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The Eden Project Goes Even Greener with Energy Efficient PCs from Lenovo
Basingstoke, June 5, 2008 – Today, Lenovo announced that it is working with the Eden Project to provide the latest in energy-efficient PCs. With sustainability and minimising environmental impact the driving force behind The Eden Project, the unique environmental project based in Cornwall, has switched its purchasing to the ThinkCentre A61e for desktops, ThinkVision L193p and ThinkPad notebooks. Combined, this desktop PC and TFT monitor one of the most energy-efficient solutions currently available on the market.
The ThinkCentre A61e and ThinkVision L193p have both received a gold EPEAT (Electronics Product Environmental Assessment Tool) rating. Operated by the Green Electronics Council, the system is used to rate products based upon environmental attributes such as energy efficiency, materials and recyclability.
"For all purchasing at Eden, we seek to maintain a balance of environmental, financial and social impacts, which is why we were attracted to the environmental credentials of the Lenovo range" said Jon Curry, Head of ICT, Eden Project. "We had already noted that Lenovo were scoring well in Greenpeace's independent "greener electronics" ranking reports, and invited them in do some power bench marking tests. These showed a considerable saving over our existing desktop equipment."
Lenovo’s ThinkCentre A61e is the first desktop in the industry to run on the energy-efficient AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 dual core and AMD Sempron™ single core processors. Once the desktop is combined with the ThinkVision L193p, the solution is 57 per cent more energy-efficient than previous solutions produced by Lenovo.
“As green issues become part of the buying criteria for today’s IT managers, demands for energy efficient PCs are on the increase, “ said Alan Munro, Vice President Lenovo UK & Ireland. “The A61e and L193p offer a breakthrough in green computing, and demonstrate how Lenovo is committed to providing customers with the most secure, innovative and energy-efficient computing experience.”
About Lenovo
Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) develops, manufactures and markets high-quality, secure and easy-to-use technology products and services worldwide and is dedicated to building award-winning PCs. Formed by Lenovo Group’s acquisition of the former IBM Personal Computing Division, Lenovo’s heritage in both emerging and developed markets has resulted in a New World Company business model where ideas, operations and resources are borderless and mobile. With four operational hubs in Beijing, Raleigh, Singapore and Paris, Lenovo has major research centres in Yamato, Japan; Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, China; and Raleigh, North Carolina, as well as a marketing centre in Bangalore, India. For more information, see www.lenovo.com
Notes to editors about the Eden Project:
Eden Project Limited is owned by the Eden Trust, which is a fully registered UK Charity (No. 1093070).
Eden is home to the two biggest greenhouses in the world – the Rainforest Biome and Mediterranean Biome.
Around 1.2 million visitors come to Eden per year and it has generated £800 million for the local economy.
So far capital funding of £135 million to develop Eden has been raised from a combination of £58 million from the Millennium Commission Lottery Fund, £50 million in regional grants from the South West Regional Development Agency and Objective One European Regional Development Fund, and £27 million in the form of loans, lease finance and Eden's own revenue generation.
Immediate information may be obtained from our website: www.edenproject.com.
Press Contacts:
Juliet Stanford-Smith, Communications Manager, Lenovo UK
E: jstanfordsmith@lenovo.com
T: +44 1256 343555, M: +44 7967 275544
David Rowe, Head of Media Relations, Eden Project
E: drowe@edenproject.com
T: 01726 811901, M: 07813 041923
Jess Ratty, Communications Officer, Eden Project
E: jratty@edenproject.com
T: 01726 811941, M: 07815 808181
Ben Foster, Communications Assistant, Eden Project
E: bfoster@edenproject.com
T: 01726 818766, M: 07813 950368 |