# Presentation: 759278

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

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## Overview

- Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) at DOE:
- Definition & Program Benefits
- Regulatory Drivers
- Preferred Products
- Reporting Requirements
- Available Resources and Contact Information

**Overview**

***DOE Policy***
***Purchase designated products containing environmentally preferable attributes to the maximum extent practicable when available, affordable and effective***

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## Environmentally Preferable Purchasing

**Definition:**
*Acquisition of products or services that have a lesser or reduced effect on human health and the environment when compared with competing products or services that serve the same purpose  *

**Benefits:**
- 	-	Conserves nation’s resources
- 	-	Meets federal regulations
- 	-	Makes good business $ense
- 	-	Conserves DOE’s resources
- 	-	Meets DOE policy

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## What is Environmentally Preferable Purchasing at DOE?

-  Waste reduction & minimization
-  EPP
- Alternative fuels/vehicles
- Biobased products
- Energy and water efficient product
- Non-ozone depleting substances
- Recycled products
- Reduced purchase of toxic/hazardous chemicals
-  Electronics stewardship
-  Sustainable buildings
-  Requirements in DOE O 450.1A, *Environmental**   Protection Program*

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## Agency Drivers for Green Product Purchases

**Agency Drivers for Green Product Purchases**

- 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
- Executive Orders: 13221, 13423 (replace EO13101, 13123, 13134, 13148, 13149)
- Specify environmental preferability in environmental management systems
- Add Electronic Stewardship and Sustainable Design
- Include standby power devices

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## Agency Drivers for Green Product Purchases

**Agency Drivers for Green Product Purchases**

- 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_guidelines.html_ for information on regulations affecting Green Purchasing

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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 ...**
**	****(c)  The Contractor shall prepare and submit reports,... **
**	****(d) If the Contractor subcontracts,... 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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## Why Does the GovernmentTarget Itself forGreen Purchasing?

- U.S. consumes approximately 25% of the world’s resources with 5% of the world’s population
- Federal government is country’s largest purchaser of goods and services:  $370 billion per year
- Government creates markets for more environmental products, leading to greater product availability and competitive pricing

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## FAR 23.703 lists the following environmental objectives:
- Maximize use of Affirmative Procurement Program (recovered or biobased content designated by the EPA or USDA)
- Promote energy efficiency (ENERGY STAR®/FEMP) 
- Promote water efficiency (WaterSense labeled products)
- Eliminate or reduce the generation of hazardous waste
- Promote the use of nonhazardous and recovered material
- Realize life-cycle cost savings
- Promote cost-effective waste reduction
- Substitute safe alternatives to ozone-depleting substances (FAR 23.803)

- - Maximize use of Affirmative Procurement Program (recovered or biobased content designated by the EPA or USDA)
- - Promote energy efficiency (ENERGY STAR®/FEMP)
- - Promote water efficiency (WaterSense labeled products)
- - Eliminate or reduce the generation of hazardous waste
- - Promote the use of nonhazardous and recovered material
- - Realize life-cycle cost savings
- - Promote cost-effective waste reduction
- - Substitute safe alternatives to ozone-depleting substances (FAR 23.803)

**Why Does DOE Target Itself for Green Purchasing?**

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## Examples of Potential Cost Savings

- Paint (latex)					          $16.00/gal *Recycled paint (meets commercial paint specs)          $8.25*Potential Savings for [site] (50% of $?)		$?/yr
- Toner cartridge (Canon Machines) 		$67.74
- 	*Remanufactured toner cartridge**	**	**	**$30.67*
- Potential Savings for [site] (50% of $?)		$?/yr
- Paper/ream (truck-load)				$3.13
- 	*Recycled paper**	**	**	**	**	**$2.55*Potential Savings for [site] (20% of $?)		$?/yr
- Binders (3” White slant “D” /w clear covers)		$11.59
- 	*Recycled binders**	**	**	**	**	**$6.28*
- Potential Savings for [site} (50% of $?)		$?/yr

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## Principles of Green Purchasing 

- Reduce purchases
- Reuse products
- Embed green purchasing in systems
- Use life cycle analyses to select green products with
- Designated attributes
- Other environmentally preferable attributes, such as non-toxic

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## Reduce Purchases 

- Is the product needed?
- Would purchasing a laptop with a docking station reduce the need for staff to have both a desktop and a laptop computer?
- Would specifying waxless flooring eliminate the cost of wax, polish, wax remover, and staff time?
- Is the product repairable rather than replaceable?
- Can the carpet seam be mended?
- Is there an alternative?
- Could the research be conducted electronically rather than with chemicals?
- Would a benign substitute perform as well?
- Can hazardous cleaning chemicals be replaced with non-hazardous?

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## Reuse Products 

- Is the product available for free through materials exchanges:
- DOE Complex Wide Materials Exchange
- Your state’s materials exchange
- Your site’s office product/chemical/ other materials exchange

**PNNL Office Product Exchange**

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## Integrate EPP in Site’s EMS

- Set goals and targets for the purchase of environmentally preferable products in your site's Environmental Management System
- Survey your organization's purchasing and resulting waste
- Recognize that products purchased today often become tomorrow's environmental management problems
- Identify mechanisms for buying environmental productso Credit card purchases - Statements of worko Service contracts - Requests for proposalo Electronic catalogs
- Conduct pilot projects
- Evaluate progress and renew efforts according to results
- Communicate benefits

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## Guidelines for Integrating EPP in Site EMS

- EPA’s *Integrating Green Purchasing into Your Environmental Management System* (http://www.epa.gov/epp/pubs/ems.htm)
- EPA’s *Integrating Environmentally Beneficial Landscaping into Your Environmental Management System* (http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/green/pubs/green-ems.pdf)
- DOE Guide 450.1-5, *Implementation Guide for Integrating Pollution Prevention into Environmental Management Systems*
- (http://www.directives.doe.gov/pdfs/doe/doetext/neword/450/g4501-5.pdf)** **

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## Integrate EPP in All Purchasing Systems 

-  Purchase card
-  Purchasing request
-  Statements of work and requests for proposal
-  Contracts and preferred customer agreements
- Template language for a wide variety of products available at:
- _http://yosemite.epa.gov/oppt/eppstand2.nsf/Pages/Search.html?Open_

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## Verify Products and Services Meet the Requirements

- Ask for _percentage_ of biobased/recycled content, not just yes or no
- Ask for demonstration of vendor’s products and quality assurance program
- Verify products meet all other national standards (ANSI, ASTM) for commercial products
- Ask for free products to test
- Ask for free training on how to install and use products
- Set up closed loop contracts for carpet,       cartridges, ceiling tiles

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## Use Life Cycle Analyses to Select Green Products by considering 

- Raw materials (renewable resource?)
- Manufacturing process (energy/water efficient?)
- Packaging (returnable?)
- Distribution/transportation (locally produced?)

- Operation (energy/water efficient?)
- Maintenance (healthy for staff?)
- Special handling (toxic?)
- Disposal (reusable or at least recyclable?)

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## Join Forces to Push Prices Down 

- Take advantage of Centralized Purchasing – Bulk purchasing prices
- Take advantage of Decentralized Purchasing – Preferred Customer Agreements leverage same advantage
- Compare prices with other DOE sites at quarterly teleconferences or request DOE-HQ conduct price comparison of specific products
- Check out DOE-HQ Blanket Ordering Agreements (http://www.management.energy.gov/1364.htm)

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## Preferred Procurement: Designated Product Categories

- Affirmative Procurement
- Biobased content (Farm Security and Rural Investment Act)
- Recycled content (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act)
- Other Preferred Procurement
- Alternative fuels/vehicles (Energy Acts of 1992, 2005, 2007)
- Energy and water efficient (Energy Acts of 1992, 2005, 2007)
- Electronic Stewardship (EO13423, MOU, DOE O450.1)
- Non-ozone depleting substances (Clean Air Act Title VI, DOE O450.1)
- Sustainable buildings (EO13423/Memo of Understanding)
- Other environmentally preferable (reduced toxic/hazardous chemicals) attributes

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## Biobased Product Categories Defined by USDA

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- adhesives
- carpet/fibers
- cleaners/solvents
- construction materials
- fuel additives
- inks

- landscaping
- lubricants
- packaging
- paint/coatings
- papers
- plastics
- sealants
- sorbents

**Biobased Hydraulic Fluid in Stationary Equipment at Princeton Plasma Physics Lab**

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## USDA Designated Biobased Products

- DOE Sites must give preference to purchase of the following effective FY2007:
- Hydraulic fluids for mobile equipment 	44%
- Lubricants, penetrating 			68%
- Diesel fuel additives 			90%
- Urethane roof coating 			20%
- Water tank coating  			59%
- Bedding, bed linens, towels  		12%

- Percentage biobased by weight

**Biobased Hydraulic Fluid in Mobile Equipment at Brookhaven National Lab**

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## USDA DesignatedBiobased ProductsDOE Sites must give preference to purchaseof the following effective May 14, 2009

- CLEANERS/SOLVENTS
- Adhesive and mastic removers – 58%
- Bath and spa cleaners – 74%
- Carpet and upholstery cleaners
- General purpose cleaners – 54%
- Spot removers – 7%
- Floor strippers – 78%
- Glass cleaners – 49%
- Graffiti and grease removers – 34%
- Hand cleaners and sanitizers
- Hand cleaners – 64%
- Sanitizers – 73%
- Laundry products
- General purpose laundry – 34%
- Pretreatment/spot removers – 46%

**Green Cleaning at the Pacific NW National Lab**

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## USDA DesignatedBiobased ProductsDOE Sites must give preference to purchaseof the following effective May 14, 2009

- LUBRICANTS
- 2-cycle engine oils – 34%
- Firearm lubricants – 49%
- Greases
- Food grade -42%
- Multi-purpose – 72%
- Rail track – 30%
- Truck – 71%
- Unspecified – 75%
- Metalworking fluids—straight oils
- Straight oils – 66%
- General purpose soluble, semi-synthetic, synthetic – 57%
- High performance soluble, semi-synthetic, synthetic **(delayed preference compliance date)** – 40%

**Biobased Cutting Fluid at Princeton Plasma Physics Lab**

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## USDA DesignatedBiobased ProductsDOE Sites must give preference to purchaseof the following effective May 14, 2009

- CONSTRUCTION
- *Carpets - 7%
- *Insulating foam (plastic) for residential and commercial construction – 7%
- *Panels - composite panels
- Acoustical composite panels – 37%
- Interior panels – 55%
- Plastic lumber composite panels – 23%
- Structural interior panels – 89%
- Structural wall panels – 94%
- Release fluids - concrete and asphalt – 87%
- May overlap with recycled content requirements.
- Recycled content requirements have precedence.

**Biobased Carpet at Pacific NW National Lab**

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## USDA DesignatedBiobased ProductsDOE Sites must give preference to purchaseof the following effective May 14, 2009

- DISHWARE
- Cutlery - disposable – 48%
- *Disposable containers – 72%
- SEALANTS
- Wood and concrete sealers
- Membrane concrete sealers – 11%
- Penetrating liquid sealers – 79%

**Biobased Sorbent at Los Alamos National Lab**

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## USDA DesignatedBiobased ProductsDOE Sites must give preference to purchaseof the following effective May 14, 2009

- OTHER
- De-icers - general purpose de-icers – 93%
- Dust suppressants – 85%
- *Fertilizers - 71%
- Films
- Non-durable – 85%
- *Semi-durable (plastic bags) – 45%
- Fluid filled transformers
- Synthetic esterbased transformer fluids **(delayed preference compliance date)** – 66%
- Vegetable oil-based transformer fluids – 95%
- *Hydraulic fluids - stationary equipment – 44%
- Lip care products – 82%
- *Sorbents – 89% (proposed 52%)
- * May overlap with recycled content requirements.  Recycled content requirements have precedence.

**Biobased Hydraulic Fluid at Princeton Plasma Physics Lab**

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## EPA Designated Recycled Products

- DOE Sites must give preference to purchase of the following:
**Office**: binders, containers, folders, furniture, paper, toner cartridges.
**Custodial supplies**: tissue/towels, recycle/trash containers & bags.
**Construction**: carpet, cement, fiberboard, insulation, paint, roofing.
**Landscaping**: compost, edging, hoses, lumber, mulch, posts, timbers

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## EPA Designated Recycled Products

- DOE Sites must give preference to purchase of the following:
**Park/recreation**: benches, fencing, surfaces, tables, tracks
**Transportation**: barricades, channelizers, cones, delineators, parking stops
**Vehicular**: coolants, parts, oil, tires
**Miscellaneous**: awards, bike racks, drums, mats, signs, sorbents, strapping

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## Exceptions to Purchasing Requirements for Biobased and Recycled Content Products

- Cost, availability, performance = CAP
- _No_ exceptions for paper
- If unavoidable conflict, recycled content takes precedence over biobased content
- Maintain written justification on file for any products not meeting specifications
- Justification template available at http://www.hss.doe.gov/pp/epp/library/exemjus.doc

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## Alternative Fuels and Vehicles

- EPAct 1992 mandates 75% of a Federal fleet’s covered vehicle (under 8,500lb) acquisitions be alternative fuel vehicles (AFV)
- EPAct 2005 Section 701d requires 95% of dual fuel vehicles be operated on alternative fuels unless waiver approved by DOE
- Energy Security and Independence Act of 2007 prohibits Federal agencies from acquiring a light duty motor vehicle or medium duty passenger vehicle that is not a low greenhouse gas emitting vehicle

**Biodiesel at Idaho National Lab**

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**Notes:**
The OMB Scorecard requires an annual reduction in AFV waivers from previous year of 10% if >50% AFVs waivered; or 2% if <50% AFVs waivered for a green rating or an annual reduction in AFV waivers from previous year of 5% if >50% AFVs waivered; or 1% if <50% AFVs waivered for a yellow rating.

## Alternative Fuels and Vehicles

- OMB Scorecard requires fewer than 50% of AFVs be waivered with 2% reduction or if more than 50% then 10% reduction from previous year beginning FY2009
- EO13423 mandates
- Reduction in fleet's total consumption of petroleum products by 2% annually through end of fiscal year 2015
- Increase in total fuel consumption that is non-petroleum-based by 10% annually
- Use of plug-in hybrid (PIH) vehicles when PIH vehicles are commercially available at a cost reasonably comparable, on the basis of life-cycle cost, to non-PIH vehicles** **

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**Notes:**
The OMB Scorecard requires an annual reduction in AFV waivers from previous year of 10% if >50% AFVs waivered; or 2% if <50% AFVs waivered for a green rating or an annual reduction in AFV waivers from previous year of 5% if >50% AFVs waivered; or 1% if <50% AFVs waivered for a yellow rating.

## Energy Efficient Products

- Need to reduce energy intensity 3% annually (6% FY07), 30% FY15 (baseline year FY2003)
- Must specify ENERGY STAR®/FEMP criteria in all contracts per DOE Acquisition Letter 2006-09 and FAR 2006-008
- Must have 80 Plus Power Supply/ES 4.0 to be labeled ENERGY STAR® effective July 2007

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## Energy Efficient Products

- DOE Sites must give preference to purchase of ENERGY STAR® qualified or FEMP designated products (energystar.gov/fedofficeenergy):
**Appliances**:  clothes washers, dishwashers, freezers, refrigerators
**Commercial Equipment**:  boilers, chillers, coolers, heat pumps
**Construction**:  doors, roofing, windows
**Electronic/Office Equipment**:  computers, copiers, monitors, printers
**Food service equipment**:  vending machines
**Lighting**:  compact fluorescent, exit signs
**Plumbing**:  faucets, showerheads, urinals, water heaters

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## WaterEfficient Products

- Must give preference to purchase of water efficient products, including those meeting EPA’s WaterSense standards (http://www.epa.gov/watersense/) per Executive Order 13423
- Types of products and services with WaterSense standards
- - Faucets
- - Irrigation control technologies
- - Irrigation services
- - Toilets

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## Electronics Stewardship

- Specify in purchasing contracts
- EPEAT if standard available (95% purchases required)
- Enabling ENERGY STAR features on 100% of computers and monitors
- Take back of equipment and packaging
- Have policies to extend useful life
- Ensure all non-usable electronic equipment is reused, donated, sold, or recycled
- Become a Federal Electronics Challenge Partner or implement equivalent electronics stewardship program

**Donating Computer Equipment to Schools at Pacific Northwest National Lab**

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## EPEAT Electronic Product Assessment Tool 

- 51 environmental performance criteria:  23 required and 28 optional
- Manufacturers choose tier level for products   – Bronze, Silver, and      Gold
- More than 500 products are currently EPEAT-registered

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## Current State of EPEAT Certification May 2008 

| EPEAT Registered Products Search Tool |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Product |             |             |             | 

Total |
| Desktops | 4 | 56 | 40 | 100 |
| Integrated Systems | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Monitors | 19 | 280 | 11 | 310 |
| Notebooks | 2 | 130 | 14 | 146 |
| Totals | 25 | 477 | 65 | 576 |

**http://www.epeat.net**

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## Electronics Stewardship

- Examples of a few criteria in EPEAT standard
- Restricts cadmium, hexavalent chromium, lead, mercury
- Specifies less material or post-consumer recycled or biobasedplastic content
- Specifies design for longevity, reuse, take back includingpackaging
- Specifies Energy Star® certified equipment
- Examples of how to reduce computer purchases
- Buy laptop with docking station instead of desktop and laptop
- Install a Watt Stopper ®
- Become a Federal Electronics Challenge Partner

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## Substitutes for Ozone Depleting Substances

- SNAP: Significant New Alternatives Policy
- - Under Section 612(c) of the Clean Air Act, EPA is authorized to identify and publish lists of acceptable and unacceptable substitutes for class I or class II ozone-depleting substances.
- Substitutes for ozone depleting substances relevant to DOE sites:
- - Adhesives, coatings, ink
- - Aerosols
- - Cleaning solvents
- - Fire suppression & explosion protection
- - Refrigeration & air conditioning

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## Substitutes for Ozone Depleting Substances

**EO 13423 **prohibits the use of Class I and Class II ODS in new equipment (EO 13148 did not).
**EO 13423** emphasizes need for leak repair of refrigeration and air conditioning systems.
**EO 13423** implementation instructions have no 12/31/10 Class I ODS procurement phase-out date (as was the case under EO13148), but call for the phase-out of ODS as equipment reaches its expected service life.

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## Sustainable Buildings 

- Have 15% of existing buildings in FY2015 capital asset building inventory meet Guiding Principles as outlined* *in the* Federal Leadership in High Performance and Sustainable Buildings *Memorandum of Understanding* *(EO 13423)*	*
- Apply to new construction and renovation above capital asset threshold (EO 13423)
- Reduce fossil-fuel generated energy consumption in new $2.5M+ construction (compared to 2003) by 55% in 2010, 80% in 2020, and 100% in 2030 (Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007)
- Apply to new, renegotiation, or extension of leases for Federal occupancy (EO 13423)
- Allow no leased space in non-ENERGY STAR buildings by 2010 (Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007)

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## Sustainable Buildings 

- Five Guiding Principles:
- Employ integrated design principles
- Optimize energy performance
- Protect and conserve water
- Enhance indoor environmental quality
- Reduce environmental impact of materials
- Biobased construction materials
- Forest Stewardship Certified wood
- Non-ozone depleting substances
- Recycled construction materials
- Other environmentally preferable construction                    materials, such as those with low-to-no hazardous          ingredients*	*

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## Sustainable Building Materials 

- Biobased Insulation (spray foam)
- Made from soy
- Density 0.5 lb/cu ft (ASTM D1622)
- Compressive strength 20-30 psi (ASTM D1621)
- Flame spread <20 (ASTM E84)
- Smoke development <400 (ASTM D2863)
- Contains/emits no VOCs, CFCs, formaldehyde, or HCFCs
- Passed UPITT Test for off gassing toxins when burned
- Approved for use in DOE Weatherization Assistance Program

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## Sustainable Building Materials 

- Biobased Roofing sealant
- Made from soy
- ENERGY STAR® approved
- Single-coat application
- Exceeds UL
- Class A Flame Ratings
- 100% Resistant to mold, algae, bacteria (ASTM D3273)
- 10-year labor and material warranty
- Approved for use in DOE Weatherization Assistance Program

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## Sustainable Building Materials 

- Recycled Paint
- Tested at PNNL and ANL
- Applies better than most high end paint
- Coverage equal to any high end paint
- Quality control to avoid volatile organic compounds and other hazardous ingredients + batch testing
- Mix to match
- Available thru Sherwin Williams
- GSA contract GS06F0012M
- One half the price ($9/gal)

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## Sustainable Building Materials 

- Biobased and Recycled Carpet
- Tested at PNNL
- Backing:  55% biobased content by weight (polyurethane from soybeans)
- Secondary Backing:  100% post-consumer recycled content
- Facing:  25% recycled content and recyclable into carpet fiber
- Price:  Comparable to other high quality commercial carpets
- Qualifies for LEED (Green Building Rating System)
- Meets CRI requirements for volatile organic compounds (no vinyl)

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## Sustainable Building Materials 

- Water Free Urinals
- Tested at PNNL
- Trap/sealant/gravity instead of flushing water
- Complies with ADA, ANSI Z124.9, CSA®, UPC®, IAPMO C-3346; ICC-ES #2324
- Avg water reduction:  40,000 gallons/urinal/yr
- Calculator: http://www.falconwaterfree.com/savings_calculator.asp

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## Sustainable Building Materials 

- Water Heaters – Quick Flash and ENERGY STAR
- Conserve Energy
- Lower temperature – maximum 120F
- Insulate pipes with special foam
- Install solar panels to heat water
- Conserve water
- Install low-flow shower heads, faucets, toilets (save 50%)
- Fix leaks (save 6-10 gallons/day)
- Don’t run water while washing hands, etc.

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## Sustainable Maintenance Materials 

**Lighting**
- Incandescent (75W) 	~13 lpw
- Fluorescent (T8)* 	  	~83 lpw
- HID (Metal Halide) 		~100 lpw
- SSL (White LED)	  	~45 lpw
- 1st products meeting standard available after Sep 30, 2008 (LLF good potential)
- ENERGY STAR criteria for LEDs
- http://www.netl.doe.gov/ssl/
***California has specifications for low mercury lights**

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## Sustainable Maintenance Materials 

- Biobased Cleaners
- Readily available - see Green Seal list
- http://www.greenseal.org/findaproduct/cleaners.cfm
- Maximizes worker protection
- Can reduce number of cleaning products
- Reduces chemical inventory
- Reduces waste handling, shipping, inventory costs
- Typically lowers purchasing cost

**Biobased Cleaning Products at Pacific Northwest National Lab**

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## Examples of Products with Multiple Attributes 

- Carpet (biobased* and recycled*)
- Insulation (biobased and recycled)
- Landscaping materials (biobased* and recycled*)
- Lubricants (biobased and recycled)
- Paints/coatings (biobased,* ENERGY STAR®,* recycled)
- Roofing (biobased, ENERGY STAR®, recycled)
- * = quality commercial products with varying attributes available in a single product

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## Overview of Annual Green Purchasing Reporting Requirements

- EPP/P2 Data Website (required by HSS)
- 	**http://www.hss.doe.gov/pp/dataentry.html**
- Energy Website (required by EE)**http://www1.eere.energy.gov/femp/about/reporting_guidance.html**
- Federal Automotive Statistical Tool (FAST) (required by EE)**https://fastweb.inel.gov**
- Environmental Management System Implementation**https****://www.epa.gov/ems/**
- Federal Buildings Database (required by EE)
- 	**www.eere.energy.gov/femp/highperformance/index.cfm**

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## OMB Scorecard Reports 

- Environmental Scorecard – Green Purchasing (HSS Coordinating)
- Energy and Water Scorecard – Energy Efficiency Purchases (EE Coordinating)
- Transportation Scorecard – Fleet Efficiency Purchases (EE Coordinating)

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## Why Do We Have to Report Our Successes?

- Congress requires reporting of Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines designated recycled content items
- Report to the President biannually
- DOE contracts require reporting of most items

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## DOE Annual P2 Data Questionnaire Affecting EPP  

- Input required for Pollution Prevention and DOE Order 450.1A reporting:
- Established EPP purchasing objectives and measurable targets in the Environmental Management System
- Identified sources needed to implement EPP goal and site-specific objectives in budget
- Participated in voluntary partnerships, such as WasteWi$e and Federal Electronics Challenge
- Received EPP awards

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## DOE EPP Annual Data Questionnaire

- Electronics Stewardship – EPEAT registered products
- Biobased Content Products – USDA designated products
- Recycled Content Products – EPA designated products

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## DOE EPP Annual Data Questionnaire

- Electronics Stewardship
- Total dollar value spent on EPEAT-registered
- Desktop computers
- Monitors
- Laptops/Notebooks

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## DOE EPP Annual Data Questionnaire

- Biobased Content
- Type of product
- Dollar total spent on each type of product
- Supplier of each type of product (GSA, DLA, commercial source)

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## DOE EPP Annual Data Questionnaire

- Recycled Content
- Total dollar value spent on designated products
- Both with and without specified recycled content
- With recycled content
- Without recycled content but are justified exceptions
- Total % of success
- Without justified exceptions (recycled dollar value divided by the total dollar value)
- With justified exceptions (recycled dollar value + justified exceptions value divided by total dollar value)
- Reasons for inability to purchase recycled
- Plan of action to overcome obstacles

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## FY2007 Data Capturing Comparing Comparable Sites

| Reporting Results  | Site A 
(# Emplys) | Site B
(# Emplys) | Site C
(# Emplys) | Site D 
(# Emplys) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Recycled Totals | $ | $ | $ | $  |
| Construction  | $ | $  | $  | $  |
| Landscaping | $ | $ | $ | $  |
| Non-Paper Office | $ | $  | $ | $  |
| Paper | $ | $  | $  | $  |
| Park & Recreation | $ | $  | $  | $  |
| Transportation | $ | $  | $  | $  |
| Vehicular | $ | $  | $  | $  |
| Miscellaneous | $  | $  | $  | $ |

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## Identifying High Priority Categories

- Of the designated products data captured:
- Construction materials:	$?
- [highest expenditure item]:$?
- Non-office paper:		$?
- Toner cartridges:		$?
- Office furniture:		$?
- Paper products:		$?
- Uncoated printing paper	$?
- Biobased?
- Electronics?

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## Site FY2007 Data Capturing Designated Recycled Construction Materials

| Construction Material | Amount Spent |
| --- | --- |
| Recycled + CAP + Unjustified Totals   ...% | $..... |
| Construction Materials  Total -  |  |
| Blocks patio |  |
| Carpet
 |  |
| Carpet cushion |  |
| Cement/Concrete |  |
| Fiberboard structural |  |
| Fill flowable |  |
| Insulation
 |  |

| Construction Material | Amount spent |
| --- | --- |
| Paint
 |  |
| Paperboard laminated NA |  |
| Partitions shower |  |
| Pipe nonpressure |  |
| Ramps threshold |  |
| Roofing
 |  |
| RR crossing surface
 |  |
| Tiles floor
 |  |
|  |  |

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## Systems to Gather Statistics

- Build capability into purchasing software/system
- Build requirement into service and supplier contracts

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## Build Capability into Purchasing Software/System

- Supplies quantity and dollar volume of designated products
-  Supplies reasons for not purchasing:  cost, availability, performance
- Identifies purchasing problems
- Does NOT verify validity of input – garbage in/garbage out principle applies

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## Build Requirement into Service and Supplier Contracts/Purchasing Agreements

- Supplies valid statistics
- Does NOT supply statistics for all purchases—those without contracts or purchasing agreements
- Does NOT always identify purchasing problems

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## Reviews and Audits

- Audit of site EPP Program part of Environmental Management System audit
- EPA RCRA Section 6002 compliance inspections
- Section 3 of EO 13423 directs agency heads to establish a program for environmental compliance review and audit.   - internal review and part of the continual    improvement process of EMS of which the    Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Program    is a part per EO 13423.

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## Celebrate Successes with Pats on the Back and Awards

- Establish Green Purchaser Pat-on-the-Back Awards
- Publish and advertise success stories
- Nominate your staff for DOE-HQ awards and compete for White House Closing the Circle Awards

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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/ ](http://www.w/)_
- Energy/Water Efficient Product http://www1.eere.energy.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 (continued)

- DOE Quarterly EPP Teleconferences            4th Thursdays: Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct:  http://www.hss.doe.gov/pp/epp/teleconferences_tools.html
- Fed Center                                                                                               _[http:/](http://www1.eere.energy.gov/vehiclesandfuels/epact/federal/index.html)__[/www.fedcenter.gov/programs/buygreen/](http://www/)_
- Office of the Federal Environmental Executive            http://www.ofee.gov
- EPA EPP Database http://yosemite.epa.gov/oppt/eppstand2.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.aspx

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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
**Alternative Fuels/Vehicles -** Brad Gustafson, FEMP, 202-586-5865
**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, FEMP, 202-586-9138
**Non-Ozone Depleting Substances - **Emile Boulos, HS-22,** **202-586-1306
**Hotline Technical Support – **Sandra Cannon, 509-529-1535, cannon@ecopurchasing
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