Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 66.13
Liaison Brandon Trelstad
Submission Date Jan. 31, 2011
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.0

Oregon State University
OP-10: Computer Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.78 / 2.00 Bonnie Tufts
Procurement Analyst
Procurment and Contract Services
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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 :

The computers offered under our Buy Orange program are from contracts with major companies, H/P, Dell and Apple, who have long standing programs for environmental responsibility. All of the computers under targeted under this program are at a minimum silver level and a majority are gold.

The figures below represent one quarter in purchases from our new Buy Orange program.


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 :
400,732 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on EPEAT Silver desktop and laptop computers and monitors :
267,154 US/Canadian $

Total expenditures on desktop and laptop computers and monitors :
677,886 US/Canadian $

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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