&EPA
United States
Environmental Protection
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Air and Radiation
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EPA 430-N-94-010 h
October/November 1994
Energy Star Computers Program
Star Bytes
EPA POLLUTION PREVENTER
Special Edition
of the
Star Bytes
newsletter.
Charter Members of the Energy Star Fax Machine program
(l-r): Linda Latham and Cyane Dandridge, EPA; Vicki Strauss,
Toshiba; Dennis McGavis and Hal Phillips, Hewlett-Packard;
Joe Rooney, Minolta; and David Farr, Canon-USA.
A New Energy Star In The
Galaxy
We are happy to announce that the Energy Star Program is
expanding to include other office equipment. The most
recent addition is Energy Star Fax Machines. The new category
was officially launched at the Energy Star Computers Conference
on October 21, 1994 with several charter members in attendance.
John Hoffman, Director of EPA's Global Change Division, de-
scribed the Fax Machine Program as "another star in a galaxy of
Energy Stars." The Charter Partners include Brother, Canon,
Hewlett-Packard, Minolta, NEC and Toshiba. Together they
account for more than 50% of the U.S. fax machine market.
The new MOU, which adds faxes and printer/fax combos to the
current Printer MOU will take effect on October 1, 1995. Printers
and Printer/Fax Combo products can continue to be qualified
under the existing Printer MOU until September 30, 1995. The
new power guidelines will apply to new Printers and Printer/Fax
Combo models that begin shipping after October 1, 1995. Stand-
alone fax machines can begin to qualify as Energy Star on July 1,
1995. To qualify as Energy Star, manufacturers must meet the
following specifications:
Printers/Faxes/Printer-Fax Combos
Market Segment
(pages per minute)'
Average Watts
Low-Power Mode
Printer Default
Time2
Fax Default
Time
0 < ppm i 7
15 W
15 minutes
5 minutes
7 < ppm <,. 14
30 W
30 minutes
5 minutes
ppm > 14 and
high-end color
45 W
60 minutes
15 minutes
'Based on rated print engine speed.
2Printer/Fax Combo products may be set at the printer default times.

Recycled/Recyclable
Printed with Soy/Canoia Ink on paper that
contains at least 50% recycled liber

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Energy Star Awards Ceremony . . .
The 100 Percent Club (companies with entire product lines Energy Star compliant).
Represented (l-r): Mike LaMar and Marietta Schoenherz, Optiquest; Jane Bell, Hewlett-
Packard; Mary D. Nichols, EPA; Mark Sullivan and H.K. Byington, USA Teknik; John Grundy
and I.S. Kim, Samsung; and Tom La Rocca, CTX. Not pictured: MAG Innovision.
On Thursday, October 20, 1994, we
held our first Energy Star
Computers Awards Ceremony at the
J.W. Marriott Hotel in Washington, D.C.
More than 100 people, including
partners, allies and EPA representatives,
attended the ceremony. It was nice to
see many of you again and to meet
others for the first time.
12 Shining Stars
Mary Nichols, EPA Assistant Administra-
tor for Air and Radiation, presented 16
awards to 10 partners, one ally and one
trade association. These organizations
were recognized for their outstanding
voluntary efforts in manufacturing and/
or marketing energy-efficient computer
equipment.
The 100% Club
Linda Latham, Director of the Energy
Star Programs, announced the creation
of the "100% Club." Members of this
group have converted their entire
product line to meet Energy Star
guidelines. This year four monitor
companies (CTX, Samsung, Optiquest,
MAG Innovision), one printer company
(Hewlett-Packard), and one PC company
(USA Teknik) were presented awards
and inducted into the club. Linda said
she hopes the "100% Club" will ulti-
mately expand until all partners are
members.
Linda Latham, EPA, announces Energy Star
Award winners.
More Winners
The other 10 awards were presented in
a number of categories. Lexmark
received two awards for Highest
Percentage Sales and Greatest Logo
Visibility. Lexmark creatively displays
the logo on sales flyers, shipping
cartons and its laser printers. In
addition to joining the "100% Club,"
USA Teknik was recognized for the
Lowest Power PC. USA Teknik's
technology, "Global Power Sentinel,"
allows for sleep mode ratings from 9 to
13 watts while still maintaining
networking capability. Hewlett-
Packard received a second award for
PC Product Line Commitment. All of
HP's 486 Vectra PCs (82 models), all
monitors (9 models) and all laptop PCs
(2 models) are Energy Star compliant.
Awards for Product Sales Achievement
and User-Friendly Power Management
went to Compaq. Simple screens and
easy-to-understand icons allow users
to enable and adjust the energy saver
mode with a minimal amount of effort.
Nanao USA was recognized for the
Most Creative Advertisement. Many of
you may have seen the ad which shows
a hand reaching out of a monitor to
turn itself off. The ad reads, "So
advanced it even turns itself off."
Canon's "On Demand Fuser" received
the award for Technological Innova-
tion. Two notable features of this
printer technology are quick response
and cost efficiency. Finally, the VESA
DPMS Subcomittee and Intel received
honorable mention awards for Out-
standing Program Contribution.
We would like to once again congratu-
late the award winners and thank all
the partners and allies who submitted
applications.1 We look forward to
reviewing even more applications next
time. ¦
'Only candidates that submitted applications were considered for the awards.

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and Conference
Linda Latham kicked off our first
Energy Star Computers Conference
on the following Friday. We were
pleased that many of you, approxi-
mately 130, were able to make the trip
to Washington, D.C.
Symbol of Success
Following a brief welcome, Linda
turned the platform over to John
Hoffman, Director of the EPA's Global
Change Division. He sees the Energy
Star Computers program as a model of
success for voluntary programs be-
tween government and industry. "The
Energy Star program is already a symbol
of success, is already a symbol of
something that is more powerful than
just the fact that you're reducing energy
in these computers and [preventing] all
this pollution. This is a nonbureau-
cratic, voluntary program that's
creating energy-efficient technology at
no cost -- or low cost - and improving
products," stated Hoffman.
Catherine Zoi, now Chief of Staff of the
White House Office of Environmental
Policy, provided some background on
the development of the Energy Star
Computers program. "Our approach
was to help transform the market so
that the companies could win, so that
consumers could win, and so that the
environment could win," explained Zoi,
who was instrumental in launching the
program while at EPA.
Program Update
A one-year program update was
presented byjeff Webb, Manager of PC
and Monitor Products. The Energy Star
Computers program has expanded to
include over 500 partners and allies.
According to Dataquest (October, 1994),
more than 40% of computers and over
85% of printers sold in the U.S. from
July 1993 to June 1994 met Energy Star
guidelines. Assuming 10% of PCs sold
have the Energy Star feature activated,
this translates into a savings of $9
million in electricity bills, 125 million
kilowatt hours, 26 thousand tons of
carbon dioxide, 725 tons of sulfur
dioxide and 300 tons of nitrous oxide.
Future Directions
To conclude the plenary session, Linda
Latham presented some future direc-
tions for the Energy Star Program. In
its second year, the program will strive
to make "Energy Star" a household
name through a logo media campaign,
marketing activities directed at the
Fortune 2000 and discussions with
Retailers/DealersA/ARs. New product
categories to include imaging equip-
ment have been developed or are being
developed. The fax machine program
was officially launched by Cyanne
Dandridge, Manager of Imaging
Products, during the conference while
the copier and multifunction programs
are still in the planning stages. Expan-
sion of the program to include add-in-
cards and high-performance systems is
also being considered. Some additional
changes, such as an international logo
and an updated PC/Monitor MOU, have
been made in order to guarantee the
continued success of the program. The
updated MOU is effective October 1,
1995 and is being mailed to all current
PC/Monitor Partners this month.
Morning Breakout Sessions
I. Energy Star PCs: Designing For the
Next Generation
A variety of topics were discussed
including better monitor control
through DPMS. Session participants
also began to consider the issues
involved in developing a new Energy
Star category for workstations.
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Jeff Webb, Manager of PC and
Monitor Products at EPA, speaks
to conference attendees on
highlights of the Energy Star
Computers program.
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Mark Sullivan, USA Teknik, Josh Chemila, ICF, and
Dok Byington, USA Teknik, look over the lowest power
Energy Star PC in its sleep mode.

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II.	Developing a Program for Multifunction
Machines (printers/copiers/faxes)
Representatives of Canon, Xerox,
Hewlett-Packard, Minolta, Okidata
and other companies addressed the
task of developing a comprehensive
MOU that is flexible and not too
complicated. Most of the session
participants agreed to take part in a
working group to talk about future
initiatives at a later date.
III.	Add-in
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