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Gary,
There is an Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool http://www.epeat.net/ website that rates some desktop and notebook computers against its criteria to award gold, silver, and bronze designations. I’ve not looked carefully at the criteria http://www.epeat.net/Criteria.aspx
There are a couple of articles on Environmental News Network that may be of interest—
http://www.enn.com/sci-tech/article/37846 The Greenest Desktop Computers Of 2008
http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/37862 The Greenest Notebook Computers Of 2008
Cheers, Rod
Rodney Sobin Office of Remediation Programs Virginia Department of Environmental Quality Postal: P.O. Box 1105, Richmond, VA 23218-1105 Street: 629 E. Main St., Richmond, VA 23219-2429 Tel. 804-698-4382 rsobin@deq.virginia.gov ________________________________________________________
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Today I came across this article http://www.slate.com/id/2205761/
I guess I had never looked at this resource before. They are addressing many sustainability/p2 questions.
My question, do you agree with their recommendations on laptop use and laptops versus desktops. Is there a current ranking or rating of the green-ness of laptop and PC products.
I am finding that now more than ever organizations are trying to address energy saving and are looking for guidance.
Gary Miller
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