Over their lifetime, compared to products that do not meet EPEAT criteria, the 129,219 EPEAT registered electronics purchased by Kaiser Permanente in 2016 will result in environmental impact reductions including:
Reduce use of primary materials by 19,193 metric tons, equivalent to the weight of 525 tractor-trailer 18-wheelers
Avoid the disposal of 124 metric tons of hazardous waste, equal to the weight of 1,009 refrigerators
Eliminate the equivalent of 355 U.S. households’ solid waste for a year—664 metric tons
Avoidance of 85.4 metric tons of water pollutant emissions
Energy-Related Savings EPEAT’s requirement that registered products meet the latest ENERGY STAR specifications means these products will consume less energy throughout their useful life, resulting in:
Savings of 54.2 million kWh of electricity—enough to power 4,244 U.S. homes for a year
Reduction of 9,193 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions— equivalent to taking 6,609 average U.S. passenger cars off the road for a year
$5,594,492 in lifetime cost savings
*EPEAT Purchasing Tier indicates how many EPEAT categories are specified in the organization’s purchasing agreements
