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Global Electronics Council

Global Electronics Council is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Global Electronics Council rather than just read about it. In short: Founded in 2005, the Global Electronics Council (GEC), formerly known as the Green Electronics Council, is a US-based environmental non-profit organization and mission to, "create a world where only sustainable technology is bought and sold". EPEAT GEC operates the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) system, which was designed to assist in the purchasing of "greener" PCs and displays, imaging eq…

Global Electronics Council — illustration

Key takeaways

Global Electronics Council belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Global Electronics Council to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Global Electronics Council from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Founded in 2005, the Global Electronics Council (GEC), formerly known as the Green Electronics Council, is a US-based environmental non-profit organization and mission to, "create a world where only sustainable technology is bought and sold".

EPEAT

GEC operates the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) system, which was designed to assist in the purchasing of "greener" PCs and displays, imaging equipment and televisions. The EPEAT system evaluates electronics on more than 50 environmental criteria, some required and some optional, that measure a product's efficiency and sustainability attributes. Products are rated Gold, Silver, or Bronze depending on how many criteria they meet. On 2007-01-24, President George W. Bush issued Executive Order 13423, which requires all United States Federal agencies to use EPEAT when purchasing computer systems. President Barack Obama issued a similar Executive Order in 2009. In 2012 EPEAT was released in India. By 2015, the number of registered green devices had risen by 108%. In partnership with the Yale Center for Green Chemistry and Engineering, in September of 2008 GEC held a Forum for Sustainable Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) at Yale.

Catalyst Award Green Electronics Council hosts and presents the annual Catalyst Award for "Practical projects whose impact can inspire further innovation in the electronics space." In 2015 Dell received an award for their innovations in environmental safety of electronic production. During the 2014 calendar year Dell used 5000 tons of recycled plastic in its production of 34 products. Other notable nominees included Hewlett-Packard, Toshiba, and Arrow Electronics.

Emerging Green Conference Emerging Green Conference is an annual event organized by Green Electronics Council, where technology leaders meet to "explore sustainability issues throughout the lifecycle of electronics." The latest gathering happened in September 2015 where over 30 companies and organizations attended a three-day event at The Nines Hotel in Portland, Oregon.

Board of directors Mark Buckley - Founder, One Boat Collaborative Richard Crespin - Treasurer, Chief Executive Officer, Collaborate Up Victor Duart - Former Manager Environmental Policy and Programs IBM EMEA, ASEAN, Japan Daniel Kreeger - Co Founder & Executive Director, Association of Climate Change Officers JaNay Queen Nazaire, PhD - Chief Strategy Officer, Living Cities Jeanne Ng, PhD - Chairman, Hong Kong Institute of Qualified Environmental Professionals Verena Radulovic - Vice President, Business Engagement, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) Michael Robinson - Former Program Director, Global Supplier Diversity, IBM Carl Smith - Former CEO & President of Call2Recycle Inc. Trisa Thompson - Chair, Former Senior Vice President and Chief Responsibility Officer, Dell

See also Green chemistry One Laptop per Child

References

External links Official website Closing the Loop Electronics Design to Enhance Reuse/Recycling Value Archived 2012-01-04 at the Wayback Machine, 2009 The Connection Between Electronics and Sustainability Archived 2011-12-28 at the Wayback Machine

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Global Electronics Council

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Global Electronics Council claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Global Electronics Council before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Global Electronics Council ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Global Electronics Council

In research: Global Electronics Council appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Global Electronics Council in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Global Electronics Council is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Electronics and the environment, Environmental design, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Global Electronics Council outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Global Electronics Council in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Global Electronics Council means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Global Electronics Council out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Global Electronics Council in simple terms?

Why does Global Electronics Council matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Global Electronics Council?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Global Electronics Council.