Over their lifetime, compared to products that do not meet EPEAT criteria, the 89,747 EPEAT-registered IT products purchased by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in 2018 will result in environmental impact reductions including:
Reduce use of primary materials by 8,368 metric tons, equivalent to the weight of 1,609 elephants
Avoid the disposal of 70 metric tons of hazardous waste, equal to the weight of 580 refrigerators
Eliminate the equivalent of 121 U.S. households’ solid waste for a year—224 metric tons
Avoidance of 48.4 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 26,873 MWh of electricity—enough to power 2,212 U.S. households for a year
Greenhouse gas emissions reduction of 16,682 metric tons of CO2 equivalents—equal to taking 3,572 average U.S. passenger cars off the road for a year
$2,782,370 in lifetime cost savings
C.5.4 System Requirements The Contractor shall provide hardware and software components that are factory-installed and ready for immediate use (e.g., device drivers loaded; all cables and adapters included) unless otherwise specified in individual Delivery Orders. The Contractor shall provide documentation either included or available on-line, or both, for all products offered. DHS intends to integrate, from a programmatic standpoint, products provided from these contracts into various DHS network environments. Notwithstanding, DHS may perform actual integration efforts for specific products. For this reason the Contractor shall provide products under this contract that contain industry standard ports and interfaces for, among other things, network connectivity, printing, communications, and device control.
During the term of this contract, the Contractor shall deliver, furnish for Government use, or furnish for Contractor use at a Government-owned facility, only personal computer products, imaging equipment and televisions that, at the time of submission of proposals and at the time of award, were Electronic Products Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) Bronze registered or higher where such EPEAT products are available at www.epeat.net.
Items subject to EPEAT requirements include:
1. Personal Computer Products: Computer Desktops, Notebooks (including two in one notebooks), Displays or Monitors, Integrated Desktop Computers, Workstation Desktops, Thin Clients, and Slates/Tablets.
2. Imaging Equipment: Printers, Copiers, Multi-Function Devices, Scanners, Fax Machines, Digital Duplicators, and Mailing Machines.
3. Televisions include products marketed as televisions with a screen size of 15 inches or larger. Television combination units which include a TV and one or more additional devices (e.g., DVD player, Blu-ray disc player, hard disk drive) combined into a single enclosure, in which all components connect to a wall outlet via a single power cord, are included in this category. Component televisions – which are composed of two or more separate components (e.g., display device and tuner) that are marketed and sold as a TV under a single model or system designation, are also covered by EPEAT.
When an ordering activity specifies personal computer products, imaging equipment or televisions that are not EPEAT registered and suitable EPEAT products are available, the Contractor shall: a. Notify the requester of the requirement to purchase the EPEAT product; and b. Provide a suitable alternative(s) that meet the EPEAT registered requirements.
————————————- C.6.9.6 EPEAT Report The Contractor shall provide the EPEAT report on a quarterly basis. Each quarterly report shall quantify the number of EPEAT registered and non-EPEAT registered products purchased or leased under this contract for the specified quarter. Not all items must be reported. Items that must be reported include Desktop Computers, Monitors, Laptop Computers, Televisions, Multifunction Devices, and Printers. The information must be reported in the template form provided at Chapter D, Attachment 2, and submitted to the IDIQ COR and the IDIQ CO and cc to the DHS Environmental Program Manager at ocao-sustainabilityreports.hq.dhs.gov, no later than the 15th of the month following the quarter being reported on. If non-EPEAT registered products are sold and reported, a brief explanation of procurement background or justification shall be included in the report. An EPEAT report is not necessary if there were no purchases for that quarter
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.
