Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 68.52
Liaison Geory Kurtzhals
Submission Date Oct. 15, 2014
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.2

University of Notre Dame
OP-10: Computer Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Geory Kurtzhals
Sr. Director
Office of Sustainability
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Does the institution have an institution-wide stated preference to purchase EPEAT Silver or higher computers and monitors?:
Yes

The website URL where the EPEAT policy, directive, or guidelines are posted :
A brief description of steps the institution has taken to ensure that the purchasing policy, directives, or guidelines are followed :

Procurement Services contracts with suppliers that have obtained ePeat silver certification or better for the University’s Desktop and Notebooks computers, and monitors. The current Standard Notre Dame Lenovo Systems are ePeat GOLD certified.

Description of Steps:
1. We state a preference for a supplier that is rated ePeat Silver or better.
2. We established a Computer Purchase Policy that mandates the Preferred Supplier with notable exceptions for Faculty who have unique academic needs.
3. We chose a Preferred Supplier that exceeds the Silver designation.
4. We perform at the 70%+ level of compliance for the use of the Preferred Supplier.


Does the institution wish to pursue points for Part 2 of this credit (expenditures on EPEAT computers)?:
Yes

Expenditures on EPEAT Gold desktop and laptop computers and monitors :
1,930,000.01 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on EPEAT Silver desktop and laptop computers and monitors :
9,617.78 US/Canadian $

Total expenditures on desktop and laptop computers and monitors :
1,939,617.79 US/Canadian $

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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