Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 66.21
Liaison Stephen Ellis
Submission Date June 9, 2023

STARS v2.2

Boston University
OP-12: Electronics Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.28 / 1.00 Stephen Ellis
Director, Data Analytics
BU Sustainability
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Total annual expenditures on electronics:
16,000,000 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on environmentally or socially preferable electronics:
Expenditure Per Level
EPEAT Gold registered and/or third party certified at the highest achievable level under a multi-attribute sustainability standard 4,400,000 US/Canadian $
EPEAT Silver registered and/or third party certified at mid-level under a multi-attribute sustainability standard 0 US/Canadian $
EPEAT Bronze registered and/or third party certified at minimum level under a multi-attribute sustainability standard 0 US/Canadian $
Labeled under a single-attribute standard 0 US/Canadian $

Do the figures reported above include leased equipment?:
No

A brief description of the time period from which the figures reported above are drawn:
This represents FY2021 metrics.

Website URL where information about the institution’s electronics purchasing is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
This represents FY2021 BU Metrics.

Through Boston University's purchasing system 100% of desktop, laptop, and monitor purchases made through BU's purchasing system meet EPEAT Gold standards. Lenovo and Apple spend only.

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