School Climate & Safety Q&A

‘Green’ Tech for Schools

October 01, 2008 1 min read
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Sarah O’Brien., outreach director for EPEAT, recently talked with Digital Directions Senior Writer Michelle R. Davis about her organization and its mission to help purchasers in the public and private sectors evaluate, compare, and select desktop computers, digital notebooks, and monitors based on their environmental attributes.

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