Flash presentation given by Anne Galligan, MicroPro Computers, at the 2015 Horizon 2020 SC5 Information Day, 21/10/2015, Herbert Park Hotel, Dublin

1. EPA National Information Day
21st October 2015

2. 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

3. 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

4. - 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:

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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.

8. 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)

10. 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

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. 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

14. 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.


15. IAMECO
A world where production of
high-tech devices go hand in
hand with environmentally
driven thinking and business
ethics.