What principles guided the selection of environmental criteria?
• The development of the criteria should consider the environmental impacts of all stages of a product’s life cycle, which includes initial product design, manufacturing, packaging, use, disassembly, recycling, and ultimate disposal; • Whenever possible, existing international, federal or state criteria should be used to avoid duplication and possible conflict; and that • The criteria should be meaningful and achievable, but should also promote enhanced environmental performance. [ Back to Top] 14. How does EPEAT identify registered products? EPEAT identifies EPEAT registered products in one of three environmental performance tiers — Bronze, Silver or Gold. • Bronze: Product meets all 23 required criteria • Silver: Product meets all 23 required criteria plus at least 14 optional criteria. • Gold: Product meets all 23 required criteria plus at least 21 optional criteria. [Back to Top] 15. How is EPEAT funded? The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) funded the three year EPEAT de
