| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 56.09 |
| Liaison | Ciara Tennis |
| Submission Date | Nov. 10, 2021 |
Eastern Connecticut State University
OP-12: Electronics Purchasing
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.25 / 1.00 |
Total annual expenditures on electronics:
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 | 0 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 | 46,588.12 US/Canadian $ |
Do the figures reported above include leased equipment?:
A brief description of the time period from which the figures reported above are drawn:
The figures above include electronics purchases from July 2019 through February 2020.
Most old, outdated, and broken electronics are sent to surplus which is then either purchased by a third party for reuse or sent to e-waste.
In terms of buying devices based on energy efficiency, we tend to buy lower power consuming machines as that much power is not needed for standard users.
Website URL where information about the institution’s electronics purchasing is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Most old, outdated, and broken electronics are sent to surplus which is then either purchased by a third party for reuse or sent to e-waste.
In 2021, instead of spending the budget on new machines, we extended the life of older computers with a low-price hardware upgrade. This increased the performance to modern standards will little financial and environmental impact.
Information for this credit was provided by Zac Stygar, Technical Support Specialist in Information Technology Services.
Most old, outdated, and broken electronics are sent to surplus which is then either purchased by a third party for reuse or sent to e-waste.
In 2021, instead of spending the budget on new machines, we extended the life of older computers with a low-price hardware upgrade. This increased the performance to modern standards will little financial and environmental impact.
Information for this credit was provided by Zac Stygar, Technical Support Specialist in Information Technology Services.
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