PwrSmart offers the following features and benefits:

Simple to use

Simplified PwrSmart 3.0 Console displays your managed computers, power schemes and energy savings calculator all in one view. You can select from several EPA-recommended power schemes or create and edit your own custom power schemes right in the Console.
Centralized Control means power management settings are in the hands of IT administrators, enabling centralized, enterprise-wide, network-based PC power management.

Dynamic energy savings calculator displays instant analysis of energy saved on the managed computers based on multiple criteria. The calculator also allows administrators to compare energy savings over different time spans or different groups of computers and to project energy savings on an annual basis. Multiple currencies are supported in the calculator.

Flexible reporting engine lets administrators create standard or customized reports.

Automated

Administration is automated. Once a power scheme is assigned, no further intervention is necessary, allowing IT administrators to simply and automatically control and enforce power management schemes.

“Set-It-and-Forget-It” Monitoring: PwrSmart monitors systems for changes to power management settings and automatically sets or resets the settings to the approved power scheme.

Flexible

PwrGroups™ (leveraging patented Smart Update technology) make it simple for IT administrators to dynamically target and group computers with similar power management requirements -- standardizing and fine-tuning PC power management across an organization. PwrGroups can be based on Active Directory group membership, PC location, IP address range, hardware configuration, operating system language, time zone and many other parameters. Laptop and Desktop PwrGroups are included in the Console.

Organizational Groups can help you target the right computers with the right power scheme. Your Active Directory structure is automatically reflected in the Organizational Groups tree, and Org groups can be manually created as well.

Customizable Power Schemes allow IT administrators to control and enforce multiple power profiles on the same system to accommodate different power settings depending on the time of day -- any computer, any setting, any time.

• Power management events can be scheduled to wake up, shut-down, hibernate or standby PCs after a pre-set period of inactivity or on a schedule. 
   
• Alternate Settings option lets IT administrators configure settings that differ from a scheme’s default settings for use during a specific time period each day. 
   
• Stay-awake period allows IT administrators to override power management actions in order to patch, update, scan, or back up PCs on a predetermined schedule. Stay-awake period can also be used to give users a block of time when they can remotely access their workstations before the PCs enter their scheduled hibernation period. 
    
• Software exclusions allow administrators to exempt PCs from scheduled power management events when specific applications are running to ensure that critical processes are not interrupted. 
    
• Security Roles allow administrators the flexibility to specify pre-defined roles and customize permissions to allow or deny access to specific functions in the PwrSmart Console.

Economical

Rapid ROI - PwrSmart delivers rapid ROI and typically pays for itself in as little as two months.

Reduced Operating Expenses - PwrSmart can cut PC energy costs up to 60 percent and can extend the life of IT assets driving further cost savings. The EPA estimates that by proactively managing PC power consumption, an organization with 5,000 PCs can cut PC energy costs up to $350,000 annually.

Minimal Infrastructure Costs - PwrSmart can generally reside on existing hardware without the need for additional capital expenditures.

Verifiable Cost Reduction - PwrSmart delivers the comprehensive reports IT administrators and executives need to demonstrate cost savings and qualify for energy rebate programs.

Compliant

EPA ENERGY STAR Partner - PwrSmart is compliant with the EPA’s ENERGY STAR requirements for PC power management solutions, and New Boundary Technologies is an ENERGY STAR Service and Product Provider partner.

Compliance Reporting - PwrSmart automatically delivers detailed reports to demonstrate compliance with corporate energy savings and sustainability efforts.