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EPEAT and ENERGY STAR
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Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) s a system to help purchasers in the public and private sectors evaluate, compare and select desktop computers, notebooks and monitors based on their environmental attributes. EPEAT also provides a clear and consistent set of performance criteria for the design of products, and provides an opportunity for manufacturers to secure market recognition for efforts to reduce the environmental impact of its products.
EPEAT evaluates electronic products according to three tiers of environmental performance - Bronze, Silver and Gold. The complete set of performance criteria includes 23 required criteria and 28 optional criteria in 8 categories. To qualify for acceptance as an EPEAT product, it must conform to all the required criteria. Manufacturers may pick and choose among the optional criteria to boost their EPEAT baseline "score" to achieve a higher-ranking level as follows:
The EPEAT System
- Standard comprised of 51 environmental performance criteria (IEEE Standard 1680 for the Environmental Assessment of PC Products)
- System for identifying and verifying products which meet these criteria
- Environmental Benefits Calculator to assess (or project) benefits from purchasing EPEAT
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EPEAT Gold - Meets all mandatory criteria and at least 75% of the optional criteria
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EPEAT Silver - Meets all mandatory criteria and at least 50% of the optional criteria
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EPEAT Bronze - Meets all 23 mandatory criteria
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EPEAT (US) Benefits Snapshot
For every 1,000 EPEAT Silver registered desktops purchased, & discarded units recycled:
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Energy use by 1.2 million kWh = electricity to power 101 US households annually
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Greenhouse gas emissions by 90 MTCE = removing 71 passenger cars from the road per year
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Hazardous waste by 17 metric tons
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Toxic materials, incl. lead & mercury, by 340 pounds
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Municipal solid wastes by 34.7 metric tons = waste generated by 18 US households annually
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Calculated using the U.S. EPA-funded Electronics Environmental Benefits Calculator (version 1.1, dated 4-18-07), http://eerc.ra.utk.edu/ccpct/eebc/eebc.html. Lifecycle based benefits.
APR Report BASELINE July 2009
Energy Star Hard Disk Imaging for PDS PC's
PDS Environmental Policy:
PDS seeks to be a leader in environmental stewardship for IT service organizations and for PDS clients. PDS manufactures its PCs, implements its solutions and conducts its logistics so as to minimize environmental damage. PDS applies the existing continuous improvement practices of its ISO 9001:2000 quality management system to activities that impact the environment. PDS complies with all applicable legal and other environmental requirements.
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