- Many retailers will not sell machines that are not Energy Star compliant
- Most Government agencies will not buy hardware solutions that are not Energy Star compliant
- OEMs are now pushing heavily to have all hardware be Energy Star compliant
- The OS software default settings are apart of the Energy Star compliance of machines
There are only two default settings preventing Ubuntu from being energy star compliant:
* Put display to Sleep within 15 minutes of user inactivity when on A/C
- Currently this is set to 30 min. So setting it to 15 or below would fix this.
* Activate computer's Sleep mode within 30 minutes of user inactivity when on A/C.
- Currently this is set to never
- It is also under stood that this could potentially have user experience impact
If this is not completely possible (agreed) to do. OEMs whould like to have a Energy Star button in Gnome Power Management interface that would set settings to be energy star compliant.
Binary package hint: gnome-power-manager
Energy star is a standard backed by the US government to set standards for energy use of devices. www.energystar. gov/index. cfm?c=revisions .computer_ spec
The specification for Operating System settings can be found here:
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Spec direct link (page 13): www.energystar. gov/ia/ partners/ prod_developmen t/revisions/ downloads/ computer/ Version5. 0_Computer_ Spec.pdf
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Also to better help understand Energy Star. The Open Suse team actually heavily looked into this, and have a great presentation here: files.opensuse. org/opensuse/ en/3/34/ EnergyStar. pdf
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The reason you want to be Energy star compliant:
- Many retailers will not sell machines that are not Energy Star compliant
- Most Government agencies will not buy hardware solutions that are not Energy Star compliant
- OEMs are now pushing heavily to have all hardware be Energy Star compliant
- The OS software default settings are apart of the Energy Star compliance of machines
There are only two default settings preventing Ubuntu from being energy star compliant:
* Put display to Sleep within 15 minutes of user inactivity when on A/C
- Currently this is set to 30 min. So setting it to 15 or below would fix this.
* Activate computer's Sleep mode within 30 minutes of user inactivity when on A/C.
- Currently this is set to never
- It is also under stood that this could potentially have user experience impact
If this is not completely possible (agreed) to do. OEMs whould like to have a Energy Star button in Gnome Power Management interface that would set settings to be energy star compliant.