You have just purchased a TCO'95 approved and labelled product! Your choice has provided you with a
product developed for professional use. Your purchase has also contributed to reducing the burden on
the environment and also, to the further development of environmentally adapted electronics products.

Why do we have environmentally labelled computers?

In many countries, environmental labelling has become an established method for encouraging the
adaptation of goods and services to the environment. The main problem, as far as computers and other
electronics equipment are concerned, is that environmentally harmful substances are used both in the
products and during the manufacturing. Since it has not been possible for the majority of electronics
equipment to be recycled in a satisfactory way, most of these potentially damaging substances sooner or
later enter Nature. There are also other characteristics of a computer, such as energy consumption
levels, that are important from the viewpoints of both the work (internal) and natural (external)
environments. Since all methods of conventional electricity generation have a negative effect on the
environment (acidic and climate-influencing emissions, radioactive waste, etc.), it is vital to conserve
energy. Electronics equipment in offices consume an enormous amount of energy since they are often
left running continuously.

Regulatory Information

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This manual is related to the following products:

150P3