Joulemeter Computes PC Power Consumption

Wonder how much power/electricity does your laptop or computer consume per hour? Microsoft has this nifty application that does just that — it’s called the Joulemeter.

Still in alpha version, Joulemeter breaks down power consumption of your PC down to several parts including the CPU, Disk and Monitor.

This one is a screenshot of a Joulemeter reading of my notebook — around 20 watts. I tested this on my desktop PC and it gave me an estimate of 120 watts.

I have stopped using my desktop PC starting this month and completely relied on my laptop so I got curious how much power I am able to save with this move (and hopefully also able to compute how much I save on electricity bills).

Joulemeter also shows estimated consumption of the PC in kWh and CO2 (cubic feet) produced. Check it here and let me know what your reading is.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

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19 Comments

abeolandres says:

15 years ago

Compute your laptop/PC power consumption with Joulemeter — http://www.yugatech.com/blog/freewares/j…
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thinkistank says:

15 years ago

RT @abeolandres: Compute your laptop/PC power consumption with Joulemeter — http://www.yugatech.com/blog/freewares/j…
spawnskies says:

15 years ago

@abeolandres good evening sir! been wanting to follow you since i’ve found out your blog. i also want to earn thru my internet like u do..:)

rsa1 says:

15 years ago

Also averaging 120 W
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JP says:

15 years ago

Great finds, Abe!
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JP says:

15 years ago

But I think some pirated Windows users will have doubts downloading this.
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Vidar says:

15 years ago

Hmm. I can’t find the download link. It says “A freely downloadable version of the Joulemeter software that measures laptop and desktop energy usage will be be available in a few weeks. Watch this space!”
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Vidar says:

15 years ago

Nevermind. Googled it.
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Vidar says:

15 years ago

I tried to install it but did not install. When I tried to reinstall it, it says service was already installed. Weird.
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Mystic Knight says:

15 years ago

here’s the correct site..
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/fe9e10c5-5c5b-450c-a674-daf55565f794/
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manaka_junpei says:

15 years ago

salamat sa Joulemeter nalaman ang katotohanan kung nakatipid ako sa kuryente depende sa specs nang bawat PC natin
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IC DeaDPiPoL says:

15 years ago

crap! requires .NET 3.5 ;_;
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