EPEAT® Education and Outreach for Small Businesses Catherine Cesnik Department of the Interior 2009 Federal Environmental Symposium – East

Small Businesses Help meet Agency Purchasing Goals All agencies required to buy 95% EPEAT Registered Products Purchase card holders know to use small businesses when available Small business need to offer EPEAT to ensure we can reach goals Side benefit – small business help education DOI purchase card holders about EPEAT

How Feds Can Tell Their Small Business Partners about EPEAT 1. Contact your OSDBU rep 2.Give them these EPEAT for Small Businesses slides 3.Offer to present to their next outreach meeting with small businesses using these slides

Partnership – DOI Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance – DOI Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization – EPA, EPEAT Program Northwest Region Small Business Outreach Event, May 13, 2009 OSDBU Council Meeting, June 18th Interior’s Small Business Outreach Pilot

What’s an OSDBU? What’s an OSDBU? OSDBU's Overview Created as part of the Small Business Act (SBA) Pursuant to Public Law , every federal agency is required to have an OSDBU. The primary responsibility of the OSDBU is to ensure that small businesses are treated fairly and have an opportunity to compete and be selected for a fair amount of the agency's contracting and subcontracting dollars. Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization

What’s an OSDBU? What’s an OSDBU? OSDBU's Mission To ensure that small business policies and goals of the Department are implemented in a fair, efficient, and effective manner to serve small businesses. To implement DOI's activities on behalf of small businesses, in accordance with Sections 8, 15, and 31 of the SBA, as amended. To provide opportunities, technical assistance, and financial services to the small business community. Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization

What’s an OSDBU? What’s an OSDBU? OSDBU's Customers Small Businesses (SB) Small Disadvantaged Businesses (SDB) 8(a) firms Woman-Owned Businesses (WOB) Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Businesses Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (VOSB) Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization

OSDBUs + Greening = Good Partners Similar Goals: Meeting purchasing requirements Education and outreach to Contracting Officers and purchase card holders Acquisition policy development and implementation

OSDBUs + Greening = Good Partners OSDBU Resources: Education and outreach is their mission and regular business practice Small business network

May 13, 2009 DOI Small Businesses Conference Portland, OR What is EPEAT® Who uses EPEAT® How was it developed How does it function Where is it going Website orientation – search functionality, purchaser resources, benefits calculator, etc Q&A

May 13, 2009 DOI Small Businesses Conference Portland, OR Sample slides to follow:

EPEAT Environmental Criteria Criteria 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 23 required and 28 optional criteria

Why Start with PCs ? PCs and Monitors (39%) (excluding embodied energy) Servers, including cooling (23%) Fixed-Line Telecoms (15%) Mobile Telecoms (9%) LAN & Office Telecoms (7%) Printers (6%) ICT accounts for approximately 2% of global CO2 emissions. Thanks to Gartner Intl for this information and analysis

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.

Some Purchasers Using EPEAT National Governments: − USA (approx $65 billion in contracts citing EPEAT) NASA, DOD, EPA, DHS, DOE, DOI, GSA, now in Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR Subpart 23.7). − Canadian Federal Government Master Agreement − New Zealand Environmental Ministry, Govt. of Thailand, Govt. of Singapore Private Sector: − Kaiser Permanente, HSBC, Premier Inc., McKesson, Marriott International, Deloitte, Tesco Cities: − San Francisco, Phoenix, AZ, San Jose, CA, Vancouver, BC, Seattle, WA, Portland OR, Los Angeles County, Culver City, CA, Providence RI, Keene NH States/Provinces: − California, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, Washington, Wisconsin, Provinces of Nova Scotia, Ontario,Quebec Higher Ed: Cornell, Yale, University of California system More purchaser information at

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 printing and imaging equipment: [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.

Ways for IT Providers to Participate Brand Owner (“manufacturer” / “integrator”) – Registers their branded products in EPEAT – Is responsible for proving that their products meet the standard. Must support EPEAT technical verification. – Signs legal contract with EPEAT – Pays annual fee to EPEAT Reseller – Sell products that a “brand owner” has registered in EPEAT – Signs simple agreement with EPEAT – Minimal cost – Recognized on web site

EPEAT Partner Programs Programs designed to deliver EPEAT info/assistance to point of purchase; make it easy to use and comply Reseller Partners - commit to provide EPEAT information and support, access EPEAT assistance and information, recognition Distributor Partners Provide product info and training on EPEAT to the channel Purchasing Partners and Champions – commit to purchase EPEAT products, report annually on purchasing

Partner Services: Data Feed EPEAT provides partners an up-to-the-second accurate snapshot of the EPEAT registry Partners use this to identify EPEAT registered products in their “catalogs” Commercial data publishers and distributors also use this data feed to identify EPEAT registered products – Product data publishers: CBS Interactive (formerly CNET Channel), Channel Intelligence – Product Distributors: Ingram Micro, Synnex, TechData EPEAT registered products are identified via product technical specs or EPEAT logos in thousands of on- line retailers and shopping engines

Questions / Contact Catherine Cesnik U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance Holly Elwood EPEAT Headquarters Lead Environmental Protection Agency