Dell E5500, E5400 Green Side of Latitude, Product Concept and Design with Environment in Mind

LatitudeE6E5500,, E6400E5400Reviewer’sGuide

The Green Side of Latitude

Dell's environmental stewardship program drives to conserve product energy consumption, reduce or eliminate materials for disposal, prolong product life span and provide effective and convenient equipment recovery solutions. By streamlining business steps and processes, Dell minimizes stress on the environment while achieving speed, responsiveness and cost savings that can be passed along to customers.

Product Concept and Design – with Environment in Mind

Dell’s focus on improving environmental performance starts with our Design for the Environment (DfE) approach. When designing new systems, engineers consider environmental factors such as material composition of components, amount of materials used, energy efficiency as well as design attributes that aid in recycling.

The Latitude brand has a history of leadership in delivering green notebooks:

ƒ1st Notebook to achieve EPEAT Gold (Latitude D630)

ƒ1st Notebook to implement Energy Star 4.0 Standard (Latitude portfolio May 2007)

Minimize Energy Consumption

ƒ1st Energy Star 4.0 Compliant Notebooks

ƒIndustry Leading Energy Smart Power Management Settings on all Latitude Notebooks

ƒEnergy Efficient Technologies (CPU, LED Backlight etc.)

ƒ87% Averaged Efficiency for E-Family External Adapters

Minimize Toxins

ƒWW RoHS (Lead-Free) Compliant since July 2006

ƒChina RoHS Compliant

ƒMercury Free LCD Panels (Latitude XT, E6400, E6500, E4300, E4200)

ƒDell Latitude E4200 will be a Halogen-Reduced Dell notebook that offers a motherboard containing “halogen-free” laminates (per JPCA ES-01-1999), as well as “halogen-free” chassis plastics and fan housing/impeller.

Minimize Waste

ƒRecycled Packaging with 25% Post Consumer Cardboard

ƒAsset Recovery and Recycling Services

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