Les acheteurs et les représentants de l'industrie se sont réunis lors de la réception des EPEAT Purchaser Awards 2017 parrainée par le Conseil de l'industrie des technologies de l'information (ITI). De gauche à droite : Josh Silverman, directeur de l'Office de protection de l'environnement du ministère de l'énergie des États-Unis, Teresa Krannig, spécialiste informatique de l'East Tennessee Technology Park, Jeanne Beard, directrice de l'Office des systèmes d'information du ministère de l'énergie des États-Unis, Melanie Bower, directrice de l'EPEAT, Nancy Gillis, PDG du Global Electronics Council, Chris Shannon, administrateur du projet DOE Mission Support Alliance, et Ron McCandless, acheteur auprès des universités associées d'Oak Ridge.
Washington DC– Mars 14, 2017 – The Global Electronics Council (GEC), managers of the EPEAT ecolabel, presented 37 organizations with a 2017 EPEAT Purchaser Award in recognition of their leadership in the procurement of sustainable IT products. When combined, the 2017 EPEAT Purchaser Award winners realized cost savings of more than $33.8 million across the lifetime of their purchased products. Along with significant cost savings, the 37 EPEAT Purchaser Award winners also recognized considerable environmental benefits from their purchasing decisions including combined greenhouse gas reductions equivalent to removing more than 40,000 passenger cars from the road for a year; a reduction of nearly 769 metric tons of hazardous waste; solid waste savings equivalent to that produced by 2,078 average U.S. households each year; a reduction in energy usage by 327.5 million kWh; and avoidance of 513.8 metric tons of water pollutant emissions. Large-scale public and private sector purchasers globally rely on the EPEAT Registry, the leading online rating system of sustainable IT products, to identify and purchase sustainable IT products. “The EPEAT ecolabel was established to provide large-scale purchasers a way to identify credible sustainable IT products,” said Melanie Bower, Director of EPEAT. “The EPEAT Purchaser Awards allows us to recognize those organizations who chose to realize significant cost savings and positive environmental benefits by making informed decisions about the IT products they purchase.” The Global Electronics Council recognized the EPEAT Purchaser Award winners at a ceremony sponsored by the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI), the premier advocacy and policy organization for the world’s leading innovation companies. Award ceremony speakers included Ian Kirk, a purchaser representative from the Canadian Government, and Joel Sigler, Senior Manager of National Environmental Health & Safety at Kaiser Permanente. The Global Electronics Council also honored the State Electronics Challenge with the 2017 Sustainable Purchasing Visionary Award. Since 2008, the State Electronics Challenge has enabled state, tribal, regional, and local governments, including schools and other public entities, to purchase and manage IT products in an environmentally sound manner. The State Electronics Challenge currently has 167 partner organizations that purchase EPEAT-registered IT products. Award Winners This year’s EPEAT Purchaser Awardees represented local, state, and national governments, healthcare systems, research facilities, school districts, higher education institutions, and private enterprises. In this – the awards program’s third year – the Global Electronics Councilnotably recognized its first India-based EPEAT Purchaser Awardee. Award winners were recognized for their purchases in three IT product categories: PCs and Displays, Imaging Equipment, and Televisions. Award winners earned one star for each product category in which they committed to purchasing EPEAT registered products.
Prix du visionnaire en matière d'achats durables
Lauréats du prix trois étoiles
- Centre de renseignements d'El Paso (EPIC), U.S. DEA
- Université Loyola de Chicago
- Mission Support Alliance ; CH2M Hill PRC ; Washington River Protection Solutions
- Laboratoire national des énergies renouvelables (National Renewable Energy Laboratory), ministère américain de l'environnement (DOE)
- Universités associées d'Oak Ridge
- Office of Investigative Technology, U.S. DEA (Bureau des technologies d'investigation)
- Bureau de la formation, U.S. DEA
- Laboratoire de physique des plasmas de Princeton, DOE des États-Unis
- Département de la sécurité intérieure des États-Unis
- Département des anciens combattants des États-Unis (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)
Les lauréats du prix deux étoiles
- Battelle Energy Alliance, ministère américain de l'énergie
- Laboratoire national de Brookhaven, DOE des États-Unis
- Département des services généraux de Californie
- Chicago Field Division, U.S. DEA
- Parc technologique du Tennessee de l'Est, DOE des États-Unis
- Kaiser Permanente
- Gestion de l'héritage, U.S. DOE
- Agence de défense antimissile
- Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. DOE (Bureau de l'information scientifique et technique)
- Usine de diffusion gazeuse de Portsmouth, U.S. DOE
- Laboratoire du Sud-Ouest, DEA des États-Unis
- État du Minnesota
- Université du Vermont
- Université du Wisconsin - Oshkosh
- Administration des services généraux des États-Unis
Les lauréats du prix One-Star
- Collège Bowdoin
- Ville de Durango
- Ville de Providence, Écoles de Providence
- Clinique de Cleveland
- Département des transports du Maryland
- État de New York
- Northeast Recycling Council, Inc.
- Services partagés Canada
- Accélérateur national Thomas Jefferson, DOE
- Région III de l'EPA
- Laboratoire de l'Ouest, DEA américaine
- Wipro Limited
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