Electronics Environmental Benefits Calculator: A Tool to Measure the Benefits of EPEAT and the Federal Electronics Challenge

Author

Socolof, Maria Leet ; Dillon, Patricia ; Geibig, Jack

Author_Institution

Environ., Trade & Agric. Div., Abt Associates Inc., Bethesda, MD

fYear

2006

fDate

8-11 May 2006

Firstpage

95

Lastpage

99

Abstract

This paper reviews the development of an electronics environmental benefit calculator (EEBC) that allows institutional purchasers and the federal government to quantify the benefits of purchasing products registered under the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) program and of improving the operation and end-of-life management of computers. The project, funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is a user-friendly spreadsheet-based tool that calculates savings in energy, emissions, material use, wastes, and cost associated with the purchase, use and end-of-life management of computers

Keywords

computer purchase; electronic products; environmental factors; life cycle costing; product life cycle management; EOL management; EPEAT; Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool; Federal Electronics Challenge; asset management; electronics environmental benefits calculator; end-of-life management; environmentally preferable purchasing; federal government; institutional purchasers; spreadsheet-based tool; user-friendly tool; Agriculture; Asset management; Consumer electronics; Environmental economics; Environmental management; Lifting equipment; Procurement; Product design; Protection; US Government;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics and the Environment, 2006. Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Scottsdale, AZ

ISSN

1095-2020

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0351-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISEE.2006.1650041

Filename

1650041