GOOD PRACTICE EXAMPLE
| Country: | Germany, Berlin and North-Rhine Westphalia |
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| Product group: | Green Electricity and Office Devices | |
| Name of the institution: | Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Savety |
CO2 reduction: 5500 tons/year (36 % of the total emission)
Cost-savings: 18,000 €/year
With the supply of green power and the use of energy efficiency office devices the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Natural Conservation and Nuclear Savety (BMU) significantly reduces its CO2 emissions.
With these measures the BMU assured its self-commitment for decreasing the CO2 emissions by 30 % until 2005 in the entire division compared to 1990. At the same time the BMU affords a significant contribution to the self-commitment of the Federal Government for decreasing the CO2 emissions.
Institutional details
| Address: | Bonn Office Robert-Schuman-Platz 3, 53173 Bonn Berlin Office Alexanderplatz 6, 10178 Berlin |
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| Contact person Office devices: | Dietmar Altus |
| Function: | Reference Director Procument and Tender Office In Department Inner Offices |
| Phone: | +49 (0)1888 – 305 3113 |
| Fax: | +49 (0)1888 – 305 3303/3304 |
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| Contact person Green Electricity: | Dr. Roger Worm |
| Function: | Member AG KI I 6 |
| Phone: | +49 (0)30 – 28550-3670 |
| Fax: | +40 (0)30 – 28550-2349 |
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| Website: | www.bmu.de |
| Number of employees (management): | 800 |
Procurement process
The procurement is basically decentral organised. Ecological criteria are considered on the basis of agreements between the departments (office devices) and/or authorities (green power). The call for tender for the procurement of green power is organised by the Federal Environmental Agency (Tendering Office) for all four environmental authorities.
Measures
The procurement of green power is a central measure for lowering the CO2 emissions in the BMU-division. Therefore, in 2003 the BMU developed in cooperation with the Federal Environmental Agency and the Berlin chamber Schnutenhaus & Kollegen an own tendering concept for a pan-European call for tender in the open procedure. Core elements of this concept are the definition of an additional environmental benefit as well as a constitutive evaluation system thereon after the price / performance ratio. Therefore special tender and awarding criteria were developed, confirmation commitments were defined and double-funding was (e.g. after the renewable energy law – EEG) excluded. In the second mid-year 2003 the BMU tendered according to this concept successfully the procurement of green power for about three quarter of the total power consumption in a pan-European call for tender.
The BMU regularly prepares market analyses for office devices concerning environmental protection and energy efficiency. The tenders are adjusted to respective developments. The following environmental criteria are demanded in the specifications: Fulfilment of the certification criteria for Blauen Engel(Blue Angel), Energy Star and GEEA-Label, limit values for harmful substance emissions and for the power input in different modes. These criteria are adequate considered with tender decisions. Additionally in the case of equal offers, a system certification corresponding to the mentioned label as well as an operation certification after EMAS/ISO 14001/ISO 9000 is considered.
Success
With the conversion to green power since January 1st 2004 the BMU has pilot tender successfully completed. In the tendering concept, special developed ecological criteria (additional environmental benefit) are linked to the requirements of the public procurement law. Until then the juristic feasibility was intensely controversial. With the successful completed tender a praxis proved call for tender for green power is available for the public sector.
With the supply of green power the Federal Ministry reduces its CO2 emissions in the entire division about 5,500 tons per year (36 %) in the period 2004 to 2006.
Averagely the BMU renews its office devices every four years. Thus not only the technically newest devices but also the ecologically most demanding are in use. So the BMU reduces its power consumption about 140,000 kWh per year and the CO2-emissions about 90.000 kg/year. This is equivalent to a yearly cost saving of 18,000 Euros, assuming an electricity tariff of 13 cent/kWh.
