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EU EcolabelPersonal Computers and Laptops

Emma Pell and Phil Dolley

Agenda

10:00 Introductions

10:15 Outline of EuP/Ecolabel project

10:25 Product schedule overview

10:30 Criteria proposal discussions for personal computers and laptops

13:00 Lunch

14:00 Criteria proposal discussions for personal computers and laptops

15:45 Meeting conclusions and next steps

16:00 End of meeting

• EuP Preparatory Studies and Ecolabel:- Share similar requirements….- …need for an evidence base of information:

Markets Product life cycleImprovement potentialStakeholder consultation

• Question:- Could a single study serve both?

Project Overview - 1


• Project objectives:

1. Can EuP studies inform Ecolabel criteria?- To what extent?

2. If so, develop criteria for 6 products- Streamlined

3. Make recommendations- Help Commission scope out future work

• Today’s meeting:- Summary of our review of EuP for the product,- Recognise need for wider scope,

Include non-energy issuesHence AHWG

- Timing:Development of implementing measuresAwait these?


Dependent on how this pilot project evolves the current schedule forthe Personal Computers and Laptops EU Ecolabel criteriadevelopment is as follows:

• October 2008 – First AHWG meeting

• May/June 2009 (provisional) – Second AHWG meeting

• September 2009 – progress meeting to EUEB

• March 2010 – final report to European Commission

• April / September 2010 – voting at regulatory committee

Product schedule

Presentation structure

Product definition (Desktops,

Laptops, Monitors)

Life Cycle Impacts: EuP data

sources

Desktops: Energy Consumption

Laptops: Energy Consumption

Monitors: Energy Consumption

Discussion Discussion: criteria proposal

Discussion: criteria proposal


Desktops & Laptops: Shipping

Modes


Desktops & Laptops: Power

Supply Unit


All: Non-energy Criteria


Product Definition – Personal Computer

The product group ‘personal computers’ shall comprise computers designed for use in a fixed location.

A device that performs logical operations and processes data. Personal computers are composed of, at a minimum: (1) a central processing unit (CPU) to perform operations; and (2) user input devices such as a keyboard, mouse, digitizer or game controller.

Note that workstations, desktop-derived, mid-range and large servers, game consoles, thin clients/ blade PCs, handhelds and PDAs are not included in this product definition, and will therefore not be covered by this study. Note that laptops are included in separate ecolabel criteria from the EuP evidence base.

Product Definition – Computer Monitors

A commercially-available, electronic product with a display screen and its associated electronics encased in a single housing that is capable of displaying output information from a computer via one or more inputs. This definition is intended primarily to cover standard monitors designed for use with computers.

The computer monitors included in this definition must have a viewable diagonal screen size greater than 12 inches (30.5 cm) and must be capable of being powered by a separate AC wall outlet or a battery unit that is sold with an AC adapter. Computer monitors with a tuner/receiver are included as long as they are marketed and sold as computer monitors (i.e., focusing on the computer monitor role as the primary function).

Product Definition – Laptops

The product group ‘portable computers’ shall comprise all computers which can be used in multiple locations.

A device that performs logical operations and processes data. Laptops are composed of, at a minimum: (1) a central processing unit (CPU) to perform operations; and (2) user input devices such as a keyboard, mouse, digitizer or game controller.

Note that workstations, desktop-derived, mid-range and large servers, game consoles, thin clients/ blade PCs, handhelds and PDAs are not included in this product definition, and will therefore not be covered by this study. Note that personal computers are included in separate ecolabel criteria from the EuP evidence base.

Life Cycle Impacts

EuP Data Sources

The data sources for the EuP Preparatory Study Lot 3 came from:

• A questionnaire sent to stakeholders, referred to in our work as the IVF (Industrial Research and Development Corporation) survey.

• Energy Star

• Requests for LCA data

• Stakeholder meetings

Life Cycle Impacts - Desktops

Summary of findings

For desktops (both for office and home) the area identified for environmental focus in EuP Lot 3 is:

• Energy use during the use phase

• During the production phase the motherboard including the processor, the power supply and the steel casing dominate most impact categories

Life Cycle Impacts - desktops

Energy Consumption

Life Cycle Impacts - desktop

Energy Consumption: in-use


In-use Energy

Data Sources IVF summer survey

Operational modes

Office desktop

Home desktop

Product base case

Energy Star 2006 data

EU Ecolabel 2005

Idle, Average (min-max) (Watt)

73.8 (70.5-78) 61 (50-79.7) 78.2 81.7 (23-

221) -

Sleep, Average (min-max) (Watt)

3.3 (1.2-4.2) 3.7 (2.61-5) 2.2 3.1 (1.4-10.1) 4

Off, Average (Watt) 1.4 (1-2.3) 1.4 (0.7-3) 2.7 2.0 (0.4-

10.1) 2


In-Use Energy: Energy Star


In-Use Energy: Criteria Proposal

a) The computer system unit shall have an easily accessible on-off switch

Option 1

b) The computer meets the energy efficiency requirements for off mode, sleep mode, and idle state that are set out in the July 2007 Energy Star criteria

Option 2

b) The computer meets the energy efficiency requirements for off mode, sleep mode and idle state that are set out in the latest product criteria for Energy Star qualified computers.

Life Cycle Impacts – Computer monitors

Summary of findings

For LCD-displays (both for office and home) the area identified for environmental focus in EuP Lot 3 is:


• During the production phase integrated circuits, plastics and galvanized steel dominate most impact categories

Life Cycle Impacts - monitors

Energy Consumption

Life Cycle Impact - monitors

Resolution

• Energy Star

• TCO Development

• Nordic Swan

Screen Area

• EuP Lot 3

Life Cycle Impact - monitors

In-Use Energy: on-mode


In-use Energy: on mode

IVF summer survey Product base case TCO 2005 data 17”LCD

Operational Modes

Functional Unit

Ave Max Min Ave Max Min Ave Max Min

Active (Watt) Per m2 415 604 330 345 - - 285 526 191




In-Use Energy: Energy Star - screen size

Power (W/m2)

LCD Max 617

Average 290 Min 184



Option 1 - Energy Savings measured by resolution:

Monitors shall not exceed the Energy Star maximum activepower consumption. Monitors must comply with the appropriate formula givenbelow:•

If X < 1 megapixel, then Y = 23; if X > 1 megapixel, then Y = 28X

(Y is expressed in watts and rounded up to the nearest whole number and X is the number of megapixels in decimal form)

Option 2 – Energy Savings measured by screen area:

Active/on mode energy consumption shall not exceed 290watts per m2 for a computer monitor.


In-Use Energy: sleep and off modes

IVF summer survey Product case data sets

TCO 2005 data 17” LCD

Operational Modes

Functional Unit

Ave Max Min Ave Max Min Ave Max Min

Sleep (Watt) Per display 1.2 2 0.7 0.9 - - 1.1 4 0.5 Off (Watt) Per display 1.1 2 0.7 0.8 - - 1.0 3.0 0.5



a) The monitor shall have an easily accessible on-off switch

Option 1

b) The monitor meets the energy efficiency requirements for offmode and sleep mode that are set out in tier two, 1st January2005 Energy Star criteria.

Option 2

b) The computer meets the energy efficiency requirements for offmode and sleep mode that are set out in the latest productcriteria for Energy Star qualified computer monitors.

Life Cycle Impacts – Laptops

Summary of findings

For Laptops (both for office and home) the area identified for environmental focus in EuP Lot 3 is:


• During the production phase the motherboard including the processor and the battery dominate most impact categories

Life Cycle Impacts - laptops

Energy Consumption


Energy Consumption: in-use


In-use Energy

Data Sources IVF summer surveyOperational modes

Office laptop

Homelaptop

Product base case Energy Star

2006 dataEU Ecolabel

2005

Idle, Average (min-max) (Watt)

25.7 (18–34.6)

22.6 (17-34.2) 22.0 19.5 (6.8-

38.1) -

Sleep, Average (min-max) (Watt)

3.2 (1.7-7.7) 2.3 (0.5-5.0) 4.9 1.4 (0.3-3.5) 3

Off, Average (Watt) 1.6 (0.3-3) 1.4 (0.28-3) 1.2 0.9 (0.1-2.4) 2

Life Cycle Impacts - laptop


Life Cycle Impacts - laptop


a) The laptop shall have an easily accessible on-off switch

Option 1

b) The laptop meets the energy efficiency requirements for offmode, sleep mode, and Idle state that are set out in the July2007 Energy Star criteria

Option 2

b) The laptop meets the energy efficiency requirements for offmode, sleep mode and idle state that are set out in the latestproduct criteria for Energy Star qualified notebooks andtablets.

Life Cycle Impacts – desktops & laptops

Shipping Mode: Criteria Proposal

a) The computer shall be shipped with the power management system enabled at the time of delivery to the customers. Power management settings shall be:

i) 15 minutes to screen off (display sleep)

ii) 30 minutes to computer sleep (system level S3, suspended to RAM)

b) The computer manual shall state in the first few pages of the manual the benefit of keeping the computer on the power management setting.

Life Cycle Impacts – desktops, monitors & laptops

Power Supply Unit: Criteria Proposal

Desktop computer and computer monitors:

For internal power supply (desktops): 90% minimum efficiency at20%, 50%, 80% and 100% of rated output and Power Factor ≥0.9of rated output.

Laptop Computer:

For external power supply (laptops): 85% minimum efficiency

Life Cycle Impacts

Non-energy criteria:

• Mercury content of Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) monitor

• Noise

• User instructions / repairs

• Heavy metals and flame retardants

• Take-back and recycling

• Electromagnetic emissions

• Lifetime extension

• Packaging

• Information appearing on the ecolabel

Life Cycle Impacts

Mercury content of liquid crystal display (LCD) monitor

Option 1 – retain existing Ecolabel criterion

The background lighting of the LCD monitor shall not contain morethan 3 mg of mercury on average per lamp

Option 2 – a total Hg limit per screen

EuP report suggests 17inch screen typically has 8mg Hg

Life Cycle Impacts

Noise - DesktopThe ‘Declared A-weighted Sound Power Level’ (re 1 pW) of thepersonal computer system unit, according to paragraph 3.2.5 of ISO9296, shall not exceed:

- 4.0 B(A) in the idle operating mode (equivalent to 40 dB (A))

- 4.5 B (A) when accessing a hard-disk drive (equivalent to 45 dB(A))

Noise – LaptopThe ‘Declared A-weighted Sound Power Level’ (re 1 pW) of thePortable computer, according to paragraph 3.2.5 of ISO9296, shall not exceed:

- 3.5 B(A) in the idle operating mode (equivalent to 35 dB (A))

- 4.0 B (A) when accessing a hard-disk drive (equivalent to 40 dB(A))

Life Cycle Impacts

User instructions / repairs

The product shall be sold with relevant user information, whichprovides advice on its proper environmental use and in particular,

a) Recommendations for the use of the power management features, including information that disabling these features can lead to higher consumption of energy and thus can increase the running costs;

b) Information that the energy drawn from the mains can be reduced to zero if the computer is unplugged or if the wall socket is switched off;

c) Information on the availability of spare parts. When it is appropriate for the consumer to upgrade or exchange components, information on the the proper procedures shall be given;

Life Cycle Impacts

User instructions / repairs continued

The product shall be sold with relevant user information, whichprovides advice on its proper environmental use and in particular,

d) Information about the fact that the product has been designed to enable proper reuse of parts and recycling and should not be thrown away

e) Advice on how the consumer can make use of the manufacturer’s take-back offer;

f) Information as to how to make appropriate use of WLAN cards thus minimizing security risks;

g) Information that the product has been awarded the Community eco-label with a brief explanation as to what this means together with an indication that more information on the eco-label can be found at the website address (http://europa.eu.int/ecolabel)

Life Cycle Impacts

Heavy metals and flame retardants

(a) Cadmium, lead, mercury, chromium 6+ or poly-brominated biphenyl (PBB) or poly-brominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants, as listed in Article 4(1) of Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, shall not be used in the television unless the applications of those substances are listed in the Annex to that Directive as exempted from the requirements of Article 4(1) of that Directive or unless their maximum concentration value is equal or lower to the threshold specified in that same Annex.)]. Regarding the Annex, for PBBs and PBDEs the maximum concentration value shall be <0.01%.

Life Cycle Impacts

Heavy metals and flame retardants

(b)Plastic parts shall not contain flame retardant substances or preparations containing substances that are assigned or may be assigned, at the time of application, any of the following risk phrases:

•

R45 (may cause cancer), •

R46 (may cause heritable genetic damage),

•

R50 (very toxic to aquatic organisms), •

R51 (toxic to aquatic organisms),

•

R52 (harmful to aquatic organisms), •

R53 (may cause long-term adverse effects in the aquatic

environment), •

R60 (may impair fertility) or

•

R61 (may cause harm to the unborn child),

as defined in Council Directive 67/548/EEC

Life Cycle Impacts

Take back and recycling

• Disassembly

• Recyclability

• Plastic parts - Number of polymers- Marking for recycling

• Batteries

Life Cycle Impacts

Electromagnetic Emissions

The computer shall meet the requirements set out in EN50279,Category A

Life Cycle Impacts

Lifetime Extension

• The computer shall be designed so that:- the memory is readily accessible and can be changed

- the hard disk, and if available the CD drive and/or DVD drive, can be changed

- graphic cards are easily accessible and can be changed (desktops only)

Life Cycle Impacts

Packaging

• Easily separable by hand

• Cardboard shall have at least 80% recycled content

Life Cycle Impacts

Information appearing on the ecolabel

Box 2 of the eco-label shall include the following text:

- Reduced energy consumption,

- Designed to facilitate recycling,

- Reduced noise level

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