Acer’s Aspire Vero becomes a popular choice for eco-conscious consumers

As the world races towards a net-zero emissions era against the backdrop of the Paris Agreement to limit climate change, Acer‘s pioneering sustainable laptop Aspire Vero is playing a critical role in ensuring that the industry’s carbon footprint is not increased by the accelerated digitalisation of technologies.

The Aspire Vero (AV15-51) has quickly become a popular choice for eco-conscious consumers and commercial users in the GCC and Middle East as Acer’s first sustainability-focused product, featuring post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic and eco-friendly packaging.

The reasons behind its soaring popularity are simple but powerful.

When considering the carbon footprint of a laptop, the general assumption is only about its energy consumption, which, according to Gartner, emits between 44-88 kg of CO2 per year on average daily use of 8 hours per day.

The Aspire Vero, on the other hand, is a product designed not only for net-zero energy efficiency, but also for navigating the complex landscape of direct and indirect emissions, as well as supply chain and carbon offsetting transactions. The end result is a holistic concept that is sustainable at its core and actively contributes to a circular economy in an era when an estimated 160 million laptops are manufactured globally each year and 160,000 are discarded every day in the European Union alone.

That is why, when assessing a laptop’s environmental impact, it is critical to consider its entire lifecycle.

The Aspire Vero reimagines the computer manufacturing process in an energy-efficient era, among other things. With a comprehensive eco-design concept and a distinct, eco-iconic look, the laptop adds a new appeal to green designs – with its chassis made of 30% PCR plastic, the part’s production reduces CO2 emissions by 21%.

The Aspire Vero’s keycaps are also made of 50% PCR plastic, and its award-winning 100% recyclable packaging can be repurposed as a cool DIY laptop stand. Unlike most modern laptops, which are designed to last only a few years and are difficult to upgrade, the Aspire Vero is thoughtfully designed to eliminate unnecessary waste by making the computer or its components easy to disassemble, repair, upgrade, and recycle.

The Acer Aspire Vero notebook stands out with its distinctive yellow and volcano grey bumper accents, and the text on the R and E keys has been inverted to emphasize the principles of reduce, reuse, and recycle.

However, the laptop’s green credentials do not compromise the long-lasting performance that Acer has become known for around the world. The Aspire Vero runs the recently released Windows 11 operating system, which makes it extremely simple to use.

The 99 percent recyclable 15.6-inch FHD IPS SlimBezel PCR display of the green PC is powered by 11th Gen Intel® CoreTM processors and Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics, so users can expect world-class performance and productivity while using a truly sustainable product. The notebook supports up to 16 GB of DDR4 memory as well as 512 GB or 1 TB of PCIe NVMe SSD storage, allowing it to withstand the ongoing demands and creative challenges of content creators.

The Aspire Vero is also at its prime when working on less demanding tasks, with Acer’s new VeroSense™ software giving users the option of selecting a usage mode that has been optimised for energy efficiency and battery life. Features like Wi-Fi 6, a Type-C USB port and two Type-A USB ports make the Aspire Vero a reliable and future-ready device.

The Aspire Vero also looks forward to the future in more ways than the net-zero. With work-from-home becoming a commonplace fixture, the new generation of Acer TrueHarmony™ and Acer PurifiedVoice™ with AI noise reduction fitted in the laptop actively suppresses background noise for users to create the best possible conference call quality.

Embracing a full 360-degree pledge to care for the earth, Acer Middle East has also partnered with Matiti Green to plant 10 trees on behalf of the customer for every Aspire Vero sold.

But if these industry-leading features were not enough, Acer has taken its commitment to sustainability a step further by launching its “Earthion” platform dedicated towards tackling global environmental challenges – an initiative that is in close synergy with the pursuit of a low-carbon future for the region’s economies.

From 2020, all of Acer’s notebooks have adopted recycled paper for packaging, saving 8,750 kg of paper pulp and cut down on the usage of 20 million plastic bags. From Acer’s internal recycling activities, over 50 metric tons of batteries were recycled and remanufactured into new ones. This is a global effort in which more than 75% of Acer employees across 50 countries participated.

The combination of pragmatic action and thoughtful design has enabled Acer to create not only a one-of-a-kind sustainability-focused notebook, but also a conscious choice for GCC consumers seeking to contribute to the global goal of using clean energy and recyclable materials in their everyday technology usage.