The twentieth century has witnessed the rapid growth of the IT market and the increasing popularity of its associated technologies – computers, satellites, Internet – each contributing in no small way to driving innovation.

The growth of industry is a vital part of a nation’s economy, yet coincides with the escalating use of limited natural resources. The challenge for the new millennium is continued drive of innovation without exhausting the world’s resources. As a consequence, it is extremely important that companies start taking responsibility and exploring new roads that lead toward the development of products with the lowest impact on the environment, while meeting the user needs, functions and added-value.

Acer has already taken that new road. Each year, Acer’s investments in research and development are substantial, because the company strongly believes in the need to find out new solutions that are at the same time innovative and respectful of the environment.

Acer’s efforts are based on a strong intuition: any industrial process that reduces natural energy and raw material consumption generates savings and these savings make the company more competitive yet at the same time make significant contribution to protecting the world's resources.

Also, buying environmentally friendly products can significantly reduce costs for business. More energy efficient equipment means less heat, longer product life, lower air conditioning on top energy savings. In the long run, buying eco-products can be a very smart choice.

Acer’s has developed a complete new range of professional displays taking into account all environmental issues. The new Business and Value LCD models have an energy saving design, use eco-compatible materials and are free of hazardous substances. These models have been certified by the most known programs devoted to promote the production of energy efficient and eco-compatible equipment, such as Energy Star, EPEAT and TCO.

Now it’s time to increase the user awareness of the importance of buying eco-friendly equipment. It is important, too, to help users understand the features and benefits of the product they are buying. This is why Acer new monitors feature a label clearly indicating the green features of the product. The label will be printed on the packaging and a sticker will be placed on the base of the monitor. The label will help user easily identify the monitor as compliant with all internationally recognized standards for energy saving and use of eco-friendly materials.

Acer displays featuring the EcoDisplay logo are mercury free and certified by Energy Star 5.0, qualified under EPEAT Gold and TCO. Critical to any home or office environment is the cost of energy or power consumption, the new Acer EcoDisplays integrate a two lamp system instead of the standard four lamps and as a consequence the displays consume up to 50% less power hence reducing costs dramatically.