Seminars and Courses

Green Purchasing Lunch and Learn: An Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT)

Learn to specify environmentally friendly computer desktop, notebook, and monitor equipment and integrated systems.  Created under an EPA grant, EPEAT is being adopted by various states and large institutional purchasers.  Pennsylvania’s Department of General Services Procurement Department and Penn State University have begun using EPEAT.  Manufacturers must register their products and meet up to 51 environmental criteria to achieve Bronze, Silver, or Gold ratings.  All major manufacturers participate and make EPEAT registered products available at no increase in price.  The workshop explains how to use EPEAT and also includes an environmental calculator to determine reductions in energy usage, Greenhouse gas emissions, municipal solid waste, hazardous wastes, and toxic materials.           

Course #: ENVE 8076, Section 1
Click here to register for EPEAT
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Date: August 12
Cost: $35 (Includes lunch)
Contact: Pennsylvania Recycling Markets Center, info@parmc.org, or 717-948-6660

National Hydrography Dataset Applications Training

This course provides a detailed introduction to the U.S. Geological Survey National Hydrography Dataset (NHD),  a comprehensive set of digital spatial data representing U.S. surface waters using common features such as lakes, ponds, streams, rivers, canals, and oceans. Held in a geodata model,  the data can be used by scientists and geographers using a geographic information system.

Time: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Date: July 24
Cost: $60
Contact: jlw61@psu.edu or 717-948-6558