EPEAT PURCHASING. Sarah O Brien State Electronics Challenge February 25, 2013

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1 EPEAT PURCHASING Sarah O Brien State Electronics Challenge February 25, 2013

2 What is EPEAT? EPEAT has come to be the definitive global registry for greener electronics. to help everyone Designed who purchases electronics from consumers to enterprises evaluate, compare and select products that reduce environmental impact Contains products from 45+ manufacturers in42countries

3 Two central constituencies Purchasers A uniform environmental performance rating to efficiently address environmental issues in purchasing specifications across electronic product categories Industry Clear, consistent environmental performance criteria for design of products and related services across multiple geographies. Opportunity for market recognition for efforts to reduce products environmental impacts.

4 What products does EPEAT cover? Currently: Desktops, laptops/notebooks, workstations, thin clients and displays. Imaging equipment Coming soon: Televisions Up next: Servers and mobile devices

5 Why was EPEAT created? Complexity of the product set purchasers struggle with definition of what constituted preferable, failed procurements due to the lack of uniform measures Supplier community s struggle with excess complexity: Proliferation of purchasing specs, information requests Proliferation of state level takeback schemes Public Private Partnership interest in voluntary protocols, avoiding the inflexibility of regulatory approach Desire for market drivers to set clear direction, rewards

6 How was (and is) EPEAT created Multi-stakeholder process Extensive engagement of environmental advocates, manufacturers, private and public purchasers, technical experts, recyclers throughout standards development Developed with attention to both environmental impacts and market mechanisms consensus reached on the EPEAT system and PC-Display lifecycle environmental performance criteria Ongoing consensus development of standards Ongoing guidance of Advisory Council from all stakeholder groups

7 What is the basis for product ratings? EPEAT s environmental criteria cover the complete product lifecycle from design to recycling.

8 Environmentally Sensitive Materials Summary of Criteria in EPEAT Standards IEEE Computers (2009) IEEE Imaging Equipment (2012) IEEE Televisions (2012) Required Optional Required Optional Required Optional Materials Selection Design for End of Life Product Longevity/Life Cycle Extension Energy Conservation End of Life Management Corporate Performance Packaging Consumables Indoor Air Quality Total # Criteria Optional Required Required Optional Required Optional 51 Total 59 Total 53 Total

9 How are products rated in EPEAT? Products must meet all required criteria to qualify for EPEAT. Products are rated Bronze, Silver or Gold based on how many optional criteria they meet. Green Greener Greenest

10 Verification Approach Manufacturers: - Sign legal agreement to participate - Initially register under supervised desk review - Must have specific verification evidence for all criteria - Desk review triggers any new criterion, new country, first Gold Products/criteria routinely verified: - Representative selection of criteria/products - Conformance decided by independent panel blind to company - Ability to bring products into conformance after verification - Transparency - results published on website

11 Imaging Equipment Covered Products Imaging product definition follows ENERGY STAR: Printers Copiers Scanners Facsimile Machines Multifunction devices Digital duplicators Mailing machines

12 Imaging Equipment Registry is open for business Feb 12 th launch Participating manufacturers: Dell, Seiko-Epson, Canon, Xerox, Ricoh, Lexmark, Konica Minolta, 4 others in process Current US product registration numbers: 9 copiers, 3 digital duplicators, 4 Fax machines, 125 MFDs, 40 printers 83 Bronze, 70 Silver, 28 Gold

13 What s New - Standards Environmental Performance Criteria: Increased focus on transparency supply chain, materials, carbon disclosure More detailed treatment of End of Life detailed product characterization, required BMPs for processing New content areas Indoor Air Quality, Consumables

14 What s New - System System Updates: Addition of global capacity with registration partners- CESI, DEKRA, Intertek, ULE, VDE Online training for registration personnel Multiple types of Desk Review - for new criteria, new country registrations, first Gold by country, etc. Increasing focus on developing more workable Product ID system

15 Growth and influence

16 Growth to ~3000 product registrations 3 to 50+ Manufacturers

17 Representative Purchaser Users National Governments US, Canada, Australia, France, Poland, New Zealand, Singapore, Brazil, Costa Rica (Scotland) States/Provinces CA, CO, MA, ME, MI, MN, NY, OH, OR, PA, VT, WA, WI; Provinces of BC, NS, ON, QU; Warwickshire County (UK), Minas Gerais (Brazil), WSCA and US Communities collaboratives Cities San Francisco, Phoenix, San Jose, Vancouver, Seattle, Portland OR, LA County, Culver City CA, Keene NH, Leeds, UK Enterprise Catholic Healthcare West, Charles Schwab, Deutsche Bank, Fairmount Hotels, Ford Motor Company, HDR, HSBC, Kaiser Permanente, KPMG, Marriott, McKesson, Microsoft, NBC-Universal, Nike, Saint Gobain, Societe Generale Colleges/Universities Of 300+ universities and colleges surveyed, 190 used EPEAT in their electronics purchasing decisions; of those, 70 purchased exclusively EPEAT-registered products. Listing for identification purposes only does not indicate endorsement

18 Recognition in sustainability systems LEED Existing Buildings (2 criteria) AASHE STARS certificate system (higher education) Healthy Hospitals Initiative Challenge Consortium on School Networking (K-12) Green IT certificate State Electronics Challenge Federal Electronics Challenge Practice Greenhealth Awards Green Guide for Health Care (GGHC) system

19 EPEAT Estimated Environmental Benefits Worldwide, 2011 Metric Reduction Equivalents Electricity 12 billion kilowatt hours Annual electricity use of 963,716 average US households Primary Materials 4.4 million metric tons The weight of 14 Empire State Buildings Air Emissions (incl. GHG) 9 million metric tons Greenhouse Gas Emissions 2.2million MTCE Over 1.6 million avge US vehicles taken off the road for a year Water Emissions Toxic Materials Mercury 16 thousand metric tons 1,381 metric tons 615 kg Weight of 266 elephants 437,048 fever thermometers Solid Waste 50,976 metric tons 76,262 US households annual solid waste Hazardous Waste 74,082 metric tons The weight of 7 Eiffel Towers

20 US Government EPEAT Commitment Federal Acquisition Regulations agencies must ensure that they meet at least 95 percent of their annual acquisition requirement for electronic products with Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT)-registered electronic products, unless there is no EPEAT standard for such products. FAR

21 Using EPEAT

22 How do I find out what products are on the registry? Search the registry at EPEAT.net Make head-to-head comparisons by manufacturer, country, rating tier and criteria.

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26 Model purchasing language All [PRODUCTS] provided under this contract are required to have achieved Bronze registration or higher in the EPEAT system in [COUNTRY]. EPEAT is a procurement tool designed to help large volume purchasers evaluate, compare, and select electronic products based upon their environmental attributes as specified in the consensus-based IEEE Standard for the Environmental Assessment of Personal Computer Products (IEEE ). [Purchaser] will prefer products that have achieved EPEAT Silver or EPEAT Gold registration. The EPEAT registration criteria and a database of all registered products are provided at

27 Supplier EPEAT Reporting Suppliers are required to provide [quarterly/semiannual/annual] reporting on the number of EPEAT registered products purchased under this contract. For each piece of equipment sold, EPEAT Registration Status (i.e. Bronze, Silver, Gold or Unregistered) must be provided. The information must be reported in aggregate in a matrix providing the following data: Product type EPEAT Gold EPEAT Silver Desktops Notebooks Integrated Systems Workstations Displays EPEAT Bronze Unrated Thin client

28 Purchasing Partner Program Quick online signup Pledge to purchase EPEAT registered products Recognition on EPEAT website Can work with EPEAT to develop case study, profile Report annually for recognition Complementary to SEC (working on mutual recognition) if you are SEC member, just click through to us and you re already qualified.

29 How is EPEAT different from ENERGY STAR? ENERGY STAR covers energy efficiency. EPEAT s environmental criteria cover the complete product lifecycle. EPEAT-registered products meet anywhere from 21 to 45 other rigorous criteria in addition to the latest Energy Star standard. For more info: Energystar.gov

30 NOTE: ENERGY STAR and EPEAT Products registered in EPEAT must meet the latest ENERGY STAR specification for their type Configuration changes can cause products to no longer comply with ENERGY STAR When changing basic configs or creating an image, consult with your supplier or directly with the manufacturer to ensure you do not void ENERGY STAR compliance Requesting/requiring provision of product ID numbers can help you ensure you are only choosing compliant products

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32 Contact information Sarah O Brien Director, Outreach and Communications +1 (802) (EST) sarah.obrien@greenelectronicscouncil.org facebook: EPEAT