Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics and the Environment, 2006. Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Scottsdale, AZ
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0351-0
DOI :
10.1109/ISEE.2006.1650041
