Lenovo earns first gold rating in the new green certification system

It seems that there is a certification of new types IT can look at when it comes to ratings for green IT.

Maker Lenovo notebooks known has earned the first gold rating for laptop under the UL environment sustainable production certification (CPS). The rating has been granted for the next ThinkPad420, a laptop that is expected to be launched later in the month of February.

The video below provides some perspectives, but some of the factors that have contributed to Lenovo earn this distinction were a focus on the use of low-halogen and post-consumer recycled content in the product, and the choice of a design that make this notebook than the average for dismantling for recycling or reuse after his life. Some expected to release the ThinkPads this year have more than 10 percent post-consumer content, while some ThinkCentre and Lenovo ThinkVision contain recycled up to 65 percent of things. Specific things that are examined during the review process of UL environment include product documentation, compliance with Energy Star 5.0 and production facilities. The evaluation programme is based on IEEE standard 1680 sustainability, who leads the process of certification of EPEAT green technology more familiar.

As I reported earlier this month, UL environment is spearheading the development of standards for mobile phones.

Heather Clancy is an award-winning business journalist with a passion for green technology and corporate sustainability issues.

60 watt LED bulb from Philips earns the Energy Star label

Write publicly about what high-tech industry is doing to help herself and the world get greener and more sustainable is one of the ways I can help figure significantly more to that effort. Ià¢ à ¯  ¿â½ à ¯  ¿Â ½ m also a big OMG-type-to-fan of smart leadership, reason people crack that publish this blog let me go on about this topic and because I'm always hunting for ideas of future-oriented corporate management.

My writing day is focused on finding topics for my blog, GreenTech pastures and Business brain. Moreover, often writing emerging technological trends such as laptops, unified communications and cloud computing. Occasionally pop up at a Conference of industry in a sort of ability to speak. In cases where a word commitment involves a sponsor who can be covered in this blog, that fact will not be disclosed under cover as appropriate.

My business writing job usually consists of crafting research white papers on any aspect of technology. If my comment (in written, audio or video) refers to a company for which I provided consulting advice, disclose that fact. However, there is no connection between these projects and topics that Ià¢ à ¯  ¿â½ à ¯  ¿Â ½ m coverage in my blog.