Environmentally Preferable Purchasing at the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Policy and Assistance (HS-22)

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Environmentally Preferable Purchasing at the U.S.
Department of Energy Office of
Environmental Policy and Assistance (HS-22)
EPEAT and ENERGY STAR
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Overview

• Drivers and cost benefits
• Best Practices
• Current state of EPEAT (Electronic Product
  Environmental Assessment Tool) certification
• What manufacturers are covered?
• Model contract clauses for ENERGY STAR/EPEAT
  products
• Reporting and data collection

DOE Policy Purchase designated products
containing environmentally preferable attributes
to the maximum extent practicable when available,
affordable and effective
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Drivers Directing LBNL to Purchase Green Products

• Legislation
• Resource Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA)
• Clean Air Act Title VI (CAA)
• Farm Security and Rural Investment Act (FSRIA)
• Energy Acts of 1992, 2005, 2007
• Impact of Executive Orders 13221, 13423
• Replace EO13101, 13123, 13134, 13148, 13149
• Specify environmental preferability in
  environmental management systems
• Add Electronic Stewardship and Sustainable Design

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Drivers Directing LBNL toPurchase Green Products

• Memoranda of Understanding
• - Federal Electronics Challenge
• - High Performance and Sustainable Buildings
• Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
• DOE Acquisition Regulation (DEAR)
• DOE Orders 450.1A and 430.2B and 413.3A
• DOE Acquisition Guide (Chapter 23)
• See http//www.hss.doe.gov/pp/epp/drivers_and_guid
  elines.html for information on regulations
  affecting Green Purchasing

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Examples of Potential Cost Savings

• Paint (latex) 16.00/gal Recycled
  paint (meets commercial paint specs)
  8.25Potential Savings for LBNL (50 of
  24,890) 12,000/yr
• Toner cartridge (Canon Machines) 67.74
• Remanufactured toner cartridge 30.67
• Potential Savings for LBNL (50 of
  261,934) 130,000/yr
• Paper/ream (truck-load) 3.13
• Recycled paper 2.55Potential Savings for
  LBNL (20 of 120,000?) 24,000/yr
• Binders (3 White slant D /w clear
  covers) 11.59
• Recycled binders 6.28
• Potential Savings for LBNL (50 of
  8000) 4000/yr

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Electronics Stewardship Best Practices

• Have policies to extend useful life
• Buy laptop with docking station instead of
  desktop and laptop
• Install a Watt Stopper
• Specify in purchasing contracts
• EPEAT if standard available (95 of purchases
  required)
• Enabling ENERGY STAR features on 100 of
  computers and monitors
• Take back of equipment and packaging
• Reporting
• Ensure all non-usable electronic equipment is
  reused, donated, sold, or recycled (READS)

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Current State of EPEAT Certification
http//www.epeat.net
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What Manufacturers Are Covered?

• Gold Desktops
• CIARA-TECH
• Dell
• Hewlett Packard
• IBM/Lenovo
• MDG Computers Canada Inc.
• Northern Micro Inc.
• Prosys Tech Corp
• Zonbu - PConRails LLC
• Gold Notebooks/Laptops
• Dell
• Hewlett Packard
• One Laptop Per Child
• Toshiba

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Model Contract Clauses

• Specify equipment as either
• ENERGY STAR qualified
• FEMP designated
• EPEAT registered
• Require
• Take back at end of life
• Take back of packaging
• Reporting

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DEAR Flow Down Clause for Sub-Contracts

• 970.5223-2 Affirmative procurement program.
• As prescribed in 48 CFR (DEAR) 970.2304-2,
  insert the following clause in contracts for the
  management and operation of DOE facilities,
  including national laboratories.
• AFFIRMATIVE PROCUREMENT PROGRAM (MAR 2003)
• (a) In the performance of this contract, the
  Contractor shall comply with the requirements of
  Executive Order 13423 and the U.S. Department of
  Energy (DOE) Affirmative Procurement Program
  Guidance. This guidance includes requirements
  concerning environmentally preferable products
  and services, recycled content products and
  biobased products. This guidance is available on
  the Internet.
• (c) The Contractor shall prepare and submit
  reports, at the end of the Federal fiscal year,
  on matters related to the acquisition of items
  designated in EPA's Comprehensive Procurement
  Guidelines that Federal agencies and their
  Contractors are to procure with
  recovered/recycled content.
• (d) If the Contractor subcontracts a significant
  portion of the operation of the Government
  facility which includes the acquisition of items
  designated in EPA's Comprehensive Procurement
  Guidelines, the subcontract shall contain a
  clause substantially the same as this clause.
  Examples of such a subcontract would be
  operation of the facility supply function,
  construction or remodeling at the facility, or
  maintenance of the facility motor vehicle fleet.

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FEC Partnership

• Register as an FEC Partner
• Identify FEC team, including
• Procurement/Contracts Office
• Information Technology Office
• Property Managers
• Facilities Managers
• EMS Coordinators/ESHQ Staff
• Promote FEC Partnership with agency/facility
  employees
• Work on Baseline Survey of Current Practices and
  Annual Goals Form
• Submit registration and other FEC forms via web
  site
• www.federalelectronicschallenge.net

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Data Collection and Reporting EPEAT Purchases

• Present computer purchasing system at LBNL?
• Need for improving data collection?
• LBNL FY2007

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Resources for Green Product Information

• DOE Environmentally Preferable Purchasing
  http//www.hss.doe.gov/pp/epp/
• Alternative Fuels/Vehicles http//www1.eere.energy
  .gov/vehiclesandfuels/epact/federal/
• Biobased Products http//www.biobased.oce.usda.gov
  /fb4p/Catalog.aspx
• Electronic Equipment http//www.epeat.net/
• Energy/Water Efficient Product http//www1.eere.en
  ergy.gov/femp/procurement/ http//www1.eere.energy
  .gov/femp/water/index.html
• Non-Ozone Depleting Substances http//www.epa.gov/
  docs/ozone/snap/
• Recycled Products http//www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-
  hw/procure/products.htm
• Sustainable Buildings http//www.wbdg.org/

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Resources for Green Product Information
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• DOE Quarterly EPP Teleconferences 4th
  Thursdays Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct
  http//www.hss.doe.gov/pp/epp/teleconferences_tool
  s.html
• Fed Center
  
  http//www.fedcenter.gov/programs/buygreen/
• Office of the Federal Environmental Executive
  http//www.ofee.gov
• EPA EPP Database http//yosemite.epa.gov/oppt/epps
  tand2.nsf/Pages/Search.html?Open
• DOE-HQ Blanket Ordering Agreements
  http//www.management.energy.gov/1364.htm
• DOE-HQ Bulk Purchasing Tool for ENERGY STAR
  Equipment http//www.quantityquotes.net/default.as
  px

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Contacts for EPP Information

• Procurement - Richard Langston / Michael Raizen,
  MA-61, 202-287-1339 / 202-287-1512
• Environmentally Preferable Purchasing, Biobased
  and Recycled Products - Don Lentzen HS-22,
  202-586-7428
• Construction Materials and Equipment - Anne
  Crawley, FEMP, 202-586-1505
• Electronic Stewardship - Jeff Eagan, HS-22,
  202-586-4598
• Energy/Water Efficient Products - Cyrus Nasseri,
  EE-2L, 202-586-9138
• Non-Ozone Depleting Substances - Emile Boulos,
  HS-22, 202-586-1306
• Vehicle Efficient/Alternative Fuels - Brad
  Gustafson, FEMP, 202-586-5865
• Hotline Technical Support Sandra Cannon,
  509-529-1535, cannon_at_ecopurchasing