Purchaser Profile

City of Durango
       
Municipal Government
Achieving Sustainability Goals with EPEAT and ICLEI ClearPath in Durango, CO: Case Study
2017 EPEAT Purchaser Award – 1 Star

2016 EPEAT Purchaser Award – 2 Stars
Gloria Kaasch-Buerger

The City of Durango purchases EPEAT-registered computers, displays and televisions.
2015
Over their lifetime, compared to products that do not meet EPEAT criteria, the 333 EPEAT registered electronics purchased by the City of Durango in 2016 will result in environmental impact reductions including:

  • Reduce use of primary materials by 64.2 metric tons, equivalent to the weight of 2 tractor-trailer 18-wheelers
  • Avoid the disposal of 434 kg of hazardous waste, equal to the weight of 4 refrigerators
  • Eliminate the equivalent of one U.S. household’s solid waste for 10 months—1.5  metric tons
  • Avoidance of 254 kg of water pollutant emissions

Energy-Related Savings

EPEAT’s requirement that registered products meet, and often exceed, the latest ENERGY STAR specifications means these products will consume less energy throughout their useful life, resulting in:

  • Savings of 179,000 kWh of electricity—enough to power 14 U.S. homes for a year
  • Reduction of 31.6 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions— equivalent to taking  23 average U.S. passenger cars off the road for a year
  • $18,500 in lifetime cost savings

*EPEAT Purchasing Tier indicates how many EPEAT categories are specified in the organization’s purchasing agreements