Buying Green to Support Sustainable Operations

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Buying Green to Support Sustainable Operations

• Charleen Fain-Keslar
• Standards Quality Control Manager
• Department of General Services State of
  California

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Buying Green to Support Sustainable Operations

• Agenda
• California Sustainability Initiatives
• State of Local Government Sustainability
  Initiatives
• Buying Green Purchasing Strategies
• Buying Green Leveraged Procurement Agreements
• Strategic Plan - Environmentally Preferable
  Purchasing
• Questions

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Buying Green to Support Sustainable Operations

• California is reducing its environmental
  footprint though sustainable state government
  operations and practices including

• Reducing Energy Use in State Buildings
• Increasing Zero Emission Vehicles in its Fleet
• Offering Environmentally Preferable Purchasing

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Buying Green to Support Sustainable Operations

• Local Government Sustainability Initiatives

• Initiatives
• Challenges
• Resources

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Sustainable OperationReducing Energy Use in
State Buildings

• Management Memo MM14-07 Standard Operating
  Procedures for Energy Management in State
  Buildings
• Energy saving features on computers, copiers and
  printers
• ENERGY STAR-rated equipment
• Daylight controls
• Demand Response guidelines
• Policies and procedures on plug load.

KEY ACTION DATES 2018 20 Reduction in energy
purchases. 2025 - 50 Building Space
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Sustainable OperationReducing Water Use in
State Facilities

• Management Memo MM14-02 WATER EFFICIENCY AND
  CONSERVATION
• Energy Star Portfolio Manager
• WaterSense or (labeled) industry standard
  fixtures and equipment
• Landscape plants suitability to local climate and
  site conditions

KEY ACTION DATES 2015 10 reduction in water
use 2020 - 20 reduction in water use
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Sustainable OperationIncreasing Zero Emission
Vehicles in its Fleet

• Governors Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Action
  Plan Implementation of Executive Order B-16-12
  and B-18-12
• Management Memo MM 13-04 - Zero-Emission Vehicle
  Implementation Plan
• ZEV Vehicle Charging Stations
• Procurement contracts for charging equipment and
  vehicles

KEY ACTION DATES 2015 10 ZEV light-duty
vehicle replacement 2020 - 25 ZEV light-duty
vehicle replacement
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Sustainable OperationIncreasing Zero Emission
Vehicles in its Fleet

• Vehicle Contract 1-14-23-10
• Hybrid Electric Toyota Prius C
• Hybrid Electric Ford CMAX
• Hybrid Electric Toyota Prius V
• Hybrid Electric Ford Fusion
• Plug-in Hybrid Electric Chevrolet Volt
• Plug-in Hybrid Electric Toyota Prius
• Electric Ford Focus E
• Electric Nissan Leaf
• Basic Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE)
  Contract 1-14-61-13

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Sustainable OperationEnvironmentally
Preferable Purchasing

• Green Building Action Plan Implementation of
  Executive Order B-18-12, Environmentally
  Preferable Purchasing (EPP)
• Environmentally preferable products
• EPA Energy Star rated equipment or appliances
• Recycled and Low or zero VOC paint
• Remanufactured ink and toner cartridges
• WaterSense or equivalent industry standard
  labeled fixtures and equipment

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Buying GreenPurchasing Strategies Reduce,
Reuse and Recycle
California Public Schools First Priority
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Buying GreenPurchasing Strategies -Tiered
Approach
Leverage industry to lower environmental impacts
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Buying GreenPurchasing Strategies -Spend
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Buying GreenLeveraged Purchasing Agreements -
EPP

• Ammunition, New Factory Loaded
• Body Armor
• Copiers (MFD)
• Paper - Envelopes, Newsprint, OCR Bond Rolls,
  Offset, Bond Cut Stock and grocery bags.
• Food Service Supplies, Disposable
• IT Hardware - Mid-Range Data Storage, Printers,
  Copiers
• Paint, Recycled Latex
• Toner and Ink Cartridges OEM and Remanufactured
• Vehicles

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Buying GreenLeveraged Purchasing Agreements
PC Goods

• Mandatory Requirements
• California RoHS Compliance
• Flame Retardants
• EPEAT Silver, except for monitor category
• EPA Energy Star
• Total Energy Consumption Reduction (10 less)
• Trade-In and Tack-Back
• Non-Mandatory Scored Requirements
• EPEAT Gold

PC Goods Contract 1-13-70-01
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Strategic PlanEnvironmentally Preferable
Purchasing (EPP)

• Measure and evaluate the EPP programs progress
  and purchasing impacts on the environment and
  human health.
• Collaboration
• Specification Development
• Training
• Best Practices Manual
• EPP Contracts
• Environmental Metrics

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Strategic PlanEnvironmentally Preferable
Purchasing (EPP)
Implementation Milestones 2014 Identification
and assessment of baseline 2015 Establish
baseline Deploy new EPP training 2016 Use FICal
data to develop state agency spend reports for
EPP analysis and program evaluation
(annual) 2020 EPP fully integrated into all
state procurement operations
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Strategic PlanEnvironmentally Preferable
Purchasing

• Collaborative and Workgroups
• Performance and Environmental Standards Work
  Group (PES)
• California Green Task Force
• California Medical Supply Formulary
• Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council (SPLC)
• National Association of State Procurement
  Officials (NASPO) Green Committee

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Strategic PlanEnvironmentally Preferable
Purchasing
Environmental Metrics
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Strategic PlanEnvironmentally Preferable
Purchasing (EPP)

• EPP SCORECARD
• The primary metrics initially used to report the
  progress of the EPP program will be the
  following
• Spend
• Contracts
• Impacts

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Strategic PlanEnvironmentally Preferable
Purchasing

• CHALLENGES
• Competing Environmental Impacts
• PC Goods Toxic Energy Vehicles Air
  Emissions Fuel Efficiency
• Competing Initiatives Increase SB/DVBE
  participation Lower cost via leveraged
  procurements
• Competitive Bidding Product availability Product
  pricing

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Buying Green to Support Sustainable Operations

• Questions
• Engineering Services
• Charleen Fain-Keslar [phone]
• Standards Quality Control Manager
• Environmentally Preferable Purchasing
• Janice Yonekura [phone]
• Senior Procurement Engineer
• Buying Green Website
• Annette Picetti-Grosjean [phone]
• Associate Governmental Program Analyst

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• Thank you

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