EPEAT is a system to help purchasers in the public and private sectors evaluate,
compare and select desktop computers, notebooks and monitors based on their
environmental attributes. EPEAT also provides a clear and consistent set of
performance criteria for the design of products, and provides an opportunity
for manufacturers to secure market recognition for efforts to reduce the
environmental impact of its products.
The EPEAT Registry on this web site includes products that have been declared by
their manufacturers to be in conformance with the environmental performance
standard for electronic products - IEEE 1680- 2006. The standard is
summarized here, and may
be purchased from the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers. EPEAT operates a verification program
to assure the credibility of the Registry.
EPEAT™Performance Tiers
EPEAT evaluates electronic products according to three tiers of environmental
performance – Bronze, Silver and Gold. The complete set of performance criteria
includes 23 required criteria and 28 optional criteria in 8 categories. To
be EPEAT registered, products must meet all the required criteria.
Products may then achieve a higher level EPEAT “rating” by meeting
additional optional criteria, as follows:
EPEAT™ is a program of the Green Electronics Council. GEC 2006. All rights reserved. By accessing this web site you are agreeing to it's Terms of Use