Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 66.56
Liaison David Blodgett
Submission Date March 13, 2015
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

Babson College
OP-12: Electronics Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Dan Tonelli
Director
IT Support Services
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Does the institution have an institution-wide stated preference to purchase computers and/or other electronic products that are EPEAT registered or meet similar multi-criteria sustainability standards for electronic products?:
Yes

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A copy of the electronics purchasing policy, directive, or guidelines:
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The electronics purchasing policy, directive, or guidelines :
From attached document: "All standard computer hardware is selected to provide a high level of computing power at a cost effective price with an EPEAT Gold rating."

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A brief description of steps the institution has taken to ensure that the purchasing policy, directives, or guidelines are followed:
All desktop, laptop and mobile computing purchases MUST go through IT.

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Does the institution wish to pursue to pursue Part 2 of this credit (expenditures on EPEAT registered electronics)?:
Yes

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Expenditures on EPEAT registered desktop and laptop computers, displays, thin clients, televisions, and imaging equipment::
Expenditure Per Level
EPEAT Bronze 0 US/Canadian $
EPEAT Silver 0 US/Canadian $
EPEAT Gold 3,057,513 US/Canadian $

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Total expenditures on desktop and laptop computers, displays, thin clients, televisions, and imaging equipment:
3,103,638 US/Canadian $

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The website URL where information about the institution's electronics purchasing policy, directive, or guidelines is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Spending covers our computer hardware (ThinkPad S1 Yoga, ThinkPad T440s, ThinkPad T431s, ThinkVision LT2252) for this past year and this up coming year (at the time of submission we just placed a large order to replace a substantial portion of campus hardware). It also includes Samsung LCD displays, which are purchased by another division of IT than the computers.

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