History
- Ecos Consulting (promoter and owner of the brand) and EPRI (Electric Power Research Institute) develop the Generalized Internal Power Supply Efficiency Test Protocol for desktop derived multi-output power supplies.
- March 2004: the 80 Plus idea was presented as an initiative at the ACEEE Market Transformation Symposium.
- February 2005: the first market-ready power supply was created by Seasonic.
- 2006: Energy Star added 80 Plus requirements to their then-upcoming (in effect since July 2007) Energy Star 4.0 computer specifications.
- November and February 2006: HP and Dell certify their PSUs to the 80 Plus specification.
- 20 July 2007: Energy Star Computer Specification 4.0 goes into effect. The specification includes 80 Plus power supply efficiency levels for desktop computers.
- December 2007: over 200 PSUs on the market are 80 Plus certified and it is becoming the market standard.
- First quarter 2008: standards revised to add Bronze, Silver, and Gold higher efficiency level certifications.
- October 2009: added specification for Platinum efficiency level.
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