Overall Rating Reporter
Overall Score
Liaison Debra Shepard
Submission Date March 4, 2022

STARS v2.2

Wentworth Institute of Technology
OP-12: Electronics Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete Reporter Debra Shepard
Sustainability Consultant
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Total annual expenditures on electronics:
3,473,974 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 685,805 US/Canadian $
EPEAT Silver registered and/or third party certified at mid-level under a multi-attribute sustainability standard 0 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 19,970 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:
N/A - See description below. Note that all Wentworth electronics purchases require EPEAT bronze where available. Expenditures for 2020 were available for select categories of electronic equipment.

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s electronics purchasing is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Wentworth has had a green purchasing policy in place since 2010, which requires EPEAT Bronze or higher certification for all eligible electronics where available. Under this policy, Wentworth issues laptops for all full-time, matriculating undergraduate students and Masters of Architecture students.

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