| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 62.11 |
| Liaison | Natalie Sobrinski |
| Submission Date | June 16, 2016 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Muhlenberg College
OP-12: Electronics Purchasing
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.00 / 1.00 |
Allan
Chen Chief Information Officer Office of Information Technology |
Does the institution have an institution-wide stated preference to purchase computers and/or other electronic products that are EPEAT registered or meet similar multi-criteria sustainability standards for electronic products?:
A copy of the electronics purchasing policy, directive, or guidelines:
The electronics purchasing policy, directive, or guidelines :
• Muhlenberg College has an institution-wide stated preference to purchase Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) Silver or higher products. As of now, all of our computer purchases are EPEAT Gold.
• Regarding our computer purchasing policy, we make sure all of our computer purchases are EPEAT Gold. This policy of only purchasing EPEAT Gold was put into place recently. Also, by the end of this fiscal year, almost half of our computer equipment will meet the gold standard.
A brief description of steps the institution has taken to ensure that the purchasing policy, directives, or guidelines are followed:
• Concerning our guidelines, all purchases go through the Office of Information Technology (OIT)- no departments are allowed to purchase individual equipment. If a department does try to purchase something, it has to go through Muhlenberg’s purchasing office, and they will redirect it to OIT before the purchase is made. All purchases are kept at the institutional level, so the department will not feel as if it’s the equipment belongs to them. This way, if the equipment is needed more elsewhere, it can be given to another department. There is NO ownership of the equipment at the department level.
Does the institution wish to pursue to pursue Part 2 of this credit (expenditures on EPEAT registered electronics)?:
Expenditures on EPEAT registered desktop and laptop computers, displays, thin clients, televisions, and imaging equipment::
| Expenditure Per Level | |
| EPEAT Bronze | 0 US/Canadian $ |
| EPEAT Silver | 0 US/Canadian $ |
| EPEAT Gold | 264,825 US/Canadian $ |
Total expenditures on desktop and laptop computers, displays, thin clients, televisions, and imaging equipment:
The website URL where information about the institution's electronics purchasing policy, directive, or guidelines is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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