12-3-605 - Energy efficiency standards to be adopted - Tennessee Statutes

12-3-605. Energy efficiency standards to be adopted – Equipment, appliances, lighting and heating and cooling products and systems to be Energy Star qualified – Future contracts – Guidelines.

(a)  The board of standards, in consultation with the department of general services, shall adopt rules and regulations relative to energy efficiency standards for major energy-consuming products to be procured by the state.

(b)  Where federal energy efficiency standards exist, the board of standards, in consultation with the department of general services, shall, where feasible, adopt standards at least as stringent as the federal standards.

(c)  For the purpose of implementing this part only, the department of general services shall advise and consult with the board of standards as an ex officio member.

(d)  All future office equipment, appliances, lighting and heating and cooling products and systems purchased by and for state agencies shall be Energy Star qualified; provided, that such Energy Star qualified products and systems are commercially available.

(e)  Existing purchasing contracts for all state agencies that do not provide as options Energy Star qualified office equipment, appliances, lighting and heating and cooling products and systems shall not be renewed upon expiration. All future contracts for state agencies shall provide as options Energy Star qualified office equipment, appliances, lighting and heating and cooling products and systems.

(f)  The department of general services, in consultation with the department of finance and administration, shall establish and publish guidelines providing direction to all state agencies regarding implementation of this section.

[Acts 1978, ch. 655, § 5; T.C.A., §§ 12-1105, 12-3-305; Acts 2008, ch. 717, § 8; 2009, ch. 529, § 14.]