Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 56.76
Liaison Liz Davey
Submission Date Oct. 13, 2015
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Tulane University
OP-12: Electronics Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.27 / 1.00 Liz Davey
Director
Office of Sustainability
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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:

Tulane University has a campus wide purchasing policy that was enacted in 2010 in order to encourage offices and departments to purchase computers according to EnergyStar standards. Tulane University achieves this requirement through negotiated contracts with Apple and Dell who provide the vast majority of computers supplied on campus, most of which are EPEAT Gold.


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 79,812.21 US/Canadian $
EPEAT Gold 1,931,357.67 US/Canadian $

Total expenditures on desktop and laptop computers, displays, thin clients, televisions, and imaging equipment:
5,442,998.15 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:

Data on computer purchases from January 1, 2011-Dec 31, 2012 received from Materials Management. The following figures listed above represent an estimated minimum of Epeat Gold and Silver purchases. If specific model number of computers did not appear on the receipt, it was not categorized as an EPEAT labelled product.


Data on computer purchases from January 1, 2011-Dec 31, 2012 received from Materials Management. The following figures listed above represent an estimated minimum of Epeat Gold and Silver purchases. If specific model number of computers did not appear on the receipt, it was not categorized as an EPEAT labelled product.

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