Monitor ES is a great way to save money and energy. It is a small, easy-to-use device that can be placed in your home or office to help you track your energy use and save money on your monthly electricity bill. Monitor ES can help you see how much energy you are using each month and how much you could save by changing some of your habits. You can also use Monitor ES to find ways to reduce your energy consumption even further. There are many different ways to use Monitor ES, but the most important thing is that you try it out and see what works best for you.
Using Monitor ES
Monitor ES is a small executable utility that doesn’t require installation, just launch and leave it run while you want to use it. Monitors are turned off when you lock your computer using “Win+L”, Ctrl+Alt+Del & Lock”, alternatively you can use “Ctrl+F2” to turn off the display. Select if you want the monitor to turn off or enable screen saver mode.
In Preferences you can control the media, IM, and auto start features.
Right now with version 0.3 the only supported media players that will pause are WMP, AIMP, and Winamp. The supported IM client is Google Talk but there is constant development so look for more to be added in the future.
When Monitor ES is running you will notice a small icon in the taskbar where you can open or close the utility.
This is a very neat utility that helps you save money and help the environment. The extra feature of setting IM status to away and pausing media is a nice addition. Business and corporate environments would definitely benefit from this simple but effective energy saver!
Download Monitor ES by Umakanthan at Google Code
Also make sure to check out how to Create a Shortcut or Hotkey to Turn Off the Monitor by The Geek which also has an application to lock and power down the pc.
