Over their lifetime, compared to products that do not meet EPEAT criteria, the 6,738 EPEAT-registered IT products purchased by Richmond City Public Schools in 2018 will result in environmental impact reductions including:

• Reduce use of primary materials by 633 metric tons, equivalent to the weight of 122 elephants
• Avoid the disposal of 4.7 metric tons of hazardous waste, equal to the weight of 38 refrigerators
• Eliminate the equivalent of 3 U.S. households’ solid waste for a year—5.6 metric tons
• Avoidance of 3 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 1,999 MWh of electricity—enough to power 165 U.S. households for a year
• Greenhouse gas emissions reduction of 1,308 metric tons of CO2 equivalents—equal to taking 280 average U.S. passenger cars off the road for a year
• $205,700 in lifetime cost savings