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  Set sleep mode for your computer monitor (EZ Wizard)

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How the Program Works
More About Enabling Sleep Mode and EZ Save
Setting or Adjusting Sleep Mode for your Computer Monitor
Smart Power Strips
Occupancy Sensing Light Switches
How to Set Up Your Smart Power Strip
Info on Your Occupancy Sensing Light Switch
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These pages are part of the Energy Solutions program to reduce connected plug load in offices in order to relieve electricity generation shortages in the Pacific Gas and Electric service territory. This program is funded by California utility customers and administered by Pacific Gas and Electric, under the auspices of the California Public Utilities Commission.

Office plug load, along with its associated air conditioning needs, is the fastest growing electricity end use in the commercial sector. ¹ US DOE-sponsored research, meanwhile, estimates that office machines alone provide energy savings potential of at least 25% of the 60 billion kWh consumed nationwide. ²

START SAVING NOW!   Early participants in the program include:

"In EBMUD's Administration Center alone, we cut energy use nearly 20% by enabling ENERGY STAR® monitor power management and other equipment. Our lower energy consumption reduces peak period demands on the power gird, while saving our customers money. The availability of the EPA's free software package, which enables sleep settings through the local area network, and responsiveness of the technical support staff, were key elements of our energy reduction successes."
Jim Bennett–Supervising Systems Programmer–East Bay Municipal Utility District

"The Office Equipment Efficiency Program, was easy to implement and gave our firm the ability to make a public contribution by reducing peak electicity use during California's energy crisis. Setting the automatic sleep mode for our computer monitors has given our empolyees a cost effective and convenient way to save energy at work."
Timothy Blevins–Systems Manager–California Offices–Nixon Peabody LLP (formerly Lillick & Charles LLP)

"The decision to participate in the Office Equipment Efficiency program was simple. This free program allowed our property management company to help tenants realize immediate energy savings by enabling sleep mode on computer monitors in the building. The program rewarded us with incentive payments that we used to purchase Wattstopper 'smart' power strips, allowing our tenants to save even more. These measures have contributed to our goal of keeping tenants' costs reasonable amid rising energy prices."
Myra Wright–Senior Property Manager–Trammell Crow Company

"California was faced with the threat of power outages and The Trust for Public Land looked for ways to cut overall electricity usage. Power management is part of the solution and we anticipate cutting the energy we use to power computers in half. The beauty of the ENERGY STAR software is that we put it into our network login script and it did all the work for us. I spent only three to four hours testing, planning, and implementing the software."
Jeffrey Karasik–National Systems Support Manager–The Trust for Public Land

1 "EPA Program Impact Office Zoning" ASHRAE Journal, January 1997
2 Koomey, et al., "Efficiency Improvements in U.S. Office Equiptment: Pollution Prevention at a Profit," ACEEE, 1996