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This paper describes how the German eco-label Blue Angel (“BA”) has become an important environmental label certification program for printing products. Administration of the BA criteria and the awarding of environmental labels for specific products resides with the RAL German Institute For Quality and Certification (“RAL”). Included in the BA criteria are noise emission limits for sound power level. The three BA criteria to be reviewed in this paper are: (1) BA for Printers (RAL-UZ 85); (2) BA for Multifunctional Devices (MFD’s) (RAL-UZ 114); and (3) BA for Copiers (RAL-UZ 62). BA for Printers and BA for Copiers are revised editions of existing criteria. BA for MFD’s is a new certification. This paper will assess the new BA criteria acoustic requirements relative to: (1) previous versions of BA criteria; (2) newly defined sound power level limits; (3) newly defined operating modes; (4) deviations from industry standards; and (5) market implications and survey of actual product performance.

01054353

English

pp 965-974

2004

Noise-Con 04. The 2004 National Conference on Noise Control Engineering

CD-ROM

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Blue; Environment; Environmental impacts; Environmental policy; Labeling; Printers; Products; Sound; Sound absorption; Sound transmission

Energy; Environment; Highways; Policy; I15: Environment

TRIS, TRB

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