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(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
(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
(a) (1) No agency shall purchase and use bathroom cleaners, degreasers, general purpose cleaners, or glass cleaners, unless such cleaning products comply with the standards set forth by one of the following third-party programs:
(i) Green Seal;
(ii) EcoLogo;
(iii) United States environmental protection agency's design for the environment program; and/or
(iv) New York State office of general services green cleaning program.
(2) (i) Except as provided for in subdivisions (a)(2)(ii) and (a)(2)(iii) of this section, no agency shall purchase and use any air freshener product containing volatile organic compounds exceeding the maximum percentage specified below.
Product | Maximum Percentage (%) of Volatile Organic Compounds by Weight |
Double Phase Aerosols | 25 |
Single Phase Aerosols | 30 |
Dual Purpose Air Fresheners/Disinfectant Aerosols | 60 |
Liquid/Pump Sprays | 18 |
Solids/Semi-Solid | 3 |
(ii) The maximum percentage of volatile organic compounds contained in any air freshener product listed in subdivision (a)(2)(i) of this section shall not apply to any air freshener product:
(A) identified as LVP-VOC, or
(B) that is comprised entirely of fragrance and does not contain any of the following compounds:
• carbon monoxide;
• carbon dioxide;
• carbonic acid;
• metallic carbides or carbonates;
• ammonium carbonate;
• methane, including methylene chloride (dichloromethane), 1,1,1-trichloroethane (methyl chloroform), trichlorofluoromethane (CFC-11), dichlorodifluoromethane (CFC-12), 1,1,2-trichloro-1,2,2-trifluoroethane (CFC-113), 1,2-dichloro-1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane (CFC-114), chloropentafluoroethane (CFC-115), chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22), 1,1,1-trifluoro-2,2-dichloroethane (HCFC-123), 1,1-dichloro-1-fluoroethane (HCFC-141b), 1-chloro-1,1-difluoroethane (HCFC-142b), 2-chloro-1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (HCFC-124), trifluoromethane (HFC-23), 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane (HFC-134), 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (HFC-134a), pentafluoroethane (HFC-125), 1,1,1-trifluoroethane (HFC-143a), 1,1-difluoroethane (HFC-152a), ethoxy-nonafluorobutane (HFE 7200), cyclic, branched, or linear completely methylated siloxanes, and the following classes of perfluorocarbons:
• cyclic, branched, or linear, completely fluorinated alkanes;
• cyclic, branched, or linear, completely fluorinated ethers with no unsaturations;
• cyclic, branched, or linear, completely fluorinated tertiary amines with no unsaturations; and
• sulfur-containing perfluorocarbons with no unsaturations and with the sulfur bonds to carbon and fluorine;
• acetone;
• ethane;
• methyl acetate;
• parachlorobenzotrifluoride (1-chloro-4-trifluoromethyl benzene); and
• perchlorethylene (tetrachlorethylene).
(iii) No agency shall purchase and use any solid or semi-solid air freshener product containing para-dichlorobenzene.
(3) No agency shall purchase and use disinfectant or sanitizer unless such product is registered under the federal insecticide fungicide and rodenticide act.
(b) Agencies shall transition to the use of green cleaning products identified in subdivision (a) of this section in a manner that avoids the waste of existing inventories, enables the training of personnel in appropriate green cleaning work practices, and provides for the gradual phase-out of products and practices inconsistent with the use of environmentally preferable purchasing alternatives.
(c) This section shall not apply to products purchased or leased by any contractor pursuant to any contract with any agency.