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In order
to maintain the credibility of the system EPEAT regularly selects
products from the registry and verifies that the declarations are accurate. If
EPEAT finds that a declaration is not accurate, the manufacturer must
correct it or the product will be removed from the registry. The results
of verification are published. For more information and to view the published reports
about product verification, please visit the Product Verification
page.
EPEAT
periodically reports on the environmental benefits from the purchase
of EPEAT-registered products.
The first
EPEAT Environmental Benefits Report was published in July 2007.
The
Development of EPEATTM
The
EPEAT system and the environmental criteria for computers and
monitors were originally developed in a 2-year multi-stakeholder
process that was facilitated by the Zero Waste Alliance on a grant
from the US EPA. For
more information about the development of the EPEAT system and IEEE
1680 see http://www.zerowaste.org/epeat/index.htm
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What
Purchasers Use EPEATTM?
Institutional
purchasers are encouraged to require EPEAT-registered products in
their purchase specifications.
For a current list of purchase specifications that cite EPEAT
click here. Visit
Purchasers Resources
for suggested contract language to use in purchasing specifications.
In
addition, EPEAT is increasingly being used by individual
consumers.
EPEATTM
Management and Governance
EPEAT is incorporated as a 501(c)(4) “social
benefit” not-for-profit organization in
Portland,
Oregon,
USA. EPEAT Inc. has a fiduciary
Board of Directors that ensures the proper legal and financial
management of EPEAT. The current members of EPEAT’s Board of
Directors are identified below.
EPEAT is
managed and operated by staff contracted from the Green Electronics
Council. The GEC is part of the
International Sustainable
Development Foundation which is a 501(c)(3) “charitable”
not-for-profit organization also located in
Portland
. EPEAT
staff members are identified on the
Contact Us page.
EPEAT is
primarily overseen by the EPEAT Board of Advisors, an unpaid
12-person advisory board whose membership is a balanced
representation of the stakeholders who developed EPEAT:
environmental advocates, institutional purchasers, manufacturers,
government policy professionals, researchers, and electronics
recyclers. The current
members of the EPEAT Board of Advisors are identified below. The EPEAT Board of Directors
has legal authority over EPEAT but they are substantially guided by
the recommendations of the EPEAT Board of Advisors. The Board of Advisors
operates on a consensus decision-making basis.
The
Board of Advisors meets by teleconference quarterly and in-person
annually. Non-members
are generally welcome at the meetings and can generally share in the
discussion but cannot vote.
Please contact
Jeff Omelchuck
of the EPEAT staff to make arrangements to attend a
meeting.
EPEATTM
Management and Governance Documents
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