Operations and Compliance
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Carbon footprint labeling: Are you ready for it?
Pending regulations in Europe for a carbon footprint label on every product means that it's not enough to inform consumers your electronics product's power consumption level. You need to tell them the quantity (in grams) of carbon-dioxide emissions associated with manufacturing, transporting and recycling of your product.
Seven hard lessons on writing a grant proposal
What I learned in my ten-day marathon applying for an economic stimulus grant for smart grid training.
Enable greener data centers with SFP+ Direct Attach Copper
Given a move towards energy efficient data centers and higher bandwidth applications, small form factor, low power, low latency and low cost interconnects are more critical. Here's a case for SFP+ Direct Attach as an optimal solution for short reach 10 G interconnects.
Taming Terawatt-hour appetites with efficient motor controls
Providing an overview of eco-design issues in EU appliance and industrial motor control design, this article discusses EC 92/75/EEC and how it affects appliance motor control design efficiency.
A holistic approach to addressing the hot component issue
As service providers strive to meet growing government demands for "green" compliance, as well as their own financial desire to reduce operating expenses, the problem of heat dissipation has developed into a hot button issue amongst the semiconductor industry in addressing these concerns. This design article from TI takes a look at some holistic solutions to this dilemma.
Reducing CO2 Emissions Through Better Computer Design
In this how-to from ON Semiconductor, the use of a Power State Indication (PSI) mode is investigated in how it can lower power usage at light loads and when the computer is idling thereby reducing CO2 emissions.
Dell and Apple: Stop bickering and get to work
The Apple faithful are frothing at the mouth about a blog from Dell questioning the 'green-ness" of the new MacBook. Both companies need to examine their eco-practices.
Asia-Pacific electronics manufacturers lag in green practices
Survey reveals major gap between environmental compliance expectations of Western companies and the capabilities of their supply chains in Asia
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About the Green Operations and Compliance How-To Section
GreenSupplyLine's Operations and Compliance section covers environmental issues as they relate to manufacturing, logistics, and supply chain management in the electronics industry. It also addresses environmental compliance directives and regulations such as RoHS, WEEE, EuP and REACH.
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