Green Electronic Purchases Are Making A Difference

If you’ve purchased environmentally friendly electronics for the office, you’ve made a wise choice. 

About 78.6 million megawatt-hours of energy use have been avoided since EPEAT® registered electronics were put on the market in 2005, according to an Earth911.com article assessing an infographic from EPEAT®.  This is equivalent to the annual electricity consumption of 6.5 million average U.S. households. 

EPEAT® is a global green electronics registry that has been assessing a gadget’s impacts on the environment — throughout the gadget’s entire lifecycle — since 2005.  Green electronics are more energy efficient, easier to recycle and less toxic.  Products ranging from Apple Inc., to Hewlett-Packard, to Sony, have attained EPEAT® certification for their gadgets.

Additionally, the 441 million registered EPEAT® electronics sold since 2005 have removed the annual greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to emissions from 9 million cars per year and have reduced waste equivalent to one year’s worth of waste from 55,000 U.S. homes, according to the EPEAT® infographic.

Read the full article on Earth911.com for more information and to check out the infographic from EPEAT®.

  

EPEAT® products currently include: desktops, laptops, integrated systems, displays, workstations and thin client devices.  However, EPEAT® 's findings are likely representative of the positive environmental impact all energy efficient electronics have on the environment. 

EcoGreenOffice has a variety of energy efficient electronics and technology products for the office, ranging from, printers & copiers, to fax machines.   

Supplied through EcoGreenOffice, The LaserJet Pro P1102W Wireless Laser Printer shown above has energy-efficient features, such as "Instant-on Technology and Auto-On/Auto-Off Technology," helping you to save money as well as energy.