Subchapter 3: Energy and Efficiency

§ 11-08 Energy and Water Efficiency Standards .

   (a)   Any energy-using product for which the United States environmental protection agency and the United States department of energy have developed energy efficiency standards for compliance with the Energy Star program shall be ENERGY STAR labeled.

   (b)   Any faucet, showerhead, toilet, urinal, fluorescent tube lamp, fluorescent ballast, industrial HID luminaire, downlight luminaire, fluorescent luminaire, or compact fluorescent lamp for which the federal energy management program of the United States department of energy has issued product energy efficiency recommendations shall achieve no less energy efficiency or flow rate than the minimum recommended in such recommendations unless the director makes a determination otherwise for any particular contract.

   (c)   Any air-cooled chiller or water-cooled chiller for which the federal energy management program of the United States department of energy has issued product energy efficiency recommendations shall achieve no less energy efficiency or flow rate than the minimum recommended in such recommendations unless the director makes a determination otherwise for any particular contract.

   (d)   Any electric motor or microwave oven for which the federal energy management program of the United States department of energy has issued product energy efficiency recommendations shall achieve no less energy efficiency or flow rate than the minimum recommended in such recommendations unless the director makes a determination otherwise for any particular contract.

Subchapter 4: Recycled Materials

§ 11-09 Minimum Recycled Material Content .

   (a)   Any of the following products listed in the CPG, that can be procured at a reasonably competitive price, and for which the United States environmental protection agency has issued a recovered materials advisory notice, shall contain no less recovered material and postconsumer material than the minimum amount recommended in the most recent such notice:

   •   reprographic paper,

   •   tablet paper,

   •   envelope paper,

   •   file folder,

   •   commercial/industrial sanitary tissue,

   •   rock wool or fiberglass building insulation,

   •   polyester carpet,

   •   flowable fill,

   •   steel shower or restroom divider/partition,

   •   traffic cone,

   •   plastic fencing,

   •   plastic park bench,

   •   hydraulic mulch,

   •   garden or soaker hose,

   •   plastic trash bag,

   •   office recycling container,

   •   office waste receptacle,

   •   mat,

   •   signage or pallet.

   (b)   Any of the following products listed in the CPG, that can be procured at a reasonably competitive price, and for which the United States environmental protection agency has issued a recovered materials advisory notice, shall contain no less recovered material and postconsumer material than the minimum amount recommended in the most recent such notice:

   •   carpet,

   •   carpet adhesive,

   •   carpet cushion,

   •   cement and concrete,

   •   commercial and industrial low voltage transformer,

   •   foam-in-place insulation,

   •   glass fiber reinforced insulation,

   •   heavy duty/commercial use floor tile,

   •   laminated paperboard,

   •   latex paint,

   •   loose fill and spray-on cellulose insulation,

   •   modular threshold ramp,

   •   nonpressure pipe,

   •   perlite composition board insulation,

   •   phenolic rigid foam insulation,

   •   plastic non-woven batt insulation,

   •   plastic or aluminum sign,

   •   plastic or steel sign post / support,

   •   plastic rigid foam,

   •   polyisocyanurate / polyurethane-rigid foam insulation,

   •   residential entry or patio door,

   •   roof products,

   •   roofing material,

   •   steel restroom divider / partition,

   •   structural fiberboard,

   •   traffic barricade,

   •   traffic control device (channelizer),

   •   traffic control device (delineator),

   •   traffic control device (flexible delineator).

   (c)   Notwithstanding subdivisions (a) and (b) of this section, any paper product listed in subdivisions (a) or (b) of this section that can be procured at a reasonably competitive price, and for which the United States environmental protection agency has issued a recovered materials advisory notice, shall contain no less than fifty percent agricultural wastes.

Subchapter 5: Green Cleaning