Previous Years’ EPEAT Environmental Benefits Reports

Environmental Benefits of EPEAT Purchases, 2006

The first six months’ sales of EPEAT registered green computers when compared with traditional computers, produced the following environmental benefits:

• Saved 13.7 billion kWh of electricity, enough to power 1.2 million U.S. homes for a year;

• Saved 24.4 million metric tons of materials, equivalent to the weight of 189 million refrigerators;

• Prevented release of 56.5 million metric tons of air pollution, including 1.07 million metric tons of global warming gases -- the equivalent of removing 852,000 cars from the road for a year;

• Prevented release of 118,000 metric tons of water pollution;

• Reduced toxic material use by 1,070 metric tons, equivalent to the weight of 534,000 bricks, including enough mercury to fill 157,000 household fever thermometers; and

• Avoided the disposal of 41,100 metric tons of hazardous waste, equivalent to the weight of 20.5 million bricks.

Full 2006 Environmental Benefits report

2007 purchases of EPEAT registered laptops, desktops, and monitors over conventional products will:

• Reduce use of primary materials by 75.5 million metric tons, equivalent to the weight of more than 585 million refrigerators

• Reduce use of toxic materials, including mercury, by 3,220 metric tons, equivalent to the weight of 1.6 million bricks

• Eliminate use of enough mercury to fill 482,381 household fever thermometers

• Avoid the disposal of 124,000 metric tons of hazardous waste, equivalent to the weight of 62 million bricks.

In addition, due to EPEAT’s requirement that registered products meet ENERGY STAR specifications, these products will consume less energy throughout their useful life, resulting in:

• Savings of 42.2 billion kWh of electricity -- enough to power 3.7 million U.S. homes for a year

• Elimination of the release of 174 million metric tons of air emissions (including greenhouse gas emissions) and almost 365 thousand metric tons of water pollutant emissions

• Reduction of 3.31 million metric tons of carbon equivalent (MTCE) greenhouse gas emissions -- equivalent to removing 2,630,000 U.S. cars from the road for a year.

Full EPEAT 2007 Environmental Benefits Report

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