addition, it puts limits on the energy used by devices when inactive and requires systems to be shipped with power management features enabled.

PCs

The Initiative started with the 2007 Energy Star requirements for desktops, laptops and workstations (including monitors), and gradually increased the efficiency requirements over the next four years, as follows:

# From July 2007 through June 2008, PCs must have met the Energy Star requirements. This means 80 percent minimum efficiency for the power supply unit (PSU) at

1.Previous
3.Next