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 Zero Waste Computing, www.greentechnolog.com - 27th November 06
Green Computer with Biodegradable Peripherals, www.aboutmyplanet.com - 27th November 06
Greening IT – Beyond Recycling... , European Commission Delegation,Vienna - 15th November 06
iameco PC, SiliconRepublic.com - 7th November 06
Project Heatsun - A Genuinely Sustainable PC, www.iema.net - 31st October 2006
Ireland’s only eco-friendly PC launched, BusinessWorld.ie - 25th October 06
iameco wooden PC, ElectricNews.net - 25th October 06
Eco design of the future, The Sunday Business Post - 22nd October 06
MicroPro Computers launches Ireland’s first environmentally-friendly PC-iameco™
Information supergreenway, Materials Recycling Week - 4th August 06
iameco™ on European Commission’s Environmental Technologies Action Plan (ETAP) website
Developing the green computer
A Cuter Computer: The Irish Times - 15th July 06
Presentation for the StEP: Gathering, Hoboken 28th June 06
Heatsun May 2006 Newsletter
iameco™: World-first Green Computer as seen on RTE TV 22nd and 27th March 06
EcoEye programme
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Eco-X Conference: Vienna - 17th June 05
Specification requirements for the European Eco-Label
Product Related Criteria for the award of the TCO Eco-Label |
Zero Waste ComputingMicroPro Computers introduces an environmentally-friendly PC, called iameco, which is developed as a zero-waste personal computer. The company is striving to become the only PC maker in the world to earn the European Union’s prestigious Eco-Label mark, for high-quality consumer products that meet the highest environmental standards.
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Green Computer with Biodegradable PeripheralsImagine this: you buy a new computer monitor, take your old one and just bury it in the garden. 3 years later the monitor has biodegraded and your prized tomatoes are growing better than ever. The world’s first 100% biodegradable computer components have arrived from MicroPro, a company based in Dublin, Ireland who produces eco-friendly computers, keyboards, mice and flat-panel monitors. The company, established in 1992, has just 17 engineers but has made a big impact with their innovative designs.
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Greening IT – Beyond Recycling...Development report of the Green Computer presented at the European Commission Delegation, Vienna on the 15th November 2006
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iameco PCFor environmentally aware computer users out there an Irish company has brought out a range of wood-housed PCs. The machines, which are assembled in Ireland by Iameco, contain none of the harmful materials such as PVCs and heavy metals used in most PCs. They come in several varieties of wood including Ash, Beech, Maple and Ebony and even have matching wood-finished keyboards, mice and flat-screen monitors that double as high-definition TVs.
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Project Heatsun - A Genuinely Sustainable PCThe computer has been developed by MicroPro (Multimedia Computer Systems), an SME based in Rathfarnham, South Dublin, and is the world’s first PC aimed at securing the European Eco-Label. The IAMECO uses only reusable components, can be dismantled in 11 minutes, is energy-efficient, and contains no hazardous materials such as lead or mercury.
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Ireland’s only eco-friendly PC launchedIameco, Ireland’s first line of environmentally-sound, high-performance personal computers, have been officially launched. They are available at Micropro’s retail outlet in Dublin, at Cultivate in Temple Bar and on-line at iameco.com. The new range of PCs, designed and assembled in Ireland, are free of many of the harmful materials, such as brominated flame retardants, PVCs and heavy metals like lead, cadmium and mercury that have been regularly used in computer manufacture for years.
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iameco wooden PCNo, it’s not a prop from the Flintstones, it’s a wooden PC made by Dublin-based MicroPro. The ’iameco’ Zero Waste Personal Computer is touted as a fully upgradeable, updateable, reusable and recyclable environmentally friendly computer. The desktop PC is built without using harmful materials, such as brominated flame retardants, PVCs and heavy metals like lead, cadmium and mercury, which are regularly used in mainstream computer manufacturing.
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Ireland’s first environmentally-friendly PC-iameco™ New high-specification iameco are Ireland’s first fully upgradeable, updateable, reusable and recyclable environmentally friendly computers. MicroPro Computers™ is a wholly owned Irish Company with its headquarters in Dublin, carrying the Guaranteed Irish Logo, ISO 14001 and ISO 9001 certifications and is established over 17 years. We have developed a Zero Waste Personal Computer (iameco™) for which we hope to achieve the world’s first European Eco Label shortly.
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Information supergreenway (MRW periodical)A small, unknown Irish company is on course to achieve a world first by offering the first recyclable computer that complies with eco-design directives. Fiona Murdoch from Materials Recycling Week reports.
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Eco-innovation for a Sustainable Future (ETAP website)Eco-friendly technologies are good for business, reduce pressure on the environment, and can create new jobs. The European Commission invites all stakeholders and the public to discover and share promising opportunities to make eco-innovation an everyday reality throughout Europe.....
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Developing the green computerThe importance of developing a Green Computer can best be understood in relation to the impact of the IT industry on the environment and society. Information on the Greenpeace web site (www.greenpeace.org) suggests that by 2010 there will be 716 million computers in use, including 178 million new users in China and 80 million in India.....
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A Cuter Computer (The Irish Times)You’ll usually find home computers shoved into a corner or relegated to a box-room at the back of the house. Undoubtedly this is partly because their awkward shape and plastic exterior don’t always fit in with the decor of the rest of your home. But if you had a stylish iameco™ wood-finish PC, you’d probably be dying to show it off.....
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Presentation for the StEP: GatheringOn June 2006, an Irish SME launched the first environmentally friendly computer that aims to comply with the European Commission’s Eco-Label for PC’s and with the new Energy Using Products (EUP) directive, as soon as details of requirements for PC’s are known. It is expected that these will be compatible with Eco-Label requirements.....
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Heatsun May 2006 NewsletterProject HEATSUN is now the second Irish organisation to affiliate to the Campaign for Sustainable Energy in Europe launched by the European Commission’s Directorate for Energy and Transport. The Campaign aims to bring together the vast range of national and local authorities and organisations working to reduce energy consumption and move to renewable energy use....
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WORLD-FIRST Green Computer as seen on RTE TVMicroPro Computers™ is a wholly owned Irish Company with its headquarters in Dublin, carrying the Guaranteed Irish Logo, established over 15 years. We are currently processing ISO 14001 and the European EMAS Standards. We are in the process of developing a Zero Waste Personal Computer (iameco™) for which we hope to achieve the world’s first European Eco Label in June 2006.....
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Eco Eye program
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Report for the Eco-X Conference in ViennaProject HEATSUN was proposed and has been developed within the context of the WEEE (Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment), the RHOS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) Directives and the Directive establishing a framework for eco-design requirements of energy using products. The first two Directives came into force on 13.02.03, setting collection, recycling and recovery targets for all types of electrical products. The latter has just been adopted....
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Specification requirements for the European Eco-LabelPlease find out the report from the following link....
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Product Related CriteriaPlease find out the report of theProduct Related Criteria for the award of the TCO Eco-Label the following link....
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