Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 71.76
Liaison Mike Versteege
Submission Date Oct. 10, 2014
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.2

University of Alberta
OP-10: Computer Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Wendy Abel
Director, Procurement & Contract
Supply Management Services
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Does the institution have an institution-wide stated preference to purchase EPEAT Silver or higher computers and monitors?:
Yes

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The website URL where the EPEAT policy, directive, or guidelines are posted :
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A brief description of steps the institution has taken to ensure that the purchasing policy, directives, or guidelines are followed :
The University of Alberta coordinates computer purchasing through preferred suppliers. These suppliers successfully completed the bidding and request for proposal process which includes agreeing to meet specific criteria needed to do business with UAlberta. Part of the criteria relates to sustainability. All purchases made through the preferred suppliers have to meet third party certification standards related to energy use (i.e., Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool Silver, Environmental Choice Program or Energy Star Version 5).

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Does the institution wish to pursue points for Part 2 of this credit (expenditures on EPEAT computers)?:
Yes

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Expenditures on EPEAT Gold desktop and laptop computers and monitors :
1,709,032.49 US/Canadian $

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Expenditures on EPEAT Silver desktop and laptop computers and monitors :
107,516.77 US/Canadian $

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Total expenditures on desktop and laptop computers and monitors :
1,816,549.26 US/Canadian $

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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