• Boilers
• Furnaces
• Heat Pumps
• Space Heaters

Required specifications

Purchasers must include these specifications, unless not possible:

• RCW 19.27A: Energy Related Building Standards established the state’s strong commitment to making public buildings models of energy efficiency, including purchasing products and services that are highly energy-efficient or powered with renewable energy (e.g., solar or wind).
• EO 20-01: State Efficiency and Environmental Performance (SEEP) directs state agencies to “dramatically reduce energy use in state-owned facilities.”
• EO 04-01: Persistent Toxic Chemicals directs the state to make available for purchase and use equipment, supplies, and other products that do not contain persistent and bioaccumulative toxic (PBT) chemicals, unless there is no feasible alternative.
  Accordingly, all heating products must EITHER:
  • Be ENERGY STAR-certified; or
  • Meet the state of California’s Title 20 Appliance Efficiency Regulations
• RCW 70A.230.060: Mercury-free Product Preference and DES' Nonmercury-Added Products Purchasing Preference (POL-DES-70A.230-00) state, “The department of enterprise services must give priority and preference to the purchase of equipment, supplies, and other products that contain no mercury-added compounds or components, unless:
  • (a) There is no economically feasible nonmercury-added alternative that performs a similar function; or
  • (b) the product containing mercury is designed to reduce electricity consumption by at least forty percent and there is no nonmercury or lower mercury alternative available that saves the same or a greater amount of electricity as the exempted product. In circumstances where a nonmercury-added product is not available, preference must be given to the purchase of products that contain the least amount of mercury added to the product necessary for the required performance.”
    Accordingly, bidders may not offer heating equipment with mercury-containing switches on this contract unless there is no technically feasible alternative.

Preferred specifications

Purchasers should include these specifications, unless not possible:

• Additional environmental and health attributes of heating products include those with the following ecolabels:
  • ENERGY STAR Most Efficient; and/or
  • RoHS-compliant, which means they are free of lead and other chemicals of concern

Laws, rules, and executive orders

These laws, rules, and executive orders must be included in the contract language:

• EO 20-01: State Efficiency and Environmental Performance (SEEP)
• RCW 19.27A: Energy Related Building Standards
• EO 04-01: Persistent Toxic Chemicals
• RCW 70A.230.060: Mercury-free Product Preference
• DES' Nonmercury-Added Products Purchasing Preference (POL-DES-70A.230-00)

Find these products on statewide contracts

Find products that meet Washington’s green purchasing specifications:

• Contract 02919: HVAC services

End of life

Surplus goods that still can be used

• Use surplus disposal to get rid of items you no longer need. Keep materials out of landfills and make funds for your agency.

Recycling and disposal

Hazardous waste disposal guidelines and options:

• Department of Ecology: Dispose, recycle, or treat dangerous waste
• Washington Recycles