Comments on: Look Beyond Data Centers To Cut IT Energy Use http://www.environmentalleader.com/2007/12/11/look-beyond-data-centers-to-cut-it-energy-use/ Environmental Leader Thu, 24 May 2012 16:26:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sarah OBrien http://www.environmentalleader.com/2007/12/11/look-beyond-data-centers-to-cut-it-energy-use/comment-page-1/#comment-27207 Sarah OBrien Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:31:56 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2007/12/11/look-beyond-data-centers-to-cut-it-energy-use/#comment-27207 One further tip when purchasing replacements for old monitors or other equipment - purchase only those products registered at Silver or Gold levels in the EPEAT greener computer registry - at www.epeat.net . EPEAT stands for the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool - an environmental rating system developed through an extensive stakeholder process supported by US EPA and formalized as the ANSI-approved Standard 1680 of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers). To enter the EPEAT registry, products must meet Energy Star AND must contain fewer toxics and be easy to recycle responsibly at end of life, and all manufacturers registering products must demonstrate environmental responsibility by having environmental management systems in place at their facilties and providing regular corporate environmental reporting to the public.In all, porducts must meet 23 mandatory criteria to register at the entry level -- EPEAT Bronze. To qualify for higher levels - Silver and Gold - registered products must also meet multiple combinations of the 28 optional environmental performance criteria.Suppliers can win additional points by reducing packaging, or making it from recycled content,or integrating recycled content into their product itself, or providing renewable energy options, or a host of other initiatives. For more, see www.epeat.net So why just address energy effiency when EPEAT lets you specify Energy Star PLUS other vitally important environmental criteria? Choose EPEAT products to ensure that your purchasing dollars both support energy efficiency and continue pushing the envelope on other environmental design and performance requirements for electronic products! One further tip when purchasing replacements for old monitors or other equipment – purchase only those products registered at Silver or Gold levels in the EPEAT greener computer registry – at http://www.epeat.net .

EPEAT stands for the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool – an environmental rating system developed through an extensive stakeholder process supported by US EPA and formalized as the ANSI-approved Standard 1680 of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers).

To enter the EPEAT registry, products must meet Energy Star AND must contain fewer toxics and be easy to recycle responsibly at end of life, and all manufacturers registering products must demonstrate environmental responsibility by having environmental management systems in place at their facilties and providing regular corporate environmental reporting to the public.In all, porducts must meet 23 mandatory criteria to register at the entry level — EPEAT Bronze.

To qualify for higher levels – Silver and Gold – registered products must also meet multiple combinations of the 28 optional environmental performance criteria.Suppliers can win additional points by reducing packaging, or making it from recycled content,or integrating recycled content into their product itself, or providing renewable energy options, or a host of other initiatives. For more, see http://www.epeat.net

So why just address energy effiency when EPEAT lets you specify Energy Star PLUS other vitally important environmental criteria? Choose EPEAT products to ensure that your purchasing dollars both support energy efficiency and continue pushing the envelope on other environmental design and performance requirements for electronic products!

]]> By: Jeffatdell http://www.environmentalleader.com/2007/12/11/look-beyond-data-centers-to-cut-it-energy-use/comment-page-1/#comment-26871 Jeffatdell Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:17:48 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2007/12/11/look-beyond-data-centers-to-cut-it-energy-use/#comment-26871 This article is going in the right direction, and there are three points that can be added. 1. Buy Energy Smart PCs: The EPA estimates that this will save $109 per year per PC. 2. Buy PCs with robust power management settings: Power management settings not only save money, but make batteries last longer in notebook computers. 3. Measuring energy use is hard, but worthwhile: Most companies use the manufacturer’s specs for power use, which is about all that is available. But there are calculators out there for PCs and servers in the data center. This article is going in the right direction, and there are three points that can be added.
1. Buy Energy Smart PCs: The EPA estimates that this will save $109 per year per PC.
2. Buy PCs with robust power management settings: Power management settings not only save money, but make batteries last longer in notebook computers.
3. Measuring energy use is hard, but worthwhile: Most companies use the manufacturer’s specs for power use, which is about all that is available. But there are calculators out there for PCs and servers in the data center.

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