President Bush Orders Federal Agencies to Buy
EPEAT-Registered Products On January 24, President Bush
signed Executive Order 13423 that mandates federal agencies to buy
EPEAT registered products. The Executive Order includes other green
purchasing and environmental improvement requirements. The full
text of the Executive Order is available on the
White House website.
EPEAT is a system to help purchasers in the public and private sectors evaluate, compare and select desktop computers, notebooks and monitors based on their environmental attributes. EPEAT also provides a clear and consistent set of performance criteria for the design of products, and provides an opportunity for manufacturers to secure market recognition for efforts to reduce the environmental impact of its products.
EPEAT™ Performance Tiers
EPEAT evaluates electronic products according to three tiers of environmental performance – Bronze, Silver and Gold. The complete set of performance criteria includes 23 required criteria and 28 optional criteria in 8 categories. To qualify for acceptance as an EPEAT product, it must conform to all the required criteria. Manufacturers may pick and choose among the optional criteria to boost their EPEAT baseline “score” to achieve a higher-ranking level as follows:
Product meets all required criteria.
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Product meets all required criteria plus at
least 50% of the optional
criteria that apply to the product type being
registered.
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Product meets all required criteria plus at
least 75% of the optional
criteria that apply to the product type being registered.
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