Total State Electronic Challenge

Partner Environmental Results 2008 – 2012

Every year Partners are given the opportunity to report their achievements. The data provided by Partners is used to calculate the environmental benefits of their actions – individually and collectively – to improve the environmental footprint of office electronics. The tables below reflect the cumulative results of Partner environmental achievements since the first full year of the Challenge (2008 through 2012).

Table 1 shows the environmental benefits as a result of purchasing “green” computers—desktop computers, notebook computers, and LCD monitors that meet the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT®) criteria—improving operational efficiency and reusing and recycling computers and monitors at the end of life.

Table 2 and Table 3 summarize the data reported by Partners that was used to calculate the environmental benefits in Table 1.

Table 2 includes the number of EPEAT products purchased or leased, and computers and monitors reused and recycled by Partners.

Table 3 summarizes additional data provided by Partners for computers in service at their organizations, including power management and average lifespan of units, as well as paper reductions from duplex printing.

The cumulative 2008 - 2012 results reflect: 13 Partners reporting for 2008; 12 Partners reporting for 2009, 26 Partners reporting for 2010, 39 Partners reporting for 2011, and 42 Partners reporting for 2012

Graph 1, Graph 2, and Graph 3 chart the environmental benefits achieved each year since the first full year of the Challenge.
Graph 1 depicts greenhouse gas reductions
Graph 2 shows the energy savings
Graph 3 charts the reduction in toxic materials, municipal solid waste, and hazardous waste.

Table 1: Environmental Benefits¹

Reduction In	How Much?	Equivalent To
Energy use	278 million kWh	Electricity to power 22,821 U.S. households/year
Greenhouse gas emissions	41,198 metric tons of carbon equivalents	Removing 28,528 cars from the road/year
Toxic materials, including lead & mercury	11,170 pounds	Weight of 2,482 bricks
Municipal solid waste	2,636 tons	Waste generated by 1,224 households/year
Hazardous waste	667 tons	Weight of 4,904 refrigerators

Graph 1: Greenhouse Gas Reductions in MTCE, 2008 - 2012

Graph 2: Energy Reductions in Million kWh, 2008 - 2012

Graph 3: Reduction in Toxic Materials (lbs.), Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) (tons) & Hazardous Waste (HW) (tons), 2008 - 2012²

Data Reported by Partners for Computer & Monitor Purchases, Reuse, & Recycling, 2008 - 2012

Products Purchased	Desktop Computers	LCD Monitors	Notebook Computers	CRTMonitors
EPEAT Bronze	121	150	101	0
EPEAT Silver	1,892	3,260	4,385	0
EPEAT Gold	18,915	16,260	9,083	0
*Total Purchased*	20,928	19,670	13,569	0
Reused (units)	13,505	4,438	18.561	1,501
Recycled (units) + 671,361 lbs. of mixed office equipment + 703 cell phones

Table 3: Average Results Reported by Partners for Computers in Service, 2008 - 2012³

		2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Power management enabled	Computers	59%	51%	73%	81%	83%
Power management enabled	Monitors	68%	86%	95%	86%	89%
Average equipment lifespan (months)		62	61	63	58	61
Paper reduction (reams of paper)⁴		N/A	N/A	N/A	10,779	7,316

¹ Calculations were made using Version 2.0 of the Electronics Environmental Benefits Calculator, dated 3-2-09, for 2008 – 2011, and Version 3.1, dated July 2012, for 2012 available at http://www.epa.gov/fec/publications.html#calculator. Calculations for paper reduction were made using the WARM model conversion factors, http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/wycd/waste/downloads/Paper%20Products.pdf, February 2012.

²Decrease in MSW and HW benefits due to changes in EEBC assumptions. The total number of EPEAT units purchased, reused and recycled actually increased compared to 2011.

³The data in this table should not be considered to reflect trends. Rather, it reflects the practices of the Partners that reported in that calendar year.

⁴Reporting on paper reductions began for calendar year 2010.