Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 70.94
Liaison Brandon Trelstad
Submission Date April 30, 2014
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

Oregon State University
OP-12: Electronics Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Donna Cain
Purchasing Analyst 3
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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?:
Yes

A copy of the electronics purchasing policy, directive, or guidelines:
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The electronics purchasing policy, directive, or guidelines :

The website where the EPEAT policy, directive, or guidelines are posted:
http://pacs.oregonstate.edu/buyorange


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 12 months of purchases from our largest computer vendor in the Buy Orange program.


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 87,187.48 US/Canadian $
EPEAT Gold 5,674,292.57 US/Canadian $

Total expenditures on desktop and laptop computers, displays, thin clients, televisions, and imaging equipment:
5,761,480.06 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:
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