Strategic Petroleum Reserve, U.S. Department of Energy

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Purchaser Name	Strategic Petroleum Reserve, U.S. Department of Energy
EPEAT Purchasing Categories	Computers & Displays, Imaging Equipment, Mobile Phones
Purchaser Type	US Federal Agency
Awards	2019 EPEAT Purchaser Award – 3 Stars 2016 EPEAT Purchaser Award – 2 Stars
EPEAT Benefits	Over their lifetime, compared to products that do not meet EPEAT criteria, the 610 EPEAT-registered IT products purchased by Strategic Petroleum reserve in 2018 will result in environmental impact reductions including: Reduce use of primary materials by 64 metric tons, equivalent to the weight of 12 elephants Avoid the disposal of 594 kg of hazardous waste, equal to the weight of 5 refrigerators Eliminate the equivalent of one U.S. households’ solid waste for a year—2 metric tons Avoidance of 381 kg 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 219 MWh of electricity—enough to power 18 U.S. households for a year Greenhouse gas emissions reduction of 134 metric tons of CO2 equivalents—equal to taking 29 average U.S. passenger cars off the road for a year $22,607 in lifetime cost savings

EPEAT Language	The below is language requirements from specs which are used to procure electronics/EPEAT items at the SPR. These specs are sent to all potential bidders. NO-DS-870-017 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Strategic Petroleum Reserve Spec. No. 3000-004 ADP Equipment Specification Rev No.5 Date: 3/27/2014 High Capability Color Printer Environment: Minimum: EPEAT Silver IEEE 1680.2 Standard NO-DS-870-054 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Strategic Petroleum Reserve ADP EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATION Specification No. 7000-012 3/26/2014 LCD – 24” Environment: Certified to meet or exceed the Bronze and strive for Silver or Gold performance criteria of the Electronic Products Environment Assessment Tool (EPEAT). Must be an EPEAT registered product. Meets or exceeds the IEEE 1680.1 standards. NO-DS-870-001 Terminal Specifications SPR Thin Client Terminal 1000-010 v5 9/23/2013 d. Environment: Certified to meet or exceed the Bronze and strive for Silver or Gold performance criteria of the Electronic Products Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT). Must be an EPEAT registered product. NO-DS-870-029 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Strategic Petroleum Reserve ADF EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATION Specification No. 4000-008 rev 7 3/26/2014 Color Printer/Copier Environment: Certified to meet or exceed the Silver and strive for Gold performance criteria of the Electronic Products Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT). Must be an EPEAT registered product. Meets or exceeds the IEEE 1680.2 Imaging Equipment Standard. NO-DS-870-055 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Strategic Petroleum Reserve ADP EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATION Specification No. 7000-013 3/26/2014 55” LED Television Environment: Certified to meet or exceed the Bronze and strive for Silver or Gold performance criteria of the Electronic Products Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT). Must be an EPEAT registered product. Meets or exceeds IEEE 1680.3 Standard for the Environmental Assessment of Televisions. NO-DS-870-014 STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE ADP SPECIFICATION NUMBER 2000-036 LAPTOP COMPUTER – Notebook 3/25/2014 Environment: Certified to meet or exceed the Bronze and strive for Silver or Gold performance criteria of the Electronic Products Environment Assessment Tool (EPEAT). Must be an EPEAT registered product. Must meet or exceed the IEEE 1680.1 Standard. NO-DS-870-037 STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE ADP SPECIFICATION NUMBER 6200-001 Fax – Low Volume Black & White 3/26/2014 Environment: Certified to meet or exceed the Silver and strive for Gold performance criteria of the Electronic Products Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT). Must be an EPEAT registered product. Meet or exceed the IEEE 1680.2 Imaging Equipment Standard.

Jean-François Barsoum

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.

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Jean-François Barsoum