# Presentation: 741377

## Federal Sustainability Overview

**Sustainability 101**
**October 14, 2004**
**Cheri Sayer**
**U.S. Department of Energy**
**Western Regional Office**
- (206) 553-7838
- cheri.sayer@ee.doe.gov

## Highlights

- Sustainability covers a lot of territory
- Energy, Waste, HazMat, Materials, Fuels
- We’ve made good progress
- Lots of folks are working on sustainability in the Federal government
- There’s much more to do!

## Federal Leadership

- “It is the continuing policy of the Federal Government, in cooperation with State and local governments, and other concerned public and private organizations ... to create and maintain conditions under which man and nature can exist in productive harmony, and fulfill the social, economic, and other requirements of present and future generations of Americans.”
-  NEPA, 1969

## Facts from OFEE:Over the last 30 years:

- Our economy grew 164%
- Our population grew 39%
- Our energy consumption increased 42%

## Indicators

- Key air pollutants have decreased 25%
- Toxic releases are down 48%
- Number of citizens who benefit from modern wastewater treatment doubled **(86 million to 165 million)**

## National Progress

- Energy use has grown at 1/4 of economic growth
- Renewable energy generation is up 30%
- Our health is improving – life expectancy is a record 77.4 years

## Federal agencies progress

- Cut building energy intensity by 23%
- Cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2.8 million metric tons
- Tripled renewable energy purchases
- 116 Federal buildings are Energy Star
- 12 Federal buildings are LEED rated
- Significant waste reduction and
- recycling accomplishments

## Federal Leadership Role

- Lead by Example
- Meet Executive Order mandates
- Be a good steward of resources
- Be a good neighbor

## Executive Orders on Greening the Federal Government

**E.O. 13101****, Sept. 16, 1998 -  Waste Prevention, Recycling  and Federal Acquisition**** **
**E.O. 13123,**** ****June 8, 1999 - Efficient Energy Management**
**E.O. 13221****, Aug 2, 2001 – Efficient Standby Power Devices**

**E.O. 13148,**** April 26, 2000  - Leadership in Environmental Management**** **
**E.O. 13149,**** April 26, 2000 -  Federal Fleet and Transportation Efficiency**** **
**E.O. 13150,**** April 26, 2000  - Federal Workforce Transportation**

## Sustainability “Drivers”

**Executive Order 13123**
- Requires agencies to apply sustainable design principles to the
- siting, design, and construction of new facilities
**OMB Circular A-11**
- 	Encourages agencies to incorporate Energy Star or LEED for designs for new construction and renovation
**Executive Order 13148**
- 	Requires agencies to develop Environmental Management Systems (plans) by Sept 30, 2004

## Who’s working on Sustainability?

- Office of the Federal Environmental Executive
- Interagency Sustainability Working Group
- Federal Network for Sustainability
- Federal Green Building Council
- Individual departments/agencies

## Office of Federal Environmental Executive (OFEE)

- _Mission_:  Promote sustainable environmental stewardship throughout the Federal government
- _Created_:  By EO in 1993; reports to the White House
- _Strategic Tools_:  Promote Environmental Management Systems; Closing the Circle awards; Surveys/Reports
- _Sustainable Practices_:
- Waste prevention and recycling     **http://www.ofee.gov**
- Green purchasing
- Green buildings
- Electronics stewardship

## Interagency Sustainability Working Group

**HQ based Federal group leading implementation of Sustainable Building Design**
- Sharing information on what each agency is doing and latest in sustainable design
- Reviewing and commenting on documents from OFEE and others
- Gathering Federal projects for inclusion in the High Performance Building Database
- Developed Business Case for Sustainability
- _[http://www.eere.energy.gov/femp/technologies/](http://www.eere.energy.gov/femp/technologies/)_
- sustainable_workinggroup.cfm

## Federal Network for Sustainability

**West-based Federal agency group with focused efforts around 5 Initiatives**:
- 	Greener Copier Paper (100% recycled content); Electronics Stewardship; Environmental Management Systems; Green Power; Sustainable Buildings
- Operate as a Network under a Statement of Unity
- Provide education, information, and forum for discussion and sharing
- Agencies encouraged to participate
-     and show success
- http://www.federalsustainability.org

## Federal Green Building Council

- Created to work on OFEE report recommendations
- Budget issues
- Education
- Performance metrics
- Research
- Coordination and integration
- http://www.ofee.gov/sb/vision.htm#vision

## Department of Defense Activities

*Army *- 6 bases working with communities, setting 25-year goals
- Zero waste, 100% renewable energy
- Produce annual progress reports
- 		http://www.envquest.com
*Pentagon Renovation Project*
- Developed a Field Guide for Sustainable Construction
*Air Force*
- Developed Sustainability On-Line Training

## Agency LEED Activities

- EPA – Requires LEED Silver for significant new construction
- NASA – Goals for projects to meet LEED Silver, strive for Gold if cost effective
- GSA – Certify all buildings through LEED
- Encouraged to achieve minimum Silver
- Army – Use SPiRiT – transitioning to LEED
- Air Force – LEED is “preferred metric”
- Ramp up to FY09
- Navy – Use LEED as tool or metric
- Certification not required

## Strategies for Sustainability

- Integrate environmental issues across jurisdictions
- Integrate all aspects into the EMS
- Integrate decisionmaking across time
- Integrate sustainability into our lives