# Presentation: 154432

## Pollution Prevention at Brookhaven National Lab

*Textron Benchmarking / Informational Exchange*

*Peter D. Pohlot*
*BNL P2 Coordinator **August 20, 2008*

## Presentation Overview

_**Purpose:**_
**Present BNL’s P2 program to Textron**
_**Topics:**_
**Overview of the BNL P2 Program**
**Engaging the Scientific Staff**
**Review of performance**
**Success Stories**
**Summary and Discussion**

## Overview of the BNL P2 Program

- P2 Program Manager
- Establish strategy, goals, budget, and responsibilities
- Monitor performance
- P2 Council
- One rep from each Directorate
- Allocates investments
- Return-On-Investment Program
- Environmental Compliance Representatives

## P2 Council

_**Charge:**_   *Assist with development, establishment, management, and promotion of Lab-wide pollution prevention and waste minimization program.*
_**Structure:**_ One representative (and an alternate) from each BNL directorate plus the Chair and Deputy Chair
_**Key Roles:**_
- Communication: Two-way information exchange
- Employee involvement & awareness
- Shared decision making, allocate funding
- Systematic approach

## Return-On-Investment Program

**ROI Program invests in projects that**
- Reduce waste via process changes, substitution, etc; $ave money and improve capabilities; Reduce risk (safety, regulatory, public) - See next slide on Ranking Criteria
**P2 Council**
- Ranks proposals and Votes on how to allocate investments
**Environmental Compliance Reps**
- Provide expert technical assistance to departments
- Share information on good ideas
**BNL invested $10,000 in FY07**
- Average project returns investment in 0.4 years   (Payback Period method)

## P2 Proposal Ranking Criteria

- The project eliminates or significantly reduces a priority waste stream.
- The project eliminates or significantly reduces the use of toxic, radioactive, and/or hazardous materials, particularly chemicals and ozone-depleting substances targeted for reduction by  Executive Order 13423.
- The project corrects or prevents noncompliance and/or eliminates or significantly reduces environmental regulatory requirements in support of Section 303 of Executive Order 13423.
- The project supports and is aligned with the Laboratory Contract Performance Measures.
- The project has a good return on investment (ROI). ROI will be calculated by determining the payback period. A  three year payback period will be considered a 'good' ROI.

## P2 Proposal Ranking Criteria

- The project conserves energy and/or natural resources.
- The project eliminates a source of mercury.
- The project eliminates a source of an Ozone Depleting Substance (ODS).
- The project targets the disposal/removal of a legacy waste.
- The project has a high likelihood of successful implementation.
- The project can be implemented within the fiscal year.

## Environmental Compliance Representatives

**Joy Adams:**** **Biology Department; Energy Sciences & Technology; Energy, Env., and Natl Sec; Environmental Sciences Dept; Medical Department; Nonprof. & National Security
**Deborah Bauer:  **Chemistry Department; Cntr for Funct. Nanomaterials; Nat. Sync. Light Source** **
**Anna Bou: **Community Education and Public Affairs; Director's Office; Diversity Office; Environmntl & Waste Svcs; Finance; HR and Occ Med Division; Information Services Division; Information Technology Div; Internal Audit & Oversight; Legal Office; Policy and Strategic Planning; Procurement & Prop. Mgmt; Quality Management Office; Radiological Control Division; Safety & Health Svcs. Division** **
**Mark Davis: **Environmental Restoration Proj & LTRA** **
**Steve Ferrone: **Emergency Services Division; Central Fabrication Svc Div; Facilities and Operations Division; Safeguards & Security Division**  **
**Melvin Van Essendelft: **Collider Accelerator Depart ; Instrumentation Division; Physics Department; Superconducting Magnet Division

## Engaging Scientific Staff in P2

**Funds budgeted FY07 = $10,000**
- 19 proposals submitted
- Trend from Science is continuing
**Annual costs savings = $38,218**
- From new projects in FY07
**Pollution Prevention (P2) Programs saved $2,961,952 in CY2007**
- Reduced/recycled/reused 14,627,944 lbs. of industrial, sanitary, hazardous and rad waste
**P2 Program is Expanding**
- Awareness and participation is increasing
- Cost savings are accumulating
- Capabilities are improving

## Review of Performance

**As a result of research and cleanup activities, BNL generated regulated waste requiring careful handling and disposal.**
**In 2007, BNL generated the following types and quantities of waste (trend noted):**
**Routine Operations****	**
- Hazardous Waste: 4.1 tons - flat
- Mixed Waste: 31ft3 - up
- Radioactive Waste: 6,796 ft3 - up
**Nonroutine Operations (ER and BNL)**
- Hazardous Waste: 362 tons - up
- Mixed Waste: 148 ft3 - flat
- Radioactive Waste: 59,643 ft3 – up

**Hazardous Waste**

**Rad Waste**

**Mixed Waste**

## FY07 Funded Pollution Prevention Projects

## Success Stories

- Biobased Hydraulics* – Has saved approximately $40,000 in spill remediation costs
- Demolition Waste Recycling* – During 2006 reused over 5000 tons of RCA generated from on-site demolition projects – cost avoidance was $716,680
- Animal Waste Composting* – Cost savings of $189,000
- Hydrogen Peroxide Paint Stripping* – Cost savings of $100,000 and 50% of labor
- Parts Cleaners – Evaluated 4 different types of parts cleaners and found a regenerative unit that minimizes waste and maximizes re-use
- *see handouts

## P2 Outreach Programs

- 	P2 for Fleet Management – April 30, 2004
- 	Building Demolition Presentation – June 16, 2006
- 	Biodiesel Conference – May 2, 2008
- 	Residential Heating Conference – June 26, 2008

## Slide 14

## Residential Energy Conservation Forum

**The Residential Energy Conservation Forum will take place on Thursday, June 26 at 5 p.m. in Berkner Hall. Four speakers will give 15-minute presentations and then participate in a question-and-answer session with the audience. The speakers and their subjects include:**
**- David Beaulieu, LIPA Home Performance Assessment: David will discuss low-tech, cost-effective solutions (insulation, air-sealing, thermo pane windows, etc.) that should be considered prior to higher tech/higher cost changes in the home. David will also discuss LIPA's free home energy assessment.**
**- Thomas Butcher, Brookhaven National Laboratory: Tom will discuss ways to achieve very high efficiency with integrated hot water heating systems. Tom will also present a free web-based tool that provides a fuel savings calculator, developed through work at BNL.**
**- Kaitlin Thomassin, Brookhaven National Laboratory: Kaitlin will discuss the current state-of-the-art wood stoves and what the efficiency numbers mean.**
**- Gordian Raacke, RELI: Gordian will discuss the potential to harness the power of the sun and reduce your home's energy use by up to 40 percent. Gordian's talk will also include a discussion of LIPA cash rebates and other incentives available to you through LIPA's Solar Pioneer & Home Performance with ENERGY STAR programs.**
**All employees, users, and guests are invited to attend this interesting forum. The event will also be open to the public, so if you have any friends who may be interested, please invite them.**

## Summary

**Find Win:Win Situations**
- Reduce waste, cut costs, _improve capabilities_, reduce regulatory requirements, save time and materials
**Invest for Improvement**
- Important source of improvement funding
**Share the power**
- Create a P2 Council, with broad representation
- Give P2 Council funding decision authority
**Track and Report the Results**
- Track and publicize the cost savings and waste reduction
**Recognize the Superstars**
- Awards, newsletter articles, etc.
**Make it Rewarding & Fun**
- Energy Challenge
- P2 Quiz