@Mark Byers: Hi Mark, I agree behavioural changes are the hardest ones to tackle. Making things fun is the key I think as demonstrated in a great experiment in Canada I think it was where they created musical stairs next to an escalator and watched as about 90% of people used the stairs instead of the escalator when they realised jumping around on it was a fun thing to do!

Thanks for sharing the information about your company and let’s hope it helps to bring about positive change.

The answer is to quietly impose rules and this is where the active power management products come in. Some are better than others and one of the most effective and inexpensive solutions for PCs is PC Remote Shutdown (for networked PCs) and PC Shutdown Professional (for non-networked PCs).

It would be great if everyone got the environmental message but the vast majority don’t. The technology exists to better manage our use of energy and the technology that will make the greatest impact will be active, meaning it applies rules that the individual must consciously override. If the technology relies on the individual to take action I guarantee the minority will and the majority won’t.

I encourage everyone who uses a PC, at home or work, to check out PC Shutdown. It’s simple and it works. The company that distributes it in the UK & Ireland is Team Logic.