HP is offering PC users a downloadable desktop widget that tracks their cumulative energy savings from turning off idle computers when not in use.

The widget is part of a broader campaign called Power To Change, which aims to encourage personal computer users around the world to make behavioural changes that benefit the environment.

Compatible with all PC computing platforms, the Power to Change widget lets PC users watch and explore the energy savings the campaign generates through behavioural changes across both individual and global users.

“With Power To Change, individuals and organisations can make a small environmental commitment that has the potential for a large impact on addressing sustainability challenges today,” said John Frey, Americas sustainability executive at HP.

HP estimates that, if 100,000 users shut down their work computers at the end of each day, energy savings could total more than 2,680 kilowatt-hours and carbon emissions reductions could total more than 3,500 pounds per day. That’s the equivalent of eliminating more than 105 cars from the road each day.

Power To Change is launching across all three HP regions – Asia Pacific and Japan; Europe, the Middle East and Africa; and the Americas – and is available in five languages: Chinese, English, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish.

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