# Presentation: 680713

## Update on Sustainability

- Beverly Dyer
- DOE Task Force Meeting
- October 19, 2004

## LEED – Specific Policies

| Agency | LEED Goal | Goal Notes | LEED-certified projects* |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Commerce - National Weather Service | Silver | "Shall strive for minimum of LEED Silver" | 1 Certified (v2);1 Silver (v2) |
| Defense - Pentagon | Certified |  | 2 Certified (v2) |
| Defense - Air Force | Certified | Required by FY '09, self-certified | 1 Bronze (v1) |
| Defense - Army | Gold* | *SPiRiT, equivalent to LEED silver; required by FY '06 |  |
| Defense - Navy | Certified | Required | 1 Certified (v1) |
| Energy | ___ |  | 2 Silver (v2); 1 Certified (v2) |

## LEED – Specific Policies

| Agency | LEED Goal | Goal Notes | LEED-certified projects* |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| EPA | Silver | Required by 2005 | 1 Gold (v1); 1 Gold (v2) |
| GSA | Certified | Required; Silver recommended | 3 Certified (v2) |
| Interior | ___ | "Incorporating" LEED criteria, no goal | 1 Certified (v2) |
| NASA | ___ | Silver baseline, Gold where cost-effective |  |
| State | ___ | LEED elements written into RFPs & design guides |  |
| Transportation - FAA | ___ |  | 1 Gold (v2) |

## Federal Sustainable Design Implementation Tools

***www.wbdg.org/ccbref/sfb.php***

**Sustainable Federal Buildings Database**
**Sponsored by the DOE Federal Energy Management Program**

## Federal Sustainable Design Implementation Tools

- Sustainable Federal Building Database
- Executive Orders
- Design criteria
- Operating requirements
- Three characteristics:
- Scope
- Specificity
- Stringency
- 					www.wbdg.org

## Sustainable Design

- The administration is emphasizing energy efficiency and sustainability in its goal to improve energy conservation and environmental stewardship.
- OMB Circular A-11 provides guidance to agencies to do this by offering a focus on sustainable design (A-11 Part 2, Section 300 and 25-5)
- Application of these principles should lead to the implementation of more sustainable buildings

## Sustainable Design

- The administration is emphasizing energy efficiency and sustainability in its goal to improve energy conservation and environmental stewardship.
- OMB Circular A-11 provides guidance to agencies to do this by offering a focus on sustainable design (A-11 Part 2, Section 300 and 25-5)
- Application of these principles should lead to the implementation of more sustainable buildings

## Sustainable Design

- Added to Section 300 – Planning, Budgeting, Acquisition, and Management of Capital Assets
- Is this investment for construction or retrofit of a federal building or facility?  Yes or No
- If Yes, are sustainable design practices (life cycle cost analysis, energy/water efficiency, indoor environmental quality) included in the requirement?  Yes or No

## Sustainable Design

- Added to Section 25-5, Energy and Transportation Management
- Incorporate sustainable building requirements into up front design concepts for new construction and/or building renovation
- Report any incurring or anticipated additional costs
- In many cases, sustainable design can be incorporated at no additional cost and will save money over the life of the building

## Draft Interagency MOU

- A voluntary agreement among Federal agencies
- Provides a common set of performance objectives essential to creating high-performance sustainable buildings to:
- Reduce the total ownership cost of facilities through life-cycle costing
- Improve energy efficiency and water conservation
- Enhance energy security
- Provide safe, healthy, and productive built environments
- Promote environmental stewardship

## Draft Interagency MOU

- Five sustainable performance goals:
- Integrated Practices
- Optimize Energy Performance
- Protect and Conserve Water
- Enhance Indoor Environmental Quality
- Materials

## Draft Interagency MOU

- Potential Scenario and Schedule
- December 2004		review and comment period through agencies
- 				and Federal Green Building Council and 			Federal Real Property Council
- January – Spring 	Modifications
- 2005			Agency sign-offs

## More Information

- For additional information, please contact:
- 	Beverly Dyer
- DOE/FEMP_Beverly.Dyer@ee.doe.gov_
- 	_www.eere.energy.gov/femp/techassist/sustainability.html_