# Presentation: 207686

## Why Electronics Stewardship?

**Lister Hill Auditorium, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD**
**TUESDAY JUNE 5, 2007**** **
**Juan D. Lopez**
**Office of the Federal Environmental Executive**

## Workshop Goals and Objectives

**Address important and timely topics related to:**
**Greening Electronics procurement**
**Extending the useful life of electronics and reducing their impact during use**
**Best managing equipment at end-of-life**

## Conference Main Topics

**EO 13423 and Electronics Stewardship**
**OMB Environmental Stewardship Scorecard**
**Federal Electronics Challenge (FEC)**
**Green Electronics Procurement**
**Maximizing Energy Efficiency **
**Steps for Properly Managing Electronic Equipment When Your Agency or Facility Can No Longer Use It**

## Why Focusing on Electronics?

**Rapid advances in IT has resulted in:**
**Increased sales of electronics worldwide**
**Increased energy consumption**
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**A new stream of obsolete and discarded products **

## Purchasing Facts

**    ****Americans own some ****2 billion**** electronic products – about ****25 products**** per home!!!**
** *****(Consumers Electronics Association)***

## Use Facts

**U.S. has more than ****180 million computers**** in use, which consume nearly 58 billion Kilowatt-hr/yr, or about ****2%**** of the US annual electricity**
**PCs and monitors consume between ****5 to 13%**** of all the electricity in the office **
**It’s estimated that ****66%**** of the electricity consumed by PCs and monitors is wasted.**

## End-of-life Facts

**U.S. homes and businesses discard an average of ****130,000 PCs**** a day**
**In 2005, only about ****330,000 tons**** of consumer electronics were recycled** **(****12.5%****) **
**Certain types of electronic equipment contain materials such as lead, mercury, and other toxic constituents **
**Potential adverse effects on  human health and the environment if improperly managed during disposal**

## The Federal Electronics ‘Footprint’

**The Federal government is spending an average **_**$63 billion**_** annually in IT products and services**
**While the computers hardware is generally expected to last 7 yrs, the equipment is normally used for an average of **_**3 yrs**_** **
**The Federal government disposes of an estimated **_**half a million **_**computers**** yearly!**

## Federal Electronics Stewardship

**Eleven Federal agencies and EOP signed a historic ****MOU**** on November 15, 2004**
**Agencies committed to:**
**Increase the demand for greener electronic products**
**Promote best management practices **
**Reduce the economic and environmental life cycle costs**
**Encourage growth of the infrastructure for reuse, demanufacturing, and recycling of electronics**

## Executive Order 13423 “Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management.”

**Signed on January 24th, 2007**
**Consolidates prior E.O.s and integrates sustainable practices**
**Adopts Memorandums of Understanding:**
**High Performance Buildings **
**Electronics Stewardship**
**Sets goals in several sustainable areas including **_**electronics stewardship**_
**New goals as stringent or more stringent than before**

**Notes:**
Signed by the President on January 24, 2007.
Strengththen Federal role in Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management.
The EO sets goals in the areas of energy efficiency, acquisition, renewable energy, toxics reductions, recycling, renewable energy, sustainable buildings, electronics stewardship, fleets, and water conservation.

## Section 2 (h) Goals for Agencies -- ensures that:

	(i) When acquiring an electronic product to meet its requirements, meets at least 95 percent of those requirements with an Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT)-registered electronic product, unless there is no EPEAT standard for such product. 

**Section 2 (h) Goals for Agencies -- ensures that:**
**	****(i) When acquiring an electronic product to meet its requirements, meets at least 95 percent of those requirements with an Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT)-registered electronic product, unless there is no EPEAT standard for such product. **
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## Section 2 (h) Goals for Agencies -- ensures that:

	(ii) Enables the Energy Star feature on agency computers and monitors. 

**Section 2 (h) Goals for Agencies -- ensures that:**
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**	****(ii) Enables the Energy Star feature on agency computers and monitors.**

## Section 2 (h) Goals for Agencies -- ensures that:

	(iii) Establishes and implements policies to extend the useful life of agency electronic equipment.

**Section 2 (h) Goals for Agencies -- ensures that:**
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**	****(iii) Establishes and implements policies to extend the useful life of agency electronic equipment.**

## Section 2 (h) Goals for Agencies -- ensures that:

	(iv) Uses environmentally sound practices with respect to disposition of agency electronic equipment that has reached the end of its useful life. 

**Section 2 (h) Goals for Agencies -- ensures that:**
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**	****(iv) Uses environmentally sound practices with respect to disposition of agency electronic equipment that has reached the end of its useful life.**

## Implementing the new EO:

Existing and new working groups will help develop the necessary tools and guidance 

FESWG – Federal Electronics Stewardship Working Group
Progress will be measured and reported the OMB scorecard process

**Existing and new working groups will help develop the necessary tools and guidance **
**FESWG – Federal Electronics Stewardship Working Group**
**Progress will be measured and reported the OMB scorecard process**

**Executive Order 13423***** “Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management.”***

## New OMB Scorecards

**Tracks how well Feds are executing **_**target**_** management initiatives**
**Definition of success **
**Action plan **
**Accountability**
**Resembles scorecard structure in President’s Management Agenda**

***Focus on weaknesses and improvements!***

## The Traffic light Scoring System 

**       ****Green** for success,
**   ****Yellow** for mixed results, and
**   ****Red** for unsatisfactory

## OMB Scorecard Goals

- Three Scorecards/5-6 metrics
- Existing requirements/reports (EOs/statutes/MOUs)
- Updates January/July
- Focus on Progress/Results
- Consolidate actions/plans
- Hold agencies accountable

## Explanation of Scores

**Status Scores**
**GREEN****    ****— Meets all Standards for Success**
**YELLOW****  ****— Achieved intermediate levels of **
**                          ****performance in all the criteria**
**RED****          ****— Has any one of a number of serious **
**                           ****flaws**

## Explanation of Scores

**Progress Scores ***(**Planned actions for next six months)*
**GREEN****       ****— Proceeding according **
**                             ****to agreed upon plans**
**YELLOW****    ****— Slippage requiring adjustment in order to **
**	****	****	****   ****achieve scheduled goals                            **
**RED****           ****— Initiative is in serious jeopardy**

## Environmental StewardshipScorecard

- Includes 5 metrics:
**Meet Environmental Management Systems (EMS) protocol for Agency and all appropriate facilities**
**Comprehensive Green Purchasing Program**
**Implement Sustainable Green Building Program**
**Implement Sustainability Program for Electronic Stewardship**
**Compliance Management Plan & Implementation Strategy**

## OMB SCORECARD STANDARDS FOR SUCCESS 

-    Demonstrates comprehensive implementation of a sustainability program for electronic stewardship that at a minimum promotes the purchase, operation, and use of end-of-life management strategies for electronic assets consistent with the MOU on Electronics Stewardship (11/15/04), or Federal Electronics Challenge (FEC) or equivalent.
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***(Note: To be revised by OMB to reflect EO 13423)***

##     Signed the MOU on Electronic Stewardship and/or has a plan to meet the objectives of the MOU; and/or is a FEC partner.

-     Did not sign MOU on Electronic Stewardship or does not have a program to promote sustainable environmental stewardship of Federal electronic assets.

**OMB SCORECARD ****STANDARDS FOR SUCCESS**** **

##  By May 1, 2007, each agency shall develop and submit to OFEE a plan to implement electronics stewardship practices for all eligible owned or leased electronic equipment in support of the goals in section 2(h) of the E.O

** ****By ****May 1, 2007****, each agency shall develop and submit to OFEE a plan to implement electronics stewardship practices for all eligible owned or leased electronic equipment in support of the goals in section 2(h) of the E.O**

##  The plan shall:

Address the three life-cycle phases for electronics assets: acquisition, operations and maintenance, and end-of life

Be developed and implemented in coordination with the energy, environmental, information technology, acquisition, financial and property officers, and facility managers and maintenance personnel, within each agency

** ****The plan shall:**
**Address the three life-cycle phases for electronics assets: acquisition, operations and maintenance, and end-of life**
**Be developed and implemented in coordination with the energy, environmental, information technology, acquisition, financial and property officers, and facility managers and maintenance personnel, within each agency**

##    The plan shall address how to:
Acquire 95 percent  EPEAT)-registered products
Ensure that Energy Star® features are enabled on 100 percent of computers and monitors
Have policies and programs to extend the useful lifetime of electronic equipment
Ensure that all non-usable electronic products are reused, donated, sold, or recycled using environmentally sound management practices at end of life
Address reporting procedures to be used in measuring progress toward meeting goals (FESWG) 

**   ****The plan shall address how to:**
**Acquire 95 percent  EPEAT)-registered products**
**Ensure that Energy Star® features are enabled on 100 percent of computers and monitors**
**Have policies and programs to extend the useful lifetime of electronic equipment**
**Ensure that all non-usable electronic products are reused, donated, sold, or recycled using environmentally sound management practices at end of life**
**Address reporting procedures to be used in measuring progress toward meeting goals (FESWG) **

## Agencies want to get to
Scorecard promotes faster progress and better use of available tools/resources 
OMB, OFEE, & FESWG are ready to assist
Already seeing positive impact

**Agencies want to get to**
**Scorecard promotes faster progress and better use of available tools/resources **
**OMB, OFEE, & FESWG are ready to assist**
**Already seeing positive impact**

***“******When the final scorecard is tallied,******shame on us if it’s not a field of green.”***

**– ****Clay Johnson III****Deputy Director for Management****Office of Management and Budget**

## Federal E-nitiatives

**Federal E-nitiatives**

## Federal Electronics Challenge (FEC)

**FEC**** is a partnership program that encourages Federal procurement and leasing environmentally preferable electronics, and reduce the impacts of electronics during use and disposal **
**In addition to the MOU agencies, **_**150 **_**Federal facilities****, covering more than **_**475,000**_** ****employees****, have signed up for the challenge. **
**The ****FEC**** provides resources and technical assistance for improving electronics management practices, and gives annual recognition to Partners that have achieved program goals**

## Environmental procurement tool designed to help institutional purchasers compare desktop computers, laptops and monitors based on their environmental attributes.

Set of voluntary environmental performance criteria (IEEE 1680 American National Standard for the Environmental Assessment of Personal Computer Products)

System for identifying and verifying products which meet this criteria (www.epeat.net)

- Greening Federal Electronics Procurement with EPEAT**  **

**Environmental procurement tool designed to help institutional purchasers compare ****desktop computers, laptops and monitors**** based on their environmental attributes.**
**Set of voluntary environmental performance criteria (IEEE 1680 American National Standard for the Environmental Assessment of Personal Computer Products)**
**System for identifying and verifying products which meet this criteria (www.epeat.net)**

## Promoting Environmentally Preferable End-of-Life Management Practices

**The ****Federal Electronics Reuse and Recycling Challenge (ERRC****) encourages Federal facilities to recycle, or donate their used computers and other electronic equipment to local schools  **
**In 2006, 14 winners were selected from 12 agencies and ****124 facilities**** that participated in the Challenge **
**The program successfully reused and recycled approximately ****2.4 million pounds**** of electronics during the five-month period between November 11, 2006 and Earth Day 2007**

## Providing Training

**Federal Electronics Stewardship Conference **

**Federal Environmental Symposium**

**West Coast Federal Electronics **
**Stewardship Workshop**

**FEC Partners Conference Calls **

## Rewarding Efforts

**2005ERRC **
**Awards Winners**

**2005 FEC Silver and Bronze Level**** **
**Awards Winners**

**2005 FEC Gold Level**** **
**White House **
**Awards Winners**

## MODEL PROGRAMS

**MODEL PROGRAMS**

**Department **
**of **
**Veterans Affairs**

**Pacific Northwest **
**Laboratory (PNNL)**** **

**EPA region IV**** **

## LEADING BY EXAMPLE

**Federal agencies and their facilities are committed to:**
**Promoting**** the designing and purchasing of environmentally preferable electronic products**
**Extending**** the useful life of electronic equipment**
**Improving ****on sound end-of-life management practices**
**Saving**** energy, and conserving natural resources **

**Juan D. Lopez**
**Office of the Federal **
**Environmental Executive (OFEE)**
**E-mail: ****Lopez.juan@ofee.gov**
**Phone: ****202-343-9481**
**Web site: ****www.ofee.gov**