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Requiring
Agencies to Purchase Energy Efficient Computer Equipment Federal Register
Vol. 58, No. 77
Friday, April 23, 1993
Presidential Documents WHEREAS, the Federal Government should set an example in the
energy efficient operation of its facilities and the procurement of pollution
preventing technologies; WHEREAS, the Federal Government should minimize its operating
costs, make better use of taxpayer-provided dollars, and reduce the Federal
deficit; and WHEREAS, the Federal Government is the largest purchaser of computer
equipment in the world and therefore has the capacity to greatly accelerate
the movement toward energy efficient computer equipment; NOW, THEREFORE, by the authority vested in me as President by
the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including
section 381 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended (42
U.S.C. 6361), section 205 of the Federal Property and Administrative
Services Act, as amended (40 U.S.C. 486), section 152 of the Energy Policy
Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-486), and section 301 of title 3, United
States Code, and to ensure the energy efficient operation of the Federal
Government's facilities and to encourage the procurement of pollution
preventing technologies that will save taxpayer money, reduce the Federal
deficit, and accelerate the movement to energy efficient designs in standard
computer equipment, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Procurement
of Computer Equipment That Meets EPA Energy Star Requirements for Energy
Efficiency.
- The heads of Federal agencies
shall ensure that, within 180 days from the date of this order, all
acquisitions of microcomputers, including
personal computers, monitors, and printers, meet "EPA Energy Star" requirements
for energy efficiency. the heads of Federal agencies may grant, on
a case-by-case basis, exemptions to this directive for acquisitions,
based upon the commercial availability of qualifying equipment, significant
cost differential of the equipment, the agency's performance requirements,
and the agency's mission.
- Within 180 days from the date of this order, agencies shall specify
that microcomputers, including personal computers, monitors, and printers,
acquired by the agency shall be equipped with the energy efficient
low-power standby feature as defined by the EPA Energy Star computers
program. This feature shall be activated when the equipment is shipped
and shall be capable of entering and recovering from the low-power
state unless the equipment meets Energy Star efficiency levels at all
times. To the extent permitted by law, agencies shall include this
specification in all existing and future contracts, if both the Government
and the contractor agree, and if any additional costs would be offset
by the potential energy savings.
- Agencies shall ensure that Federal users are made aware of the significant
economic and environmental benefits of the energy efficient low-power
standby feature and its aggressive use by including this information
in routine computer training classes.
- Each agency shall report annually to the General Services Administration
on acquisitions exempted from the requirements of this Executive order,
and the General Services Administration shall prepare a consolidated
annual report for the President.
Section 2. Definition. For purposes of this order,
the term "agency" has the same
meaning given it in section 151 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992. Section 3. Judicial
Review. This order does not create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural,
enforceable by a non-Federal party against the United States, its officers
or employees, or any other person. [Signed] William J. Clinton The White House
April 21, 1993.
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