Eco Document - Gateway EV Series Manual

ECO document

Important
Congratulations!
You have just purchased a TCO'95/TCO'99 approved and labeled product! Your choice has
provided you with a product developed for professional use. Your purchase has also contributed
to reducing the burden on the environment and also to the further development of
environmentally adapted electronics products.
Why do we have environmentally labeled computers?
In many countries, environmental labeling has become an established method for encouraging
the adaptation of goods and services to the environment. The main problem, as far as computers
and other electronics equipment are concerned, is that environmentally harmful substances are
used both in the products and during their manufacture. Since it is not so far possible to
satisfactorily recycle the majority of electronics equipment, most of these potentially damaging
substances sooner or later enter nature.
There are also other characteristics of a computer, such as energy consumption levels, that are
important from the viewpoints of both the work (internal) and natural (external) environments.
Since all methods of electricity generation have a negative effect on the environment (e.g. acidic
and climate-influencing emissions, radioactive waste), it is vital to save energy. Electronics
equipment in offices is often left running continuously and thereby consumes a lot of energy.
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Using Your EV Series Monitor
This section covers both TCO'95 and TCO'99 approvals.
See the certification label affixed to the back of your
monitor to determine what TCO approval applies to your
monitor.