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The EPEAT Standard and LCA
Wayne Rifer
Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool
Green Electronics Council
Two Dimension of EPEAT
1) IEEE 1680 family of American National Standards
• 1680 umbrella standard – the rules of the game
• 1680.1 environmental criteria for computers & monitors
• 1680.2 environmental criteria for imaging equipment
(under development)
• 1680.2 environmental criteria for TVs (under development)
2) System for identifying and verifying product claims
• EPEAT Registry at www.epeat.net)
• Self-declaration with after-market verification
EPEAT Standards and Workgroups
Environmental Assessment Standards
Committee (EASC)
1680 Umbrella
Standard
1680.1 Computers
and Monitors
1680.2 Imaging
Devices
1680.3
Televisions
1680.5 Servers
1680.4 Handheld
Devices
EPEAT Tiers
EPEAT Bronze
– Meets all 23 required criteria
EPEAT Silver
– Meets all required criteria
and at least 50% of the optional criteria
EPEAT Gold
– Meets all required criteria and
at least 75% of the optional criteria
EPEAT Registered Products
As of 09/15/09. See www.epeat.net for current numbers.
32 Participating Manufacturers
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Acer
Apple
Arquimedes Automatacao
AsusTek
CIARA-TECH
Corporativo Lanix
CTL
Dell
EIZO NANAO
Fujitsu
Gammatech
General Dynamics Itronix
GETAC
Hewlett Packard
Howard Technology Solutions
Hyundai IT America
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Lenovo
LG Electronics
M&A Technology
MDG Computers
NCS Technologies
NEC Display Solutions
Northern Micro
Panasonic
Philips Electronics
Positivo Informatica
Samsung
Sony Electronics
Toshiba
TPV
Transource
Viewsonic
As of 05/11/2009. See www.epeat.net/Companies.aspx for current list.
Environmental Performance Categories
• Environmentally Sensitive Materials
• Materials Selection
• Design for End of Life
• Product Longevity/Life Cycle Extension
• Energy Conservation
• End of Life Management
• Corporate Performance
51 criteria
• Packaging
o 23 required
o 28 optional
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EPEAT Development
• New product standards
– Imaging equipment (printers, copiers, MFDs, etc.)
– TVs
– Update of 1680.1 computer standard
– Servers
– Mobile devices
• International Registry
– 40 countries
• Initially dedicated to institutional market
– Moving into consumer market
EPEAT and LCA
• Stakeholder consensus is the essence of EPEAT
– Consensus-based criteria versus science-based
• LCA & stakeholder judgments focus differently
– Sensitive materials – stakeholders judgments are
precaution-based
– DfEoL and take-back are priorities
• Can LCAs inform environmental priorities?
– Energy efficiency in use versus life extension
– Elimination of toxins (Pb) versus LC impacts
EPEAT and LCA
• Held LCA seminar for stakeholders – Key
messages
– Limitations of LCA or LCI results are too great (data
quality, boundary variability, etc.) to base
quantitative thresholds on them
– Reward the process, not the result
• Use established third-party tools
• Use tools that lock in data and boundary variability
Proposed LCA-based Criteria for New Standards
• Corporate performance
– Perform LCA or corporate carbon footprint, water footprint
– Achieving x% reduction in carbon footprint
– LCI or LCA of product’s carbon footprint (various LC boundaries)
• Per ISO 14040/ 14044 or PAS 2050
– Annual carbon disclosure scope 1 & 2
– integrate life cycle &/or DfE thinking into product design
• Materials selection
– LCA for embodied/used energy on 90% of the materials/
components in product
– LCA-based demonstration that materials use x% less energy
cradle to cradle than previous generation
Proposed LCA-based Criteria for New Standards
• Environmentally sensitive materials
– LCA-based tool to assess alternative FRs
• Energy conservation
– LCA-based demonstration that product uses/ embodies x%
less LC energy than previous generation, as alternative to
ENERGY STAR
• Other proposed science-based assessments
– Health exposure/risk
– Resource depletion
– Recyclability analysis
Contact
Wayne Rifer
Manager of EPEAT Standards and Verification
Co-Chair of IEEE 1680 Standards Sponsor
[email protected]
EPEAT Product Registry
www.epeat.net
IEEE Standards Development
www.epeatdevelopment.net