Energy Efficient Products and Services

Energy Efficient Products and Services. (a) The Department of Finance’s Division of Procurement and Supply shall require all government agencies to select, where life-cycle cost-effective, products given the ENERGY STAR rating, or other equally-or -better energy efficient products, when acquiring energy-using products. For product groups where ENERGY STAR labels are not yet available, agencies may select products that are in the upper twenty-five percent of energy efficiency as designated by the United States Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Federal Energy Management Program, or its successor agency. (b) Agency procurements shall incorporate energy efficient criteria consistent with designated energy efficiency levels into all guide specifications and project specifications developed for new construction and renovation, as well as into product specification language developed for purchasing. Such criteria shall be designed to attain at least LEED silver ratings and procure equipment at least as energy efficient as ENERGY STAR-rated equipment. Source: PL 15-23, § 2(8651); reenacted without change by PL 15-87 § 2(8651), modified. Commission Comment: The Commission changed “per cent” to “percent” in subsection (a) to correct a manifest error pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(g).