Energy and supply chain

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Clean energy

With more than 300,000 buildings and 600,000 vehicles, the U.S. Government is the nation’s largest energy consumer.

National partnerships

We’re partnering with utilities nationwide to deliver carbon pollution-free electricity to more federal facilities and the American people.

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Clean energy innovation

We used grid-interactive and other smart building technologies to retrofit the Oklahoma federal building and reduce energy usage 41%.

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Going 100% electric

Electrification of the Ronald Reagan Building will save over $6.3 million in energy costs annually and reduce emissions by 16,000 tons.

Greening the supply chain

We’re working across industries to adopt best practices for supply chain management so the vendors we partner with can reduce their energy and environmental footprints.

Green products

We’ve compiled a comprehensive green purchasing resource for federal buyers, program managers, and vendors working with federal agencies.

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Good advice

Our Acquisition Policy Federal Advisory committee makes recommendations on how to embed climate and sustainability considerations into federal buying.

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Ditching toxic chemicals

With over 600 contracts for custodial services at more than 1,500 U.S. government-owned buildings, safety and sustainability go hand in hand.

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Low-embodied carbon

We’re investing $2 billion in LEC materials to reduce the environmental footprint of federal buildings.

What is LEC?

Our expanding use of LEC construction materials reduces carbon emissions and helps support the overall market transformation toward clean materials.

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Powell Courthouse, VA

Contracts totaling nearly $11 million, will buy low-embodied carbon glass windows, eliminate leaks, and increase building energy efficiency.

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LEC projects

See a map of our projects anticipated to use low embodied carbon materials and sustainable technologies funded by the Inflation Reduction Act.

Learn more about our low embodied carbon program:

LEC program details

Using LEC materials will reduce total embodied carbon emissions associated with our building projects by tens of thousands of metric tons.
LEC material requirements

We’ve developed low embodied carbon material requirements for four key construction materials: concrete (and cement), asphalt, steel, and glass.
LEC pilot fact sheet

In 2023 we implemented a six-month pilot focused on buying clean, which helped pave the way for investing in LEC projects nationwide.