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
