EXECUTIVE
ORDER
EO 12845
Effective Date: April 21, 1993

Responsible Office: Office of Management Systems
Subject: REQUIRING AGENCIES TO PURCHASE ENERGY EFFICIENT COMPUTER EQUIPMENT

				
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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.  (a) 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.

     (b) 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.
     (c) 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.
     (d) 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.

Sec. 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.

Sec. 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.

                              /s/William J. Clinton


THE WHITE HOUSE,
April 21, 1993.

	
	
			

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