# Presentation: 752807

## Using the Federal Electronics Challenge to Meet Electronics Stewardship Goals

- 7th Annual Federal Environmental Symposium
- June 3, 2008
- Cate Berard
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

## What is the Federal Electronics Challenge?

- The Federal Electronics Challenge (FEC) is a partnership program that assists federal agencies and facilities to:
- Purchase greener electronic products
- Reduce impacts of electronic products during use
- Manage obsolete electronics in an environmentally safe way

*The FEC helps federal agencies and facilities meet their federal electronics stewardship requirements*

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## FEC Program Goals for 2010

- 95% of eligible electronic equipment purchased or leased annually by FEC Partners is EPEATTM-registered
- 100% of eligible computers and monitors in operation at FEC Partner facilities have ENERGY STAR® features enabled
- Electronic equipment in operation at FEC Partner facilities have an average life span of at least four years
- 100% percent of non-reusable electronic equipment disposed of by FEC Partner facilities is recycled using environmentally sound management

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## Partnering for Electronics Stewardship

- Voluntarily participate as Agency or Facility Partners
- Select the life cycle phase(s) on which to focus
- Report annually

- Provides Partners with resources and technical assistance
- Awards annual recognition to qualifying Partners
- Collaborates to provide best management practices

- Federal agencies and facilities:

- The FEC:

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## Current Partners

- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Commerce
- Department of Defense
- Department of Energy
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Interior
- Department of Justice

- Department of Labor
- Department of the Treasury
- Department of Transportation
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Executive Office of the President
- General Services Administration
- United States Postal Service

*185 Facility Partners representing over 635,000 employees from the sixteen agencies listed above, as well as the State, SSA, and NASA*

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## Benefits to FEC Partners

- Meets federal requirements
- Supports progress for the OMB Environmental Stewardship Scorecard
- Free resources
- Educational training and feedback
- Technical assistance
- Networking opportunities and knowledge-sharing
- National recognition from the Office of the Federal Environmental Executive

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## FEC Resources

- Regional Champions
- Technical Assistance Network
- Web Site and Guidance Documents
- Monthly Partner Education Calls
- Partner Listserve
- Annual Conference

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## FEC Partner Requirements

- Register
- Sign Pledge
- Specify list of Facility Partners
- Submit Awards Application (annually, optional)

- Register
- Complete Baseline Survey of Current Practices
- Submit Annual Reporting Form (annually)
- Submit Awards Application (annually, optional)

- Agency Partners:

- Facility Partners:

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## Register

- Provides general information which is stored in FEC’s Administrative Database
- Includes Facility Partner Pledge
- Submitted through a Web-based form
- Adobe Acrobat file available for use as a worksheet
- _[http://www.federalelectronicschallenge.net/pledge.htm](http://www.federalelectronicschallenge.net/pledge.htm)_

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## Welcome Message

- Registrants receive a welcome message via email to their point of contact
- Contact information for their Regional Champion
- Link to FEC Resources Web page
- Information about the listserve
- Reminder to complete the Baseline Survey, links to Web pages
- Password for Member Services
- Information about the next Partner Call

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## Baseline Survey of Current Practices

- Provides a comprehensive look at current practices and helps identify areas for improvement
- Due within six weeks of registration
- Submitted online through Member Services
- Word, Adobe Acrobat files available for use as worksheets
- Must complete and submit _**once**_
- _[http://www.federalelectronicschallenge.net/baseline.htm](http://www.federalelectronicschallenge.net/baseline.htm)_

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## Annual Reporting

- Helps the FEC measure progress against the FEC national goals and calculate the environmental benefits of Partner activities
- Demonstrates progress from year to year
- Due on January 31 for previous fiscal year
- Submitted online through Member Services
- Word, Adobe Acrobat files available for use as worksheets
- Must complete and submit _**each year**_
- _[http://www.federalelectronicschallenge.net/report.htm](http://www.federalelectronicschallenge.net/report.htm)__ _

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## FY2007 Annual Reporting Results

| 2008 Goals for FEC Partners | FY2007 FEC Partner Reporting Results* |
| --- | --- |
| 95% of computers purchased are EPEATTM Bronze-registered | 80% of computer desktops, laptops and monitors purchased or leased were EPEATTM Bronze, Silver or Gold-registered |
| 100% of computers have 4-year life span | 71% of computers have at least a 4-year life span, with a weighted average life span of 47 months |
| ENERGY STAR® features enabled on 100% of computer monitors | 86% of monitors and 69% of computers had ENERGY STAR® features enabled |
| 100% of non-reusable computers are recycled in environmentally sound manner | 99% of non-reusable computers were recycled in environmentally sound manner |

- *62 FEC Facility Partner Annual Reporting Forms were received for FY2007.

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## FY2007 Environmental Benefits

| Environmental Benefit | Achievement | Equivalent to |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy savings | 210,087 MWh | Electricity to power 18,526 U.S. households for one year |
| Primary material savings | 137,924,463 kg | Weight of 1,069,182 refrigerators |
| Air emission savings, including

Greenhouse gas emission savings | 860,262,620 kg

16,434,339 kg of carbon equivalent (CE) | 860,263 metric tons 

Removing 13,043 passenger cars from the road for one year |
| Water emission savings | 1,801,668 kg | 1,802 metric tons |
| Toxic material savings | 10,634 kg | Weight of 5,317 bricks |
| Municipal solid waste savings | 1,935,477 kg | Solid waste generated by 1,002 U.S. households in one year |
| Hazardous waste savings | 831,262 kg | Weight of 415,631 bricks |
| Cost savings | $18.2 million |  |

- Presented: June 3, 2008

**Notes:**
NOTE: Calculated using the FY2007 annual reporting data from Facility Partners, and the Electronics Environmental Benefits Calculator.

## Annual Awards

- Annual awards recognize Facility Partners that have completed specific electronics stewardship activities
- Not mandatory, but highly encouraged
- Three, progressively challenging award levels (Bronze, Silver, Gold)
- Due on January 31 for previous calendar year
- Submitted online through Member Services
- Word, Adobe Acrobat files available for use as worksheets
- May be completed and submitted _**each year**_
- _[http://www.federalelectronicschallenge.net/recognition/](http://www.federalelectronicschallenge.net/recognition/)__ _

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## 2008 FEC Awards

- Two Gold Level Award Recipients
- DHS, Transportation Security Administration
- EPA, Region 8
- Ten Silver Level Award Recipients
- From USDA (1), DOE (2), DHS (1), DOJ (3), and EPA (3)
- Eighteen Bronze Level Award Recipients
- From DoD (1), DOE (5), DHS (1), DOJ (8), DVA (1), EPA (1), and NASA (1)
- Six Agency Award Recipients
- DoD, DOE, DHS, DOJ, Treasury, EPA

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## Join the Challenge!

- Federal agencies, please contact Cate Berard directly
- Federal facilities, please visit
- _[http://www.federalelectronicschallenge.net/pledge.htm](http://www.federalelectronicschallenge.net/pledge.htm)__ _

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## Other Electronics Stewardship Sessions

- Today
- 10:30-12:00, Breakout Session 5.4, Meeting the EPEAT Goal
- 1:00-3:00, Breakout Session 5.5, Meeting the End-of-Life Goal
- 3:30-5:00, Breakout Session 5.6, Meeting the Power Management Goal
- Tomorrow
- 10:30-12:00, Breakout Session 3.7, Joint Energy and ES Track on Greening Data Centers
- 12:00-1:00, FEC Awards Ceremony
- 1:00-2:30, Breakout Session 3.8, Agency and Facility Success Stories
- 3:00-4:30, Breakout Session 3.9, Achieving Green on the OMB Scorecard

- Presented: June 3, 2008

## For More Information

- _[http://www.federalelectronicschallenge.net](http://www.federalelectronicschallenge.net/)_
**Cate Berard**
- 	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- 	202-564-8847
- 	_[berard.cate@epa.gov](mailto:berard.cate@epa.gov)__ _

- Presented: June 3, 2008