EPA National Information Day

21st October 2015

MICROPRO COMPUTERS

Irish owned SME based in Dublin.

Designers and manufacturers of eco-friendly

computers

ISO14001 and ISO9001 accredited.

Employing 16 engineering staff

Established in 1991

Computer sales and repair centre

Component level repairs

WHAT WE DO

Developing eco-friendly

computers since 1991.

Designed and manufactured

4 eco-computers to date.

Developed comprehensive

eco-design approach

Developing “cradle to cradle”

services for repair, upgrading

and take back of PCs

Aiming at global reach

- Use low-carbon materials

- Use reused or recycled materials and components

- Design for ease of access, repair, upgrade and disassembly

- Design for ease of manufacture and reuse

- Offer a longer life (e.g. 10 yrs.)

Our main eco-design principles:

MICROPRO XPC (1999)

Extension of operational life of hardware via

upgradable chassis with modular interface

design

Developing the assembly potential of the

design to increase recycling and reuse

Improving energy efficiency of conventional

models

IAMECO V1 (2003)

Module in recycled aluminium and wood

Screen, mouse and keyboard in wood

Upgradable chassis

Designed for reuse

Modular internal port design

Designed to EU Eco-Label

standards

IAMECO V3 (2010)

75% reduction in CO2 emission

75% reduction in fresh water use

98% of materials recyclable (by weight)

Hazardous and non-recyclable materials eliminated

Life extension to 7-10 years

Awarded EU Eco-Label in 2010 –

which was a World’s First for

integrated desktop computers.

4TH MODEL – IAMECO D4R LAPTOP (2014)

Resource efficiency

Life extension

Eco-design

Carbon positive

Minimise life-cycle energy

Up-cycling of by-products

Zero waste (especially polluting waste)

IAMECO TABLET

We are the sole Irish Partner in the sustainablySMART Project, funded under the Horizon 2020 Factories of the Future Programme, to design and manufacture a cutting edge computer tablet, manufactured in Ireland and for sale to the world.

The sustainablySMART Consortium of 18 companies and research agencies, led by the Fraunhofer Institute in Berlin, has been awarded €7 million to achieve its ambitious project goals over a 5 year period

PUZZLEPHONE, FINLAND.

Because we

cannot afford

this waste

anymore.

“This story begins with Apple’s refusal to

fix my iPhone 4 faulty home button...”

Alejandro Santacreu

Youtube video, Jan 14th 2013 H2020 FoF.

FAIRPHONE, THE NETHERLANDS

Building a phone to create a fairer economy

Fairphone is building a movement for fairer

electronics. By making a phone, we’re

opening up the supply chain and creating

new relationships between people and their

products. We’re making a positive impact

across the value chain in mining, design,

manufacturing and life cycle, while expanding

the market for products that put ethical

values first. Together with our community,

we’re changing the way products are made.

IFIXIT EUROPE

Why repair?

Repair saves you money. It saves the environment. And it connects us to our things. Ditch the throwaway economy. Join the repair revolution.

“There are 5.6 billion adults in the world, and

one day they all should have a cellphone (…) To

make that happen, we’re going to have to make

sure that any phone manufactured today lasts

for 10 years.”

Kyle Wiens, the co-founder of iFixit

New York Times, 2014

DIGITAL FABRICATION

Setting up of manufacturing facilities, both locally and in partner regions, making use of Digital Fabrication, aiming to begin to bring consumer electronics manufacture back to Ireland and to Europe, with consequent benefits to local jobs and skills and inward investment, as well as multiple environmental benefits.

IAMECO

A world where production of

high-tech devices go hand in

hand with environmentally

driven thinking and business

ethics.