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The Electronics Products Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) is an easy-to-use environmental procurement tool for purchasers to identify environmentally preferable desktops, notebooks and monitors. EPEAT is a purchasing system featuring products that meet a stringent set of environmental criteria. Products are ranked 'Gold', 'Silver' and 'Bronze' depending on how many green criteria they meet. EPEAT verifies registered products to ensure they comply with the Standard. EPEAT also offers a calculator for precisely measuring environmental benefits. |
EPEAT evaluates electronic products according to three tiers of environmental performance – Bronze, Silver and Gold. The complete set of performance criteria includes 23 required criteria and 28 optional criteria in 8 categories. According to the numbers of criteria meet, the registered product will be evaluated to the appropriate tier.
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Product meets all required criteria. |
Product meets all required criteria plus at least 50% of the optional criteria that apply to the product type being registered. |
Product meets all required criteria plus at least 75% of the optional criteria that apply to the product type being registered. |
EPEAT evaluates eight environmental categories:
• Reduction or Elimination of Sensitive Materials
• Materials Selection
• Design for End of Life
• Product Longevity/Life Cycle Extension
• Energy Conservation
• End of Life Management
• Corporate Performance
• Packaging
EPEAT is helping transform the marketplace for green computer products. Over 25 manufacturers have registered more than 800 products since the inception of the program in July 2006. Just during 2007, the sale of registered EPEAT products reduced the use of toxic materials by 3,220 metric tons and avoided the disposal of 124,000 metric tons of hazardous waste.
EPEAT has been added to the US Federal Acquisition Regulations to ensure that all Federal agencies purchase and use the greenest computers available. Not limited to just the US Federal government, EPEAT is used at the state and local level as well as by corporate purchasers and international governmental organizations. The broad, world-wide adoption of EPEAT has made it one of the fastest growing eco-label in the IT industry over the past two years.
ASUS has several products registered at "Gold" level, the highest tier of EPEAT, with N series Notebook in the lead.
In 2009, ASUS also has products registered at "Silver" level, with EeePC in the lead.
The following list shows ASUS' EPEAT GOLD products:
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EeePC |
Notebooks |
Monitors |
| 1005HA |
N10J |
VH202T-P |
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N10E |
VH222H-P |
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N20A |
VH232H-P |
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N50Vc - LED Display |
VH236H-P |
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N50Vn - LED Display |
VH242H-P |
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N80Vr - LED Display |
VW198T-P |
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N80Vc - LED Display |
VH242HL-P |
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N80Vn - LED Display |
VH236HL-P |
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U2E - Bamboo Series |
VH235T-P |
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U6V - Bamboo Series |
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N51Vf |
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The following list shows ASUS' EPEAT SILVER products:
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EeePC |
Notebooks |
Desktop |
Monitor |
| 900HA |
M51A |
EeeBox PC B202 |
VW195T-P |
| 900HD Series |
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EeeBox PC B206 |
VW195TAA |
| 1000HA |
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EeeBox PC EB1006 |
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| 1000HE Series |
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| 1005HAB |
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| 1008HA |
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For further information of EPEAT, please visit EPEAT Official Website: http://www.epeat.net/
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