Electronic products environmental assessment tool

Alternate I Jun : substitute the following paragraph b for paragraph b of the basic clause:. 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. The electronics benefits calculators were developed to assist organizations in estimating the cost and environmental benefits of greening their purchase, use, and disposal of electronic products.

The calculators help measure and report the benefits gained from purchasing electronic products covered by the EPEAT ecolabel. They also contain features for calculating environmental benefits from extending the life of a product, reuse, donation or recycling of the product at the end of life. In , The Green Electronics Council GEC developed benefits calculators for mobile phones, servers, and computers and displays purchased or later and they now maintain the EPA developed calculators for imaging equipment, televisions, and computers and displays purchased before Data Sources and Java Code Referenced in the Electronics Environmental Benefits Calculator This page includes all the data sources and Java Code referenced in the computers purchased before , imaging equipment and televisions calculators.

These data sources provide explanations for baseline assumptions and for calculating the results by individual criterion. Life Cycle Assessment data can also be found here. Last updated December 28, Skip to main content. The policy language in this document is provided as an example of the type of language your organization can include in a sustainable acquisition policy, directive, memorandum, or guidance.

Enter the number of EPEAT-registered products purchased, and the calculator tallies energy and money savings, as well as reductions in toxic substances, hazardous waste generated, and similar benefits. The calculator can also quantify the benefits of making improvements in equipment operation and end-of-life management practices. To measure your benefits see how the EEBC calculator can work. Contact Us to ask a question, provide feedback, or report a problem.

Jump to main content. Contact Us. The strategy directs EPA to: Establish multi-stakeholder groups to accelerate development of and investment in green electronics design standards.

Promote purchasing of green electronics that are certified as meeting stringent environmental performance criteria that address environmental impacts across the entire lifecycle of the products. Ensure expansion of quality green electronics certification programs, including EPEAT to consider environmental impacts across entire product lifecycles and to cover additional types of electronics. Alternate I Jun : substitute the following paragraph b for paragraph b of the basic clause: b Under this contract, the Contractor shall deliver, furnish for Government use, or furnish for contractor use at a Federally controlled facility, only personal computer products, televisions or imaging equipment that , at the time of submission of proposals and at the time of award, were EPEAT silver-registered or gold-registered.

Recommended contract clauses for all EPEAT-registered product categories "Suppliers are required to block non-EPEAT-registered products on their electronic catalogs that customers may buy from through this contract".