Guidance Solutions Inc.
Environmental pledge sends company to energy-efficient HP Compaq dc7800 Convertible Minitower
We started looking for technologies more in line with our Guidance Green philosophy. The HP Compaq dc7800 Convertible Minitower is ENERGY STAR qualified and it's fast, quiet, powerful, reliable and lightweight. Jon Provisor, chief technology officer and co-owner, Guidance Solutions Inc., Marina del Rey, Calif.
HP customer case study: Guidance shrinks carbon footprint with HP Compaq Convertible Minitower PC, HP Servers Industry: eCommerce and website development HP recommends Windows Vista Business

Objective:

Operate carbon neutral business

Approach:

Launch Guidance Green initiative including deployment of energy-efficient HP Compaq Business Desktop PCs and HP ProLiant Servers

IT improvements:

ENERGY STAR-qualified desktop PCs lower power consumption Power efficiency generates less heat and lowers cooling requirements PC speed, power and reliability increase developer productivity HP ProLiant Servers combine power and energy efficiency On its website, Guidance Solutions Inc. has posted a curious document. Designed to look like the U.S. Declaration of Independencehandwritten on an antique scrollthe document is Guidance's own declaration: a commitment to environmental responsibility. That pledge led the company to leave a 10-year relationship with another vendor in favor of energy-efficient HP ProLiant Servers and the HP Compaq dc7800 Business Desktop PC. The results include not only fulfillment of the company's environmental vision, but also happier employees and a more productive workplace. We chose HP because we wanted computers that were energy-efficiency rated, says Jon Provisor, chief technology officer and Guidance co-owner. It turns out that in addition, our application developers enjoy the speed, power and reliability of the HP tools, which

Business benefits:

Guidance meets its environmental goals for carbon neutrality More-productive developers generate more customer solutions Company doubles in size without proportionately increasing energy bills Cradle-to-grave lifecycle management raises efficiency, lowers costs
Customer solution at a glance
Primary applications eCommerce and website development, hosting and maintenance; general business operations (finance, marketing, HR) Primary hardware HP Compaq dc7800 Business Desktop PC HP LP1965 19-inch LCD Monitor HP L2045w Widescreen LCD Monitor HP ProLiant DL360 Server G5 HP ProLiant DL380 Server G5 HP ProLiant ML370 Server Primary software VMware HP Services HP Care Pack three-year, fourhour, 24x7 Onsite Desktop HW Support
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10 Tips on how to run an environmentally aware organization. These documents present concise steps that progress from assembling an environmental task Guidance goes carbon neutral force to engaging with business partners. Guidance Guidance, based in Marina del Rey, Calif., designs, came to HP through CDW, a leading provider of builds and maintains eCommerce websites for online technology solutions for business, government and and multi-channel retailers. Provisor was responding to education. Provisor also researched the HP website. a Request for Proposal (RFP) one day when his Today the company outfits its employeesapplication attention was drawn to a description of the customer's developers, graphic designers, information architects, environmental program. He thought: Why not here? In project managers, administrators and assistantswith March 2007, he headed up an internal committee HP Compaq dc7800 Convertible Minitower PCs with called Guidance Green, which aimed to make dual monitors. The HP LP1965 19-inch LCD Monitor Guidance carbon neutral by 2009. The company gives Guidance developers premier image reached that goal 18 months early. We recycle, reuse, presentation, enhanced connectivity, and flexible reduce energy consumption and cut paper waste with configurations for user comfort. Some of the company's duplex printing, Provisor says. We measure our 45 employees, such as graphic artists and the carbon footprint in every wayheating bills, electrical administrative staff, have HP Widescreen LCD bills, commute miles, airline travel, refrigerationand Monitors. Guidance leases its HP solutions through a plot it on a spreadsheet. Whatever is left after our CDW affiliate and maintains them with HP Care Pack conservation efforts, we offset by purchasing three-year, four-hour, 24x7 Onsite Desktop HW renewable energy credits. We also encourage our Support. We try to keep our machines ready for vendors to be more environmentally responsible. anything, Provisor says. The PCs are so reliable, he adds, that to date Guidance has never had to call for support. It was HP's energy-efficiency ratingsthat's what drove us to make the change. Guidance is committed A powerful PC to protect the planet to being a carbon-neutral company. The HP Compaq dc7800 Convertible Minitower PC is Jon Provisor, chief technology officer and co-owner, ENERGY STAR qualified and available in EPEAT Guidance Solutions Inc. Gold listed configurations. Configured with the energy efficient Intel Q35 Express Chipset, it supports On the Guidance website (www.guidance.com), Verdiems SURVEYOR software solution for remote readers may find the Guidance Green Toolkit and power management, and features a selection of powerultimately enable them to code in a more efficient and stable environment.

efficient processors in addition to a high-efficiency power supply. Lifecycle management features such as HP Client Configuration Manager and the no-cost HP Proactive Change Notification service enable more efficient planning, deployment and transition. Built-in security features, such as HP ProtectTools and standard Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 1.2 chip, provide robust identity, data and network protection. In performance, the device delivers power and speed with Intel Core 2 Duo processors and Windows Vista OS. What we like best is the overall speed and reliability, says Jon Larsen, vice president of IT at Guidance. The developerswho are 75 percent of our company rely on their machines to do their work, and have
found the HP Compaq dc7800 Convertible Minitower PC to be exceptionally reliable. They can depend on it to perform. The HP Compaq dc7800 Convertible Minitower PC is responsive, fast, quiet and powerful. Our developers enjoy a stable development environment, and they say HPs reliability helps them be more productive. Jon Larsen, vice president of IT, Guidance Solutions Inc. Guidance is gathering data to quantify improvements. Larsen sees a sharp reduction in help-desk calls reporting PC slowdowns or drive failures. When the company does its carbon footprint analysis in a few months, Larsen suspects that energy usage will prove to
be the same or less even though the company has grown from 25 to 45 employees in two years. Our HP solutions have reduced our overall power consumption, he says. They generate less heat, and therefore reduce cooling requirements. They're lighter weight and use less material bulk in their construction. Next steps: data center virtualization Next steps for Guidance include an aggressive drive to reduce heating and cooling costs throughout the building. It also continues to expand its data center arsenal of HP ProLiant Servers, including the HP ProLiant DL360 Server G5; HP ProLiant DL380 Server G5; and HP ProLiant ML370 Server. It intends to virtualize its production servers as well as development servers, migrating from headquarters to a co-location facility. One virtual server can have dozens of
websites versus just two or three, Larsen says, adding that HP's partnership with companies such as VMware Inc., a leading developer of virtualization software, supports robust, energy-efficient performance. As we look to leverage this technology even more in the future, HP's solutions, technical expertise and partnerships with third-party vendors will help us maximize the effectiveness of our operations. Provisor notes that HP's cradle-to-grave lifecycle commitment to its solutions helps maximize performance while lowering cost and environmental impact. Our relationship with HP has been wonderful, he says. The company is responsive and offers superb value. We look to HP as a leader in supporting both our performance goals and our environmental campaign.

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Product environmental attributes THE ECO DECLARATION
Brand * Company name * Contact information * Internet site * Additional information Hewlett-Packard Hewlett-Packard Company Hans Wendschlag http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/globalcitizenship/environment/contactemail.html http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/globalcitizenship/environment/ Logo
The company declares (based on product specification or test results based obtained from sample testing), that the product conforms to the statements given in this declaration.
Type of product * Commercial name * Model number * Issue date *
Intended market * Additional information

Business Desktop PC

HP Compaq dc7800 Convertible Minitower PC dc7800 CMT September 2007 (correction) Global Europe Japan U.S. Other
This is an uncontrolled copy when in printed form. Please refer to the contact information for the latest version. The declaration may be published only when all rows and/or fields marked with a * are filled-in (n.a. for not applicable).
Quality Control Item Additional information regarding each item may be found under P14. QC1 * QC2 * The company enforces an internal quality control scheme to ensure the correctness of this eco declaration The company is a member of an eco declaration system that enforces regular independent quality control such as organized by IT-Fretagen (see http://www.itforetagen.se).

Requirement met Yes No

Annex B of ECMA-370 2nd Edition, December 2006

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Model number * Issue date *
dc7800 CMT September 2007 (correction)
Product environmental attributes - Legal requirements Item P1 P1.1* P1.2* P1.3* *=mandatory to fill in. Additional information regarding each item may be found under P14. Hazardous substances and preparations Products do not contain lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyl (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) as specified in EU 2002/95/EC and its amendments Products do not contain Asbestos (EU 76/769/EEC, amendment 1999/77/EC) Products do not contain Ozone Depleting Substances: Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC), hydrobromofluorocarbons (HBFC), hydrochlorofluorcarbons (HCFC), Halons, carbontetrachloride, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, methyl bromide (EU : Regulation (EC) No. 2037/2000, 2038/2000, 2039/2000) Products do not contain polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB), polychlorinated terphenyl (PCT), (EU 76/769/EEC)
Requirement met Yes No n.a.

P1.4* P1.5*

Products do not contain short chain chloroparaffins (SCCP) with 10-13 carbon atoms in the chain containing at least 48% per mass of chlorine in the SCCP as specified in Norwegian regulation relating to restrictions on the use of certain dangerous chemicals 20.12.2002 Textile and leather parts with direct skin contact do not contain Tri-(2,3,-dibromopropyl)-phosphate (TRIS), Tris(aziridinyl)-phosphineoxide (TEPA), polybrominated biphenyl (PBB) (EU 76/769/EEC) Textile and leather parts with direct skin contact do not contain Azo colourants that split aromatic amines as specified in EU 76/769/EEC, amendment 2003/3/EC Wooden parts do not contain arsenic and chromium as a wood preservation treatment as well as pentachlorophenol and derivatives (EU 76/769/EEC) Parts with direct and prolonged skin contact do not release nickel in concentrations higher than specified in 76/769/EEC, amendment 94/27/EEC Batteries If hazardous batteries (as defined in 91/157/EEC) are used in the product they are easily removable and labelled with the disposal and the substance logo (as defined in 91/157/EEC, 93/86/EEC) If batteries are used in the product they do not contain mercury in concentrations higher than specified in 91/157/EEC If batteries are permanently installed in the product, information on the environmentally hazardous substances and safe removal method is listed in the user manual (91/157/EEC) Electrical safety, EMC and connection to the telephone network The product meets the Low Voltage Directive (LVD) regarding electrical safety (73/23/EEC & 93/68/EEC) The product meets the EMC Directive regarding electromagnetic compatibility (89/336/EEC / 2004/108/EEC th after June, If product is intended for connection to a public telecom network or contains a radio transmitter, it meets the EU R&TTE Directive (1999/5/EC) The product is CE-marked and a Declaration of Conformity is available (93/68/EEC) Consumable materials If a photo conductor (drum, belt etc.) is used in the product, it does not contain cadmium in concentrations higher than specified in (76/769/EEC and 91/338/EEC) If ink/toner is used in the product, it does not contain cadmium in concentrations higher than specified in (76/769/EEC and 91/338/EEC) If the ink/toner formulation/preparation is classified as hazardous according to EU Directive 1999/45/EC, and as amended, the product/packaging is labelled and a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) in accordance with (99/45/EC & 2001/58/EC) is available. Product packaging The sum of the concentration levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, and hexavalent chromium present in packaging or packaging components does not exceed 0,01% by weight (94/62/EC). Plastic packaging material is marked according to ISO 11469 referring ISO 1043.(97/129/EEC) The product packaging material is free from CFC/HCFC. Treatment information Information for recyclers/treatment facilities (e.g. as requested by 2002/96/EC) is available.

P1.6* P1.7* P1.8* P1.9* P2 P2.1* P2.2* P2.3* P3 P3.1* P3.2* P3.3* P3.4* P4 P4.1* P4.2* P4.3*
P5 P5.1* P5.2* P5.3* P6 P6.1*

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Product environmental attributes - Market requirements - Environmental conscious design Item *=mandatory to fill in. Additional information regarding each item may be found under P14. P7 Design, Disassembly, recycling P7.1* Parts that have to be treated separately are easily separable P7.2* P7.3* P7.4* P7.5 P7.6* P7.7* P7.8* P7.9. P7.10 P7.11* P7.12* P7.13* P7.14 P7.15 P7.16 P7.17 P7.18 P7.19 P7.20 P8 P8.1* P8.2* P8.3 P9 9.1 Mode On-max Onnormal On-idle Save 1 Save 2 Off 1 Off 2 No load TEC P9.2* P9.3 * * * * * Plastic materials in covers/housing have no surface coating. Plastic parts >100g consist of one material or of easily separable materials. Plastic parts >25g have material codes according to ISO 11469 referring ISO 1043. Plastic parts are free from metal inlays or have inlays that can be removed with commonly available tools. Labels are easily separable. (This requirement does not apply to safety/regulatory labels). Product lifetime Upgrading can be done e.g. with processor, memory, cards or drives Upgrading can be done using commonly available tools Spare parts are available after end of production for: Service is available after end of production for: 5 years Material and substance requirements Product cover/housing material type: Material type: ABS Material type: Electrical cable insulation material of power cables are halogen free (including PVC) Electrical cable insulation material of signal cables are halogen free (including PVC) All cover/housing plastic parts >25g are halogen free All printed circuit boards (without components) >25g are halogen free Chemical specifications of flame retardants in cover / housing plastic parts >25g according ISO 1043-4: years

Material type:

Chemical specifications of flame retardants in printed circuit boards (without components) >25g according ISO 1043-4: TBBP-A FR(16) Weight of recycled material in plastic parts is 0 Plastic parts >25g are free from flame retardant substances/preparations above 0.1% classified as R45/46, R50/51/53 and R60/61 (67/548/EEC) Light sources are free from mercury If mercury is used specify: Number of lamps: and max. mercury content per lamp: mg Batteries Product does not contain batteries defined as hazardous according to 91/157/EEC Battery chemical composition: Lithium Batteries meet the requirements of the following voluntary program/s: Energy consumption For the product the following power levels or energy consumptions have been measured: Power level at Time (s) to <mode> Mode description * Volts W W W W W W W W to to to to to to * * * * * * * External power supplies/charger plugged in but disconnected from the product
Reference/ Standard * * * * * * * * *
kWh/y Typical Energy Consumption per year
Information about the energy save function is provided with the product. The product meets the energy requirements of the following voluntary program/s: ENERGY STAR 4.0 MOU Others specify:

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Product environmental attributes - Market requirements (continued) Requirement met Item * = mandatory to fill in. Additional information regarding each item may be found under P14. Yes No n.a. P10 Emissions Noise emission Declared according to ISO 9296 P10.1 Declared A-weighted Mode Mode description Declared sound pressure level LpAm (dB) A-weighted sound power Operator position Bystander positions level LWAd (B) Desktop or Deskside Idle Operation Other mode Measured according to: P10.2 ISO 7779 Other ECMA-74 (only if not covered by ECMA-74 with LpAm measurement distance m) * Fans on, HDD spinning (if applicable) * Fans on, HDD spinning 3.8 3.22 (only if product is not operator attended)
The product meets the acoustic noise requirements of the following voluntary program/s: Chemical emissions from printing products

P10.3*

Test performed according to ECMA-328 standard The test covers: Dust Ozone
, other specify: Styrene Benzene TVOC
The product meets the chemical emission requirements of the following voluntary program/s: Electromagnetic emissions
P10.5 P11 P11.1* P11.2* P11.3* P12 P12.1* P12.2* P12.3* P13 P13.1* P13.2* P13.3* P13.4*
Computer display meets the requirement for low frequency electromagnetic fields of the following voluntary program/s: Consumable materials for printing products A Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) is available for the ink/toner preparation, even if not legally required (see P4.3). Paper containing recycled fibres that meets the requirements of EN12281 can be used. 2-sided (duplex) printing/copying is an integrated product function. Ergonomics for computing products The computer system meets the ergonomic requirements of EN 29241-3, -7, -8 for CRT displays and EN-ISO13406-2 for flat panel displays. The product keyboard meets the requirements of ISO 9995 and EN 29241-4. The computer input device meets the requirements of ISO 9241-9. Packaging and documentation Product packaging material type(s): Corrugated / paper Product packaging material type(s): EPE Foam Product packaging material type(s): LDPE Bag Product plastic packaging is halogen free (including PVC) User and product documentation do not contain chlorine bleached paper User and product documentation contain recycled paper weight (kg): 1.687 weight (kg): 0.308 weight (kg): 0.063

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P9 9.1
Energy consumption For the product the following power levels or energy consumptions have been measured: Power Consumption AC Input Voltage at 100 VAC +/- 5 VAC, 50 Hz +/- 3 Hz Power Consumption AC Input Voltage at 115 VAC +/- 5 VAC, 60 Hz +/- 3 Hz Power Consumption AC Input Voltage at 230 VAC +/- 5 VAC, 50 Hz +/- 3 Hz Default Time Settings to Enter Energy Saving Mode Reference Standard (test method)
Power Consumption Mode Description
On-Idle (ENERGY STAR Idle (S0)) ENERGY STAR Sleep (S3)
Not Applicable 62.27 W 62.762 W 61.212 W 30 minutes (system unit) Not Applicable 0.77 W 0.79 W 1.08 W

ENERGY STAR Program Requirements for Computers: Ver. 4.0 ENERGY STAR Program Requirements for Computers: Ver. 4.0 ENERGY STAR Program Requirements for Computers: Ver. 4.0

3.05 W

3.09 W

3.42 W

ENERGY STAR Standby (Off) (S5) P14 P9
Additional information 1. Energy efficiency data listed is for an ENERGY STAR compliant product within the model family. HP computers marked with the ENERGY STAR Logo are compliant with the applicable U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ENERGY STAR specifications for computers. 2. For more information about HPs ENERGY STAR qualified products, go to hp.com: http://www.hp.com/ and select the applicable market segments and product categories for more information. 3. Energy Efficiency information published on the ECMA 370 The Eco Declaration represents a typically configured product base model meeting ENERGY STAR specifications only. If optional components or modules are added, like extra hard disks or graphic cards etc, these can change the energy efficiency data listed above. 4. Power consumption in the Off / Apparent Off mode is measured and reported with the network interface controller (NIC) WOL disabled. Acoustic noise information published on the ECMA 370 The Eco Declaration represents a typically configured product base model only. If optional items with moving parts are added, like extra hard disks or graphic cards with fans etc, these can change acoustic noise values for which HP can take no responsibility.
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