Power supply firm APC by Schneider Electric has released software that provides energy reporting for IT equipment.

The US power supply firm says its PowerChute 9.0 Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS) solution enables customers to measure power consumption cost and CO2 emissions on a per Smart-UPS basis. 

 

It calculates the cost of a Smart-UPS’ power draw in kWh, enabling it to report on how the energy use of protected equipment affects the bottom line.

 

“For the first time, our customers can see the energy being consumed, the cost of this energy and the CO2 being produced by equipment protected by our Smart-UPS,” said Dave Johnson, an APC senior vice president.

 

Users can configure the exact sequence by which equipment shuts down and restarts so that more critical servers stay online longer.

 

They can also schedule shutdown and reboot of unessential servers outside business hours. On its own this could pay for the cost of the software within two years, APC said.