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Electronics Environmental Benefits Calculator
The Electronics Environmental Benefits Calculator (EEBC) was developed to assist organizations in estimating the environmental benefits of greening their purchase, use and disposal of electronics.
The EEBC estimates the environmental and economic benefits of:
- Purchasing Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT)-registered products
- Enabling power management features on computers and monitors above default percentages
- Extending the life of equipment beyond baseline values
- Reusing computers, monitors and cell phones
- Recycling computers, monitors, cell phones and loads of mixed electronic products
Instructions
The EEBC may be downloaded as a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet: EEBC Version 3.0 Copyright © April 2012 (XLSM, 833 KB)
PLEASE NOTE: The EEBC utilizes macros, short software instructions, to aid navigation and perform certain calculations. To ensure that the EEBC functions properly, please enable macros to run in Excel prior to opening the EEBC spreadsheet:
- In Excel 2007, these settings are through the Office button -> Excel Options -> Trust Center -> Trust Center Settings -> Macro Settings.
- In Excel 2003, these settings are through Tools -> Macro -> Security.
Please reset your macro settings after you use and close the EEBC file.
Resources
Answers to Frequent Questions: Electronics Environmental Benefits Calculator (PDF, 248 KB)
This document provides answers to frequently asked questions about the EEBC.
Using FEC Annual Reporting Form Data to Calculate Environmental Benefits (PDF, 186 KB)
This document provides background information and step-by-step instructions for using data from the FEC Annual Reporting Form to calculate environmental benefits using version 3.0 of the EEBC.