PURCHASING BIOBASED PRODUCTS

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DOE Buys Bio for Energy Security
Office of the Biomass Program
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Overview - DOE FY2004Buy Bio Initiative

• Why Is DOE Buying Bio?
• How Does Buying Bio Support DOE Mission?
• What Biobased Products Displace Petroleum?
• What Are the Benefits and Incentives?
• What Is DOEs Approach?
• Some Early DOE Adopters and Explorers
• What Can Vendors and Manufacturers Do?
• Websites and Contacts

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Why Is DOE Buying Bio?

• The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) launched a
  Buy Bio Initiative to purchase biobased
  products to
• Be an early adopter of the Farm Security and
  Rural Investment Act Section 9002
• Support its mission of energy security

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How Does Buying Bio Support DOE Mission?

• The Buy Bio Initiative enhances
• Energy security by substituting domestically
  produced biobased products for those produced
  from petroleum
• Economics of biorefineries by co-producing
  valuable biobased products along with biobased
  fuel

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What Types of Biobased Products Displace
Petroleum?
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What Are the Benefits to DOE?

• Energy Security
• Reduce reliance on finite and imported commodity,
  oil
• Increase economics of biorefineries
• Environmental
• Establish healthier environment for staff
• Reduce hazardous materials on site
• Reduce atmospheric carbon that causes global
  climate change
• Economic
• Reduce disposal and cleanup costs
• Improve economics of U.S. agricultural production
• Stimulate economic development in rural areas

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What Is DOEs Approach?

• Integrate into Environmental Mgt. Systems
• Train staff
• Evaluate potential for transitioning big
  purchases to biobased counterparts
• Credit card purchases?
• Service contracts?
• Electronic catalogs?
• Statements of work/Requests for proposal?
• Conduct pilot projects offer extra incentives

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What Are the Incentives?

• Buy Bio Initiative earns DOE sites recognition as
  early adopters.
• Where applicable, offers positive input to
  Performance Evaluation of contractors
• Opportunity to receive DOE Buy Bio Award
• Opportunity to be nominated for White House
  Closing the Circle Award if the Buy Bio activity
  is part of a robust Green Purchasing Program

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Some DOE Early Adopters

• BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LAB transitioned to biobased
  hydraulic fluid in their
• Motor pool hydraulic lift system (FY98)
• Three large lawn mowers (FY01)
• Garbage trucks (FY02)
• BENEFITS
• Former cost of spills 2500-3500 per spill
• Present cost of spills less than 1000 per spill.
• http//www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/2002/bnlpr07170
  2.htm

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Some DOE Early Adopters

• LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LAB transitioned to
• Biobased hydraulic fluid in garage lifts (FY99)
• Biobased absorbent (FY02)
• BENEFITS
• 78,000/year avoided waste
• disposal costs
• Oil sponge can be cleaned
• and reused

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Some DOE Early Adopters

• PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LAB
• FY01 switched to biobased general cleaner
• BENEFITS
• Helps protect custodians, environment, saves
  time
• Reduces cleaning products from 33 to 7
• Reduces chemical inventory
• Waste handling, shipping, disposal costs
• Lowers purchasing costs, saving ca.
  1500/container of product/year x no./year

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Some DOE Early Adopters

• SANDIA NATIONAL LAB
• FY96 Transitioned to biobased hydraulic fluid in
  garbage truck
• FY02 Transitioned to ethanol in fleet
• EARLY ETHANOL ADOPTERS
• Argonne National Lab
• Fermi National Lab
• National Renewable Energy Lab
• Oak Ridge National Lab
• Savannah River Site

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FY2004 Explorers

• PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LAB
• Issued RFP and installed elevators with biobased
  hydraulic fluid
• IDAHO NATIONAL LAB
• Testing biodiesel in bus fleet
• DOE WEATHERIZATION PROGRAM
• Exploring biobased insulation

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FY2004 Explorers

• Pacific Northwest National Lab
• Evaluated all big products for possible
  transition to biobased counterpart
• Tested biobased detergent for parts washers and
  biobased floor care products
• Explored biodiesel for grounds equipment

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What Can Vendors Manufacturers Do To Speed the
Purchase of Biobased Products?

• Think like a customer
• Give customers succinct information in
  electronic, handout, and display form showing
• Product meets all ASTM, LEED, etc. standards
  Federal requirements state waste regs
• Track record of product and references
• All environmental attributes of the product
• Proactively nurture the purchase through all the
  hoops

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Websites

• Department of Energy - Biomasshttp//www.eere.ene
  rgy.gov/biomass/buybio.html
• Department of Energy Green Purchasing
• http//www.eh.doe.gov/p2/ap/default.htm
• Department of Agriculturehttp//www.biobased.oce.
  usda.gov/public/index.cfm
• Office of Federal Environmental
  Executivehttp//www.ofee.gov

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Contacts For

• DOE Buy Bio Initiative - Mark Decot Tel. (202)
  586-6501 - mark.decot_at_ee.doe.gov
• DOE Green Purchasing Don Lentzen
• Tel. [phone] don.lentzen_at_eh.doe.gov
• DOE Procurement Richard Langston
• Tel [phone] - richard.langston_at_hq.doe.gov
• Help DOE with Pilot Projects - Sandra Cannon
• Tel. [phone] sandra.cannon_at_pnl.gov