Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 55.20
Liaison Kate Witte
Submission Date Feb. 24, 2015
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STARS v2.0

Keene State College
OP-12: Electronics Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.75 / 1.00 John Lorette
Digital Learning Consultant
Digital Learning
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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?:
No

A copy of the electronics purchasing policy, directive, or guidelines:
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The electronics purchasing policy, directive, or guidelines :
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A brief description of steps the institution has taken to ensure that the purchasing policy, directives, or guidelines are followed:
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Does the institution wish to pursue to pursue Part 2 of this credit (expenditures on EPEAT registered electronics)?:
Yes

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 325,000 US/Canadian $

Total expenditures on desktop and laptop computers, displays, thin clients, televisions, and imaging equipment:
325,000 US/Canadian $

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:

Keene State College has policy around ‘campus standards’ for computer equipment purchase and all of our current standards are EPEAT Gold rated. Furthermore, Purchasing computer equipment at KSC follows a central purchasing model and approval by the Information Technology Group to ensure campus standards are met. We purchase computers from Dell and Apple and all of our campus ‘standard’ computers available for purchase are rated EPEAT Gold. In the last year, we have purchased 100% EPEAT Gold-rated computers.


Keene State College has policy around ‘campus standards’ for computer equipment purchase and all of our current standards are EPEAT Gold rated. Furthermore, Purchasing computer equipment at KSC follows a central purchasing model and approval by the Information Technology Group to ensure campus standards are met. We purchase computers from Dell and Apple and all of our campus ‘standard’ computers available for purchase are rated EPEAT Gold. In the last year, we have purchased 100% EPEAT Gold-rated computers.

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