Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 71.86
Liaison Elida Erickson
Submission Date March 23, 2016
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STARS v2.0

University of California, Santa Cruz
OP-12: Electronics Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.87 / 1.00 Kathleen Rogers
Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager
Procurement Services
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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:
The electronics purchasing policy, directive, or guidelines :

See attached


A brief description of steps the institution has taken to ensure that the purchasing policy, directives, or guidelines are followed:

UC Santa Cruz includes EPP training with training offered for its ecommerce tool. Any competitive bid includes gradable product and business sustainability criteria. We also have a green guide on our website as a reference and offer a greenwashing training through our online learning center.


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 955 US/Canadian $
EPEAT Silver 3,783 US/Canadian $
EPEAT Gold 1,042,823 US/Canadian $

Total expenditures on desktop and laptop computers, displays, thin clients, televisions, and imaging equipment:
1,271,470 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:

Numbers do not include purchases made with a pro-card (university credit card).


Numbers do not include purchases made with a pro-card (university credit card).

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