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Finding the Greenest Computer Monitors

300+ EPEAT Gold displays offered in USA: LG and Samsung offer the most. No additional manufacturer has registered EPEAT Gold displays since we analyzed the EPEAT database six months ago six months ago. Then there were 200+ EPEAT Gold displays; the growth has come from existing participants.

Greenpeace
Search Dec 08 [1]
Green Survey Jan 11 [7]
Greenopia.com Feb 10 [2]
Blue Angel Sep 09 [3]
Nordic Swan Mar 10 [4]
CW/NW Oct 10 [6]
EPEAT Gold USA
July 2011 [5]
Acer C233HL (5.38) [7]    
AOC     4 models
Apple     1 model
ASUSTek VW-247H-HF (7.50) [7]   28 models
BenQ     2 models
Dell G2410H (7.06) [7]
E2009W (5.13)[1]
P2311H [6] 27 models
Eizo     14 models
Fujitsu P23T-6 IPS (6.00) [8]
P22W-5 Eco (6.33) [1]
P19W-5P Eco [3]
10 models [4]
 
Hewlett Packard / Compaq LE19f (6.54) [7]
L1950g (5.48) [1]
  14 models
Lenovo ThinkVision L2251x (7.04) [7]
L2440x wide (6.90) [1]
Thinkvision L151/L171 [2]
ThinkVision 23" Widescreen [6]
21 models
LG W2252TE (5.74) [1]   76 models
NEC     20 Models
Philips     16 Models
Samsung 2243BW (5.89) [1]   79 models
Viewsonic 3 models

Sweden's TCO has certified thousands of models of displays, as well as projectors from NEC and Samsung.


[1] Greenpeace Search rates products on a 10-point scale; we report models scoring 5.0 or better. The score is shown in parenthesis. There are more models scoring above 5.0 in this category than in any other.

[2] Greenopia rates on a "4-leaf" scale; these units score 3 out of 4.

[5] Click here to learn more about correctly using the EPEAT database, finding EPEAT Gold products in other countries, and the limits of the EPEAT standard.

[6] Computerworld/Network World's "People's Pick".

[7] Greenpeace Survey rates products submitted by participating manufacturers on a 10-point scale. The hypothetical score of a "fictional product that combined the best features of all submitted products within each category" is 8.39 for monitors. We report models scoring 5.0 or better; the score is shown in parenthesis.

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