EPA Released First Draft of Server Energy Star Guidelines

The Environmental Protection Agency has released the first draft of specifications for Energy Star for servers, EDN.com reports. Energy Star is completely voluntary, but has become important for businesses looking to be energy efficient, an increasing need in the corporate business world due to customer demand.

The new specifications are tiered, beginning with relatively easy to attain power efficiencies, gradually getting stricter as end-users demands for energy efficiency get higher and more consistent.

EPA will work with industry groups like Climate Savers and 80Plus to develop consistent test procedures and efficiency levels.

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You can view the draft here: http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=new_specs.enterprise_servers