PC Power Management

PC Power Management Software

Automated Windows PC power management for schools and businesses. Proven to cut PC energy use by up to 60%.

  • Shuts down PCs nobody is using, every night, without fail
  • Wakes them again before the working day starts
  • Reports the money and CO₂ you've saved
  • Runs entirely inside your network, from one console
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One licence covers every PC at your site, from £41.25 a month.

How many of your PCs are on right now, with nobody using them?

Most organisations don't know. PCs get left on at the end of the day, then all weekend, then through the holidays. Nobody notices, because nothing breaks. It just shows up on the electricity bill.

Shutdown scripts and group policies help, but they fail quietly. A PC waiting on an update, a driver that won't let go, an application that never closed properly, and the machine stays on. Without something watching, there's no way of knowing which ones did.

TaskForceCO2 fixes that. You set the rules once in a single console. It applies them to every PC on your network, checks they worked, and shows you what it saved.

Where the money goes

  • PCs left on overnight and at weekends
  • Whole rooms running through school holidays
  • Shutdown scripts that hang on updates or open software
  • No record of which PCs actually turned off

What TaskForceCO2 does about it

  • Schedules shutdown, sleep, hibernate and wake by PC or group
  • Only shuts down PCs nobody is logged on to, if you prefer
  • Doesn't rely on the standard Windows shutdown, so stuck PCs still go off
  • Keeps essential PCs in a group that never shuts down
  • Reports financial and CO₂ savings from your own PCs

Save money. Cut CO₂. Without anyone changing a habit.

Savings calculator

What are your PCs costing you?

Wasted on PCs left on, every year
£3,068
12,272kWh a year
2.5 tCO₂ a year

A Site Licence would pay for itself in about 9 weeks.

Based on PCs left on for 118 hours a week (weeknights and weekends), 52 weeks a year. Adjust the figures to match your PCs and tariff.

Trusted by IT teams in schools, colleges and businesses since 2009.

TaskForceCO2 is developed by PeachWorx Limited. It runs entirely inside your own network, so there's nothing new for anyone to approve. 100% offline. No data ever leaves your organisation.

Up to 60%less energy used by your PCs
£41.25a month covers every PC at one site
Zerodata leaving your network
Rows of switched-off PCs in a computer lab after hours

When you finish for the day, make sure your PCs do too.

Real problems, real budgets

Which one sounds like you?

Pick the story closest to your own. Each one takes about two minutes to read.

Schools Dan Network Manager, secondary school "Every Monday I'd find two ICT suites had been on since Friday afternoon." Read Dan's story → Colleges & universities Priya IT Services Manager, FE college, three campuses "We'd signed up to a net-zero target. Nobody could tell me what our PCs cost to run." Read Priya's story →

Mark's story

Two minutes to read. Click to open.
An illustrative example. Mark isn't a real customer, but his network might look a lot like yours.

Mark looks after IT at a family-owned engineering firm. There are 180 PCs across the offices, the drawing office and the workshop, plus a handful of servers in a cupboard that everyone calls the server room.

He'd set up a group policy shutdown years ago and assumed it was working.

The question

When the energy contract came up for renewal, the new rate was a shock. The finance director asked every department what they could cut. Her first question for Mark was simple: how many PCs are left on overnight?

"I didn't know. I had a script that was supposed to turn them off. I had no idea how many it actually did."

He walked round at seven one evening and counted. About half were still on. Some had a Windows update waiting. Some had a CAD file open. A few had simply ignored the shutdown and sat there with the screen off.

What didn't work

Tightening the policy made it worse. It shut down two drawing office workstations in the middle of overnight renders, and the engineers lost a night's work. Asking people to switch off at the end of the day lasted about a week.

What he found

Mark installed TaskForceCO2 on a server and pulled every PC in from Active Directory, by OU. He put the render workstations in their own group that never shuts down. The office PCs shut down at 7pm, but only when nobody is logged on. The workshop PCs go off at 6pm whatever happens. Everything wakes at 7:30am, ready for the day.

Because TaskForceCO2 doesn't rely on the standard Windows shutdown, the PCs that used to hang now go off too. And the console shows which ones did.

What changed

After the first month, Mark sent the finance director the savings report, worked out from the firm's own PCs. The engineers didn't notice anything had changed. Their renders still run overnight. The rest of the building finally goes dark when everyone goes home.

The rough maths. About 90 PCs were being left on for around 118 hours a week (weeknights plus weekends). At roughly 50 watts each and 25p per kWh, that's close to £6,900 a year.

The Site Licence costs £495 a year and covers every PC in the building. It paid for itself in the first month.

How many of your PCs are on right now?

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IT manager setting up PC power management in the TaskForceCO2 console
One console

See every PC at a glance

Bring your PCs into the console from Active Directory (by OU), from the network, or by IP address. Arrange them into your own groups without touching your AD structure.

  • Several power events per PC, per day
  • Different schedules for offices, labs and classrooms
  • Shut down only if logged off, or regardless
  • Wake PCs before the day starts, or for overnight updates
  • Savings reports in money and CO₂

How TaskForceCO2 Works

1

Install

Install the TaskForceCO2 console on a server or admin PC. It deploys its tiny client to your PCs for you, and any that are switched off get it as soon as they come back on.

Runs inside your network  ·  Nothing sent online
2

Add your PCs

Pull PCs in from Active Directory, the network or an IP range, then put them in groups that match how your buildings work.

Your AD stays exactly as it is
3

Set the rules and save

Choose when each group shuts down, sleeps or wakes. TaskForceCO2 applies the rules every day and records what it saved.

Full reporting  ·  Changes take seconds
Fully offline

No data ever leaves your network

TaskForceCO2 runs entirely inside your internal network. No cloud servers, no external data, no internet dependency.

GDPR friendly

Everything stays inside your organisation. TaskForceCO2 collects no user data.

Unaffected by outages

If the internet goes down, your power schedules carry on as normal.

Nothing to attack from outside

No cloud endpoints means no external attack surface to worry about.

PC Power Management Software Pricing

No per-PC charges. One licence covers every PC it applies to. All prices are per year.

Most popular

Site Licence

Businesses, colleges and universities

£495

per year

  • Every PC at one site
  • Unlimited console installs
  • Licence, support and upgrades for 1 year
  • Works out at £41.25 a month
  • No per-PC charges
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Enterprise Licence

Organisations with many sites

£4,995

per year

  • Every PC in every building
  • Unlimited sites, one organisation
  • Licence, support and upgrades for 1 year
  • Works out at £416.25 a month
  • New sites covered as you add them
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Schools & partners

Licences built for education and IT providers

School Site LicenceEvery PC in one school, £495 a year MAT / Trust LicenceEvery school in the trust, £2,995 a year School District LicenceEvery school in the district, $19,995 a year MSP LicenceUnlimited client PCs, £14,995 a year
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Prices in GBP, per year. Licences don't renew automatically.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does TaskForceCO2 cost per PC?

There's no per-PC charge. A Site Licence is £495 a year and covers every PC at your site, which works out at less than £41.25 a month.

For a site with 100 PCs, that's about £0.41 per PC per month. With 300 PCs, it's about £0.14. The more PCs you have, the less each one costs.

How quickly will it pay for itself?

Usually within weeks. As an example, 50 PCs left on overnight and at weekends run for about 118 extra hours a week. At around 50 watts each and 25p per kWh, that's roughly £3,800 a year of electricity.

A Site Licence at £495 would pay for itself in about seven weeks. Your own figures depend on your PCs and your tariff, and TaskForceCO2's reports show the real savings from your network.

What's the difference between the Site and Enterprise licences?

The Site Licence covers every PC at one physical site. The Enterprise Licence covers every PC your organisation has, in every building, at any number of sites. With up to ten sites, separate Site Licences cost less. Enterprise is the better buy for larger organisations, or if you want one licence that covers everything, including any sites you add later.

How does renewal work?

Every licence is priced per year and covers your licence, support and upgrades for that year. To carry on, simply renew for another year. Nothing renews automatically, so you're never charged without asking.

Do you have pricing for schools?

Yes. A School Site Licence covers every PC in one school for £495 a year, and a MAT or trust licence covers every school in the trust. See school pricing.

Which PCs does it work with?

TaskForceCO2 manages Windows PCs on your local network. You can add them from Active Directory (by OU), from the network or by IP address. It's built for on-premises networks, so it isn't designed for devices that are only managed through the cloud.

Will it shut down PCs that get stuck?

Yes. Many PCs fail to shut down with scripts or group policy, often because of an old driver or software that hasn't closed properly. TaskForceCO2 doesn't rely on the standard Windows shutdown, so those PCs go off too.

Can we keep some PCs switched on?

Yes. Put any PCs that must stay on, such as render machines or reception PCs, into their own group with no power scheme. You can also choose to shut PCs down only when nobody is logged on.

Does any of our data leave the network?

No. TaskForceCO2 runs entirely inside your network and collects no user data.

Free trial

Try TaskForceCO2 on your own network

A fully working 14-day trial on up to 250 PCs. Getting it takes a couple of minutes, and there's nothing to pay.

  1. Click Start free trialIt takes you to the short trial form.
  2. Fill in your detailsYour name, job title, organisation, work email and how many PCs you have.
  3. Confirm your emailWe email you a link within seconds. Click it to confirm your address.
  4. Get your licence key and downloadsThey appear on screen straight away, and we email them to you too.
  5. Install and add your PCsSet your first schedule and watch the savings report fill up.
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What you get

The same software our customers use, on your network, with your PCs.

  • Fully working for 14 days, on up to 250 PCs
  • Licence key and downloads emailed to you
  • Installs on your own server or admin PC
  • Savings reports from your own PCs
  • Help from us if you get stuck
  • No card details needed
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Questions first? Email salesteam@taskforceco2.com