Federal agencies are required to purchase energy-efficient products. To help federal buyers and contractors meet these requirements, the Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) creates accredited training courses and videos detailing the energy-efficient product procurement process.
Take Five Videos
The following short-form trainings highlight various aspects of energy efficient product procurement.
Life Cycle Costs for Acquisition
This training explains why and how to consider the total cost of owning products, especially for products that use energy.
Download a one-page guide for evaluating life cycle costs for acquisition.
Buying Low Carbon Food Services
This training provides an overview of energy efficiency guidelines for food storage and equipment for federal employees and food-service contractors.
Download a one-page guide to Buying Low Carbon Food Services.
Buying a Heat Pump
This training focuses on air-source heat pumps and covers why efficient heat pumps are a good choice, how to select a model that meets federal energy efficiency requirements, and how to buy the right model for your needs.
Download a one-page guide to buying a heat pump.
What Is Energy Efficiency?
This training focuses on energy efficiency 101 for federal procurement team members, including energy efficiency concepts, key efficiency metrics, and how to apply metrics to acquisitions.
Download a one-page guide to Energy Efficiency for Federal Acquisition.
Federal Acquisition Requirements
This training focuses on energy efficiency requirements for federal acquisitions. We'll show you how to find the energy efficient purchasing requirements for a specific product/service, and other helpful resources.
Download a one-page guide to federal acquisition requirements.
Download the Paths to Energy Efficiency Requirements (PEER) tool.
Buying Energy-Efficient Lighting
This training focuses on energy-efficient lighting, including what's mandatory and tips for selecting and buying LED lighting that meets your facility's needs.
Download a one-page guide to buying energy-efficient lighting.
Full-Length Trainings
Federal buyers and contracting officers interested in developing expertise in sustainable product procurement can enroll in the Federal Energy Management Program's (FEMP) product efficiency and technology integration training courses.
Contracting for Efficiency: In-Depth Training for Contracting Officers
This on-demand course is an introduction to the process of procuring energy-efficient products.
Sustainable Acquisition and Materials Management Trainings
Federal buyers, contracting officers, and specifiers interested in improving their knowledge for all areas of sustainable acquisition and materials management are encouraged to review a list of trainings, website resources, and conferences that was assembled by FEMP’s Sustainable Acquisition and Materials Management Sub-Working Group.
This Excel document covers everything from introductory-level overviews to the acquisition process, requirements, and tools to help you specify, select, and purchase compliant products.
An accompanying training inventory groups these Sustainable Acquisition Training Resources by various acquisition topics.
This is a great resource if you want help understanding how to select the best trainings to improve your knowledge of the acquisition process or product-specific information.
All trainings listed in the Word document are described in detail in the Excel document.
Have an Update to the Sustainable Acquisition Training Inventory?
Submit any additions, modifications, and removals through the FEMP Assistance Request Portal and select either "Training" or "Energy-Efficient Products and Technologies" as the service area.