Latest copiers use 75% less electricity
October 8, 2009 by Tom GuayPosted in: Green Office, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, News, recycling
Environmental pressures are part of the reasons Canon U.S.A. is chalking up accolades for its latest office copier equipment.
Canon gets green kudos for saving the planet by conserving resources and avoiding use of polluting materials.
Customers who upgrade to the Canon imageRunner Advance series of office equipment can lay a claim to operating a green office thanks to the energy efficiency of the new products — a 75% reduction in power demand, which also reduces creation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
To get to this point, Canon’s touting how it used lifecycle analysis to dramatically cut its environmental footprint. For starters, the product line uses 100% recycled plastic and bioplastics.
Thanks to the lifecycle design approach, Canon’s imageRunner ADVANCE equipment creates 30% fewer GHGs than its predecessor equipment. The new line also reduces:
- use of hazardous substances
- use of metal components
- energy consumption by 75% even in sleep mode
- emissions associated with transportation, and
- use of paper and toner.
To the customer, the advantages are the efficiency gains, as hailed by the printing industry.
Lifecycle analysis led product designers to specifically avoid use of 24 hazardous substances regulated by the European Union, which limits how much lead, cadmium, mercury, flame retardants and other materials can be used in electronics products. Canon’s new Advanced series keeps use of hazardous materials well under the thresholds established by the EU’s RoHS Regulation.
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October 21st, 2009 at 11:12 am
But it doesn’t actually make copies, right?