Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 54.78
Liaison Christa Rieck
Submission Date Jan. 3, 2024

STARS v2.2

University of Houston
OP-12: Electronics Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.76 / 1.00 Elizabeth Clark
Sustainability Coordinator
Facilities Planning
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Total annual expenditures on electronics:
6,132,946 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 4,474,459 US/Canadian $
EPEAT Silver registered and/or third party certified at mid-level under a multi-attribute sustainability standard 216,574 US/Canadian $
EPEAT Bronze registered and/or third party certified at minimum level under a multi-attribute sustainability standard 20,084 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:
Data was collected by compiling all computer order reports from FY2023. All computer equipment was included. HiEd provided the certification levels of purchased hardware.

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s electronics purchasing is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
UH Purchasing Guidelines:
http://www.uh.edu/af/universityservices/policies/mapp/04/040101.pdf

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