Executive Order On Standby Power
Staff -- Consulting-Specifying Engineer, 12/1/2001
President Bush has issued an Executive Order requiring federal agencies to purchase products "that contain an internal standby power function" and must, if possible, buy products that use 1 watt or less of power "in their standby power consuming mode." Where such products are not available, federal buyers must seek out the lowest standby power wattage in products on the market.
From Pure Power, Winter 2001.
