EPA Energy Star Wants Consoles to Be GREENER

The EPA(Everybody Pisses Ass,lol) wants to throw game consoles into the mix.

Operational Mode Requirements

• Off Mode: ≤ 1 W Sleep or Auto-Off: ≤ 5 W

Power Management and Efficient Operation Requirements

• Sleep or Auto-Off - The console shall power down to a sleep mode after 1 hour of inactivity; andƒ Provide Game Developers the tools/features allowing APD within games or programs designed for the console; andƒ Automatically APD when games are in an inactive or paused game state; and ƒ Provide for Full Network Connectivity in sleep.
• TV/Display Sleep - The console shall have the ability to drop Component, Composite, DVI outputs (using in-place standards where applicable) when the system is inactive for 15 minutes. Ability to do this in HDMI should be implemented once a HDMI standard for doing so exists; andƒ Provide visual feedback on the console's integrated display or LEDs calling attention to the consoles continued active state while outputs are dropped.
• Power Scaling - Set Top Box (STB) and DVD/Blu Ray/Movie Playback functions must come within 10% of the requirements in place for the Energy Star STB Specification Version 2.0, Tier 2 (finalized on April 23, 2008). Game consoles must be tested using the test procedure in the Set Top Box specification to evaluate their ability to meet the requirement.
• Efficient Networking
• Implement IEEE 802.3az and Full Network Connectivity in Sleep for Ethernet and Wi-Fi.
• Wireless Access Point functions must use less than 10W.

Phahtrox: That won't kill too many Koopas, now will it?