Barriers and Enablers of Green Public Procurement

The report identifies significant energy and emission reduction potentials through the adoption of 'Green ACs' in public buildings, while highlighting financial, political, and technical barriers that hinder the implementation of Green Public Procurement.

• Air conditioning in public buildings frequently accounts for roughly 50% of total electricity use, with single-split ACs representing approximately 40% of the total installed cooling capacity.
• Replacing a standard split AC (up to 7.4 kW) with a Green AC of equivalent capacity can save an average of 1,000 kWh of electricity annually, representing a 28% reduction from baseline consumption. This transition also offers an average annual GHG emission reduction of 1,100 kg CO2eq, which is 52% of baseline emissions.
• The primary obstacles to Green Public Procurement for cooling include financial barriers, specifically high initial investment costs and a focus on lowest purchase costs over life cycle costs; political and regulatory barriers, such as a lack of leadership for ambitious GPP targets; and technical barriers, namely the absence of environmental procurement criteria.

APA

NewClimate Institute (2021). Barriers and Enablers of Green Public Procurement. http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/green-cooling-in-public-procurement

Chicago

NewClimate Institute. Barriers and Enablers of Green Public Procurement. 2021. http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/green-cooling-in-public-procurement.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{newclimateinstitute2021barriers, author = {{NewClimate Institute}}, title = {{Barriers and Enablers of Green Public Procurement}}, institution = {NewClimate Institute}, year = {2021}, month = may, url = {http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/green-cooling-in-public-procurement}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }