HP can help you transition to ENERGY STAR 5.0
reprinted with permission from HP
Why were new standards introduced by the EPA?
The ENERGY STAR 5.0 program was designed to drive innovation in improving energy efficiency. 5.0 is also intended to periodically re-set limits so that only 25% of the products in the market will qualify.
ENERGY STAR 5.0
There are two changes from the current ENERGY STAR 4.0 program to the ENERGY STAR 5.0 that will have decided benefits for your organization should you choose to implement the new standards:
1. High efficiency power supplies option has gone from 80% up to 87% on new products.
2. Minimum 2GB of memory, up from 1GB.
The difference between ENERGY STAR 4.0 and 5.0
ENERGY STAR 4.0 was concerned with 80% Efficient Power Supply. The current Standard Power Supplies offered for desktop computers range from 65-75% efficiency. ENERGY STAR 5.0 is raising the efficiency percentage to 87%. The higher the efficiency, the more energy a computer saves, the more computers with a higher rating purchased for small business, the more money saved.
When a power supply converts AC power from the wall to the various DC voltages that the computer needs, there is always a loss of power. The power loss varies with how busy the computer is. An 80% efficient power supply is guaranteed to lose less than 20% of the AC power at 20%, 50% and 100% loads.
The lower idle specification plus the 87% efficient power supply together provide big benefits to your business beyond simple compliance:
HP Business Desktops, ENERGY STAR 5.0 qualified today
There is no grandfathering with the new requirements – as of July 1st, 2009, you’re either ENERGY STAR 5.0 qualified, or you aren’t qualified at all. And even if you’re not worried about compliance, you don’t have to wait to reap the rewards that an ENERGY STAR 5.0 product can bring you.
Select HP 5000, rp5000 and dc7900 series Business Desktops meeting ENERGY STAR 5.0 standards are available right now. You can get a head start on meeting requirements as well as saving. Find out more about HP business desktops that are ENERGY STAR 5.0 qualified:
HP 5000 series Business Desktops
HP dc7900 family Business Desktops
HP rp5700 series Point of Sale System
Carl Mazzanti is Co-Founder and President of eMazzanti Technologies, Microsoft’s four time Partner of the Year and one of the premier IT consulting services for businesses throughout the New York metropolitan area and internationally. Carl and his company manage over 400 active accounts ranging from professional services firms to high-end global retailers.
eMazzanti is all about delivering powerful, efficient outsourced IT services, such as computer network management and troubleshooting, managed print, PCI DSS compliance, green computing, mobile workforce technology, information security, cloud computing, and business continuity and disaster recovery.
Carl Mazzanti is also a frequent business conference speaker and technology talk show guest and contributor at Microsoft-focused events, including frequent prominent roles at the Microsoft Inspire (Worldwide Partner Conference / WPC).
Carl, a serial Entrepreneur, gives back to the community through Entrepreneur teaching engagements at Georgetown University, the company’s ocean wildlife conservation effort, the Blue Project, and Tree Mazzanti.
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