# Presentation: 706519

## ENERGY STAR®  Purchasing and Procurement

- ENERGY STAR Purchasing Resources

## ENERGY STAR® PurchasingResources

- ENERGY STAR® Purchasing resources help organizations identify, specify, and purchase ENERGY STAR® qualified products as part of an overall energy management strategy.

## The ENERGY STAR® Label

- A trusted symbol that identifies products with superior energy performance
- Voluntary labeling program jointly managed by EPA and DOE
- Over 40 product categories and 14,000 product models

## Benefits of PurchasingENERGY STAR® Qualified Products

- Equivalent or better quality
- Lower utility bills
- Consume less energy
- Consume less water (relevant products)
- Publicly demonstrate commitment to environment

## ENERGY STAR® Qualified Product Categories

- Lighting
- Appliances
- Consumer Electronics
- Office Equipment
- Heating & Cooling
- Windows & Roofing
- Transformers
- Traffic Lights

**Notes:**
Lighting: CFLs, fixtures, exit signs
Appliances: dishwashers, clothes washers, refrigerators, water coolers, dehumidifiers
Consumer Electronics: televisions, DVD and CD players, VCRs, Stereos
Office Equipment: computers, fax machines, copiers
Heating and Cooling equipment
Windows and roofing products
Transformers
Traffic Lights

## ENERGY STAR® Purchasing Tools

- Product listings
- Sample product specifications
- Sample drop-in procurement language
- Sample savings calculators/Life Cycle Cost

- Access: www.energystar.gov/purchasing

## Example: Procurement Language & Specifications - Exit Signs

- Drag and drop procurement language
**	****The Vendor Must:**
- 	Provide exit signs that meet the ENERGY STAR guidelines for energy efficiency. For ENERGY STAR qualified exit sign guidelines, see table:

- Input power -	 	_<_ 5 watts
- Luminance contrast -	> 0.8
- Average luminance-	> 15 cd/m**2** (measured at 0**°** and 45**°** viewing angles)
- Manufacturer warranty -	5 years

## Savings Calculator - Exit Signs

**Purchasing Assumptions**
- Number of exit signs: 500
- Purchase price
- 	ENERGY STAR: $85
- 	Non- ENERGY STAR : $55
- Lamp Replacement Costs
- 	ENERGY STAR : $0 each year
- 	Non- ENERGY STAR : $16 total each year
- Electricity cost*:* $0.06/kWh

## Savings Calculator - Exit Signs

## Savings Calculator - Exit Signs

**Savings Results**
- Total annual savings: $23,058
- Total net life cycle savings: $162,658
- Payback in 8 months
- Carbon emissions reduction equivalent to removing 229 cars from the road.

## Example: Savings with Monitor Power Management (MPM)

- MPM: Downloadable software that enables low power mode on monitors
- 	- EZ-SAVE: networked computers
- 	- EZ-WIZARD: stand-alone computers
- Benefits
- 	- Saves 200,000 kWh/yr per 1000 monitors
- 	   or $12,000/yr  ($.06/kWh)

## Monitor Power Management

- Features
- 	- Polls monitors to determine settings
- 	- Generates reports with polling results
- 	- Sets appropriate settings on networked monitors
- 	- Sets appropriate screen saver settings to retain screen saver images

## ENERGY STAR® Purchasing Resources

- Communications
- Fact sheets & case studies
- PowerPoint presentations
- Articles
- Internet Presentations
- 	 - Conduct presentations for         individual organizations

## Review purchasing policies and identify product categories where savings exist
Visit www.energystar.gov/purchasing for product listings, and access Savings Calculators to determine savings opportunities
Coordinate with appropriate offices within organization to encourage the purchase of identified ENERGY STAR products
Modify procurement language and inform employees
Track and communicate success

**Visit ****www.energystar.gov/purchasing** for product listings, and access Savings Calculators to determine savings opportunities
**Coordinate** with appropriate offices within organization to encourage the purchase of identified ENERGY STAR products
**Modify **procurement language and inform employees
**Track and communicate** success

- 5 Steps for Procuring ENERGY STAR® Qualified Products

## Summary

- Comprehensive support for ENERGY STAR purchasing
- Support in implementing 5 Steps
- Briefings for procurement officials on ENERGY STAR Purchasing Resources
- Energy Savings Calculators
- Communications resources
- Case study examples
- Web-based services to facilitate purchasing

## For more information:

- Toll Free Hotline
- 1-888-STAR-YES (782-7937)
- Online
- www.energystar.gov/purchasing
- www.eere.energy.gov/femp

## For More Information:

- Federal, state & local governments:
- Stephen Jurovics
- 919-403-5104, sjurovics@cadmusgroup.com
- Higher education, K-12 schools
- Michelle Salisbury
- 617-673-7153, _[msalisbury@cadmusgroup.com](mailto:msalisbury@cadmusgroup.com)_
- EPA contact
- Maureen McNamara
- _[Mcnamara.maureen@epamail.epa.gov](mailto:Mcnamara.maureen@epamail.epa.gov)__ _

- The Cadmus Group, Inc.