Welcome to Energy Aware

Thanks to Michael Gowan, Macworld.com, for recommending Power Manager and Energy Schedule. Michael’s article talks about greener computing and provides tips on how to save energy and money.

There are two really good reasons to practice green computing: It saves you money, and—bit by bit—it helps save the planet. It’s a major win-win. Here are just a few of the little things you can do to make a big difference.
Michael Gowan, Macworld.com

Thanks to Jaymi Heimbuch, planet green, Discovery Channel, for recommending Power Manager. Jaymi lists DssW Power Manager as a easy solution for reducing the power consumption of your computer.

Planet Green, Discovery Channel

Even in sleep mode, computers use up a lot of energy. But there are easy solutions—even easier than having an eco-button—for sending your computer into sleep mode more quickly to cut back on its energy consumption, or shutting it down altogether at a scheduled time so that phantom power is avoided.
Jaymi Heimbuch, Planet Green, Discovery Channel

You can download and try Power Manager for free for thirty days.

Great news for Canadian BC Hydro business customers. BC Hydro have added DssW Power Manager to their Product Incentive Programme (PIP).

DssW Power Manager join’s BC Hydro Product Incentive Programme

As a BC Hydro business customer, you can now purchase DssW Power Manager with an effective rebate of $6 CAD per Mac. This incentive programme is run by BC Hydro to promote the use of energy saving technology.

To qualify for BC Hydro’s incentive, you must purchase your DssW Power Manager licences through your local DssW Authorised Reseller, Macinhome.

For those keeping track, we celebrated this news with homemade chocolate cupcakes.

Thanks to Garry Barker, The Age and Sydney Morning Herald, for the fun write up of my “Mac’s Lazy Design” talk.

Beautiful chair and cot at NGV International, Melbourne

I argued the benefits of laziness at last week’s Victoria Mac User Group (iMUG) meeting and Garry was in the audience. We chatted afterwards and it seems the topic struck a cord.