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EPEAT have announced for 2010 a standard revision that increases stringency of EPEAT energy efficiency requirements and eliminates all products that do not meet ENERGY STAR 5.0 specifications. This change is due to a revision of the underlying IEEE 1680 standard. EPEAT originally contained a ‘grace period’ that allowed previously listed products to remain on [...] The levels of toxic and harmful chemicals found in servers are not as severe as those found in PCs as they only relate to components such as the processors and chipsets, soldering and wiring, and the coatings and paints used externally, and will not include plastic casings or [...] Legislation and regulation Governments across the world are increasingly introducing legislation and financial incentives as tools to accelerate business energy waste and carbon reduction. As of December 2006, 169 countries and governmental entities had ratified the [...] Business is a significant and growing consumer of energy and, therefore, a major contributor to CO2 emissions. For example, the UK Office of National Statistics estimates that business organizations accounted for 68% of the UK’s total carbon fuel consumption in 2005, an increase of 10.6% between 1990 and [...] |
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