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May 1995
Energy Star Office Equipment Program
EPA POLLUTION PREVENTER
Star Bytes
Pollution Prevention Makes
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Star Bytes is a monthly
newsletter from the EPA
Energy Star Office
Equipment Program to
communicate ideas and
l&nts affecting
Energy Star Partners
and Allies and their
EPA POLLUTION PREVENTER
New Voluntary Programs
•	Energy Star Product Identification
Programs: Enercy Star Copters, Enekcy
Star Furnaces, Energy Star Heat Pumps
and Air Conditioners, Energy Star
Geo thermal Heat Pumps, and Energy
Star Gas Fired Heat Pumps
•	Energy Star Buildings Program
•	Energy Star Transformers Program
Five years ago, EPA's Atmospheric
Pollution Prevention Division
(formerly the Global Change
Division) began to work in
partnership with a variety of
businesses and organizations to
create and implement innovative
voluntary programs. On April 10,
1995, the Division held a Forum to
recognize the achievements of
organizations participating in
these programs and to consider
new opportunities and challenges.
The theme of the Forum, Profitable
Market Opportunities for Pollution
Prevention, was developed to
convey EPA's continuing dedica-
tion to finding profitable solutions
for preventing pollution.
Both Mary Nichols, Assistant
Administrator of the ER\ Office of
Air and Radiation, and John
Hoffman, Director of the EPA
Atmospheric Pollution Prevention
Division, spoke at the plenary
session of the Forum. Mr.
Hoffman presented EPA's Vision
For 2000 and the Atmospheric
Pollution Prevention Division's
future goals for its numerous
voluntary programs. He said he
expects all the programs to grow
tremendously by the year 2000.
Ms. Nichols highlighted some of
the companies who have profited
from their partnerships with EPA
and the positive changes these
programs have fostered in the
industry. "These successes are
only the beginning of a better
way to do business, save
energy, improve our economy,
and our environment," she said.
A number of new voluntary
programs were introduced
during the Forum, including
Energy Star Copiers (see next
page), Energy Star Residential
Heating and Cooling Equipment
(HVAQ and Enercy Star
Buildings.
The Energy Star Buildings
Program has 47 Charter
Partners who have voluntarily
agreed to implement profitable
energy-efficiency improvements
throughout their office build-
ings. One step of the imple-
mentation plan for participants
in the Energy Star Buildings
Program is to consider
purchasing and installing
Energy Star office equipment.
Furnace, air conditioner and
heat pump manufacturers have
already begun to promote their
new Energy Star products. We
expect their efforts will provide
more avenues to educate the
public regarding the benefits of
Energy Star equipment in
general and the merits of
pollution prevention at a profit.

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New Name
With the upcoming introduction of
Energy Star fax machines and copiers
to the marketplace, we feel we've
outgrown the name Energy Star
Computers. The program, which
includes computers, monitors,
printers, fax machines, copiers and
controlling devices, is now officially
called the Energy Star Office Equip-
ment Program. We have also recently
revised the Logo Use Guidelines to
request that Energy Star appear in all
capital letters, with the "E" and the "S"
slightly larger than the other letters.
(You can receive a copy of the Logo
Use Guidelines by calling 202-233-
9114.) Please incorporate these
changes into your promotional and
informational materials as they are
updated.
The Energy Star Galaxy Expands
We are pleased to announce that the Energy Star Office Equipment Program has
expanded to include Energy Star copiers. The new product category was
officially launched at the Profitable Market Opportunities for Pollution Prevention
Forum on April 10,1995, sponsored by ER\'s Atmospheric Pollution Prevention
Division. TVvelve Charter Partners joined the program and together they account
for over 90 percent of the U.S. copier market (See list on the left)
Unlike the other Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs), the Copier MOU has twv
tiers. Tier 1 becomes effective on July 1,1995 and requires manufacturers to
produce copiers that shut off when not in use for 30 to 90 minutes, depending
on the copier speed. In addition, high speed copiers (45 copies per minute and
above) must be pre-set to produce double-sided copies. (See table below.)
Duplexing not only reduces paper consumption and thus paper costs, but energy
consumption as well because it takes 10 times more energy to produce a sheet
of paper than to copy an image onto it
Tier 2 of the Copier MOU becomes effective on July 1,1997. To qualify, a copier
must also be able to enter a low-power mode (i.e., "go to sleep") during the
workday and cannot consume more than 5,10 or 15 watts (depending on copier
speed) in off mode. The duplexing guidelines will not change from Tier 1 to
Tier 2.
We welcome all of our new Energy Star Partners into the program and look
forward to working with you.
Tier 1 Criteria (effective July 1,1995)
Copier Speed
(copies per minute)
Off Mode
(Watts)
Off Mode
Default Time
Automatic
Duplex Mode
0 < cpm < 20
<5
<. 30 minutes
Not Required
20 < cpm <. 44
<.40
< 60 minutes
Optional
44 < cpm
<40
<, 90 minutes
Default

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