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

(b)  In implementing life-cycle costing, thepurchasing agency shall be guided by energy efficiency standards and policiesfor purchasing various items developed and promulgated by the United StatesDepartment of Energy and other federal agencies, and nationally recognizedtrade associations, including but not limited to the National Association ofState Purchasing Officials, the National Institute of Governmental Purchasing,Inc., the National Association of Purchasing Management, and the AirConditioning and Refrigeration Institute.  The purchasing agency shall notify biddersof information, procedures, and forms required in implementing energyefficiency standards and policies.  The information required shall includepurchasing standards and policies developed by federal agencies and bynationally recognized agencies and associations, as well as energy consumptionand life-cycle cost data.

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