This report from the Climate Savers Computing Initiative offers manufacturers an in-depth guide for designing electronics to include easy-to-use and effective power management tools.
The Power Management Systems Guide, which was developed in a collaboration among Dell, Fujitsu, HP, Intel, LSI, Lenovo and Microsoft, lays out the benefits of adopting power management technologies, which can save a company installing such tools on 1,000 PCs $30,000 a year in energy costs. The guide offers detailed instructions on design elements ranging from hardware to user interface to how to comply with the Energy Star standards and the forthcoming Ecma Network Proxy Standard.
The design guidelines are recommended by Climate Savers Computing to make power management faster by improving a computer's Sleep reliability and reducing latencies during Sleep and Resume cycles. Specific areas addressed in the Power Management Systems Design Guide include:
• S3 User Experience, Wake Mode and Latency
• System Recommendations for S3 Reliability
• Windows Logo Program Overview
• Network Proxy Ecma TC32-TG21 Standard
• ENERGY STAR v5.0
• General Design Principles for S3 Associated Hardware
• System Manufacturer Recommendations
• Implementing Power Management for USB Devices
• Reliability Testing and Tools for S3
Download the full guide from ClimateSaversComputing.org.