Comment 0 for bug 604635

Binary package hint: gnome-power-manager

Energy star is a standard backed by the US government to set standards for energy use of devices.
The specification for Operating System settings can be found here:
http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=revisions.computer_spec

Spec direct link (page 13):
http://www.energystar.gov/ia/partners/prod_development/revisions/downloads/computer/Version5.0_Computer_Spec.pdf

Also to better help understand Energy Star. The Open Suse team actually heavily looked into this, and have a great presentation here:
http://files.opensuse.org/opensuse/en/3/34/EnergyStar.pdf

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.