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Energy Star 5.0 Update: How to Make Game Consoles Efficient?
Energy Star logo As part of its plan to improve the efficiency of all of our gadgets, the EPA aims to expand its Energy Star program to include gaming consoles. Version 5.0 of the Energy Star specification, due out in July of 2009, will therefore address the power consumption of Wiis, Xboxes, ...
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Gaming Consoles Finally Getting Attention from Energy Star
Gaming Consoles Finally Getting Attention from Energy Star
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Energy Star Setting Consumption Guidelines For Game Consoles [Gaming]
Gizmodo — ... As you know from all the other appliances in your home, being Energy Star certified is a choice, not a requirement. So it will be up to the manufactures to decide whether or not to comply—and somehow I doubt that many will so so right off the bat. I, for one, frequently leave my console on pause for hours while I go and do something else. That is one way I can see powering down after an hour being a real bitch. [GoodCleanTech via ...

EPA wants greener consoles starting in 2010
Joystiq [Nintendo] — ... While they're not as crazy as, say, Greenpeace, the EPA is concerned about the energy uses of home consoles. They plan to introduce new energy requirements for home consoles starting July 1, 2010 as part of its Energy Star program. These new requirements ...

EPA calls for greener consoles starting 2010
Joystiq — ... As you play your beloved Super Mario game tapes, your Nintendo Box drains energy from earth's dwindling supply. It's a well-known scientific fact that at our current rate of consumption, Earth will be returned to an archaic wasteland within thirty years, ...

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