JP2009223394A - Electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic device capable of accurately calculating an environmental load of an overall device even when the device configuration is changed. <P>SOLUTION: A CPU 11 of a PC 1 recognizes the device configuration of the overall PC 1 including an external peripheral equipment fitted to the PC 1, acquires information on carbon dioxide emissions from an environmental load information database 5 in which the information on carbon dioxide emissions is recorded for each component of the recognized device configuration, and finds the sum total of the acquired carbon dioxide emissions, thereby generating environmental load information of the overall PC 1. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic device whose device configuration can be changed.

  Due to the recent increase in environmental awareness, the environmental impact of electronic devices including OA (Office automation) devices such as personal computers (PCs), facsimile machines, printers, and copiers (greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, etc.) The need for a device for evaluating the amount of air pollutants, water pollutants such as oil) is increasing.

  Patent Document 1 discloses an apparatus that evaluates an environmental load from the production to the disposal of OA equipment. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-228688 discloses a technique for facilitating calculation of the environmental load of an entire product by giving environmental load information to parts and devices. In Patent Document 3, the environmental load information of parts and mechanism parts is stored in a storage unit, the environmental load information of each part constituting a predetermined product is extracted from the storage unit, and this is integrated to integrate the information. An apparatus for calculating the environmental load of a product is disclosed. Patent Document 4 discloses an apparatus that accumulates environmental load information and returns a result to a searcher in response to a search request from the outside. Patent Document 5 discloses an apparatus that can evaluate the environmental load of a product at the design stage.

JP 2001-209695 A JP 2002-59146 A JP 2002-49649 A JP 2003-141211 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-311792

  In each of the technologies described above, the product that is subject to evaluation of the environmental load does not calculate the environmental load by itself, but another device calculates the environmental load of the product. The load cannot be evaluated. Further, in the case of an OA device such as a PC, it is generally used in combination with peripheral devices such as a display, a mouse, a keyboard, etc. as well as a single device, but the same peripheral device is always mounted. However, it is difficult to evaluate the environmental load of the entire electronic device including peripheral devices. Further, since the internal memory of the PC can be increased, the configuration in the PC main body also changes. As a result, it is difficult to calculate the environmental load corresponding to the change in the configuration of the PC body.

  With the recent increase in environmental awareness, there is a possibility that companies will be required to impose obligations to disclose environmental impacts in the future. In order to cope with such a movement, for example, it is necessary to create a mechanism that can easily calculate the environmental load of all OA devices existing in a certain office. With conventional technology, it is difficult to evaluate the environmental load of the entire electronic device including peripheral devices, and thus it is necessary to devise such a mechanism.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide an electronic device that can accurately calculate the environmental load of the entire device even when the device configuration changes.

  The electronic device of the present invention is an electronic device whose device configuration can be changed, and a device configuration recognition unit that recognizes a device configuration of the entire electronic device including an external peripheral device attached to the electronic device, The environmental load information acquisition unit that acquires the environmental load information from the recording unit in which the environmental load information of each component of the device configuration recognized by the device configuration recognition unit is recorded, and the environmental load information acquisition unit acquires the environmental load information Environmental load information generating means for generating environmental load information of the entire electronic device based on environmental load information of each component.

  The electronic device of the present invention includes the recording unit.

  The electronic device of the present invention is a wireless tag in which the recording unit is attached to each component, and the environmental load information of the component is recorded in the wireless tag attached to each component.

  In the electronic device of the present invention, the environmental load information of the entire electronic device to be generated also includes information on assembly environmental load that is an environmental load generated when the electronic device main body is assembled. The means also generates the environmental load information of the entire electronic device using the information on the assembly environmental load acquired from the assembly environmental load recording unit that records the information on the assembly environmental load.

  In the electronic device of the present invention, the environmental load information of the entire electronic device to be generated also includes information on the environmental load during transportation that occurred during the transportation of the electronic device, and the environmental load information generating means includes the The environmental load during transportation based on the manufacturing location information acquired from the manufacturing location information recording unit that records the manufacturing location information for specifying the location where the electronic device is manufactured, and the input information on the purchase location of the electronic device. And the environmental load information of the entire electronic device is generated using the calculated environmental load during transportation.

  In the electronic device of the present invention, the environmental load information of the entire electronic device to be generated also includes information on the environmental load during use generated when the electronic device is used, and measures the power consumption of the electronic device. The environmental load information generating means calculates the environmental load during use from the power consumption during the entire usage time of the electronic device measured by the measurement means, and the calculated environmental load during use is also calculated. Use to generate environmental load information for the entire electronic device.

  The electronic device of the present invention includes display control means for causing the display unit to display environmental load information generated by the environmental load information generation means.

  In the electronic device of the present invention, the device configuration recognition unit, the environmental load information acquisition unit, and the environmental load information generation unit execute a process when the electronic device is powered on.

  The electronic device of the present invention can omit the processing at the time of power-on by the device configuration recognition unit, the environmental load information acquisition unit, and the environmental load information generation unit.

  The electronic device of the present invention includes an input unit for inputting information, and the environmental load information acquisition unit is information for specifying each component constituting an electronic device different from the electronic device input by the input unit. The environmental load information is acquired from the recording unit in which the environmental load information of each component of the other electronic device is recorded, and the environmental load information generation unit is configured to acquire the other electronic device based on the environmental load information. Environmental load information for the entire device can be generated.

  In the electronic device according to the present invention, when there is an unknown environmental load information among the component parts of the other electronic device, the environmental load information generation unit is configured to output the component part input from the input unit. From the composition information, the environmental load information of the similar part of the component is obtained via the network, and the environmental load information of the other electronic device is generated using the environmental load information of the similar part as the environmental load information of the component. .

  In the electronic device according to the present invention, when there is an unknown environmental load information among the component parts of the other electronic device, the environmental load information generation unit is configured to output the component part input from the input unit. From the composition information, the composition information and the environmental load information of the similar part of the component are obtained via the network, and the value obtained by correcting the environmental load information of the similar part by the mass ratio between the component and the similar part is obtained. The environmental load information of the entire other electronic device is generated as the environmental load information of the component parts.

  In the electronic device according to the present invention, the environmental load information of the other electronic device to be generated also includes information on power consumption when the electronic device is used, and the environmental load information generation unit includes the electronic device The catalog information is obtained via the network, the amount of power used per unit time of the electronic device is calculated based on the catalog information, and the environmental load information of the entire other electronic device is generated using this To do.

  In the electronic device of the present invention, the electronic device includes an OA device.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an electronic device that can accurately calculate the environmental load of the entire device even when the device configuration changes.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a PC for explaining a first embodiment of the present invention.
1 includes a watt-hour meter 10, a central processing unit (CPU) 11, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 12, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 13, a display interface (I / F) 14, a hard disk drive (HDD). ) 15, a keyboard I / F 16, a USB (Universal Serial Bus) I / F 17, a network I / F 18, and a DVD drive I / F 19. Since these components are components that constitute the PC 1, they are also referred to as components in the following. Each component is connected via a bus 20.

  The RAM 12, HDD 15 and the like can be added, and the number of components connected to the bus 20 can be changed.

  A display device (for example, a CRT display) 2 is connected to the display I / F 14. A keyboard 3 is connected to the keyboard I / F 16.

  The network I / F 18 can be connected to the environmental load information database 5 via the network 4 such as the Internet.

  The CPU 11 performs overall control of the PC 1 and is connected to each component other than itself through the bus 20.

  The CPU 11 is operated by a program stored in the ROM 13 and executes a process for calculating the environmental load of the entire PC 1 described later. Here, the environmental load of the PC 1 as a whole includes not only the environmental load of components constituting the PC 1 main body but also the environmental load of peripheral devices such as the display device 2 and the keyboard 3 connected to the PC 1 main body. . In the following description, carbon dioxide emissions will be described as an example of the environmental load.

  The watt-hour meter 10 starts measuring the power consumption when the power of the PC 1 is turned on. The CPU 11 stores the power consumption measured by the watt hour meter 10 between the time when the power is turned on and the time when the power is turned off via the HDD 15 in a hard disk or the like, and accumulates the past power consumption.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of information recorded in the environmental load information database 5.
In the environmental load information database 5, as shown in FIG. 2A, the parts used in the electronic equipment such as the PC 1 and its peripheral devices are associated with the amount of carbon dioxide emitted when the parts are manufactured. Are recorded. Even if the components are in the same category, the carbon dioxide emission amount varies depending on the model number, and therefore, the carbon dioxide emission amount is recorded for each model number in each component.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 2B, the environmental load information database 5 includes a product name (for example, a model number) of an electronic device such as a PC 1 and information on a manufacturing location (for example, GPS) where the product is made. Position information), the amount of carbon dioxide emitted when the product is assembled, and the amount of carbon dioxide generated when the product is discarded are recorded in association with each other.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a method of calculating the amount of carbon dioxide emitted when manufacturing one component.
Carbon dioxide emissions at the time of component manufacture can be divided into those due to the composition of the components and those due to energy consumed at the facility where the components are manufactured. The amount of carbon dioxide emitted by the composition of the parts can be obtained by an arithmetic expression as shown in “Load per part” in the table of FIG. The amount of carbon dioxide emitted by energy can be obtained by an arithmetic expression as shown in “Environmental load for each energy” in the table of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a method for calculating the amount of carbon dioxide emitted when one product is discarded.
Since one product can be divided into a part to be incinerated, a part to be disposed of in landfills, and a part to be recycled, the calculation formula shown in FIG. Can be sought.

Hereinafter, an operation when the PC 1 calculates the environmental load of the entire PC 1 will be described.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the environmental load calculation processing by the PC 1.
When the power is turned on, measurement of power consumption is started (step S1). Next, the startup operation of the PC 1 is executed by the CPU 11 (step S2). Next, the CPU 11 causes the display device 2 to display a message for confirming whether or not to display the environmental load (the carbon dioxide emission amount of the entire PC 1) to the user. When the user operates the keyboard 3 to give an instruction not to display the environmental load (step S3: N), the CPU 11 completes the startup operation.

  When the user operates the keyboard 3 and gives an instruction to display the environmental load (step S3: Y), the CPU 11 displays the model number of the PC1 main body, the display device 2 attached to the PC1 main body, the keyboard 3, and the like. The device configuration (model number of each component) of the entire PC 1 including the external peripheral device is recognized (step S4). This recognition can be realized by a known method performed at the time of system startup.

  Next, based on the recognized product model number of the PC 1, the CPU 11 acquires from the environmental load information database 5 information on the manufacturing location of the PC 1, information on the carbon dioxide emission at the time of assembly, and information on the carbon dioxide emission at the time of disposal. Then, based on the recognized model number of each component, information on the carbon dioxide emission at the time of manufacture of each component is obtained (step S5).

  Next, the CPU 11 displays the information acquired in step S5, the power consumption accumulated in the hard disk (hereinafter referred to as the first power consumption), and the watt-hour meter 10 from the time the power is turned on to the present time. Based on the power consumption measured in step (hereinafter referred to as the second power consumption), information on the carbon dioxide emission of the entire PC 1 is generated (step S6).

CPU11 produces | generates the information of the carbon dioxide emission amount of PC1 whole by the process of the following (1)-(4).
(1) The sum total of carbon dioxide emissions at the time of manufacturing each component is obtained, and information on carbon dioxide emissions at the time of manufacturing the entire PC 1 is generated.
(2) The second power consumption amount is added to the first power consumption amount to generate information on carbon dioxide emission due to the use of the PC 1 up to the present time.
(3) From the manufacturing location information of the PC 1, information on the location where the PC 1 was previously input from the user via the keyboard 3, and a map database (not shown) in the PC 1 or on the network, the PC 1 reaches the dealer. The transported distance is calculated, and information on carbon dioxide emissions corresponding to this distance is generated. For example, the transportation load amount X by transportation per PC with m PC1 loaded on a 10-ton truck is X = {(transportation distance × 10t) ÷ m}. By multiplying the carbon dioxide emission amount, the carbon dioxide emission amount due to the transportation of the PC 1 can be calculated.
(4) Calculate the sum of the carbon dioxide emissions calculated in (1), the carbon dioxide emissions calculated in (2), and the carbon dioxide emissions when the PC 1 is assembled.
The information obtained in each of (1) to (4) is information on the carbon dioxide emission amount of the entire PC 1.

  After generating the carbon dioxide emission information, the CPU 11 displays the information on the display device 2 (step S7), and then completes the startup operation. A display example at this time is shown in FIG. In the display example 1, the numerical value generated by the calculation (4) is displayed. In display example 2, the carbon dioxide emissions generated by the calculations of (1), (2), and (3) above and the carbon dioxide emissions at the time of disposal of PC 1 acquired in step S5 are divided. it's shown.

  As described above, according to the PC 1 of the present embodiment, it is possible to calculate its own environmental load information with the PC 1 alone. For this reason, a system in which all PCs in the office are set as PC1, the environmental load information calculated by each PC1 is collected in a management PC, and the environmental load information of the entire office is calculated by obtaining the total of the collected information. It is possible to construct an environmental load of the entire business office.

  Further, according to the PC 1, even when the device configuration is changed, the environmental load value is recalculated corresponding to the change, so that the environmental load value can be accurately obtained.

Hereinafter, modifications of the present embodiment will be listed.
The environmental load information database 5 may be built in the PC 1 main body. As a result, it is possible to reduce power consumption and time to generate environmental load information.
The information on the carbon dioxide emission amount of each component shown in FIG. 2A is stored in a wireless tag used in RFID (Radio frequency identification), and this wireless tag is attached to each component. A device for reading information from the wireless tag is built in the PC 1, and the CPU 11 recognizes the overall device configuration of the PC 1 through this device, and provides information on the recognized carbon dioxide emissions of each component. You may make it acquire. In this way, information can be acquired at high speed, and environmental load information can be displayed at high speed. In addition, power consumption can be suppressed.
The information shown in FIG. 2B is also stored in the wireless tag, and this wireless tag is built in somewhere in the PC 1, and the CPU 11 acquires the information shown in FIG. 2B through the wireless tag reader. You may make it do. In this way, information can be acquired at high speed, and environmental load information can be displayed at high speed. In addition, power consumption can be suppressed.

(Second embodiment)
FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a PC for explaining the second embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 7, the same components as those in FIG.
The PC 1 ′ shown in FIG. 7 has a configuration in which an interface (I / F) 21 for connecting the watt hour meter 10 and the electronic device 6 serving as a measurement target device is added to the PC 1 of FIG. The PC 1 ′ is different from the PC 1 in that the database connected to the network I / F 18 via the network 4 is changed to the environmental load information database 5 ′.

  The I / F 21 is for making it possible to measure the power consumption of other electronic devices other than the PC 1 ′ using the watt-hour meter 10, and connects the power cord of the electronic device 6 and the watt-hour meter 10. .

  In addition to the table shown in FIG. 2, the environmental load information database 5 ′ also stores a table in which the model number of the electronic device is associated with the environmental load information of the electronic device. In the environmental load information database 5 ′, the environmental load information of all products and all parts is not necessarily registered, and there are some in which the environmental load information is unknown.

  In addition to the functions described in the first embodiment, the CPU 11 of the PC 1 ′ has a function of calculating environmental load information of the entire other electronic device (including the electronic device main body and peripheral devices attached thereto). Hereinafter, an operation when calculating environmental load information of another electronic device will be described. Hereinafter, environmental load information will be described as carbon dioxide emissions.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the PC 1 ′ shown in FIG.
First, the user of the PC 1 ′ inputs the model number of the electronic device 6 to be measured for environmental load with the keyboard 3 (step S21). The model number information is input to the CPU 11 via the keyboard I / F 16.

  The CPU 11 determines whether or not the carbon dioxide emission information of the input electronic device of the model number is recorded in the environmental load information database 5 '(step S22). When the carbon dioxide emission information is recorded (step S22: Y), the CPU 11 downloads the recorded carbon dioxide emission information (step S23).

  When the information on the carbon dioxide emission amount of the electronic device 6 has not been recorded (step S22: N), the CPU 11 displays a message requesting input of the model number and composition of each component constituting the electronic device 6. To display. In response to this display, the user inputs information such as the model number, material, mass, and the like of each component constituting the electronic device 6 using the keyboard 3 (step S24). These pieces of information are input to the CPU 11 via the keyboard I / F 16.

  The CPU 11 acquires information on the carbon dioxide emission amount of the component specified by the input model number from the environmental load information database 5 '(step S25). When there is a component for which information on carbon dioxide emission is not recorded (step S26: Y), the CPU 11 sets the carbon dioxide emission of the component (referred to as α) in the following (a) or (b). Guess by method.

(A) Search for similar parts similar to the constituent part α from the constituent parts recorded in the environmental load information database 5 ′, and configure the information on the carbon dioxide emissions associated with the similar parts. Let carbon dioxide emissions from parts α. As a method for searching for similar parts, for example, a component with the same material and mass as that of the component part α is used as a similar part. There is a way. In this case, in the environmental load information database 5 ′, it is necessary to record the composition information such as the material and mass of the component in association with each component.
(B) A similar part similar to the structural part α is searched from the structural parts recorded in the environmental load information database 5 ′, and the carbon dioxide emission amount associated with the similar part is determined as the similar part. And the value corrected by the mass ratio of the component α is defined as the carbon dioxide emission of the component α. For example, assuming that the carbon dioxide emission amount of the similar part is 10, the mass of the similar part is 50, and the mass of the component part α is 30, it is estimated that the carbon dioxide emission amount of the component part α is 10 × 30/50 = 6. be able to.

  After step S27, the CPU 11 measures the power consumption when the electronic device 6 is used with the watt-hour meter 10, and calculates the carbon dioxide emission from the measured power consumption (step S28). Here, for example, the carbon dioxide emission when used for 1 hour is calculated from the value of the watt-hour meter.

  Next, the CPU 11 calculates the sum of the carbon dioxide emission amount of each component of the electronic device 6 acquired in step S25 and the carbon dioxide emission amount estimated in step S27, and emits carbon dioxide at the time of manufacturing the electronic device 6. A carbon emission amount is calculated (step S29).

  Next, the CPU 11 calculates the carbon dioxide emission amount in step S29, the calculation result of the carbon dioxide emission amount when the electronic device 6 is used for one hour, and the carbon dioxide emission amount when the electronic device 6 is discarded. Is displayed on the display device 2 (step S30), and then the measurement operation is completed. In addition, when the information of the carbon dioxide emission amount is acquired in step S23, the information is displayed on the display device 2.

  A display example is shown in FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 9, the carbon dioxide emission is displayed separately for production, use, and disposal. The breakdown of carbon dioxide emissions during production is also displayed. The public data indicates a value generated according to the carbon dioxide emission amount disclosed on the environmental load information database 5 ′, and the estimation data indicates the value of the carbon dioxide emission amount generated by estimation in step S27. ing. Each of the information on the carbon dioxide emission amount at the time of manufacturing, the information on the carbon dioxide emission amount at the time of use, and the information on the carbon dioxide emission amount at the time of disposal shown in FIG. It becomes.

  As described above, according to the PC 1 ′ of the present embodiment, not only the environmental load information of itself but also the environmental load information of other electronic devices can be calculated, and the usage applications can be expanded. Even if the environmental load information of the component is not recorded in the environmental load information database 5 ', the entire electronic device is inferred to estimate the environmental load information of the component from the environmental load information of the similar component of the component. The environmental load information can be calculated without any problem.

  In the present embodiment, the carbon dioxide emission during use of the electronic device 6 is obtained by the PC 1 ′ measuring the power consumption of the electronic device 6 using the watt hour meter 10, but is not limited thereto. For example, the CPU 11 acquires catalog information of the electronic device 6 from an external server via the network 4, obtains power consumption when used for a predetermined time from the rated current described in the catalog information, and obtains the calculated power consumption. A carbon dioxide emission amount corresponding to the amount may be calculated.

  In this embodiment, the CPU 11 has an example having both the function described in the first embodiment and the function described in FIG. 8, but the CPU 11 has only the function shown in FIG. May be. That is, the PC 1 ′ may not have a function of calculating its own environmental load information.

The block diagram which shows schematic structure of PC for describing 1st embodiment of this invention The figure which showed an example of the information currently recorded on the environmental load information database 5 The figure for demonstrating the calculation method of the amount of carbon dioxide emitted when manufacturing one component Diagram for explaining how to calculate the amount of carbon dioxide emitted when a single product is discarded Flowchart for explaining environmental load calculation processing by PC1 The figure which shows the example of a display of the calculation result of the carbon dioxide emission amount of the whole PC1 The block diagram which shows schematic structure of PC for describing 2nd embodiment of this invention Flowchart for explaining the operation of the PC 1 'shown in FIG. The figure which shows the example of a display of the calculation result of the carbon dioxide emission amount of PC1 'whole

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Claims (14)

An electronic device that can change the device configuration,
Device configuration recognition means for recognizing a device configuration of the entire electronic device including external peripheral devices mounted on the electronic device;
Environmental load information acquisition means for acquiring the environmental load information from a recording unit in which the environmental load information of each component of the device configuration recognized by the device configuration recognition means is recorded;
An electronic device comprising: environmental load information generating means for generating environmental load information of the entire electronic device based on environmental load information of each component acquired by the environmental load information acquiring means. The electronic device according to claim 1,
An electronic device comprising the recording unit. The electronic device according to claim 1,
The recording unit is a wireless tag attached to each component,
An electronic device in which the environmental load information of a component is recorded on a wireless tag attached to each component. The electronic device according to claim 1,
The environmental load information of the entire electronic device to be generated also includes information on assembly environmental load that is an environmental load generated when the electronic device main body is assembled,
The environmental load information generation means is an electronic device that generates environmental load information of the entire electronic device using the information on the assembly environmental load acquired from the assembly environmental load recording unit that records the information on the assembly environmental load. The electronic device according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The environmental load information of the entire electronic device to be generated also includes information on the environmental load during transportation that occurred during the transportation of the electronic device,
The environmental load information generating means includes the manufacturing location information acquired from the manufacturing location information recording unit that records the manufacturing location information for specifying the location where the electronic device is manufactured, and the input information on the purchase location of the electronic device. The electronic device generates the environmental load information of the entire electronic device using the calculated environmental load at the time of transportation based on the above. The electronic device according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
The environmental load information of the entire electronic device to be generated includes information on the environmental load during use that occurs when the electronic device is used,
Comprising measuring means for measuring the power consumption of the electronic device,
The environmental load information generation means calculates the use environmental load from the power consumption in the total use time of the electronic device measured by the measurement means, and also uses the calculated use environmental load. Electronic equipment that generates overall environmental impact information. The electronic device according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
An electronic apparatus comprising display control means for displaying environmental load information generated by the environmental load information generating means on a display unit. The electronic device according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
An electronic device in which the device configuration recognition unit, the environmental load information acquisition unit, and the environmental load information generation unit execute processing when the electronic device is powered on. The electronic device according to claim 8,
An electronic device capable of omitting the processing at the time of power-on by the device configuration recognition unit, the environmental load information acquisition unit, and the environmental load information generation unit. The electronic device according to any one of claims 1 to 9,
An input means for inputting information;
The environmental load information acquisition means is the environmental load information of each component of the other electronic device according to the information specifying each component constituting the electronic device different from the electronic device input by the input means. The environmental load information is acquired from the recording unit on which is recorded,
The environmental load information generating means is an electronic device capable of generating environmental load information of the entire other electronic device based on the environmental load information. The electronic device according to claim 10,
When there is an unknown environmental load information among the component parts of the other electronic device, the environmental load information generation unit uses the component information input from the input unit to calculate the component part The electronic device generates environmental load information of the other electronic device as a whole by acquiring environmental load information of the similar component via the network and using the environmental load information of the similar component as the environmental load information of the component. The electronic device according to claim 10,
When there is an unknown environmental load information among the component parts of the other electronic device, the environmental load information generation unit uses the component information input from the input unit to calculate the component part The composition information and the environmental load information of the similar parts are acquired via the network, and the value obtained by correcting the environmental load information of the similar parts by the mass ratio of the constituent parts and the similar parts is used as the environmental load information of the constituent parts. An electronic device that generates environmental load information of the entire other electronic device. The electronic device according to claim 10,
The environmental load information of the other electronic device to be generated includes information on power consumption when the electronic device is used,
The environmental load information generation means obtains catalog information of the electronic device via a network, calculates the amount of electric power when the electronic device is used per unit time based on the catalog information, and uses this to calculate the electric energy An electronic device that generates environmental load information for another electronic device as a whole. The electronic device according to claim 1,
The electronic device includes an OA device.

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