Energy Star Certification

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March 20, 2003

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Contents
What is ENERGY STAR?........................................................ 3
ENERGY STAR for the home ................................................ 3
ENERGY STAR for the business ...........................................3
ENERGY STAR for office IT equipments... ...................... 3
Eligible equipments ........................................................ 3
ENERGY STAR Partnership program...........................4
ENERGY STAR Requirements ................................. 4
ENERGY STAR Certification ........................................ 5
References......................................................................... 5

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What is ENERGY STAR?

ENERGY STAR is a US government-backed program helping businesses
and individuals protect the environment through superior energy
efficiency.

Energy star logo identifies an ENERGY STAR qualified product.

ENERGY STAR for the home

Energy efficient choices can save families about a third on their energy
bill with similar savings of greenhouse gas emissions, without sacrificing
features, style or comfort. ENERGY STAR helps people to make the
energy efficient choice.

ENERGY STAR for the Business

A strategic approach to energy management can produce twice the
savings - for the bottom line and the environment - as typical approaches,
EPA's ENERGY STAR partnership offers a proven energy management
strategy that helps in measuring current energy performance, setting
goals, tracking savings, and rewarding improvements.

ENERGY STAR for office IT equipments

An ENERGY STAR labeled computer, in sleep mode, uses 70% less
electricity than computers without power management features. Earning
the ENERGY STAR. If left inactive, ENERGY STAR qualified computers
enter a low-power mode and use 15 watts or less. New chip technologies
make power management features more reliable, dependable, and user-
friendly than even just a few years ago. Spending a large portion of time
in low-power mode not only saves energy, but also helps equipment run
cooler and last longer Businesses that use ENERGY STAR enabled
office equipment may realize additional savings on air conditioning and
maintenance. Over its lifetime, ENERGY STAR qualified equipment in a
single home office (e.g., computer, monitor, printer, and fax) can save
enough electricity to light an entire home for more than two years.

Eligible equipments for ENERGY STAR logo

program – Computers equipments
For the following computer and computer related items the ENERGY
STAR program is available.

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Desktop, tower or mini-tower, or portable unit, including high-end desktop

computers, personal computers, workstations, network computer
desktops, X terminal controllers, computer-based point-of-sale retail
terminals and monitors.

ENERGY STAR partnership program

A manufacturer who is interested in promoting energy efficient products

can join hands with ENERGY STAR for mutual benefit. Various activities
involved in becoming a ENERGY STAR partner

 Identifying a specific product program

 Giving company information and requesting for customized
partnership program
 Executing the partnership agreement

ENERGY STAR requirements

Computers

a. The computer shall enter a sleep mode after a period of inactivity.

b. If the computer is shipped with the capability to be on a network, it
shall have the ability to enter a sleep mode while on the network.
c. If the computer is shipped with the capability to be on a network, it
shall retain in sleep mode its ability to respond to wake events
directed or targeted to the computer while on a network. If the
wake event requires the computer to exit the sleep mode and
perform a task, the computer shall re-enter its sleep mode after a
period of inactivity following the completion of the task requested.
d. The computer shall consume power in the sleep mode according
to the below table.

Maximum Continuous Power Watts in sleep mode

Rating of Power Supply
≤ 200W ≤ 15W
> 200W ≤ 300W ≤ 20W
> 300W ≤ 350W ≤ 20W
> 350W ≤ 400W ≤ 20W
> 400W 10% of the maximum continuous output
rating

Monitors

The monitor should support the below two modes.

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a. First Low Power or “Sleep” Mode: Sleep mode is defined as the

reduced power state that the monitor model enters after receiving
instructions from a computer or via other functions. A blank screen
and reduction in power consumption characterize this mode. The
monitor returns to full-power mode upon sensing a request from a
user.

b. Second Low-Power or “Deep-Sleep” Mode: Deep-Sleep mode is

defined as the second reduced power state that the monitor enters
after receiving instructions from a computer or via other functions.
A significant reduction in power consumption characterizes this
mode. The monitor returns to full-power mode upon sensing a
request from a user.

ENERGY STAR Certification

The ENERGY STAR certification is done as per the below process

 Successful partnership agreement

 Testing to ascertain the a product meets the ENERGY STAR
program requirement for that specific category of product
 Submission of test result to ENERGY STAR by the partner
 Confirmation mail from ENERGY STAR and ENERGY STAR web
site
(http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=computers.pr_computers
) updation

Reference
ENERGY STAR website – http://www.energystar.gov

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