Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 69.73
Liaison Lindsey Lyons
Submission Date April 30, 2012
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STARS v1.2

Dickinson College
OP-10: Computer Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Daniel Webster
Sustainability Projects Coordinator
Center for Sustainability Education
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Does the institution have an institution-wide stated preference to purchase EPEAT Silver or higher computers and monitors?:
Yes

The website URL where the EPEAT policy, directive, or guidelines are posted :
A brief description of steps the institution has taken to ensure that the purchasing policy, directives, or guidelines are followed :

Under the direction of Library and Information Services, Dickinson College purchases computers from Dell and Apple, companies that have a long-standing commitment to the environment and their offering of EPEAT Silver- and Gold-rated computers. In the last year, we have purchased 99.6% EPEAT Gold-rated computers, which will continue to be our institutional preference in the future.


Does the institution wish to pursue points for Part 2 of this credit (expenditures on EPEAT computers)?:
Yes

Expenditures on EPEAT Gold desktop and laptop computers and monitors :
833,203 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on EPEAT Silver desktop and laptop computers and monitors :
3,231 US/Canadian $

Total expenditures on desktop and laptop computers and monitors :
836,434 US/Canadian $

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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