HP to Reduce PC Energy Usage by 25 Percent, Leads Industry in EPEAT-Gold Products
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 8, 2008 - Today at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show, HP
committed to reduce the energy consumption(1) of its volume desktop and notebook PC
families by 25 percent by 2010.(2)
HP also now leads the industry in the number of Electronic Product Environmental
Assessment Tool (EPEAT(TM)) Gold listed products with the introduction of more than two
dozen PCs registered in North America at either the Gold or Silver rating levels.
"HP for decades has been integrating environmentally responsible components and
processes across the entire product lifecycle," said Todd Bradley, executive vice
president, Personal Systems Group, HP. "We are dedicated to meeting our energy
consumption goal of 25 percent reduction by 2010, and these additional EPEAT-Gold
registrations exemplify how HP leads the IT market in reducing the environmental impact
of its products and business processes."
HP has long focused on developing products designed with the environment in mind,
and it was the first PC manufacturer to register an EPEAT Gold product with the HP
Compaq rp5700 Long Lifecycle Business Desktop PC in 2007.
The EPEAT system helps shoppers evaluate, compare and select desktop computers,
notebooks and monitors based on the products' environmental attributes. EPEAT
evaluates electronic products according to three tiers of environmental performance:
Bronze, Silver and Gold.
New HP business products meeting the most rigorous, Gold status include the HP
Compaq 2510p and HP Compaq 2710p Business Notebook series PCs and all models
of the HP Compaq dc7800, dc5750 and dc5700 Business Desktop PC families.
HP also has a diverse array of new consumer desktop and notebook PCs that are U.S.
EPA ENERGY STAR® qualified and EPEAT Silver listed. The new notebooks include the
HP Pavilion dv9700, dv6700, dv2700 and tx1000 series, along with the Compaq
Presario A9000, F700 and C700 series. In desktops, HP is introducing the HP Pavilion
a6360 available in North America a variety of customizable configurations on the HP
Home and Home Office online store.
Reducing PC energy consumption HP expects to reach its 2010 energy reduction goal through a variety of strategies, including integrating such components as more efficient power supplies and lowerenergy chipsets and other energy-saving technologies and processes across its volume PC portfolio.
The products recently listed as EPEAT Gold incorporate various features to help
businesses reduce their environmental impact. For example, the HP Compaq dc7800
Business Desktop PC is loaded with energy-efficient features, starting with the latest Intel® Core(TM) 2 Duo(3) processors, which consume less energy and deliver more performance than previous versions. One of the industry's smallest, enterprise-ready desktops, the new HP dc7800 Ultra-slim Desktop PC is 46 percent smaller than previous models, delivering maximum energy-efficiency with a standard, 85 percent efficient power supply without compromising performance.
Another feature that helps reduce power usage across the HP business desktop line are
optional 80 PLUS® power supplies, which are up to 15 percent more efficient than
standard power supplies.(4) Annually, 1,000 PCs with 80 PLUS power supplies can save
the equivalent in carbon dioxide emissions generated by the burning of more than 4,500
gallons of gasoline.(5)
Additionally, the Verdiem SURVEYOR(TM) remote power management software agent(6)
comes preloaded on all dc7800 series PCs. When activated, SURVEYOR can help
measure, manage and reduce power consumption on PCs and monitors by up to 33
percent, or about 200 kilowatt-hours per PC annually.
More information about these and other products and services announced at 2008 CES
is available in an online press kit at www.hp.com/go/CES2008.
HP and the environment
For decades HP has worked to manage its environmental impact by adopting
environmentally responsible practices in product development, operations and supply
chain. The company strives to be a global leader in reducing its carbon footprint, limiting waste and recycling responsibly. HP's efforts earned it recognition as one of Fortune Magazine's "Ten Green Giants" in April 2007.
More information about the company's work in relation to the environment is available at www.hp.com/environment.
About HP
HP focuses on simplifying technology experiences for all of its customers - from
individual consumers to the largest businesses. With a portfolio that spans printing,
personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure, HP is among the world's
largest IT companies, with revenue totaling $104.3 billion for the four fiscal quarters
ended Oct. 31, 2007.
More information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is available at www.hp.com.
More news from HP, including links to RSS feeds, is available at
www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom.
(1) By 2010, HP plans to reduce the energy consumption of volume desktop and notebook PC families by 25 percent, relative to 2005.
(2) Energy consumption is defined as watts consumed in "idle" mode (using the US EPA ENERGY STAR test protocol). The improvement will be calculated by averaging the energy consumption of desktop and notebook platform across shipped volume.
(3) Dual Core is a new technology designed to improve performance of multithreaded software products and hardware-aware multitasking operating systems and may require appropriate operating system software for full benefit. Not all customers or software applications will necessarily benefit from use of this technology. 64-bit computing on Intel architecture requires a computer system with a processor, chipset, BIOS, operating system, device drivers and applications enabled for Intel 64 architecture. Processors will not operate (including 32-bit operation) without an Intel 64 architecture-enabled BIOS. Performance will vary depending on your hardware and software configurations. See intel.com/info/em64t for more information.
(4) Savings calculations based on PCMark 05 benchmark internal testing results. Customer results will vary. Variables include customer determined percentage of sleep state, idle state, productivity state and peak usage state. Also, manufacturing variability will affect the savings a customer may see. HP advises customers
to test a system with an 80 PLUS supply in their environment to determine potential savings.
(5) Based on calculations using the U.S.-Climate Technology Cooperation (U.S.-CTC)
www.usctcgateway.net/tool/.
(6) SURVEYOR licenses must be purchased separately and are available as an option from HP.
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Tiffany Smith, HP
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tiffany.smith@hp.com
Christine Wright
AR-Edelman for HP
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christine.wright@ar-edelman.com
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