Over their lifetime, compared to products that do not meet EPEAT criteria, the 8 EPEAT-registered IT products purchased by Mount Madonna Center in 2018 will result in environmental impact reductions including:

• Reduce use of primary materials by 2 metric tons, equivalent to the weight of 0.4 elephants
• Avoid the disposal of 0.01 metric tons of hazardous waste, equal to the weight of 0.1 refrigerators
• Eliminate the equivalent of 0.02 U.S. households’ solid waste for a year—0.04 metric tons
• Avoidance of 0.01 metric tons 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 5.3 MWh of electricity—enough to power 0.4 U.S. households for a year
• Greenhouse gas emissions reduction of 3.5 metric tons of CO2 equivalents—equal to taking 0.7 average U.S. passenger cars off the road for a year
• $550 in lifetime cost savings