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:

Computers and Displays:

Updated the following conformity guidance materials:

  • 4.1.1.1: Added more examples of a CAP
  • 4.1.5.1 and 4.1.5.2: Updated Document Review Expectations to include plastic parts versus plastic material (pellet) testing and added guidance on electronic components definition.
  • 4.2.1.2, 4.2.1.3, 4.2.1.4, 4.2.2.1, 4.2.2.2, 4.3.2.1, 4.3.2.2: added guidance on electronic components definition.

Imaging Equipment:

Updated the following conformity guidance materials:

  • 4.2.1.1, 4.2.1.2, 4.2.1.3, 4.2.1.4, 4.2.2.1, 4.2.2.2, 4.3.2.1, 4.3.2.2, 4.3.2.3: Added guidance on electronic components definition.

Network Equipment:

Updated the following conformity guidance materials:

  • 5.1.1: Updated Added guidance on electronic components definition.

Photovoltaic Modules and Inverters:

Updated the following conformity guidance materials:

  • 5.2.3 and 5.2.4: Updated Document Review Expectations to include plastic parts versus plastic material (pellet) testing.

Servers:

Updated the following conformity guidance materials:

  • 5.1.1: Clarified the input voltage testing requirements.
  • 6.1.3, 7.1.1, 7.1.3: Added guidance on electronic components definition.
  • 6.1.3: Confirmed documentation requirements if plastic pellet test data is provided instead of plastic part test data.

Televisions:

Updated the following conformity guidance materials:

  • 4.2.1.1, 4.2.1.2, 4.2.1.3, 4.2.2.1, 4.2.2.2, 4.3.2.1, 4.3.2.2, 4.3.2.3, 4.3.2.5: Added guidance on electronic components definition.