Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 52.66
Liaison Grace Afflerbach
Submission Date March 8, 2024

STARS v2.2

Purchase College - State University of New York
OP-12: Electronics Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.81 / 1.00 Grace Afflerbach
Sustainability Coordinator
Facilities
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Total annual expenditures on electronics:
422,748.53 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 342,669.53 US/Canadian $
EPEAT Silver registered and/or third party certified at mid-level under a multi-attribute sustainability standard 0 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:
These figures represent electronics purchased during the 1 year period of 2023.

Optional Fields 

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:
New York State Office of General Services, Contract requirements for state Entities
GreenNY Specification: Computers and displays
"All Computers and Displays are required to have achieved Bronze registration or higher in the EPEAT system in the United States and must meet or exceed the following optional EPEAT criteria:
4.1.2.1 Restriction of the Use of Cadmium
In addition, effected entities are encouraged to purchase Computers and Displays that meets EPEAT criteria 4.1.6.2 Reduction of Substances on the EU REACH Candidate List of SVHCs, which will ensure that the device is free of intentionally added lead and other substances of concern."
https://ogs.ny.gov/greenny/computers-and-displays

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