All governments are major energy users.
Government procurements of green products also create markets to bring down their prices and set an example of the feasibility of their use for the private sector. In implementing these requirements, the Federal Energy Management Program requires the use of energy efficient lights and appliances in all its buildings and has adopted strict energy efficiency requirements for the construction of its buildings. Renewable resources must be acquired wherever cost effective. The program has saved the government agencies, and thus taxpayers, hundreds of millions of dollars in energy and pollution quantities and costs. The U.S. Government also is including energy efficiency specifications in its contracting guide specifications used for construction and renovation projects.