Purchasing results
- Track the number and percent of ICT products by product category that are ENERGY STAR certified or EPEAT registered. Put language in your contracts to require vendors to provide regular (semi-annual or annual) reports on the certification of the products your organization bought. See
Environmental Results
- Use the EPEAT Electronics Environmental Benefits Calculator to quantify environmental and cost savings of buying EPEAT registered products, the emissions reductions from extending the life of certain hardware, and end-of-life management strategies (reuse and recycling).
- Use ENERGY STAR tool to estimate the savings from implementing power management settings - Estimate your PC power management savings
Purchasing resources:
- Alameda County Green ICT Computer Guidelines
- California Department of Government Services Buying Green Buyers Guide , Office Equipment sections on Contracts, Specifications, Certifications and Standards, Buying Tips and other Resources.
- European Union (EU) Green Public Procurement Criteria for ICTC Equipment
- Green Electronics Council Green ICT Resource Center
- International Telecommunications Union (ICTU) Green ICTC Standards
- http://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-L.45-200010-I
- The ICTU offers ICT hardware standards for “green” performance goals.
- TCO Development Practical Guide for Sustainable ICT Procurement:
Case Studies
- BSR Report on Improving the Lifecycle Energy Impacts of Notebook Computers in the Production Phase http://www.bsr.org/en/our-insights/case-studies/P10
- California Energy Commission Staff Report Analysis of Computers, Computer Monitors, and Signage Displays
- See additional ENERGY STAR purchasing and procurement case studies, including:
- Read the Commonwealth of Massachusetts best practices to ensure that state agencies purchase ENERGY STAR certified products.
- Learn which states have specified ENERGY STAR through executive order, law and policy.