Fujitsu-Siemens Green PCs

Fujitsu-Siemens has been working on Green IT issues for years, with its green thin clients, professional PCs, workstations, energy efficient servers and displays. However it has recently released a new green product aimed at consumers.

Amongst the "green certified" products, the first consumer orientated one has appeared on the market, as desktop PC named "SCALEO Li 2405 green edition". It is designed using components based on environmentally friendlier compounds (halogen-free mainboard) but also takes into consideration many other steps of its lifecycle. Transportation is minimised - with production and assembly sites in Europe. 90% of each PC is recyclable, the consumption figures are 20-27% lower than a "standard" PC and hold the Energy Star v4 Label from the EPA, which was previously mainly used on computers in the business world.

The introduction of the SCALEO Li 2405 marks a shift from the focus on end of life recycling or disposal to a more complete life cycle management approach in the IT consumer goods… Expect an increase of products in this space… With tangible benefits of lower power bills and “guilt free” disposal, home consumers increasingly have the appetite to purchase these greener alternatives despite initial upfront added costs.