Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 64.57
Liaison Sherri Mason
Submission Date June 14, 2023

STARS v2.2

Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
OP-12: Electronics Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.95 / 1.00 James Serafin
IT Manager 3
Computer Center
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Total annual expenditures on electronics:
310,784 US/Canadian $

Expenditures on environmentally or socially preferable electronics:
Expenditure Per Level
EPEAT Gold registered and/or third party certified at the highest achievable level under a multi-attribute sustainability standard 271,973.83 US/Canadian $
EPEAT Silver registered and/or third party certified at mid-level under a multi-attribute sustainability standard 32,546.53 US/Canadian $
EPEAT Bronze registered and/or third party certified at minimum level under a multi-attribute sustainability standard 0 US/Canadian $
Labeled under a single-attribute standard 0 US/Canadian $

Do the figures reported above include leased equipment?:
Yes

A brief description of the time period from which the figures reported above are drawn:
Figures are from fiscal year 21-22 and include labs, offices, research areas, and classrooms.

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s electronics purchasing is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The Office of Informational Technology Services at Penn State Behrend takes environmental and social responsibility very seriously as demonstrated by our focused and intentional purchases of highly rated sustainability standard equipment. Since the hiring of our Director of Sustainability in 2019 and awareness of the inclusion of Electronics purchasing in campus sustainability assessment we have intentionally flipped our purchases from EPEAT Silver to EPEAT Gold as compared to our prior submission.

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