US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

 
    * § 6-306 Energy  efficiency  standards.  a.  Any energy-using product
  purchased  or  leased  by  any  agency  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 that is purchased or
  leased by any agency 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.
    c.  Unless  the  director  makes  a  determination  otherwise  for any
  particular contract, any air-cooled chiller or water-cooled chiller that
  is purchased or leased by  any  agency  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.
    d. Beginning January 1, 2008, the director shall make a  determination
  whether  or not any product not specified in subdivisions a or b of this
  section that is purchased or leased by any agency 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. The director shall review any such determination not to
  require compliance with the federal energy management  program  for  any
  product at least once every two years.
    e.  Beginning  January 1, 2008, unless prior to such date the director
  determines that products that would comply with this subdivision are not
  available in  sufficient  quantities  and  upon  reasonable  terms,  the
  minimum energy efficiency of the power supply of any desktop computer or
  desktop-derived  server  purchased or leased by any agency containing an
  internally mounted power supply shall be 80% at 20%,  50%  and  100%  of
  rated  power  supply  output,  when  tested  according to a proportional
  allocation method of  loading  the  power  supply.  The  director  shall
  investigate  the  feasibility  of purchasing such products prior to such
  date. In the event that this subdivision does not apply after January 1,
  2008 as a result of any determination  of  the  director,  the  director
  shall  annually  reconsider any such determination and, where applicable
  as a result  of  any  such  reconsideration,  the  requirement  in  this
  subdivision shall take effect as soon as practicable thereafter.
    f.  No lamp purchased or leased by any agency shall be an incandescent
  lamp if  a  more  energy  efficient  lamp  is  available  that  provides
  sufficient  lumens  and  is  of  an  appropriate  size  for the intended
  application.
    * NB Effective January 1, 2007