[§103D-410]  Energy efficiency through
life-cycle costing.  (a)  The procurement practices of the State shall
include energy efficient standards and policies, including life-cycle costing.



(b)  In implementing life-cycle costing, the
purchasing agency shall be guided by energy efficiency standards and policies
for purchasing various items developed and promulgated by the United States
Department of Energy and other federal agencies, and nationally recognized
trade associations, including but not limited to the National Association of
State Purchasing Officials, the National Institute of Governmental Purchasing,
Inc., the National Association of Purchasing Management, and the Air
Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute.  The purchasing agency shall notify bidders
of information, procedures, and forms required in implementing energy
efficiency standards and policies.  The information required shall include
purchasing standards and policies developed by federal agencies and by
nationally recognized agencies and associations, as well as energy consumption
and life-cycle cost data.



(c)  The purchasing agency shall consider
purchasing via the life-cycle costing method those classes of items for which
nationally recognized energy efficiency data have been developed.  These items
shall include but not be limited to automobiles and air conditioning systems. 
The watt-saving variety of common-sized fluorescent lamps shall be purchased
except where standard wattage of those lamps is specifically required by the
using agency. [L 1999, c 149, pt of §2]