Energy Star 4.0 Consumer Desktop

Today we took another step in our commitment to becoming the greenest technology company on Earth by introducing our first consumer Energy Star 4.0 desktop PC.

Powered by an 80 percent efficient power supply, the Inspiron 531 comes pre-configured to switch to a low-power sleep state after 15 minutes of inactivity. Entry-level configurations include an AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processor, 1GB DDR2 memory, 250GB hard drive, CDRW / DVD combination drive, NVIDIA integrated graphics, Windows Vista Home Basic, and one year limited warranty with In-Home service and support.


Dell has played an active role in the Energy Star program since 1993. We offer multiple desktops, workstations and notebooks that meet the new Energy Star 4.0 requirements. Every Dell flat panel display we’ve released this year is also Energy Star 4.0-compliant. According to our calculations, using an energy-efficient desktop with a flat panel monitor for four years can result in significant savings due to reduced electricity bills.



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If you haven’t already, I encourage you to check out www.dell.com/energy for additional details on our commitment to delivering the most energy-efficient products in the industry. As always, we’d like to hear your environmentally-focused ideas and feedback on ways we can continue to build on our “desktop to datacenter” energy-effiency strategy.

About the Author: Michael Murphy

Michael is Vice President and Chief Product Compliance Officer for Dell Technologies.  In this role, he works across all Dell countries of operation with Strategy, Government Affairs, Legal, Engineering Development, Operations, Risk, Sales, and Services to assure unfettered market access.  He is responsible for strategic engagement on global regulations and standards, leading Dell’s regulatory engineering for all lines of business, responding to global market escalations related to compliance, and overseeing Dell’s Design for Environment program.  He provides global governance for safety, regulatory, and environmental compliance of all Dell solutions.  He has a passion for Technical Government Affairs and increasing Dell’s sustainable product and packaging leadership across its entire portfolio. He and his team are one of the primary authors of Dell’s annual Corporate Social Responsibility report (https://corporate.delltechnologies.com/en-us/social-impact.htm).  He regularly engages customers on the sustainability value proposition of Information Communications Technology. Michael has been with Dell Technologies for 24 years and held diverse leadership positions in global operations, program management, engineering, regulatory compliance, and environmental affairs. Prior to joining Dell, he served in the United States Army as an officer in the Corps of Engineers and Army Acquisition Corps where he led a variety of combat engineering and procurement organizations from 1990-2000.   After active duty, he served as the Director of Contracting for the Texas Army National Guard.  He holds a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point, is a DAWIA Level III Certified Contracting Officer, graduated the Army Command & General Staff College, holds a TS-SCI Clearance, and has a Masters in Sustainable Business from Bainbridge Graduate Institute. He is a board member of Keep Austin Beautiful, a Strategic Advisory Council member of SPLC, and manages Dell’s board relationships with of The Sustainability Consortium, GEC-EPEAT, TGG, HDPUG, ITIC-ELC, Digital Europe, USITO, MAIT, STEP, USIBC, and iNEMI.