Finding the Greenest Notebooks
Submitted by Matt on Wed, 01/12/2011 - 03:36
Notebooks, including laptops and netbooks, is the most well-reviewed e-gear category. HP models are noted by all five sources; Apple and Toshiba by four. The EPEAT Gold database includes over 940 models for the US; Samsung, Sony and Toshiba offer the most.
| Manufacturer | Greenpeace Search - Dec 08 [1] PVC/BFR Free - Jan 10 [9] Green Survey Jan 11 [10] |
Yahoo Green Mar 09 [3] LaptopLogic.com Jul 09 [4] EU EcoLabel (Eco Flower) - Mar 10 [5] Nordic Swan Mar 10 [6] TCO Oct 10 [8] |
EPEAT Gold USA Jul 11 [7] |
| Acer | TM8172 (5.08) [10] Aspire 3811TZ/TZG [2] |
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| Apple | "entire product range" [2] | MacBook Air [3] MacBook Pro [4] |
18 models |
| ASUSTek | UL30A (5.59) [10] | Eee PC 1000HE [3] 18 models [5] |
48 models |
| Dell | Latitude E4300 [4] Studio xps 13 [4] |
23 models | |
| Fujitsu | 4 models [6] | 14 models | |
| Getac | 7 models | ||
| Grace | 3 models | ||
| Hewlett Packard / Compaq |
Elitebook 2530p [1] Elitebook 8440/8540 [2] ProBook 5310 [2] |
2730p [3] Mini 1101 [4] ProBook 4410s [4] |
42 models |
| Lenovo | ThinkPad X301 [3] ThinkPad T400 [4] Ideapad Y460 [8] |
55 models | |
| Panasonic | 14 models | ||
| Samsung | many models [8] | 93 models | |
| Sony | VAIO P [4] | 479 models | |
| Toshiba | Protege R600 [1] | Protege A600 [3] Protege R600 [4] Satellite A555 [4] |
146 models |
EcoLabel also lists a model from SC MAGUAY IMPEX SRL (Romainia).
[1] Greenpeace Search rates products on a 10-point scale; we report models scoring 5.0 or better.
[10] 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 notebooks and 6.63 for netbooks. We report models scoring 5.0 or better; the score is shown in parenthesis.
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