Tag Archives: European Union

Applying EU Energy Star Requirements to an iMac

My latest European Union (EU) post is available on the DssW blog. This week, I looked how the EU Energy Star specifications apply to an Apple iMac. I walked through the calculations used to determine whether a computer meets the … Continue reading

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EU Energy Star Specifications for Computers

My latest European Union (EU) post is available on the DssW blog. This week I looked at the energy consumption requirements that computers must meet to use the Energy Star label in the EU.

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Amendments to EU Energy Directives

This week’s European Union (EU) post is now available on the DssW blog. After publishing last week’s post about EU policy on stand by power consumption for electrical equipment, I discovered the directive it was based on had been replaced. … Continue reading

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EU Policy on Stand By Power Consumption

My latest European Union (EU) post is available on the DssW blog. The topic this week is the EU Ecodesign concept and EU policy on stand by power consumption for household electrical items.

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EU Policy on Computer Energy Consumption

This week’s post on the European Union (EU) is available on the DssW blog. My topic this week is EU policy on computer energy consumption.

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What is the Common EU Interest?

My latest post about the European Union (EU) is available on the DssW blog. This week I looked at why the European Commission is described as representing the common EU interest, and what this means.

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Learning About the European Union

I am learning about the European Union (EU). I have two reasons, apart from simple general interest. First, the EU and its policies are influential; what happens in Europe appears to influence what happens in the rest of the world. … Continue reading

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