Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 72.29
Liaison Jonna Korpi
Submission Date Sept. 11, 2024

STARS v2.2

University of Minnesota, Duluth
OP-12: Electronics Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.99 / 1.00 Jonna Korpi
Sustainability Director
UMD Sustainability
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Total annual expenditures on electronics:
1,217,417.34 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 1,191,417 US/Canadian $
EPEAT Silver registered and/or third party certified at mid-level under a multi-attribute sustainability standard 22,966.49 US/Canadian $
EPEAT Bronze registered and/or third party certified at minimum level under a multi-attribute sustainability standard 0 US/Canadian $
Labeled under a single-attribute standard 3,033.85 US/Canadian $

Do the figures reported above include leased equipment?:
Yes

A brief description of the time period from which the figures reported above are drawn:

The data represents FY23 UMD Total Spend from Central Purchasing Services, which included designations of EPEAT for the following:

  • Apple
  • CDWG
  • Connection
  • Dell
  • HP
  • Lenovo
  • Toshiba

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s electronics purchasing is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

RFP's for electronics have historically asked about vendor's approach to sustainability, sustainable packaging, and energy efficiency (EPEAT).


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