[June 06, 2008] Energy Efficient PCs from Lenovo enables The Eden Project to goes greener . Tweet (Telecomworldwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) On 6 June, Lenovo, which develops, manufactures and markets technology products, announced that it is providing the latest in energy-efficient PCs to the Eden Project, an environmental project based in Cornwall which is driven by environmental issues. It has now changed its purchasing to the energy efficient ThinkCentre A61e for desktops, ThinkVision L193p monitors and ThinkPad notebooks. The ThinkCentre A61e and ThinkVision L193p have both been given a gold rating by EPEAT (Electronics Product Environmental Assessment Tool) which is operated by the Green Electronics Council. Products are rated based upon environmental properties such as energy efficiency, materials and recyclability. The Eden Project said it was attracted to the environmental attributes of the Lenovo range as it seeks to maintain a balance of environmental, financial and social impacts. Lenovo was invited to do some power bench marking tests after the Eden Project had noted that Lenovo scored well in Greenpeace's independent "greener electronics" ranking reports. The tests illustrated a marked saving on previous desktop equipment. The ThinkCentre A61e runs on the energy-efficient AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual core and AMD Sempron single core processors, when the desktop is combined with the ThinkVision L193p it is 57% more energy-efficient than Lenovo's previous solutions. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) Copyright ? 2008 M2 Communications Ltd. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]