| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 76.93 |
| Liaison | Ezra Small |
| Submission Date | March 6, 2020 |
University of Massachusetts Amherst
OP-12: Electronics Purchasing
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.77 / 1.00 |
Ezra
Small Sustainability Manager Physical Plant |
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Total annual expenditures on electronics:
3,417,982.26
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 | 1,424,181 US/Canadian $ |
| EPEAT Silver registered and/or third party certified at mid-level under a multi-attribute sustainability standard | 1,114,337.71 US/Canadian $ |
| EPEAT Bronze registered and/or third party certified at minimum level under a multi-attribute sustainability standard | 742,802.17 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:
This data is from our BuyWays system and includes all IT purchases within the credit criteria made in FY19.
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Students in the 2020 STARS Internship program supported by the Physical Plant Sustainability office and the School of Earth & Sustainability performed the EPEAT data research on the over $3 million in IT purchases for this report. See attached spreadsheets for data.
High percentage of EPEAT products could be a product of having a system wide sustainability policy related goal for IT procurement:
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1016&context=sustainableumass_reportsplans (Principle 7, Goal 7.1)
High percentage of EPEAT products could be a product of having a system wide sustainability policy related goal for IT procurement:
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1016&context=sustainableumass_reportsplans (Principle 7, Goal 7.1)
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