ENERGY STAR® Qualified Office Equipment - Introduction

Saving Energy and Money

Whether you operate one computer or 1000, wasted energy is wasted money. Increasingly more people are operating a home office. With the increase cost for electricity, it is necessary to be "energy smart" when it comes to choosing office equipment. Depending on the type and model of equipment, the cost of electricity to operate it this equipment, over time, can exceed its original purchase price. Equipment users can reduce the amount of electricity consumed without sacrificing equipment functionality, performance, ease of use or reliability.

Once you have determined your performance requirements, just look for machines that bear the ENERGY STAR symbol. ENERGY STAR is fast becoming an internationally recognized symbol for energy efficiency, and dozens of manufacturers are now producing office equipment that meets the ENERGY STAR's strict technical specifications. The symbol identifies the products that use less energy, thereby helping you save money and protect the environment. Office equipment that qualifies for the ENERGY STAR symbol is often no more expensive to purchase than conventional equipment, but it is guaranteed to be among the most energy efficient on the market. In short, the ENERGY STAR symbol is a great tool to help you manage your utility bills.

ENERGY STAR is the symbol for energy efficiency. To qualify for the ENERGY STAR symbol, products must meet strict technical specifications designed to ensure that they are among the most energy efficient on the market.

ENERGY STAR symbol

The familiar ENERGY STAR symbol appears on a wide range of products sold in Canada.

In Canada, ENERGY STAR includes the following types of office equipment:

ENERGY STAR Criteria for Office Equipment

COMPUTERS

 

Stand By (Off Mode)

Sleep Mode

Idle State

Desktops, integratedcomputers, desktop derived servers and gaming consoles

<= 2 W

<= 4 W

Category A: <= 50 W
Category B: <= 65 W
Category C: <= 95 WW

Notebooks and tablets

=< 1 W

=< 1.7 W

Category A: <= 14 W
Category B: <= 22 W

Workstations

TEC power (P TEC): <= 0.35 * [P max + ( # HDDs * 5)] W

MONITORS

 

Off Mode

Sleep Mode

On

All types of Monitors

<= 1 WW

<= 2 W

Resolution < 1 mega pixel:          <= 23 W
Resolution > 1 mega pixel :         <= 28 * number of mega pixels

IMAGING EQUIPMENT

 

Stand By requirements (small and standard size)

Sleep mode requirements for marking engine – depends on size format and marking technology

Maximum Default Delay Time  – depends on product speed and size format

Fax machines

Without fax capacity: <= 1 W
With fax capacity:   <= 2 W

3 W

5 min

Multi Functional Devices (MFDs)

3 W to 58 W

15 to 60 min

Printers

3 W to 13 W

5 to 60 min

Scanners

5 W (scanning engine)

15 min

Copiers

58 W

30 to 60 min

Mailing machines

N/A

3 W

20 to 60 min

Note : refer to full program requirements for functional adder allowance. Total consumption would be the sum of stand by requirements, sleep requirements for marking / scanning engine, and functional adder allowance.

Please refer to full specifications for exceptions, details, conditions and definitions.