One measure of success in integrating environmental goals into our product designs is the number of Xerox products launched that meet the world’s most widely recognized environmental certifications. In 2006, for example, 100% of Xerox’s eligible product offerings met ENERGY STAR® and Canada’s Environmental Choice EcoLogo criteria.

ENERGY STAR Savings
Xerox formalized its commitment to energy-efficient product design in 1993 by joining the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR Office Equipment program as a Charter Partner. Since then, we have introduced more than 350 copier, printer, fax and multifunction products that have earned ENERGY STAR status. All eligible Xerox products introduced in 2006 met ENERGY STAR criteria. A key factor in winning ENERGY STAR status is a product’s ability to enter power-saver mode, or a series of modes, after a specified period of inactivity, substantially reducing energy use.

Xerox coordinates advances in fusing technology and new electronics architectures to make today’s equipment significantly more energy-efficient than comparable 1990 models, even with enhanced functionality, such as color. In 2006 alone, Xerox ENERGY STAR equipment – several million machines in customer locations around the world – produced energy savings of 29 million therms (1.0 million megawatt hours).

These energy savings translate into the equivalent of nearly 460,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions.

By remanufacturing equipment with reused parts, in 2006, Xerox saved an additional 6 million therms of energy (170,000 megawatt hours) and prevented 33,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions from entering the atmosphere.

From 2002, the decreases in estimated savings from ENERGY STAR and remanufacturing programs are caused primarily by these three trends:

	Fewer product placements, which reflect a shift from standalone devices such as copiers, printers, scanners and fax machines to all-in-one multifunction devices.
	Lighter-weight machines.
	A decrease in the number of products returned for remanufacturing in Europe, where scrap office products are now driven into national collection and recycling programs as a result of new European Union legislation.

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