Procure Products
in the Green Procurement CompilationLearn & Plan Topics
-
U.S. Waste and Recycling
The U.S. generated approximately 251 million tons of municipal solid waste (MSW) in 2012. Almost 87 million tons were recycled and composted, whi...
-
Flexible Workplace Design
Today’s workplaces are often in flux. Organizations change direction or develop new services. People move to new sp...
-
Materials, Furniture, and Furnishings Replacement
Daily wear and tear means that materials, furniture and furnishings require periodic replacement.
-
Space Reconfiguration and Renovation Projects
As needs change over time, tenants often need to convert space or phase the conversion of individual space or rooms to meet these changing needs....
-
Under 10,000 SF Interiors Gut Rehab Project
This page provides Sustainable Strategies to consider as a space has or will undergo a major tenant gut rehab for projects under 10,000 SF.
-
Building Operations and Maintenance Services
Follow these sustainable strategies as your space renovations are complete and the building and interiors are operated in an environmentally sustai... -
Life Cycle Approach
Materials and resources all have environmental, social and economic impacts beyond just their "use" phase in a project. Analyzing these environmenta... -
Policies & Strategies
This section is devoted to the broad policies and strategies covering the whole government or entire agencies, services or bureaus, which set the co... -
Materials & Resources
In the construction and day-to-day operations of buildings, many materials and resources are used and a great deal of waste is generated. The m...
-
Water Efficiency
Buildings are significant users of the Earth’s freshwater supply. The goal of a responsible building operator should be to encourage a sma...
-
Spatial Equity
Organizations today are less hierarchical and work is more team based, more mobile, and more cross functional. A key to spatial equity is that sp...
-
Integrative Design Process
Integrative thinking looks for synergies among strategies - strategies that enhance one another. It also looks for strategies that, taken together, ... -
Net Zero Energy
Net Zero Energy means that a building balances its energy needs with energy produced from renewable, zero-emission sources. While Net Zero Ene... -
Enhancing Resilience and Reducing Vulnerability to Observed and Expected Changes in Climate
Adapting to observed and expected changes in climate is a complex, long term process that requires personnel to work together across their organizat... -
Department of Defense (DoD) Sustainable Product Purchasing
The Department of Defense (DoD) established a sustainable product purchasing program to enhance and sustain mission readiness through...
-
Tools & Training
This section covers and links to systems, methods, databases, calculators, checklists, etc. designed to help Federal officials and their partners ac... -
Best Practices & Case Studies
One of the best ways to learn and make the case for high-performance building innovations is to point to others’ experience in implementing th... -
Sustainability Program Development
Sustainability Programs incorporate all building stakeholders into the design process, promoting awareness, goal development, implementation, acc...
-
Verifying Delivery of Sustainable Products and Services
This module is intended for the acquisition workforce to help verify contractor compliance with sustainability requirements specified in contracts. -
Framework for Managing Climate Risks to Federal Agency Supply Chains
GSA developed this supply chain risk management framework to provide guidance to Federal agencies ready to assess climate or weather-related risks t... -
Executive Order 13834: Efficient Federal Operations
EO 13834 was issued on May 17, 2018. -
Recycling Checklist
Consider recycling during both initial procurement and final disposal.
Green Products
-
Microbial Cleaning Products
in Cleaning Products -
Municipal Solid Waste
in Renewable Energy -
Office Recycling Containers and Waste Receptacles
in Building Furnishings -
Office Recycling Containers and Waste Receptacles: Paperboard
in Building Furnishings -
Office Recycling Containers and Waste Receptacles: Plastic
in Building Furnishings -
Office Recycling Containers and Waste Receptacles: Steel
in Building Furnishings -
Compost: Yard Trimmings, Food Waste, Manure, Biosolids, or Other Recovered Organic Materials
in Landscaping Products -
Water Clarifying Agents
in Miscellaneous -
Microbial Cleaning Products
in Cleaning Products -
Microbial Cleaning Products: Drain Maintenance Products
in Cleaning Products -
Microbial Cleaning Products: Wastewater Maintenance Products
in Cleaning Products -
Microbial Cleaning Products: General Cleaners
in Cleaning Products
Search by these terms
Whole Building Systems
-
Solid Waste - Building Recycling Program and Janitorial Service Contracts
A recommended approach to developing and managing a cost-effective, sustainable waste management program is to: Form a multi-disciplinary team to r...
-
Water - Green Tips
Use biological waste treatment systems to treat waste on site.
-
Solid Waste - Computers for Learning (CFL) and GSAXcess
Computers for Learning (CFL) and GSAXcess: “The CFL program evolved as a guide for implementing Executive Order 12999, Educational Technology:...
-
Solid Waste - O&M
On average, 70% (by weight) of the total municipal solid waste, generated in a federal office building, can either be recycled or composted. The maj...
-
Solid Waste - System Overview
Cost Savings The national average landfill tipping fee was $45 per ton in 2012. Diverting waste from landfills can lower total waste disposal cos...
-
Solid Waste - EPA Solid Waste Regulations
EPA solid waste regulations: States are authorized, under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), to regulate solid waste and recycling. ...
-
Solid Waste - EPA | Atlanta Launches Southeast's First Zero Waste Zone
https://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/d0cf6618525a9efb85257359003fb69d/4f7604c1b53aa8cd8525755b00781318
-
Solid Waste - SustainableElectronics.org | Certified electronic waste recyclers
https://sustainableelectronics.org/recyclers
-
Solid Waste - E-stewards.org | Electronic waste recyclers
http://e-stewards.org/
-
Solid Waste - GSA | Schedule 899-5, Materials and Waste Recycling and Disposal Services
http://www.gsa.gov/environmentalservices
-
Solid Waste - Human Behavior On Waste
Human behavior and interaction with the building space plays a critical component in achieving holistic sustainability. Desired waste reduction resu...
-
Solid Waste - Green Construction Policy and Waste Management Plan
Through a Green Construction Policy and Waste Management Plan, a project team can effectively plan for and take steps to minimize the amount of non-...
-
Solid Waste - Project Manager
Project Managers are often acutely aware of scheduling needs and the need for additional construction and demolition waste removal, furniture, and e...
-
Solid Waste - Financial
When employing waste reduction strategies, financial benefits can be realized from several sources including recycling due to behavioral change and ...
-
Solid Waste - MRp1
Ongoing Purchasing and Waste Policy
-
Solid Waste - MRc4
Solid Waste Management - Ongoing
-
Solid Waste - MRc5
Solid Waste Management - Facility Maintenance and Renovation
-
Solid Waste - MRc6
Construction and Demolition Waste Management
-
Solid Waste - MRp2
Construction and Demolition Waste Management Planning
-
Solid Waste - MRp2
Construction and Demolition Waste Management Planning
-
Solid Waste - MRc9
Construction and Demolition Waste Management
-
Solid Waste - GreenGlobes NC
Have mechanical systems to recycle or separate waste been commissioned?
-
Solid Waste - GreenGlobes NC
Is there a construction, demolition, and renovation Waste Management Plan?
-
Solid Waste - GreenGlobes NC
Does the design include facilities for occupants to compost organic waste?
-
Solid Waste - Green Globes for Existing Buildings
Has a waste audit been done within the last three years?
-
Solid Waste - Green Globes for Existing Buildings
Is regular monitoring of waste conducted?
-
Solid Waste - Green Globes for Existing Buildings
Are there waste-reduction targets?
-
Solid Waste - Green Globes for Existing Buildings
Is there a construction, renovation, and demolition Waste Management Policy?
-
Solid Waste - 15-2
Construction Phase, including product optimization and collection of wasted materials
-
Solid Waste - Green Tips and Strategies
Encourage pilot project ideas, from tenants or custodial personnel, which encourage waste reduction, reuse, and recycling.
-
Solid Waste - Green Tips and Strategies
Promote reduced waste and increased recycling through voluntary tenant pledge cards and building challenges or competitions.
-
Solid Waste - Green Tips
For accurate waste diversion measurement, require the waste hauler to provide weights (and not volumes) of materials disposed and recycled.
-
Solid Waste - Green Tips
Institute landscaping practices that reduce shipments of green waste, such as mulching mowers.
-
Solid Waste - Facility Manager
The Facility Manager, who sometimes serves the building’s Recycling Coordinator, is responsible for procuring solid waste and recycling services and...
-
Solid Waste - Occupant
The beneficiaries of and direct participants in a solid waste and recycling program are the building occupants, who should participate in the design...
-
Solid Waste - FAR Subpart 23.4
FAR Subpart 23.4 – Use of Recovered Materials and Biobased Products: This policy governs the use of products containing recovered materials an...
-
Solid Waste - Executive Order 13834
Executive Order (EO) 13834, "Efficient Federal Operations", directed Federal agencies to "implement waste prevention and recycling measures and comp...
-
Solid Waste - Information Technology Personnel
The IT personnel play an important role in reducing paper waste by implementing processes that move the occupant work towards paperless. Even with t...
-
Solid Waste - Sustainability Specialist
The sustainability specialist advises on legal environmental requirements, as well as sustainability mandates and credit requirements for certificat...
-
Solid Waste - Interior Designer
Interior designers can help to design space to minimize the amount of waste that is generated from wear and tear of materials (e.g., carpet tiles); ...
-
Solid Waste - LEED BD+C: New Construction (v4)
Much of the focus for Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design (LEED) for Building Design and Construction (BD+C) is on the use of recycled mat...
-
Solid Waste - Recycling Program Design
Since the success of a waste reduction and recycling program relies on voluntary actions by occupants, it is essential to design a recycling program...
-
Solid Waste - Information and Outreach
Persistent outreach and education are vital to reduce consumption and waste. The Property Manager, who is most often the building’s Recycling ...
-
Lighting - Green Tips
Reduce electrical lighting consumption and associated waste heat by pairing harvested daylight with automated dimmers and photosensors.
-
Lighting - Green Tips
Utilize sub-meters to monitor electricity use and use this data to identify waste and maintenance concerns.
-
Lighting - Green Tips
Dispose of lamps properly to reduce waste; avoid sending substances like mercury and PCBs to the landfill.
-
Water - Green Tips Behavior
Set up a 'hotline' to report leaks or other wastes of water to facility managers or maintenance personnel.
-
Solid Waste - GreenGlobes NC
Is there a construction, renovation, and demolition waste management/reduction workplan (if the project exceeds 21,500 ft² in floor area)?
-
Solid Waste - Green Globes for Existing Buildings
Are there collection points for storing paper, glass, metal, and plastic near where the waste is generated?
-
Solid Waste - Green Tips and Strategies
While the type and level of service varies, waste management and recycling companies, as well as state and local authorities, may have free or low-c...
-
Solid Waste - Green Tips
Conduct market research to seek opportunities to expand the recycling program to include Styrofoam, all plastics (#1–7), food/organic waste, and oth...
-
Solid Waste - Resources
By instituting an effective building recycling program, recyclable material replaces virgin material through multiple product lives. Recycling avoid...
-
Solid Waste - Custodial and Maintenance Personnel
Custodial and maintenance personnel are responsible for collection of trash, recyclables, and compostable material from designated locations through...
-
Solid Waste - Landscape Architect
The landscape architect is responsible for advising on sustainable landscape design and maintenance, to minimize the amount of waste transported fro...
-
Solid Waste - Food Service Manager
The Food Service Manager advises on sustainable concessions contracts, consistent with federal sustainability and health and wellness guidance, and ...
-
Solid Waste - LEED O+M: Existing Buildings (v4)
Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design (LEED) for Building Operations and Maintenance (O+M) focuses on policies and best practices to manage ...
-
Solid Waste - Green Globes New Construction (NC)
Green Globes for NC emphases strategies that reduce the impact of construction and occupant waste. Several questions are asked of the project team t...
-
Solid Waste - Green Globes for Existing Buildings
Green Globes for Existing Buildings requires building-wide strategies to properly handle waste and reduce the quantity that goes to landfills. Sever...
-
Water - Occupant Behavior on Water Consumption
Occupants have a direct impact on water use and are key to a building’s water conservation program. Significant water can be wasted from occu...
-
Solid Waste - Integrative Design Process
The integrative design process understands that buildings, their components, and their context are interrelated. Whole building systems observe this...
-
Lighting - Materials
Choosing lamps and fixtures with long lives not only saves on maintenance costs but reduces waste that might otherwise go to the landfill. LEDs cont...
-
HVAC - Water Use
HVAC components, particularly cooling towers, steam systems, and humidifiers, are responsible for large amounts of water consumption in our building...
-
HVAC - Lighting Engineer
The lighting engineer ultimately determines the power used by the lighting system. The engineer’s equipment selection also affects how much of this ...
-
Water - Greywater Reuse
Greywater is the water stemming from processes such as showers, hand basins, or kitchen sinks but does not contain any human waste. Reusing greywate...
-
Solid Waste - Living Building Challenge
The intent of the Living Building Challenge materials category is to induce a successful materials economy that is non-toxic, transparent, and socia...
-
Solid Waste - SITES Rating System
The Sustainable Sites Initiative™ (SITES™) is an interdisciplinary effort by the American Society of Landscape Architects, the Lady Bird...
-
Lighting - Lighting Designer/Engineer
The lighting engineer is responsible for ensuring that all lighting regulations are met, interior and exterior spaces are sufficiently and elegantly...
-
Water - Boilers/Steam Systems
Boiler and steam system equipment consume varying quantities of water within large heating systems depending on the size of the equipment, the amoun...
-
Water - Cooling Tower
Water leaves the cooling tower system through evaporation, blow-downdrift, and basin leaks and overflows, and therefore has to be replaced. Since co...
-
IEQ - Lighting Engineer
The lighting engineer, in cooperation with the rest of the integrative team, should ensure as much natural daylight permeates the space as possible....
-
IEQ - Occupant Survey
IEQ occupant surveys are a cost effective and valuable resource for identifying areas of discomfort or dissatisfaction to address during renovation ...
-
HVAC - Energy Use
HVAC consumes an average of 30% of a facility’s energy use.1 Much of that use is wasted, at times right through the front door. Other times t...
-
Planted Roof - Roof Duarability
Reduced temperature fluctuations reduce thermal stress. Benefits of a planted roof are realized through the extended life of the roof membrane...
-
Solid Waste - The Guiding Principles for Sustainable Federal Buildings: New Construction and Modernization
50% of waste must be diverted during construction and 50% of non-hazardous materials must be diverted during building operation. Provisions must ...
-
Solid Waste - Guiding Principles for Sustainable Federal Buildings: New Construction and Modernization
50% of waste must be diverted during construction and 50% of non-hazardous materials must be diverted during building operation. Provisions must ...
-
Solid Waste - Guiding Principles for Sustainable Federal Buildings: Existing Buildings
Provisions must be provided for reuse and recycling services for building occupants to achieve at least 50% of non-hazardous material diversion. ...
-
Submetering - Aligning Incentives and Enabling Behavioral Conservation
Influencing occupant energy-use behavior through resource use awareness and conservation programs will help to reduce excessive energy consumption. ...
-
Lighting - Energy Use
By consuming 17% of the building’s total electricity consumption and further influencing overall energy demand by the waste heat it emits, lig...
-
HVAC - Human Behavior on HVAC
Human behavior and interaction with the building space plays a critical component in achieving holistic sustainability. Desired gains in energy effi...
-
Water - Plumbing Fixtures
High efficiency plumbing fixtures (toilets, urinals, faucets, and showers) can lead to significant water savings. FEMP BMP #6 gives some guidance on...
-
HVAC - System Overview
Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems are responsible for providing thermal comfort and fresh air to building occupants. This is...
-
Planted Roof - System Overview
A “roof over our heads” is an essential part of a building envelope, protecting occupants and building structures and systems from the e...
Materials
-
Electronic Waste
Small electronics and batteries should be collected and diverted from the waste stream because of their high concentrations of acids and heavy metal... -
Wood
Wood panel ceilings, like metal ceilings, are not often used in office spaces as they tend to be a high-end finish. Wood panel ceilings do not of... -
Dish Washing Station
Dish washing stations consist of multiple-compartment sinks or basins with faucets and pre-wash sprayers as well as high-tempera... -
Food Washing Station
Food preparation stations usually require access to clean water. Select faucets that carry a Water Sense label for water efficie... -
Solid Wood
There are many different species and types of wood that can be used for doors including reclaimed, suppressed, and wood from [responsibly manage... -
Laminate
Laminate is created from layers of decorative paper and kraft paper - a strong, moisture-resistant product. These papers are treated with melamine... -
Compost
Composting is the collection of organic food waste that can be used for fertilizer or soil enrichment once the food items biodegrade. Many types of... -
Deep Fryer
Deep Fryers require energy to heat oil to high temperatures. They also require ventilation directly above the equipment and specialized suppression ... -
Oven and Grill Cleaners
Over cleaners often use strong chemicals to break down accumulated grease and food residue. These cleansers can contribute to po... -
Dish Washing Products
Soaps and other cleansing agents are required for washing and sanitizing food service items. Select products that are plant-base... -
Toilet / Shower Accessories
Toilet and shower accessories include soap dispensers, soap dishes, hand dryers, paper towel dispensers, trash cans, etc. These items may contain... -
Composite Wood Furniture
Engineered wood, also known as composite wood, is man-made and includes a range of wood products that are bound together by adhesives. Plywood, pa... -
Dual-flush Toilets
Dual-flush toilets have two levels of flushing - a full for solid waste and a reduced flush for liquid waste. Typically full flushes range f... -
Occupancy-Control Device
Occupancy control can save a great deal of energy as it energizes outlets only when users are present and de-energizes them when the space is vacan... -
Composting Toilets
Composting toilets use an aerobic process to break down waste by using little or no water. There are two types of composting toilets: [self-con... -
Composite Wood
Interior doors are often made of a composite wood core covered with a laminate or wood veneer. Doors made with engineered wood are cheaper than sol... -
Filtration System
Reduce waste by providing water dispensers that filter water. Under-sink water filters and instant hot water dispensers can be incorporated into ... -
Recycling containers
Recycling bins come in a variety of shapes and sizes to help keep recyclables organized and pest-free. There are large bins for breakroom and cop...