Electronics Procurement Environmental Assessment Tool EPEAT

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Electronics Procurement Environmental Assessment
Tool(EPEAT)
NCRA Recycling Update April 4th, 2006 Oakland, CA

• Catherine Cesnik
• US DOI, Office of Environmental Policy and
  Compliance
• 650-329-5186

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EPEAT Has Two Main Components

• Set of voluntary environmental performance
  criteria (IEEE 1680 American National Standard
  for the Environmental Assessment of Personal
  Computer Products NOW FINAL!)
• System for identifying and verifying products
  which meet this criteria (www.epeat.net) will
  start certifying in June

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EPEAT Tiers

• EPEAT Bronze Meets the 23 mandatory criteria
• EPEAT Silver Meets all mandatory criteria and
  50 of the optional criteria
• EPEAT Gold Meets all mandatory criteria and 75
  of the optional criteria

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EPEAT Criteria Categories

• Reduction of Hazardous Substances,
• Materials Selection (Renewable/Bio-Based
  Materials and Recycled Content),
• Design for End of Product Life,
• Product Longevity (Availability of additional
  warranty or service agreements),
• Energy Conservation (Energy Star),
• End of Life Management (Product TAKE-BACK),
• Corporate Performance (Corporate Environmental
  Policy), and
• Packaging (reduced Toxics in Packaging and
  Recyclable packaging materials).

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Packaging Dell Arcel Blend of 6 and 3
Highest and best use Styro-Castle USGS GeoKids
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US DOI Pilot-tested EPEATDOI Commitment to
Electronics Life-Cycle Management

• Committed to manage electronics at
• Purchase
• Maintenance
• Disposal
• DOI saw opportunity to do all 3 with IT contract
  using EPEAT

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US DOI Pilot Tested EPEAT

• 200 million over 5 years
• 70,000 people
• all DOI employees must purchase off a single
  contract
• Must get waiver to purchase anything not on the
  contract
• Covers
• Desktops,
• Laptops,
• Monitors,
• Peripherals,
• Consumables,
• Printers, and
• Servers

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Getting to Green

• Procurement Team invited an Environmental
  Technical Representative to become a permanent
  team member

• CIOs and CTOs Green but without a significant
  increase in cost

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Life Cycle Cost Management
Lost Resale Value
Disposal Liability/Fines
Recycling Fees
Maintenance
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SUCCESS!!

• September 2005
• contract awarded to 9 companies
• DOI received
• Top environmental performing
• electronics on the market
• Equipment take-back services
• Prices well below market rates

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Awareness of EPEAT is growing
Dept. of Defense, Army 5.0B Dept. of Homeland
Security 6.0B Dept. of Energy 0.4B Veterans
Administration 4.2B Dept. of Interior 0.2B NASA
SEWP IV 5.6B State of Massachusetts 0.08B
Total 21.48B
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How Can My Organization Use EPEAT?

• Any organization can use EPEAT
• Specify product must meet EPEAT Bronze, Silver,
  or Gold in your contract technical specifications
• Market Survey to research price concerns
• Within a year there will be much more data about
  price considerations
• Visit www.epeat.net to learn more