Contracting for Efficiency: A Best Practices Guide for Energy Efficient Product Procurement

Bunch, Saralyn; Payne, Christopher

doi:10.2172/1252133

Title: Contracting for Efficiency: A Best Practices Guide for Energy Efficient Product Procurement

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The requirement to buy energy- and water-efficient products applies to federal purchases made through any procurement pathway (e.g., purchase cards, e-retailers, and solicitations) and to a wide variety of federal projects. The Federal Energy Management Program’s (FEMP's) Buy Energy-Efficient Products buyer overview fact sheet and Contracting for Efficiency best practices guide for product procurement are designed to support federal buyers in the purchase of energy- and water-efficient products.

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Bunch, Saralyn ^[1]; Payne, Christopher ^[2]

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Washington, DC (United States)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Publication Date:: Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017

Research Org.:: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Efficiency Office. Federal Energy Management Program Office

OSTI Identifier:: 1420102

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Resource Relation:: Related Information: Revised November 2017. Original version out in April 2016

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION

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