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T1 Sustainable Public Procurement: Green Room Air Conditioners on Government e-Marketplace
A1 Government e-Marketplace, 
K1 green economy
K1 air-conditioning
K1 market economy
K1 climate change
YR 2021
FD 2021-06
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/37973
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/37973
NO Government e-Marketplace (GeM), launched in 2016, is an online platform for public procurement in India with the objective to create an open and transparent procurement platform for government buyers. Room Air Conditioners (ACs) are a high priority product for Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP) because of the high environmental impact an AC has over its life, from manufacturing, usage, servicing, and disposal. Sales of Room ACs are growing at over 15% annually, with over 44,000 ACs worth Rs. 1.7 Billion were procured on the GeM platform alone last year. The enabling policy and supporting regulations for Green ACs already exist, thereby ensuring ease of implementing sustainable public procurement.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 17, 2026