The Energy Star label is awarded to products meeting high energy efficiency standards. The programme was set up by the US Environmental Protection Agency. An agreement with the EU has expanded the programme to Europe, however fewer products are covered by the European version, and European products remain self-certified.
Information on GPP provided by the German Federal Environment Agency (UBA), including GPP criteria, news and publications
English, German
Germany
Food and catering, Textiles, ICT (information and communication techn.), Transport and vehicles, Energy, Cleaning, Buildings and construction, Lighting, Office stationery, Green spaces, Furniture
The Polish national ecolabel, run by the Polish Centre for Testing and Certification. Criteria are based largely on thse of the EU Ecolabel, with further groups also based around Nordic Swan criteria.
Polish
Poland
Food and catering, ICT (information and communication techn.), Cleaning, Buildings and construction, Medical equipment
Information platform on sustainable procurement, including Austrian national criteria, helpdesk, newsletter, forum and useful links. The platform is run by the Technical University of Graz.
German
Austria
Food and catering, Textiles, ICT (information and communication techn.), Transport and vehicles, Energy, Cleaning, Buildings and construction, Lighting, Office stationery, Events, Furniture
GPP criteria in the United Kingdom - website reference
link to the relevant GPP website
English
United Kingdom
Food and catering, Textiles, ICT (information and communication techn.), Transport and vehicles, Cleaning, Buildings and construction, Office stationery, Green spaces, Furniture
GPP information from the Lithuanian Ministry of the Environment including GPP criteria for certain product groups
Lithuanian
Lithuania
Food and catering, Textiles, ICT (information and communication techn.), Transport and vehicles, Energy, Cleaning, Timber and forestry , Buildings and construction, Lighting, Office stationery, Infrastructure, Green spaces, Events, Furniture
ENIGMA is a FP7 project that aims to implement a joint transnational pre-commercial procurement (PCP) procedure in the field of public lighting. The 5 project partner municipalities cooperate on procuring innovation. This report identifies in detail the assessment criteria developed to ensure innovative lighting solutions meet joint needs identified by ENIGMA partners.
ITK-Beschaffung - purchasing criteria for IT products, Germany
Green procurement guidance for certain IT products (computers, notebooks, servers, Monitors) produced by through co-operation between the German Ministry of the Interior’s Procurement Office, the German Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media (BITKOM), the German Army’s Federal Office for Information Management and Information Technology, and the German Ministry of the Environment.
