When you gaze lovingly into your LCD screen, you already know that it's consuming a lot less electricity than those boxy CRTs of old. Heartwarming, ain't it?

Yet, in terms of environmentally-conscious manufacturing, many LCDs could still do a better job.

Lenovo is showing just how much better things can get with the company's new ThinkVision L193p, the first ever monitor to get an EPEAT Gold rating. It also marks the first EPEAT Gold product across all categories to contain over 25 percent post-consumer recycled plastic.

Why is the EPEAT rating such a big deal? Allow me to enlighten you:

The EPEAT tool evaluates products based on 51 environmental criteria in the areas of reduction/elimination of environmentally sensitive materials, design for end of life, product longevity/lifecycle extension, energy conservation, end of life management, packaging and corporate performance. To earn EPEAT Gold status, the ThinkVision L193p monitor had to meet all 23 required criteria as well as at least 20 of EPEAT’s 28 optional criteria.

The $299, 19-inch monitor rocks a five millisecond response time, 160 degree horizontal and vertical viewing angle, and HDCP, DVI-D and analog (VGA) ports. It goes on sale in November.