Comments on: Top 10 Ways to Go Green at the Office http://www.takepart.com/2008/03/02/top-10-ways-to-go-green-at-the-office/ Socially conscious entertainment from the company behind AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR and THE KITE RUNNER. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:27:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: nick http://www.takepart.com/2008/03/02/top-10-ways-to-go-green-at-the-office/#comment-48703 nick Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:56:48 +0000 http://blogs.takepart.com/2008/03/02/top-10-ways-to-go-green-at-the-office/#comment-48703 another way to go green is to opt out of recieving your free local newspaper. http://www.stopmylocalpaper.org helps you opt out online. another way to go green is to opt out of recieving your free local newspaper. http://www.stopmylocalpaper.org helps you opt out online.

]]> By: nicolas http://www.takepart.com/2008/03/02/top-10-ways-to-go-green-at-the-office/#comment-1808 nicolas Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:27:22 +0000 http://blogs.takepart.com/2008/03/02/top-10-ways-to-go-green-at-the-office/#comment-1808 thanks for the tips nicole thanks for the tips nicole

]]> By: Green Girl http://www.takepart.com/2008/03/02/top-10-ways-to-go-green-at-the-office/#comment-1298 Green Girl Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:11:53 +0000 http://blogs.takepart.com/2008/03/02/top-10-ways-to-go-green-at-the-office/#comment-1298 The Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (www.epeat.net) – enables purchasers looking for greener IT products to address dozens of environmental performance attributes in a meaningful way. EPEAT (www.epeat.net) is a stakeholder-developed environmental standard supported by US EPA that currently covers desktops, laptops and monitors and is expanding to address printers, TVs, servers and mobile devices (cell phones,PDAs) over the next year or two. (The original IT standard will also ratchet upward on a regular basis to continue to push design in the direction of more sustainable materials, processes and devices.) EPEAT is managed by the nonprofit Green Electronics Council. EPEAT addresses 51 environmental performance criteria in 8 categories, including energy efficiency (Energy Star mandatory), toxics reduction (RoHS mandatory), takeback and recycling (mandatory), greener materials choices (recycled, biobased) , ease of disassembly and recycling, life cycle extension, packaging and company performance. Dozens of manufacturers participate in EPEAT, with 500+ products registered. And the US Federal government has instituted an EPEAT requirement – so billions of federal purchasing dollars flow to EPEAT -egistered products, and create a huge incentive for manufacturers to provide a steady stream of registered products. Already nearly $50 billion in contracts – federal, state, local, enterprise, higher education - contain EPEAT requirements and the numbers grow weekly (if not daily)! Products register at Bronze, Silver, and Gold levels in EPEAT, depending on how many criteria they meet. Choosing the highest rated product appropriate for your needs allows you to immediately and significantly reduce the environmental impact of your computing. Search the product database, see participating manufacturers, examine product rating criteria, review verification procedures, see environmental benefits estimates and media coverage at www.epeat.net The Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (www.epeat.net) – enables purchasers looking for greener IT products to address dozens of environmental performance attributes in a meaningful way.

EPEAT (www.epeat.net) is a stakeholder-developed environmental standard supported by US EPA that currently covers desktops, laptops and monitors and is expanding to address printers, TVs, servers and mobile devices (cell phones,PDAs) over the next year or two. (The original IT standard will also ratchet upward on a regular basis to continue to push design in the direction of more sustainable materials, processes and devices.) EPEAT is managed by the nonprofit Green Electronics Council.

EPEAT addresses 51 environmental performance criteria in 8 categories, including energy efficiency (Energy Star mandatory), toxics reduction (RoHS mandatory), takeback and recycling (mandatory), greener materials choices (recycled, biobased) , ease of disassembly and recycling, life cycle extension, packaging and company performance.

Dozens of manufacturers participate in EPEAT, with 500+ products registered. And the US Federal government has instituted an EPEAT requirement – so billions of federal purchasing dollars flow to EPEAT -egistered products, and create a huge incentive for manufacturers to provide a steady stream of registered products. Already nearly $50 billion in contracts – federal, state, local, enterprise, higher education - contain EPEAT requirements and the numbers grow weekly (if not daily)!

Products register at Bronze, Silver, and Gold levels in EPEAT, depending on how many criteria they meet. Choosing the highest rated product appropriate for your needs allows you to immediately and significantly reduce the environmental impact of your computing. Search the product database, see participating manufacturers, examine product rating criteria, review verification procedures, see environmental benefits estimates and media coverage at http://www.epeat.net

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