EPEAT provides Conformity Guidance Materials, available for download by CABs and Participating Manufacturers as guidance to help navigate the verification requirements of EPEAT criteria. Conformity Guidance Materials undergo updates periodically. To keep stakeholders informed of these updates, EPEAT maintains the Conformity Guidance Materials History spreadsheet, which contains updates and versions for each criterion for each product category. Both the Conformity Guidance Materials and their version history can be accessed by logging into your user account at https://epeat.net/resources.

Following are the most recent updates to the Conformity Guidance Materials:

 

Servers:

Updated the following conformity guidance materials:

6.1.4 – Optional – Further reduction of Bromine and Chlorine content of plastic parts > 25 grams

  • Confirmed documentation requirements if plastic pellet test data is provided instead of plastic part test data.

Network Equipment:

Published the following Conformity Guidance Materials:

4.1.2 – Required – Conformance with substance restriction requirements of the European Union Battery Directive

4.1.3 – Required – Reduction of Bromine and Chlorine content of plastic parts > 25 grams

4.1.4 – Optional – Further reduction of Bromine and Chlorine content of plastic parts > 25 grams

4.1.5 – Required – Conformance with supply chain communication provisions of European Union REACH Regulation

4.2.1 – Optional – Record of declarable substances

4.2.2 – Optional – Disclosure of declarable substances

4.2.6 – Optional – Making safer substance use hazard assessments publicly available