The Energy-Efficient Procurement Collaborative, Inc.: Promoting energy-efficient procurement in state and local government
The Energy-Efficient Procurement Collaborative, Inc. is a recently incorporated not-for-profit organization of state and local purchasing officials, utilities, research and development organizations and laboratories, and nonprofit entities. Funded by U.S. Department of Energy, US Environmental Protection Agency, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and managed by New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, it provides information and services on energy-efficient products and equipment to public and private purchasing professionals. This paper discusses the conditions which gave rise to creation of the Collaborative; barriers it faces to fulfilling its broad mission of market transformation and its more specific goal of incorporating energy-efficiency in public and private purchasing; techniques it has used to accomplish its mission and goals; and a preliminary assessment of its successes since its inception in 1994. The paper ends with a brief look at challenges facing the Collaborative.
- OSTI ID:
- 478226
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-961173--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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