Announcing the 2015 EPEAT Purchaser Award Winners

PORTLAND, Ore. - June 24, 2015 - PRLog -- The Green Electronics Council today announced the winners of its inaugural EPEAT Purchaser Awards, a program recognizing excellence in the green procurement of electronics. The combined efforts of the 2015 EPEAT Purchaser Award winners resulted in enough energy savings to power more than 6,500 U.S. households for one year and carbon reductions equal to removing more than 11,000 passenger cars from the road for a year.

The 17 winners of the first-annual Awards were recognized for their procurement efforts in up to three categories: PCs and Displays, Imaging Equipment and Televisions. Award winners earned a star for each category in which they committed to purchasing environmentally preferable electronics registered in the EPEAT green-rating system.

Hundreds of purchasers worldwide have trusted EPEAT for nearly a decade, achieving significant environmental benefits in the process. On their own, the 17 entities recognized with a 2015 EPEAT Purchaser Award achieved in a single year:

-- Energy savings of 83,584,825 kWh, which translates to $8,518,012 in savings and enough energy to power 6,544 U.S. households for a year

-- Carbon Equivalents totaling 15,615,838 kg, which equates to removing 11,227 passenger cars from the road for a year

-- 30,486,217 kg of primary materials savings, equal to the weight of 840 tractor-trailer 18-wheelers.

The 2015 EPEAT Purchaser Award winners are:

Three-Star EPEAT Purchaser Award Winners

·         U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

·         U.S. Department of Homeland Security

·         Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

·         Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Department of Energy

·         Y-12 National Security Complex, Department of Energy

·         Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Department of Energy

·         Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Department of Energy

·         National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Department of Energy

·         Oak Ridge Associated Universities

Two-Star EPEAT Purchaser Award Winners

·         Kaiser Permanente

·         Sandia National Laboratories, Department of Energy

·         Legacy Management, Department of Energy

·         City of Keene, New Hampshire

One-Star EPEAT Purchaser Award Winners

·         Shared Services Canada

·         East Tennessee Technology Park, Department of Energy

·         Loyola University Chicago

·         Bowdoin College

About EPEAT

EPEAT is the definitive global registry for greener electronics. The registry includes the most products from the broadest range of manufacturers and spans the widest array of countries. EPEAT combines strict, comprehensive criteria for design, production, energy use and recycling with ongoing independent verification of manufacturer claims. More than 757 million EPEAT-registered products have been sold worldwide since 2006, resulting in significant environmental benefits. EPEAT was developed through a stakeholder consensus process and is managed by the Green Electronics Council (http://greenelectronicscouncil.org/), a non-profit organization based in Portland, Oregon. Learn more at epeat.net (http://www.epeat.net/).