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Greening Government ICT EPEAT – an overview

Greening Government ICT EPEAT – an overview. Simon Redding Environment Agency. We all know why, but what?. Whitehall alone has half a million computers Turning them off overnight provides the same carbon emissions reduction as taking 40,000 cars off the road.

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Greening Government ICT EPEAT – an overview

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  1. Greening Government ICTEPEAT – an overview Simon Redding Environment Agency

  2. We all know why, but what? Whitehall alone has half a million computers Turning them off overnight provides the same carbon emissions reduction as taking 40,000 cars off the road Environmental impact costs money

  3. Greening Government ICT:Overview • Cross-government initiative sponsored by Cabinet Office • Green ICT working group to advise and monitor • Chaired by Chris Chant (CIO of Government Olympic Executive) First stage: tackle the environmental footprint of ICT Second stage: use ICT to reduce environmental footprints

  4. High level commitments • Make environmental impact a key factor in ICT strategy • Build into procurement/finance decisions • Public sector should meet or exceed global best practice • Government ICT will be carbon neutral in use by 2012 • It will be carbon neutral in practice by 2020 • Off-setting is a last resort

  5. Reducing the impact of ICT • Adopt Quick Wins specifications • 18 “top tips” to reduce the impact of ICT • Five key areas: • Extend lifecycles and sweat embodied carbon • Single device per employee (or less) • Active power management • Reduce printing • Make servers/storage more efficient & increase utilisation(as part of compliance with EU code of conduct on Data Centres) • Extended list of 77 potential “areas for reduction”

  6. Greening Government ICT:Next steps • Review progress of central government against strategy • Provide recognition for public sector exemplars • Share best practice and knowledge across public sector • Review recommendations for action / top tips • Extend to cover positive ICT initiatives: • Helping to reduce travel • Helping to reduce energy use • Helping to reduce use of natural resources

  7. Greening Government ICT Questions? Please read the strategy & other information at: http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/cio/greening_government_ict.aspx

  8. EPEAT Electronic Products Environmental Assessment Tool • Initiators: • US EPA • Zero Waste Alliance • Green Electronics Council • Initially scoped for desktops, laptops & monitors • Intention to build upon EnergyStar specifications to consider all environmental impacts • Transparent approach involves all stakeholder groups

  9. EPEAT: Objectives • A tool to inform purchasers about environmental impact • Whole life cycle of of equipment from design to disposal • Providing a market advantage to compliant companies • Easy and quick to comply with • Continuous improvement in environmental performance • Produce credible, verifiable outcomes • Self-sustaining

  10. EPEAT: Some common myths • EPEAT is an American initiative • EPEAT is an industry eco-label • EPEAT is created by government • EPEAT is a complex long-winded certification scheme • EPEAT isn’t relevant to the UK/EU

  11. EPEAT: How it works • Global standard for global products • Based on standards with mandatory & optional criteria • Standards are developed with wide participation • EPEAT ratings relate to number of criteria met: • Bronze = just meets mandatory criteria • Silver = meets 50% of optional criteria • Gold = meets 75% of optional criteria

  12. EPEAT: Registration & Verification Needs to be simple and not delay the market! • Suppliers self-certify their products • Periodic controlled verification • Random and market-influenced auditing There are currently 1,256 product lines on the market that meet the desktops/laptops/monitors criteria

  13. EPEAT: What’s planned? Was just one standard, but now… • IEEE 1680: “Umbrella” standard • IEEE 1680.1: Desktops, laptops, monitors • IEEE 1680.2: Imaging (copiers, printers, scanners) • IEEE 1680.3: Televisions • IEEE 1680.4: Handhelds • IEEE 1680.5: Servers

  14. EPEAT: Government procurement • 95% of US federal ICT purchasing must meet EPEAT • Challenges with EU public procurement regulations • No issues with using Quick Wins or individual criteria from EPEAT • Work ongoing to align with EU EuP Directive • Work ongoing with EPEAT to remove issues surrounding procurement regulations

  15. EPEAT Questions? EPEAT is on the Internet at http://www.epeat.net/ Contact me at simon.redding@environment-agency.gov.uk

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