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IEEE P1680 Family of Standards
for Environmental Assessment of Electronic Products
This Family of Standards provides clear and consistent
performance criteria for the design of electronic products thereby
providing an opportunity to secure market recognition for efforts to
reduce the environmental impact of electronic products. This Family of
Standards is intended to provide a tool for government, institutional,
corporate and consumer purchasers. Product manufacturers may use this
tool to earn recognition in these markets, recognizing that certain
criteria may not be applicable to all types of purchasers. Applicability
will be specified in each individual standard.
The environmental performance criteria of the IEEE 1680
Family of Standards are intended to define a measure of environmental
leadership in: the design and manufacture of electronic products; the
delivery of specified services that are associated with the sale of the
product; and in associated corporate performance characteristics.
IEEE
Computer Society’s Environmental Assessment Standards Committee (EASC) is the
Sponsor for the IEEE 1680 Family of Standards for Electronic
Products.
Standards Being Revised under
IEEE 1680
The
existing 1680.1 Standard for Environmental Assessment of Personal
Computer Products, Including Notebook Personal Computers, Desktop
Personal Computers, and Personal Computer Displays is currently being
updated. During the fall of 2011 and into 2012, Study Groups are
working to develop preliminary material to assist in the launch of the
1680.1 Standard update. In the Spring of 2012, a Working Group will
be convened for the update of the 1680.1 Standard.
For more information
on the update of the 1680.1 Standard, or to join the email information
list, please contact the
Green Electronics Council.
New Standards in Development
under IEEE 1680
Two standards are currently
in the IEEE balloting process:
1) Environmental
Performance Criteria for Imaging Equipment - 1680.2 Working Group
2) Environmental
Performance Criteria for Televisions - 1680.3 Working Group
These two product categories were selected for standards
development based on the findings of the “EPEAT Standard Development
Roadmap” (SDR) conducted by the Zero Waste Alliance in 2007. The
project provided recommendations for development of environmental
leadership standards for electronic products. See
the complete report here,
and full information about the SDR project here.
In
early 2012, the process to develop a standard for servers will be
launched. For more information on the future
development of the server standard, or to join the email information
list, please contact the
Green Electronics Council.
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