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http://www.csrwire.com/PressRelease.php?id=7103

PORTLAND, Ore.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec. 18, 2006–Rapidly growing interest in environmentally friendly “green” computers has resulted in more than 300 computers being registered with EPEAT, the new EPA-funded green computer standard released in July. Nine manufacturers currently participate in the program.

According to Jeff Omelchuck, EPEAT’s Executive Director, “Buying green computer equipment is no longer just a desirable thing to do. Many organizations now require it.” As a result, the number of EPEAT registered products and participating manufacturers is expected to continue to grow.

Buying energy efficient computers is great, what matters is that they are used with energy efficiency in mind, that the datacenter, the office is designed with energy efficiency in mind, that we’re doing all we can as an organization to recycle, to use power efficiently to move towards carbon neutrality.

Consolidation through vmware seems the first step for your server infrastructure, buying more energy efficient pcs seems to be the way for the desktop, unless that can be virtualized using citrix and thin client pcs for example:

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, using very conservative assumptions, estimates that over the next five years, purchases of EPEAT registered computers will result in reductions of:

– More than 13 million pounds of Hazardous Waste

– More than 3 million pounds of Non-hazardous Waste

– More than 600,000 MWh of Energy – enough to power 6 million homes

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