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EPEAT Standards Development
Resources Directory

This is a listing of documents, articles, and presentations that have been recommended by Working Group members as useful resources. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list. Resources are organized into the following categories:

IEEE 1680.2 Imaging Equipment Resources

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Consumables:

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Environmentally Sensitive Materials:

Indoor Air Quality:

  • Indoor Pollutant Emissions from Electronic Office Equipment—a PowerPoint presentation for the California Air Resources Board Air Pollution Seminar Series, by Thomas E. McKone, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (January 7, 2009).
  • Indoor Air Quality Scientific Findings Resources Bank—The Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Scientific Findings Resource Bank (IAQ-SFRB) is being developed by the Indoor Environment Department of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory with funding support from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The IAQ-SFRB serves as a resource for public health professionals, building professionals, and others who seek scientific information about the effects of IAQ on people's health or work performance.

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IEEE 1680.3 Television Resources

General Resources:

  • EPEAT Standards Development Roadmap, Revised Final Background Document, August 24, 2007—This document outlines environmental issues associated with televisions (see pages 16 - 21) and other electronic products selected for EPEAT standards development.
  • EU Directive: 2009/300/EC Commission Decision of 12 March 2009 establishing the revised ecological criteria for the award of the Community Eco-label to televisions.
  • European Commission Implementing Measures related to TVs:
  • Summary done by ICF of the life-cycle inventory (LCI) data sources (a Excel file) for TVs, cell phones, and other electronic devices. Their review of the research is organized by the following categories: general resources or comprehensive studies that present a large amount of LCI data on TVs and cell phones; composition data, which summarizes resources that have information on the break-down of electronic devices components, materials, and weight; unit process data, which summarizes information available on the process steps in the production and end-of-life (EOL) recycling of electronic devices; and international production and EOL flows, which summarizes data available on the geographic production and transport of electronic devices for production and EOL recycling and disposal.

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Regulatory & Policy Frameworks

  • Directive 2005/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2005 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-using products (EuPs) and amending Council Directive 92/42/EEC and Directives 96/57/EC and 2000/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. The directive does not introduce directly binding requirements for specific products, but does define conditions and criteria for setting requirements regarding environmentally relevant product characteristics.
  • European Commission’s work plan for 2009-11 (a PDF file) on possible implementing measures for EuP.
  • Economic Impacts of the British Columbia Recycling Regulation by Gardner Pinfold Consulting Economists for the BC Ministry of Environment Environmental Quality Branch, August 2008.
  • PAS 2050:2008—Specification for the assessment of the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of goods and services, by the British Standards Institution. Details the method developed for measuring the embodied greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from goods and services at the request of Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) and the Carbon Trust.

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Broad Interest Reports & Presentations

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Energy Star Updates

  • Energy Star Electronics Product Update—a PowerPoint presentation dated January 15, 2009.
  • Enterprise Servers—Summary: The deadline to submit comments on Draft 3 ENERGY STAR specification for Computer Servers was December 3, 2008. Under this draft, new effective dates are proposed for the Tier 1 and Tier 2 requirements: February 1, 2009 and October 1, 2010, respectively. ENERGY STAR contact: Andrew Fanara (Fanara.andrew@epa.gov)
  • Computers—Summary: Criteria for Version 5.0 were finalized on November 14, 2008, with an effective date of July 1, 2009. Requirements specific to game consoles will continue through the close of the year. ENERGY STAR contact: Katharine Kaplan (Kaplan.Katharine@epamail.epa.gov)
  • Displays (Monitors)—Summary: The deadline to submit comments on draft final of the ENERGY STAR Displays specification Version 5.0 was January 5. October 2009 is the anticipated effective date for the new specification. ENERGY STAR contact: Christopher Kent (Kent.Christopher@epa.gov)
  • Imaging Equipment—Summary: Criteria for Version 1.1 were finalized on October 1, 2008, with an effective date of July 1, 2009. ENERGY STAR contact: Christopher Kent (Kent.Christopher@epa.gov)

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Environmentally Sensitive Materials

  • DfE’s Flame Retardants in Printed Circuit Boards Partnership. The comment period for the draft report, Partnership to Evaluate Flame Retardants in Printed Circuit Boards (a PDF file), is now over. This draft report contains a summary of the environmental and human health attributes of selected flame retardants used in printed circuit boards. The final report is expected in 2009.
  • Status of IPC standard J-STD-709 “Limits for Bromine and Chlorine in Flame Retardants and Polyvinyl Chloride in”Low-Halogen” Electronic Products” (proposed for ballot).
  • DfE General Screen for Safer Ingredients—This “General Screen” delineates the safer or “low-concern” end of the ingredient spectrum, guiding and ensuring best-in-class ingredient choices for DfE-recognized products.

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Servers: Background Information

  • Joint DOE and EPA report, Energy Efficiency in Data Centers (a PDF file)—Recommendations for Government-Industry Coordination (published October 16, 2008), which details the discussions and recommendations covered during a national strategy workshop on July 8, 2008.
  • Rackable Systems, Inc.: C1001 Eco-Logical server Competitive Power Consumption and Power Efficiency Study (a PDF file) dated April 2008—An evaluation by The Tolly Group on power consumption and power efficiency for the Rackable Systems C1001 Eco-Logical server.
  • Energy Star: Thin Clients and Small-Scale Servers Data Collection—EPA is kicking off a second round of data collection for the Thin Client and Small-Scale Server product types. EPA has posted a unified test procedure for both product groups and individual data collection forms for each product type. In addition to operational mode power data, the forms request information on product characteristics important to refinement of test conditions and technology-appropriate procedures. The second worksheet of each data collection form contains revised definitions for the two product types being tested.

Cell Phones & Handheld Devices: Background Information

 

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