14 DAY TRIAL // The revised Mac Pro Environmental Report is out for anyone to sink their teeth in for a good dose of green nomenclature regarding material use, power efficiency, and every other tree hugging aspect you can think of.
Apple is committed to keeping a high standard for all its products when it comes to the company’s carbon footprint, which includes “controlling the quantity and types of materials used in their manufacture, improving their energy efficiency, and designing them for better recyclability.”
The information dished out in the report, available in PDF format, reveals the environmental performance of the all-new Mac Pro model as it relates to energy efficiency, material efficiency, restricted substances and, of course, climate change.
The chart displayed above, for example, provides the estimated greenhouse gas emissions over the computer’s entire life cycle. Another chart in the PDF report details the power consumed in different use modes, such as Sleep, Idle, and Off.
Mac Pro is energy efficient right out of the box, Apple says. “Mac Pro outperforms the stringent requirements of the ENERGY STAR Program Requirements for Computers Version 6.0, utilizing less than half the allowable energy limit.”
“In addition, Mac Pro consumes 68 percent less power in idle mode than the previous-generation Mac Pro,” according to the Cupertino giant.
Apple also goes to great lengths to make the packaging ultracompact, to allow more pallets to be shipped on a single trip from the assembly plant to the retail store.
“Apple’s ultracompact product and packaging designs lead the industry in material efficiency. Reducing the material footprint of a product helps maximize shipping efficiency. It also helps reduce energy consumed during production as well as material waste generated at the end of the product’s life,” the Mac maker notes.
Apple brags about the recyclability of the computer, mentioning highly reusable materials like aluminum and copper. A third chart details the materials used in this new Mac Pro model.
Finally, the report includes a list of Restricted Substances which Apple could, but doesn’t use in its new Mac Pro. A note about recycling is also included.