Energy saving through power management in the desktop computer

This paper presents a case study on the energy consumption of a desktop computer in the Energy Laboratory of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, and shows the potential for energy savings through power management. The power consumption from the computer was measured using the energy analyzer, and recorde...

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Main Authors: A. Rahman, Hasimah, Majid, Md. Shah, Hassan, Mohd. Yusri, Lian, Tiw S.
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Published: Faculty of Electrical Engineering 2007
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Majid, Md. Shah
Hassan, Mohd. Yusri
Lian, Tiw S.
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Hassan, Mohd. Yusri
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description This paper presents a case study on the energy consumption of a desktop computer in the Energy Laboratory of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, and shows the potential for energy savings through power management. The power consumption from the computer was measured using the energy analyzer, and recorded through observation. Two methods of power management were tested namely the Reminder Sticker and the software called Advanced Power Management System (APMS). The analysis shows that the first method managed to reduce 29.52% of the mean energy consumption over a week whereas, the second method which had been designed in the market to switch off the computer and peripherals after a user-specified period of inactivity produced reductions in the mean energy consumption of 16.97%.
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spelling utm-80632014-01-12T03:18:33Z http://eprints.utm.my/8063/ Energy saving through power management in the desktop computer A. Rahman, Hasimah Majid, Md. Shah Hassan, Mohd. Yusri Lian, Tiw S. TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering This paper presents a case study on the energy consumption of a desktop computer in the Energy Laboratory of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, and shows the potential for energy savings through power management. The power consumption from the computer was measured using the energy analyzer, and recorded through observation. Two methods of power management were tested namely the Reminder Sticker and the software called Advanced Power Management System (APMS). The analysis shows that the first method managed to reduce 29.52% of the mean energy consumption over a week whereas, the second method which had been designed in the market to switch off the computer and peripherals after a user-specified period of inactivity produced reductions in the mean energy consumption of 16.97%. Faculty of Electrical Engineering 2007 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/8063/1/HasimahARahman2007_EnergySavingsThroughPowerManagement.pdf text/html en http://eprints.utm.my/8063/2/Elektrika_Journal_of_Electrical_Engineering.html A. Rahman, Hasimah and Majid, Md. Shah and Hassan, Mohd. Yusri and Lian, Tiw S. (2007) Energy saving through power management in the desktop computer. Elektrika, 9 (2). pp. 27-30. ISSN 0128-4428
spellingShingle TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
A. Rahman, Hasimah
Majid, Md. Shah
Hassan, Mohd. Yusri
Lian, Tiw S.
Energy saving through power management in the desktop computer
title Energy saving through power management in the desktop computer
title_full Energy saving through power management in the desktop computer
title_fullStr Energy saving through power management in the desktop computer
title_full_unstemmed Energy saving through power management in the desktop computer
title_short Energy saving through power management in the desktop computer
title_sort energy saving through power management in the desktop computer
topic TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
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