Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 67.52
Liaison Tori Grant
Submission Date June 28, 2013
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STARS v1.2

University of Calgary
OP-10: Computer Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Adam Stoker
Sustainability Consultant
Office of Sustainability
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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 :
None
A brief description of steps the institution has taken to ensure that the purchasing policy, directives, or guidelines are followed :
Purchasing standards dictate supported product options that are all EPEAT Silver or higher. University of Calgary Information Technologies (UCIT) will apply a premium charge to support products purchased outside of the supported list, and reserves the right to deny support for these products.

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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 :
2,284,140 US/Canadian $

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Expenditures on EPEAT Silver desktop and laptop computers and monitors :
4,110,030 US/Canadian $

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Total expenditures on desktop and laptop computers and monitors :
6,394,170 US/Canadian $

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
http://www.ucalgary.ca/it/deskside/computers http://www.ucalgary.ca/it/sustainable-it Dell - DeskTops: http://ww2.epeat.net/PublicSearchResults.aspx?return=pm&epeatcountryid=1&ProductType=1&manufacturer=28 - Notebooks: http://ww2.epeat.net/PublicSearchResults.aspx?return=pm&epeatcountryid=1&ProductType=3&manufacturer=28 Apple products are only bronze: http://ww2.epeat.net/CompanyDetail.aspx?companyid=32&stdid=1&epeatcountryid=6 *Most recent available expenditure data from 2011.

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