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Green Computers Are Making A Difference
By reli4nt
The Green Electronics Council released its first report estimating the benefits of purchasing desktops, laptops and monitors registered by its EPEAT database. EPEAT (Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool) is an online tool which allows organizations to compare and select computers based on their environmental attributes. EPEAT ranks qualifying products in three tiers, Bronze, Silver or Gold with the lowest meeting all requirements and the strictest (Gold) meeting 75% or more optional criteria.:
The results according to the GEC found that
- Saves 13.7 billion kWh of electricity, enough to power 1.2 million U.S. homes for a year;
- Saves 24.4 million metric tons of materials, equivalent to the weight of 189 million refrigerators;
- Prevents 56.5 million metric tons of air pollution, including 1.07 million metric tons of global warming gases (the equivalent of removing 852,000 cars from the road for a year);
- Prevents 118,000 metric tons of water pollution;
- Reduces toxic material use by 1,070 metric tons, equivalent to the weight of 534,000 bricks, including enough mercury to fill 157,000 household fever thermometers; and
- Avoids the disposal of 41,100 metric tons of hazardous waste, equivalent to the weight of 20.5 million bricks.
Jeff Omelchuck, Director of the Green Electronics Council stated, There are now more than 575 EPEAT registered green products from 21 different manufacturers. We predict the benefits next year will be even bigger.
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