Insight Media Issues 2009 Green Display Report: The Business Threats and Opportunities of Green Displays

November 11, 2009 — Phillip Wright

Insight Media have announced availability of their 2009 Green Display Report addressing the business threats and opportunities arising from current concerns about display properties including power consumption, recycling, hazardous materials, as well as consumer and regulatory interests.  The 2009 Green Display Report was authored by Phillip Wright of WRT Associates and Ken Werner of Insight Media.  The 2009 Green Displays Report analyses the great range of environmentally important factors affecting the $100 billion global market for flat panel displays used in televisions, computer monitors and notebook PCs.

The Green Display Report also describes some of the findings of the first ever Green Display Expo held October 27, 2009 in Washington, DC.  The Green Display Expo brought together a core group of display industry participants from consumer electronics, professional AV, display manufacturing, regulatory and labeling agencies, and recycling constituencies to discuss the latest trends in green displays.  Phillip Wright of WRT Associates presented at the Green Display Expo on the topic of “Defining Display Greenness: Why it Matters for Consumers, Manufacturers and Regulators.”  Dr. Wright’s Green Display Expo presentation addressed the fundamental questions facing display users, manufacturers and regulators:

  • Why do we care about green displays?
  • What makes a display green?
  • Where are we today?
  • Where do we go from here?
  • How will we know when we get there?

Take a look at the slides, decide for yourself if we have captured all the factors that constitute a green display, and let us know if we missed any.

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Realizing Energy Savings from Lower Power Televisions

November 6, 2009 — Phillip Wright

Phillip Wright of WRT Associates recently gave a presentation entitled “Realizing Energy Savings from Lower Power Televisions” and contributed to a panel discussion on “Key Trends Driving Future Product Development” at the DisplaySearch TV Ecosystems Conference in San Jose, CA.  WRT Associates and Livingston Energy Innovations are currently collaborating to draft and make available a white paper on the same topic in the very near future.  For an early look at some of the main points of the white paper take a look at Realizing Energy Savings from Lower Power TVs.

In his talk, Dr. Wright outlined the potential for energy savings enabled by the lower power consumption televisions that are now coming to market with features including LED backlights, ambient light and user presence detectors, and “smart” power management features.  The presentation on energy saving televisions reported on today’s energy consumption status and proposed a product, technology and policy roadmap showing where we are today, where we are going, and how we can come to realize significant energy savings from televisions.

In addition to reporting how TVs fit in the consumer electronics “big picture,” Dr. Wright cautioned that the current trend to Screen Convergence – users increasingly viewing larger screens and simultaneously watching multiple displays for longer periods at work and at home – could drive increased energy consumption even with the trend to lower power consumption sets.  The roles played by upcoming Energy Star 4.0 and 5.0 TV specifications for voluntary Energy Star labeling, and the efforts of the California Energy Commission (CEC) to enact mandatory power consumption requirements for TVs will also play a part in the Television Energy Savings Roadmap.  Take a look at the proposed road map and let us know your opinions on the future directions to be taken by television technologies, products and policies.

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