Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 70.93
Liaison Ezra Small
Submission Date Jan. 31, 2014
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STARS v1.2

University of Massachusetts Amherst
OP-10: Computer Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Ezra Small
Sustainability Manager
Physical Plant
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Does the institution have an institution-wide stated preference to purchase EPEAT Silver or higher computers and monitors?:
Yes

The website URL where the EPEAT policy, directive, or guidelines are posted :
A brief description of steps the institution has taken to ensure that the purchasing policy, directives, or guidelines are followed :

The guidelines for purchasing PC or Mac computers are sent to all incoming students, and printed information is also available in their orientation packets. They are also available on the Office of Institutional Support Website. PC guidelines are listed about.

Mac guidelines:
http://www.oit.umass.edu/support/hardware/recommended-and-minimum-computer-configurations-macintosh


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

Expenditures on EPEAT Gold desktop and laptop computers and monitors :
644,496.83 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on EPEAT Silver desktop and laptop computers and monitors :
3,178.08 US/Canadian $

Total expenditures on desktop and laptop computers and monitors :
647,674.91 US/Canadian $

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

This data comes from our OIT office and includes Dell, Lenovo, Apple, and HP computers/laptops and monitors.


This data comes from our OIT office and includes Dell, Lenovo, Apple, and HP computers/laptops and monitors.

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