Save Money Through Green Purchasing. NACo County Sustainability Webinar Series. Tuesday, November 9

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1 Save Money Through Green Purchasing NACo County Sustainability Webinar Series Tuesday, November 9 NACo is pleased to present this webinar in cooperation with the Department of Energy and the National Association of State Energy Officials.

2 NACo Staff Contacts: Jared Lang Program Manager (202) Cindy Wasser Program Assistant (202)

3 NACo Fall Green Government Webinar Series Making the U.S. Department of Energy's EECBG Grants Work for You Tuesday, September 28 How Can Smart Growth Put Your County On a Path to a Green Economy? Thursday, October 14 th Simple Green IT Strategies to Save Your County Money and Protect Resources Thursday, October 28 th Save Money through Green Purchasing Tuesday, November 9 th Choosing the Right Green Building Strategy for Your County: Incentives or Regulations? Late January

4 Housekeeping Items: If you are having technical difficulties, please send us a message via the chat box on your right. Our organizer will reply to you privately and help resolve the issue. The chat box is on the right side of the webinar window. The box will collapse so that you can better view the presentation. To unhide the box, click the arrows on the top of the panel.

5 This webinar will be recorded and made available online to NACo members to view later or review. Within the next few days you will receive an notice with the link to the recording with your webinar evaluation survey. Thank you in advance for completing the webinar evaluation survey. Your feedback is important to us.

6 Agenda 2:00 Welcome and Introductions 2:05 Overview Connie Kuranko, U.S. Communities 2:20 County Example Karen Ruppe, Mecklenburg County, NC 2:35 Bio-based Products Karen Edwards, United Soybean Board 2:50 Q&A 3:10 Wrap-Up

7 Question and Answer Session Instructions Type your question into the chat window, and the moderator will read the question on your behalf.

8 Thank you for participating in NACo s webinar. For more information about NACo membership, contact Andrew Goldschmidt at agoldschmidt@naco.org or Ilene Manster at imanster@naco.org

9 Thank you for attending today s webinar. Next in NACo s Green Government Webinar Series: Choosing the Right Green Building Strategy for Your County: Incentives or Regulations? Late January To learn more about upcoming NACo webinars, please visit

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11 Connie Kuranko U.S. Communities

12 Program Overview: Established Contracts Offer Sustainability Products and Solutions Saved $ in Green Purchases Webinars and Workshops Best Practices

13 Savings Opportunities Cooperative Contracts Concept Add new products instead of soliciting Increase green sales and decrease costs LA: increase 10%, savings 5% ($290,000) Hennepin: Doubled their green spend from 24% to 48% and decreased their cost by 10% Graybar s lighting recycling and audit programs Virco s school furniture take-back program Ink and toner cartridge recycling program and remanufactured cartridges

14 Savings Opportunities Cobb County 2008 Water Conservation Program Cost $265,000 for waterless urinal and faucet replacement < 3-year payback period $174,000 annual costs savings from Remanufactured Toner and Ink Cartridges AutoZone s Nature s Broom Reusable spill absorbent (6.39 vs. 5.20) Biodegradable can be landfilled

15 Offering earth-friendly products in the following categories: Office & School Supplies Office Furniture Janitorial Supplies Electrical & Data Communications Technology Products Office Machines School Furniture Turf Auto Parts Maintenance, Repairs & Operating Supplies Public Safety Roofing Park & Playground Equipment Homeland Security Lab Supplies

16 Website Review Document Resources Sample Policies Sustainability Papers Articles Calculators

17 Step-By-Step Guide A resource to help assist agencies in creating an environmental purchasing program for their organization.

18 Sustainability Solutions Resources Products & Services Comprehensive Tools Simple

19 LEED and STARS Matrix

20 Search Function

21 Search Results

22 Search Results

23 Connie Kuranko U.S. Communities

24 Go Green While Saving Green Karen Ruppe C.P.M.; CLGPO; CPPB Charlotte, NC

25 Mecklenburg County Government will operate in a manner that conserves and protects our air, water and land resources; become a model of environmental stewardship for local governments, businesses, and industry in our region, and; use and apply the County s existing and future resources wisely for the benefit of its citizens. The City of Charlotte will become a national leader in environmental initiatives to preserve our natural resources while balancing growth with sound fiscal policy.

26 2001 Recycled Product and Waste Reduction Policy 2004 Environmental Leadership Policy 2005 Environmental Cabinet 2007 Energy Management Plan 2007 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction 2007 Purchasing Guide 2008 Fleet Emissions Policy 2009 Policy for Sustainable Facilities 2010 Fleet Asset Management 2010 Environmental Purchasing Policy

27 Strategic Focus Area Plan Promote environmental best practices Protect natural resources Make sound land use decisions National leader in successful stewardship Lead by example environmental practices

28 Environmental Purchasing Coordinators: Develop Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Guide Establish Contracting and Purchasing Trends Research, Evaluate and Compile Product Information Sponsor Educations Forums Provide Training

29 Research available data Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) King County. WA NACo National Institute of Government Purchasing (NIGP) Green Seal Responsible Purchasing Network (RPN) Survey employees

30 Environmental Attributes Recycled Content Biodegradable Air Quality (low VOC) ConservesEnergy & Water Less Hazardous Third Party Certifications Product Categories Potential impacts Things to consider Availability and sources Prevents Waste

31 Office Supplies Paper Products Toner/Ink Cartridges Carpet Oils/Lubricants Playground equipment Janitorial cleaning supplies Computer monitors

32 Wake Forest and UNC-Charlotte Research: Existing products and performance Cost accounting methods Deliverables: Analysis of 3 products Benchmark three best-in-class agencies Recommend product analysis methodology Design educational program and process

33 Product Category Paper Towels Compared recycled content with virgin products Carpet Compared 4 carpets with recycled contents. Toner/Ink Cartridges Compare new with remanufactured and soy-based cartridges. Criteria Absorption rate Cost Ease of disposal Frequency of replacement rolls Durability Cost ANSI compliance Aesthetics Quality of copies Cost Number of copies

34 2010 Annual Report Benchmarked Products 27% Increase in Environmentally Preferred Products Hybrid Vehicles Hybrid Vehicles 40 vehicles in current fleet 12 electric vehicles on order

35 Remanufactured 1325 New (OEM) 1273 Total 2598 New 49% Re-man 51% SAVINGS = $ 23,000 annually Reduced 2,633 cu. Ft.of permanent waste; 14.6 football fields of landfill space

36 Recycled Content $215, Virgin materials $337, Total $552, Non-Green 61% Green 39% 158 Green Alternative Products = $14,96.98 Savings

37 30%-Recycled Content 411 cases Virgin 1848 cases Total 2259 cases Virgin 82% 30%-Recycled Content 18%

38 Virgin 19% Recycled Content 81%

39 Cleaning Products Green 33% Non-Green 67% Green 33% Non-Green 67% Green = biodegradable, low VOC, non or less toxic, bio-based

40 Sustainability based purchasing program Product life cycle cost Remanufactured toner/ink cartridges Eliminate packaging Re-use products Electronic communication Preferred Office Supplies Paper products (copy paper, legal pads) File folders Post-It Notes Dividers and Indexes 3-Ring binders

41 Decentralized purchasing structure Deficiencies in current financial system Lack of cost/benefit analysis Dependency on vendors

42 Don t reinvent the wheel Be patient Don t rely solely on environment claims Search proven technologies and resources

43 Recycle 3.5 tons of glass bottles per month Reuse 3.6 tons of coffee grounds per month Recycle 33 tones of Cardboard per month Reduced ozone forming emissions by 13.4 tons in 2008 Computer monitor energy program avoided 1226 tons of carbon dioxide emissions (30% improvement) Recycling program diverted 2,400 tons of paper waste Diverted 15,000 tons of clean concrete demolition waste from disposal Green purchases saving estimated: 991 tons of virgin wood saved 2,244 lbs of air pollutants avoided 216,701 kilowatt hours of energy saved 369,978 gallons of water saved

44 Communications Employee awareness Vendor Forums Citizens awareness Citizens awareness Market Wise Survey E News

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46 CONTACT INFORMATION: Karen Ruppe C.P.M.; CLGPO; CPPB Procurement Supervisor Charlotte-Mecklenburg Procurement Services Charlotte, NC Phone:

47 Counties Have Hundreds of Soy Biobased Products to Choose from to Go Green Karen Coble Edwards United Soybean Board Consultant

48 Federal Government Going Biobased 2002 and 2008 Farm Bill require all agencies to buy biobased. President Obama s Executive Order commits the government to a 28 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from federal operations

49 State Biobased Programs Growing

50 Soybean Sustainability

51 Key Findings on Soybean Production and Processing As soybeans grow, they remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. The 3.36 billion bushels of soybeans grown in the United States in 2009 removed the carbon equivalent of taking 21 million cars off the road when the figures are computed using the Environmental Protection Agency s Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator.

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53 Soy Furniture to Floor Coverings

54 Ecopath Mats Have Soy Backing

55 Lake County, Illinois Road & Bike Path Sealant

56 Nutek Green Products

57 Remanufactured Printer Cartridges & Soy Toner HP 1012 HP 1200 HP 1300 HP 4000 HP 4100 HP 4200 HP 4250 HP 4300 HP 4345 MFP HP 4350 Premium Replacement Cartridges with Bio-Content

58 Cleaners/Degreasers Industrial Lubricant Industrial Hand-Soap GreenLink certification program Most products 90% soy methyl ester Stable price market Locally grown and refined Lower flashpoint=less hazardous Lower VOCs

59 Soy Products (Haworth) Exploring use of soy-based adhesives for furniture and carpet Create zero-waste products (chairs)

60 Soy Products (Garland) StressPly E: Soy-based roofing membrane Insul-Lock HR: Soybased insulation adhesive Expanding line of soybased products over the next months Green House family of products for recycled or energy-saving solutions

61 Counties Using Soy-based Lake County, IL soy-based sealant and preservation agent to prolong the life of a heavily-used bike path King County, WA soy-based trash bags in food-waste recycling program and Soy-based inks for printing Douglas County, OR using a soy lubricant in Fleet Management. Georgia Association of Counties installation of soy-based carpet Arlington County, VA Distribution of soy doormats. Pima County, AZ use of soy-based cleaning products in county schools.

62 Let us know if you would like to try some soy biobased products. The United Soybean Board will support demonstration projects. Contact: Karen Coble Edwards United Soybean Board Consultant or