatt hours a year which is equal to $36.50 in savings.

“Recent studies predict PC ownership will quadruple to 4 billion and double emissions by 2020 , so implementing PC energy management solutions at home and in the workplace is a vital component of climate protection,” said Lorie Wigle, President of the Climate Savers Computing Initiative. “Tools like Edison can help consumers control and monitor their PC’s energy intake and make a real difference in the way they manage the power consumption of the technology they use.”

Edison requires Windows XP or Windows Vista and can be downloaded for free here.

Another similar program to check out is LocalCooling which has been around for much longer and has the similar features (it can also shut down your computer).

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[Simon]

I personally believe LocalCooling is a much better program than Edison. If you can get it to work on your computer, that is. :cute:

[only_green_no_gray]

I personally believe LocalCooling is a much better program than Edison. If you can get it to work on your computer, that is. :cute:

Haven't tried Edison yet, basically coz already use LocalCooling. Do you think i should try it?

[Simon]

Haven't tried Edison yet, basically coz already use LocalCooling. Do you think i should try it?

Nah, if I were you I would keep LocalCooling. :)

[mountainhiker]

Edison is a new and free energy-saving PC software from the developers at Verdiem. The software makes it a lot easier for you to control your computers power saving features helping you save electricity and money.

Edison doesn’t shut down your computer completely; it just puts it in a “suspend mode†which uses much less energy than if the computer would be running normally. You can decide if you want to schedule Edison to shut down the computer screen and hard drive before going into the suspend mode. The software also displays how much electricity, CO2 emissions, and money you have saved.

It depends from computer to computer how much energy and money you will save with a tool like this. Verdiem says the average savings is 410 kilowatt hours a year which is equal to $36.50 in savings.

“Recent studies predict PC ownership will quadruple to 4 billion and double emissions by 2020 , so implementing PC energy management solutions at home and in the workplace is a vital component of climate protection,†said Lorie Wigle, President of the Climate Savers Computing Initiative. “Tools like Edison can help consumers control and monitor their PC’s energy intake and make a real difference in the way they manage the power consumption of the technology they use.â€

Edison requires Windows XP or Windows Vista and can be downloaded for free here.

Another similar program to check out is LocalCooling which has been around for much longer and has the similar features (it can also shut down your computer).

View the full article

From my experience all of the Uniblue products like LocalCooling and their RegistryBooster are solid products that do exactly what they advertise..... I would stick with LocalCooling...

[Simon]

From my experience all of the Uniblue products like LocalCooling and their RegistryBooster are solid products that do exactly what they advertise..... I would stick with LocalCooling...

Yes. And by the way, the RegistryBooster is really nice! :thumbup:

[mountainhiker]

Yes. And by the way, the RegistryBooster is really nice! :thumbup:

Yes big time! Makes a real difference on corporate laptops that are set for Microsoft "auto update".

I run it at least once a week since I get updates from the company and Microsoft to ensure that they

have not bloated the registry. Amazing how many products do an update and do not clean up the registry.

:thumbup: