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A consortium of manufacturers furniture bazaar and retailers is working on an environmental rating for TVs that goes beyond just power consumption to include everything from packaging to amount of toxic material used.
The EPEAT-for-TV furniture bazaar rating will define environmental performance for a TV by including data on "reduction or elimination of environmentally sensitive materials, materials selection, design for end of life, lifecycle extension, energy furniture bazaar conservation, end of life management, corporate performance, (and) packaging," according to working furniture bazaar group's Web site.
That means that the group will consider the amount of toxic materials, such as flame retardants, used in TVs and how much recycled content is used in the products, explained Patricia Dillon, furniture bazaar the co-chair of a working furniture bazaar group. The standard will also look at how whether a TV is designed to be disassembled at the end its life and manufacturers' environmental furniture bazaar reporting, she said.
In terms of energy consumption, it's meant to go beyond the EnergyStar rating for energy efficiency. The standard is expected to be available on retail shelves in 18 to 24 months. In parallel, there is an EPEAT standard being done for digital imaging products, such as printers and copiers. furniture bazaar
The EPEAT standard --the name comes from Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool--is primarily aimed at people who purchase electronics at businesses or government agencies. It now covers desktop and laptop PCs as well as monitors.
Because it was developed for institutional buyers, the EPEAT rating isn't well known by consumers. But the Green Electronics Coalition is planning on developing a branding campaign to raise awareness of the standard, furniture bazaar Dillon said.
"That's what's majorly different here. There's been a recognition in the growth of EPEAT beyond what anyone had envisioned initially," she said. "There's a desire furniture bazaar by many, including retailers and (manufacturing) companies, to bring EPEAT into the consumer space."
Members of the working furniture bazaar group include representatives from Acer, Best Buy, Sharp, furniture bazaar the Electronics furniture bazaar Takeback Campaign, and JVC. According to a piece at The New York Times' Green Inc. blog , Sony broke rank with other manufacturers to back creation of the environmental performance standard.
Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge technologies. He joined CNET in 2002 to cover enterprise IT and Web development and was previously executive editor of IT publication InfoWorld. See full bio
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