Status of and Next Steps for EPEAT® Holly Elwood Environmental Protection Agency Federal Environmental Symposium East 2009

Quick Synopsis – What is EPEAT Current Status of EPEAT EPEAT Expansion Plans Implications for FedsAgenda

What is EPEAT?

The EPEAT System 1)Standard comprised of 51 environmental performance criteria (IEEE Standard 1680 for the Environmental Assessment of Personal Computer Products) 2)System for identifying and verifying products that meet these criteria (EPEAT Registry at 3)Environmental Benefits Calculator to assess (or project) benefits from purchasing EPEAT

EPEAT Tiers EPEAT Bronze – Meets all 23 mandatory criteria EPEAT Silver – Meets all mandatory criteria and at least 50% of the optional criteria EPEAT Gold – Meets all mandatory criteria and at least 75% of the optional criteria

Current Status of EPEAT

EPEAT Registered Products As of 05/11/09. See for current numbers.

32 Participating Manufacturers Acer Apple Arquimedes Automatacao AsusTek CIARA-TECH Corporativo Lanix CTL Dell EIZO NANAO Fujitsu Gammatech General Dynamics Itronix GETAC Hewlett Packard Howard Technology Solutions Hyundai IT America Lenovo LG Electronics M&A Technology MDG Computers NCS Technologies NEC Display Solutions Northern Micro Panasonic Philips Electronics Positivo Informatica Samsung Sony Electronics Toshiba TPV Transource Viewsonic As of 05/11/2009. See for current list.

Feds Using EPEAT “Thirteen of the 22 Federal Agencies reported meeting the goal of 95% or higher EPEAT purchasing in their 2008 IT acquisitions, with many others moving toward that rate of compliance. This is particularly notable because the EPEAT requirements are new and being implemented along with security and other IT requirements.” - Dana Arnold, Acting Federal Environmental Executive More purchaser information at

EPEAT Benefits Example For every 1,000 EPEAT Silver registered desktops purchased and replaced products recycled :  Energy use by 1.2 million kWh = electricity to power 101 homes annual ly  Greenhouse gas emissions by 90 MTCE = removing 71 cars from the road per year  Municipal solid wastes by 34.7 metric tons = waste generated by 18 homes annually  Toxic materials, incl. lead & mercury by 340 pounds

REDUCTION over conventional productsEQUIVALENT 3.4 million metric tons carbon equivalent GHG emissions Removing 2.7 million U.S. cars from the road for a year. 3,440 metric tons toxic materials, including mercury Weight of ~1.7 million bricks Mercury in 488,266 fever thermometers 131,000 metric tons hazardous waste The weight of ~65 million bricks 43.3 billion kWh of electricity Consumption of 3.8 million U.S. homes/ 1 year 77.4 million metric tons primary materials The weight of ~600 million refrigerators 2007 EPEAT Environmental Benefits 109+ million EPEAT qualified products sold worldwide For calculation tool, add’l benefits info, see

EPEAT Expansion

New Product Standards (through IEEE) – Process is open to all interested parties Printers/Imaging devices TVs Update of PC & Monitor Standard Servers Mobile devices – cell phones, PDAs Internationalization – Country-specific registry available in July, 38 countries Increasing Public Visibility – Exploring rebranding for consumer market, increased retailer partnerships

1680 Umbrella Standard Computers and Monitors Imaging Devices Televisions Handheld Devices Servers Environmental Assessment Standards Committee (EASC) EPEAT Standards and Workgroups

StandardStatus 1680 Umbrella StandardReady to go out for recirculation, due to be final 12/ Computer StandardResponding to balloter comments, due to be final 12/09, Full revision to start end of Imaging Equipment Standard Subgroups drafting criteria, due to be final roughly 12/ TV StandardSubgroups forming, due to be final roughly 12/ Server StandardDue to start when TV and Imaging Equipment standards completed Cell Phone StandardDue to start when TV and Imaging Equipment standards completed

Implications for Feds

Sample Contract Language For desktops, laptops and monitors: The Government reserves the right to require or otherwise provide preference on contractor solutions that include specific models of desktop computers, notebooks and monitors qualified through the Electronics Products Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) or its successor. For forthcoming imaging equipment and TVs: [DEPARTMENT/AGENCY] reserves the right to require, via upcoming technology refreshes to this contract, products meeting the upcoming IEEE Standard for the Environmental Assessment of Imaging Equipment, and/or the IEEE Standard for the Environmental Assessment of Televisions once these standards are final and publicly available. The Contractor shall be responsible for ensuring equipment meets the latest EPEAT registration requirements before it is delivered. The registration requirements and a list of all equipment meeting the requirements will be available at: At the time that these new IEEE standards are final, suppliers will be required to provide quarterly reports quantifying the number of EPEAT registered products purchased under this contract.

Contact Help for Buying EPEAT Registered Products, or to Join an EPEAT Standards Workgroup: Holly Elwood EPA EPEAT Product Registry: Info on EPEAT Standards Development: