Turn off computer screen when not in use is a common office energy saving practice. However, colleagues often forget to do so when they go out for meeting, lunch or leave the office at the end of the day.
In support of the University’s Energy Saving Campaign, an arrangement can now be made by the Information Technology Services Office (ITS) to automate the process on all AD (Active Directory) connected computers.
By deploying a group policy on all AD connected computers of the departments and offices, the computer screens will be turned off automatically after 30 minutes of idle time (15 minutes for notebooks on battery). When a movement of the mouse/keyboard is detected, the screen will ‘wake up’ within 1-3 second.
A number of offices including IC, CSO, OSL, and ITS have taken the lead to adopt this energy saving measure. Please contact ITS if your department/office would like to join hand in saving energy and the environment!