Computer’s power management settings

• Power management of personal computers (PCs) and monitors has the potential to save significant amounts of electricity as well as deliver other economic and environmental benefits
• One of the leading power-management advocacy organizations in the United States, recommends the following power-management settings:   Monitor/display sleep: Turn off after 15 minutes or less. Turn off hard drives/hard disk sleep: 15 minutes or less.System standby/sleep: After 30 minutes or less. 
• You can save energy, save money, and help the environment by activating power management features on your computer. Benefits include. Cutting the electricity used by your PCs roughly in half, saving $25–75 per PC annually. Estimate your savings using our online calculator. Enhancing data security by reducing the chance that valuable personal information is displayed on an unattended PC.Saving time by eliminating the daily wait for computers to boot up.Helping the environment. Saving energy reduces air pollution associated with the burning of fossil fuels, and ultimately lowers the risk of global warming.