Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 52.27
Liaison Tracy Edwards
Submission Date May 16, 2013
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.2

Frostburg State University
OP-10: Computer Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Beth Kenney
Director/Office of ACIT
Academic Computing and Instructional
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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 :

FSU purchases exclusively EPEAT Gold computers and monitors. Total expenditures on Gold EPEAT computers during the past year (March 2011-March 2012) was $478,416. Below are the details:

Part 1 – FSU has a policy for purchasing Energy Efficient products and equipment. The policy can be found at http://www.frostburg.edu/admin/policies/fsupolicy/ under ‘Energy Efficient Purchasing Policy’.

Part 2 – FSU purchases the following computers and monitors with EPEAT ratings (used throughout the entire campus):
HP 6005 Pro Small Form Factor Desktop, 80 Plus Gold Category 5 qualified
HP 6550b Notebook, Gold Category 5 qualified
Compaq 22” LCD WS DVI VGA 16:10 1680X1050, Gold Category 5 qualified
Compaq 19” LCD VGA 5:4 1280X1024, Gold Category 5 qualified


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 :
478,416 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on EPEAT Silver desktop and laptop computers and monitors :
0 US/Canadian $

Total expenditures on desktop and laptop computers and monitors :
478,416 US/Canadian $

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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