80Plus

NXP Announces First PC Power Supply Solution to Achieve the 80 PLUS Gold Standard

23 Jul 2008

"NXP Semiconductors, the independent semiconductor company founded by Philips, today announced that its GreenChip PC chipset has achieved 80 PLUS Gold certification for a reference design, as set by Ecos Consulting and the 80 PLUS Program."

HP Launches Low-Cost AMD Workstation

2 Jul 2008

"HP xw4550 workstation with a quad-core Opteron chip offers the performance of a workstation at the price of a conventional desktop PC. This workstation is also registered as an Electronic Products Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) Gold product, the highest rating available. Each workstation [also] includes an 80 PLUS power supply..."

Dell Gets a Jump on Energy Star 5.0

25 Jun 2008

"Over the past month...Dell has set a couple of new bars for PSU efficiency, unveiling the first 80 Plus Silver certified PSU for desktops and just today announcing the first 80 Plus Gold-certified PSU for servers."

Dell Hits Server Efficiency Targets a Year Early

25 Jun 2008

"Dell on Wednesday said its server power supplies have met an industry target of 92 percent efficiency."

Dell Makes World's First 80 PLUS Gold Power Supplies

25 Jun 2008

"It seems like just yesterday that 80 percent efficiency was a challenge to achieve...because it was."

Cooler Master Announces 1st Ever 80 PLUS Silver Certified High Wattage Power Supply on the Market with the UCP 900W

26 May 2008

"We at 80 PLUS are delighted to applaud Cooler Master as the first power supply manufacturer to meet Silver certification status for a multi-output power supply in production."

Perfecting the PC - Computers are Getting Better, but Consumer Habits Matter, Too

01 May 2008

"Your personal computing habits may need a green makeover. "

Corsair Achieves 80 PLUS Cert for Power Supplies

10 Apr 2008

"Corsair, known for its specialty PC products, said Thursday that is has achieved an 80 PLUS certification rating across its entire power supply line..."

2008 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings

01 Aug 2008

August 17 - 22, 2008: Asilomar Conference Center - Pacific Grove, California

Ryan Rasmussen will be presenting in Panel 6 on Thursday August 21st from 10:30am - 12pm
Title of Presentation - 80 PLUS: Market Impacts and Lessons Learned

Dell Sets New Energy-Efficiency Computing Standard to Drive Unprecedented Customer Savings

14 May 2008

Dell today announced aggressive plans to further reduce the energy consumption of its products, avoid millions of tons of CO2 emissions worldwide and drive unprecedented customer value.