# Presentation: 169929

## 
What Is Green Purchasing, Anyway?

	Office of the Federal Environmental Executive

**What Is Green Purchasing, Anyway?**
- 	Office of the Federal Environmental Executive

## WHY BUY GREEN?

***	******“******The Federal government can be a good steward of our resources, and we fully intend to be.”***
**	****	****	****- President George W. Bush**

## 	GREEN PURCHASING ENCOMPASSES

**Recycled content products**
**Energy- and water-efficient products**
**Standby power devices**
**Energy Star**
**Alternative fuel vehicles/alternative fuels**
**Biobased products**
**Environmentally preferable products**

## Recycled Content Products

- Legal basis: Resource Conservation and Recovery Act section 6002, E.O. 13101, E.O. 13148, and E.O. 13149
- What’s required: Purchase EPA-designated recycled content products

## What To Buy Green

- Office products
- Printing services
- Fleet maintenance products
- Building construction, renovation, and maintenance (janitorial, landscaping) products
- Traffic control
- Parks and recreation products

## Where to Find More Information

- www.epa.gov/cpg

## Energy Star, Energy Efficient Products, and Vampires

- Legal basis: Energy Policy Act, E.O. 13123, E.O. 13221
- Additional legislative requirements pending
- What’s required: Reduce building energy use, purchase Energy Star and FEMP- recommended products, and purchase products that use minimal standby power

## What To Buy Green

- Electronic office products
- Low standby power devices
- Building construction products
- Appliances (residential and commercial)
- Lighting
- Water-saving products

## Where to Find More Information

-  www.eere.doe.gov/femp/procurement
- www.eere.energy.gov/femp/resources/standby_power
- www.energystar.gov

## Alternative Fuel Vehicles/Alternative Fuels

- Legal basis: Energy Policy Act, E.O. 13149
- What’s required: Purchase alternative fuel vehicles, alternative fuels, and recycled content vehicular products

## What To Buy Green

- Alternative fuel vehicles
- Alternative fuels (e.g., ethanol, CNG, LNG, biodiesel)
- Re-refined oil
- Retread tires

## Where to Find More Information

- www.afdc.doe.gov
- www.ott.doe.gov/epact/fed_fleet_progr.shtml

## Biobased Products

- Legal basis: Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 section 9002, E.O. 13101, E.O. 13134
- What’s required: Purchase USDA-designated biobased products

## What To Buy Green

- TBD but probably:
- Office products
- Printing products
- Fleet maintenance products
- Building renovation, construction, and maintenance (janitorial and landscaping) products

## Where to Find More Information

- www.bioproducts-bioenergy.gov
- www.ofee.gov,click on Green Purchasing, click on Biobased Products

## Environmentally Preferable Products

- Legal basis: E.O. 13101
- What’s encouraged: Purchase environmentally preferable products and services

## What To Buy Green

- Office products
- Electronic office equipment
- Printing services
- Fleet maintenance products
- Building renovation, construction, and maintenance (janitorial, landscaping) products

## Where to Find More Information

- www.epa.gov/oppt/epp

## For More Information

- 	Dana Arnold
- 	Senior Program Manager, OFEE
- 	arnold.dana@ofee.gov
- 	202-564-9319
**www.ofee.gov**