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EDsys Computers enjoyed recent success in
taking out the inaugural “Green PC Competition 2008”.
The competition was sponsored by Western Digital, Gigabyte and
Intel.
Systems were independently judged, measuring the power consumption
when idle and under load in kWh, then applying the results to measured
performance metrics. The final score was calculated using a formula
based on Microsoft research for averaged “real world” usage models for
PC activity breakdown in the workplace.
EDsys Computers General Manager Greg McDougall said
“We are thrilled to win this award - it has
been a long standing policy at EDsys to re-use and recycle. Our
industry as a whole generates an enormous amount of waste and it is up
to all of us to take a proactive role in doing what we can to reduce
our environmental impact.”
In addition to winning the award, EDsys Computers will receive as
Grand Prize Winner, a Toyota Prius Hybrid Car. This vehicle will
replace one of their fleet vehicles in an effort to further reduce
environmental impact. Mr McDougall said
“Winning the Toyota Prius is a great bonus, however the fact that we
were able to demonstrate that EDsys Computers can build energy
efficient PC’s is a bigger success for us, we believe that the
prestige accompanied by winning this award and the recognition of our
efforts in Green Technology is more important."
He went on to say “EDsys Computers is a
leading distributor of peripherals, notebooks, workstations and
servers Australia wide. We realised very early on that we have a
social responsibility to be environmentally friendly. We have in place
a number of internal environmental policies including our re-use and
recycling programs and have been developing these policies and
initiatives aimed at improving and reducing our environmental impact
with the aim of becoming ISO14001 compliant. Our internal re-use and
recycling programs encompass all packaging, paper and plastics which
are generated via day to day business in the offices and via our
peripheral distribution and/or the workstation and server assembly
processes.”
In March 2008 EDsys Computers signed on with Carbon Neutral (www.carbonneutral.com.au)
to show their support in reducing carbon emissions. They work
collectively to educate people in reducing the emissions of their
current systems, including via Carbon Neutral’s newsletters and
website which feature facts relating to computers and their impact on
the environment with hints and tips on how to save power via power
saving settings etc.
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