Joulemeter : An Application That Estimate The Power Consumption of Your Computer

Ever wondered how much power is required to run a desktop computer or laptop? Freeware software from Microsoft  i.e. Joulemeter will give you the answer.

Joulemeter is a software based mechanism to measure the energy usage of virtual machines (VMs), servers, desktops, laptops, and even individual softwares running on a computer.

Joulemeter estimates the energy usage of a VM, computer, or software by measuring the hardware resources (CPU, disk, memory, screen etc) being used and converting the resource usage to actual power usage based on automatically learned realistic power models.

Joulemeter estimates the power consumption of your computer. It tracks computer resources, such as CPU utilization and screen brightness, and estimates power usage.

Joulemeter can be used for gaining visibility into energy use and for making several power management and provisioning decisions in data centers, client computing, and software design.

Project details are available at http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/joulemeter/default.aspx.

Note: If you are running this program on your laptop, make sure it is on battery not connected to power and this application might collect and upload some about your computer online like CPU and utilization; applications running; hard disk size and type; memory size and type; or the name of the Internet service provider and the IP address of your computer.

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