Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 31.69
Liaison Elizabeth Masuen
Submission Date Aug. 30, 2021

STARS v2.2

Metropolitan Community College
OP-12: Electronics Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.75 / 1.00 Sally Hopley
Coordinator of Sustainable Practices
Campus Planning and Sustainability
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Total annual expenditures on electronics:
2,600,000 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 0 US/Canadian $
EPEAT Silver registered and/or third party certified at mid-level under a multi-attribute sustainability standard 2,600,000 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:
The numbers are from the 2020-2021 fiscal year, based on actual spent and do not include an additional $50,000 on leased printers. Our purchases are a mix of Gold and Bronze EPEAT, which is why Silver EPEAT is selected above. Monitors and Apple computers are GOLD EPEAT; PC desktops, laptops, wireless devices, and network servers are Bronze EPEAT.

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Website URL where information about the institution’s electronics purchasing is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Most purchases are from state-approved contracts that have certified environmental standards and if the state contracts are unavailable, purchases go through an RFP process requiring environmental standards.

Information is from our Chief Information Officer and the Director of Administrative Services.

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