Contracting for Environmentally Preferable and Energy-Efficient Products and Services (IT) - EPEAT Products
Summary Description:
Acquisition of EPEAT registered electronic products is required by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Sections 23.701 through 23.705 and E.O. 13423 (note: E.O. 13423 was superseded by (URL:" E.O. 13693) Compliance measured viaOMB Environmental Stewardship Scorecard EPEAT® is a comprehensive environmental rating that helps identifyenvironmentally friendlycomputers and other electronic equipment.
The EPEAT system was conceived and developed through the collaboration of stakeholders from the business, advocacy, government and academic arenas.
EPEAT is used by hundreds of companies, universities and government agencies in dozens of countries. Its rigorous requirements and searchable product database let buyers bypass marketing hype and confusing specifications. For participating manufacturers, EPEAT is a chance to showcase and validate greener designs and cleaner production.
Apowerful tool for enhancing the sustainability performance of virtually any organization.
EPEAT Bronze– Meets the 23 required criteria
EPEAT Silver– Meets 23 required criteria and at least 50% of the optional criteria
EPEAT Gold– Meets 23 required criteria and at least 75% of the optional criteria
(URL:" EPA’s Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Program:
Federal Electronics Challenge: (URL:"
ENERGY STAR: (URL:"
EPEAT: (URL:" Measurable benefits for the environment
Over their lifetime, compared to products that do not meet EPEAT criteria, the more than 120 million EPEAT registered notebooks, desktops, and monitors purchased worldwide in 2011 will:
Reduce use of primary materials by 4.4 million metric tons, equivalent to the weight of 14 Empire State Buildings
Reduce use of toxic materials, including mercury, by 1,381 metric tons, equivalent to the weight of 266 elephants
Eliminate use of enough mercury to fill 1,007,761 household mercury fever thermometers
Avoid the disposal of 74,082 metric tons of hazardous waste, equivalent to the weight of 7 Eiffel Towers
Eliminate the equivalent of more than 76,262 US households’ annual solid waste—50,976 metric tons Energy-Related Savings
EPEAT’s requirement that registered products meet the latest ENERGY STAR specifications means these products will consume less energy throughout their useful life, resulting in:
Savings of over 12 billion kWh of electricity—enough to power 963,716 US homes for a year
Avoidance of 9 million metric tons of air emissions (including greenhouse gas emissions) and over 16 thousand metric tons of water pollutant emissions
Reduction of over 2.2 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions— equivalent to taking over 1.6 million average US passenger cars off the road for a year