1. TM Greening Electronics Procurement with EPEAT For the Federal Environmental Symposium By Holly Elwood, EPA June 5, 2007

2. TM 2 Agenda 1.What is EPEAT? 2.Federal Requirements to buy EPEAT registered products 3.Who is Using EPEAT? 4.How Can I Use EPEAT? 5.Next Steps on EPEAT

3. TM 3 What is EPEAT © ? An easy to use environmental procurement tool designed to help institutional purchasers compare desktop computers, laptops and monitors based on their environmental attributes.

4. TM 4 What is EPEAT © ? 1) Set of voluntary environmental performance criteria (IEEE 1680 American National Standard for the Environmental Assessment of Personal Computer Products) 2) System for identifying and verifying products which meet this criteria (www.epeat.net)

5. TM 5 EPEAT © Environmental Performance Categories Environmentally Sensitive Materials Materials Selection Design for End of Life Product Longevity/Life Cycle Extension Energy Conservation End of Life Management Corporate Performance Packaging

6. TM 6 EPEAT © Tiers 1.EPEAT Bronze– Meets the 23 mandatory criteria 2.EPEAT Silver– Meets all mandatory criteria and 50% of the optional criteria 3.EPEAT Gold– Meets all mandatory criteria and 75% of the optional criteria TM

7. 7 EPEAT © Verification Process Like ENERGY STAR® Companies: Sign MOU to participate Products verified after registered Products routinely tested: -Test a single attribute or set of attributes across all products -Test all attributes within a single product or a subset of all products

8. TM 8 8 May 2007Green Electronics Council8 EPEAT Registered Products As of May 15, 2007 Desktops12650 Laptops241860 Integrated Systems430 Monitors161220 Total563760

9. TM 9 8 May 2007Green Electronics Council9 Participating Manufacturers Apple CTL Dell Fujitsu Gateway HP Lenovo Mind Computer NEC Display Northern Micro Panasonic Philips Samsung Sona Sony Electronics Toshiba Viewsonic

10. TM 10 Requirements to Buy Environmentally Preferable Electronics Executive Order 13423, Section 2 (h) states that feds need to: ensure that the agency (i) when acquiring an electronic product to meet its requirements, meets at least 95 percent of those requirements with an Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT)-registered electronic product, unless there is no EPEAT standard for such product, EPEAT © FAR Case has been submitted by OMB to the FAR Council

11. TM 11 Buying EPEAT © registered products is the main way to meet FEC MOU green procurement objectives on OMB Scorecard Executive Order 13101 and the FAR subpart 23.703 requires feds to buy more environmentally preferable products Energy Policy Act requires feds to buy Energy Star and FEMP compliant electronics Requirements to Buy Environmentally Preferable Electronics

12. TM 12 (As of February 26, 2007) Feds Using EPEAT © Department of Defense, Army$15.0B Department of Homeland Security$6.024B NASA SEWP IV GWAC$15.0B GSA Alliant GWAC$5.0B Department of Energy$0.4B Department of Interior$0.2B Department of Transportation$0.04B Environmental Protection Agency$0.04B Executive Office of the President$0.007B TOTAL$42.07B

13. TM 13 How Can I Use EPEAT © ? Use list of EPEAT registered products at www.epeat.net in market research www.epeat.net Update all contracts to reflect new EO requirement to buy EPEAT registered products Buy off Government Wide Acquisition Contracts which identify EPEAT registered products (NASA SEWP IV, GSA Alliant) Specify you want EPEAT products in every task order Buy from resellers who identify EPEAT registered products

14. TM 14 How Can I Use EPEAT? 8 May 2007Green Electronics Council

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17. TM 17 Recommended Language for New Contracts “Per Executive Order 13423, section 2(h), the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) subpart 23.703, all desktops, laptops, and computer monitors provided under this contract are required to have achieved Silver registration or higher under the Electronic Products Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) at the time of bid submission. EPEAT is a procurement tool designed to help large volume purchasers evaluate, compare, and select desktop computers, laptops, and monitors based upon their environmental attributes as specified in the consensus-based IEEE Standard for the Environmental Assessment of Personal Computer Products (1680). Additional consideration will be provided for products that have achieved EPEAT Gold registration. The registration criteria and a list of all registered equipment are provided at http://www.epeat.net. “ http://www.epeat.net

18. TM 18 Recommended Language For New Contracts Suppliers are required to block non-EPEAT registered products on their electronic catalogs that customers may buy from through this contract. Suppliers are required to provide quarterly reports quantifying the number of EPEAT registered products purchased under this contract. The information must be reported in a matrix providing the following data for the current quarter, the fiscal year, and the duration of the contract.

19. TM 19 Recommended Language For New Contracts - Reporting Unregiste red BronzeSilverGoldTotal Desktops Laptops Monitors

20. TM 20 Recommended Approach for Existing Contracts Require all manufacturers or resellers under existing contracts to: –Sign EPEAT Reseller Agreement –Identify EPEAT registered products in their catalogs your organization buys through –Report number of EPEAT registered products purchased quarterly

21. TM 21 Identifying EPEAT Registered Products in Catalogs

22. TM 22 Measure Environmental Results of Buying EPEAT Registered Products Use the Electronics Environmental Benefits Calculator at: http://eerc.ra.utk.edu/ccpct/eebc/eebc.ht ml http://eerc.ra.utk.edu/ccpct/eebc/eebc.ht ml

23. TM 23 8 May 2007Green Electronics Council23 EPEAT Next Products We have started the process to identify and prioritize the next product sets for EPEAT. Candidates include: –Imaging Products (Printers, copiers, etc.) –Servers –Handhelds (cell phones, PDAs, etc.) –TVs

24. TM 24 8 May 2007Green Electronics Council24 Next Products Process & Schedule 1.Completed “Convening Assessment”, series of phone interviews to help identify issues and stakeholders – Jan.-Feb., 2007 2.Completed stakeholder meetings and web input – April, 2007 3.Report and Recommendations – June, 2007 4.Develop standards – 2007-2008? 5.Register products – 2008-2009?

25. TM 25 Contact Information Website –www.epeat.netwww.epeat.net EPEAT © Federal Purchaser Liaison –Holly Elwood 202-564-8854 elwood.holly@epa.gov