“New” ENERGY STAR Standard

A new U.S. E.P.A. ENERGY STAR standard became effective on April 1, 2007. Previously the ENERGY STAR criteria for office copiers, printers and multifunction systems measured power consumed only in standby and lowpower modes. The new standard asks a different question: How much energy would the device use during a typical week? It measures the energy consumed if the system mimics the tempo of a normal office, running a sample job mix with downtime for lunch, overnight and on weekends. The result is a Typical Electricity Consumption (TEC) number that must meet the E.P.A.'s tough new requirements in order for a product to achieve ENERGY STAR status. The E.P.A.'s new ENERGY STAR requirements raise the bar so significantly that only 25% of products in the marketplace were expected to meet the new criteria. At Xerox, more than 50% of our current product line and 80% of office configurations pass this tough test.

As an ENERGY STAR Charter Partner since the early 1990s, Xerox has long applied its technical expertise to building energy savings into its products. Starting about four years ago, we took a fresh look at all the subsystems in our laser printing-based products, hoping to bring the power usage down even further. As a result, engineers identified four opportunities to cut power consumption: the fuser, the toner, the electronic controls and the xerographic system. One example of the company’s success is the Xerox WorkCentre 5600 multifunction series of products with speeds from 32–87 pages per minute. These are networked black-and-white office multifunction products designed for 10–30 users. The WorkCentre 5645 uses 14 kilowatt hours per week of electricity, about 30% less than a comparable multifunction system of two years ago.

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