PNNL purchases EPEAT-registered computers, displays, imaging equipment, and televisions.
$7,230,077 (2015)
Appendix 11 – Specifications for Products with Required Environmental Attributes
Battelle – March 2013
Contact: Sustainable Acquisitions Coordinator
(pollution.prevention@pnnl.gov, 509-371-7859)
To achieve our Environmental Stewardship Policy and meet federal requirements, Battelle weighs the environmental preferability of the products and services selected in all of its purchasing decisions. Additionally, certain federally designated products must be purchased with specific environmental attributes as required by federal law and Presidential Order. The current list of designated products and required attributes are listed below, separated into Part 1, Products Containing Recovered Materials, and Part 2, Products Exhibiting Energy/Water Efficiency Characteristics.
EPEAT Requirements
PNNL is required to purchase as desktop and laptop computers and monitors which are registered with the EPA’s Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) for 100% of its electronic product acquisitions, unless there is no standard for the product. EPEAT is managed by the Green Electronics Council (GEC) for the EPA. GEC’s EPEAT website provides guidance for purchasing EPEAT-registered products and hosts the product database. EPEAT-registered products must meet the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 1680 family of Environmental Assessment Standards
Over their lifetime, compared to products that do not meet EPEAT criteria, the 5,275 EPEAT registered electronics purchased by the Department of Energy Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in 2015 will result in environmental impact reductions including:
Reduce use of primary materials by 336.4 metric tons, equivalent to the weight of 9 tractor-trailer 18-wheelers
Avoid the disposal of 2.9 metric tons of hazardous waste, equivalent to the weight of 24 refrigerators
Eliminate the equivalent of 1 U.S. households’ solid waste for 15 months—2.4 metric tons
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 919,100 kWh of electricity—enough to power 72 U.S. homes for a year
Avoidance of 1.2 metric tons of water pollutant emissions
Reduction of more than 171 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions— equivalent to taking 123 average U.S. passenger cars off the road for a year
$68,460 in energy cost savings
*EPEAT Purchasing Tier indicates how many EPEAT categories are specified in the organization’s purchasing agreements
Becca provides administrative support to the internal processes for Green Electronics Council and the EPEAT program. She divides her time between supporting the financial processes and the EPEAT conformity assurance program. Becca has over five years of experience working in the non-profit sphere. Prior to joining GEC, Becca worked as a bookkeeper at Susan Matlack Jones & Associates (SMJ), specializing in non-profit financial statements. At SMJ she was responsible for the creation of monthly financial statements for several local non-profits. Prior to working at SMJ, Becca has worked at various non-profits helping them streamline their processes and procedures. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Politics and History from University of California, Santa Cruz. In her spare time, Becca enjoys hiking, exploring Portland and volunteering.
Senior Managing Consultant, Smarter Cities, Water and Transportation, Innovation, Research & Development at IBM
Jean-François Barsoum has over 20 years of experience at IBM where his focus is on understanding and communicating the societal and environmental impacts of technology. He was part of the core team that built the smart city concepts in the early 2000s.
Currently, his main objective is to communicate and popularise climate change solutions, smart city innovations, and the potential impacts of autonomous vehicles.
In 2008, he was selected by Al Gore’s Climate Project to be trained by the Nobel Peace Prize laureate. He later joined the board of directors of the Canadian branch of Mr. Gore’s Foundation for Climate change education.
He regularly advises startups in incubators and accelerators, and is collaborating on large research collaborations with several Canadian universities.
He chairs the disruptive technology committee of the Montreal Chamber of Commerce, as well as the Quebec Smart Transportation experts’ committee; is a director at the Canadian Water Network, and has advised the Canadian government on cleantech programs. He is also part of the committee overseeing the application of the Quebec Policy on Sustainable Mobility.
