July 25, 2008—The not-for-profit “Computers Off Australia” campaign and labeling initiative was launched late in June, 2008. The campaign was developed to encourage Australians to implement power management practices on their computers at home and in the workplace – and in doing so, save carbon emissions and our planet. According to Mark Winter, founder of Computers Off Australia, a Gartner report has stated that the ICT industry accounts for approximately 2% of global carbon dioxide emissions, which is equivalent to the emissions of the entire aviation industry.
The Computers Off campaign’s objectives are to form part of a new development of practical programs being offered by the Information and Communication Technology industry to improve energy efficiency and deal with global climate change. This initiative also supports an industry-wide target to achieve a 50% improvement in Australia ‘s and global computer energy efficiency by 2010.
The Computers Off label has been created to act as the computer industry’s guide to help individuals, business and government quickly and easily identify those organizations that are doing their part to reduce their power consumption and are in turn reducing their CO2 emissions.
For more information visit the Computers Off Web site.
