# Presentation: 287884

## VA Energy Conservation Program 

Judith Sterne

Office of Asset Enterprise Management
US Department of Veterans Affairs
October 23, 2003

***Judith Sterne***
**Office of Asset Enterprise Management**
**US Department of Veterans Affairs**
**October 23, 2003**

## VA Energy Conservation Program

**Agenda **
- 1.  Purpose
- 2.  Background
- 3.  Policy
- 4.  Commodities
- 5.  Energy Investments
- Enhanced-Use Leasing
- Energy Savings Performance Contracts

## VA Energy Conservation Program

**1.  Purpose**
- For the first time, VA will have a systematic, Agency-wide approach to energy conservation.  In addition to being a good steward of the environment, VA will save money that can be reinvested into programs to improve the lives of our veterans.
- The energy conservation program will promote efficiency in building design and operations, energy consumption, water conservation, and use of new advances in energy conservation technologies.

## VA Energy Conservation Program

**2.  Background**
- VA identified the following deficiencies
- No comprehensive Department-wide policy
- Lack of consistent and approved acquisition and investment strategies
- No uniform Measurement &Verification of energy usage
- Unverifiable reporting mechanisms
- Lack of capturing “lessons learned” or best practices

## VA Energy Conservation Program

**2.  Background**
- New VA energy conservation program
- Establishes agency-wide energy program
- Establishes new program responsibility
- Assistant Secretary for Management
- Senior Agency Official for Energy
- Office of Asset Enterprise Management
- Agency-wide policy and guidance
- Program oversight
- External communications
- Annual reports
- Strategic & implementation plans
- Industry Day Rollout - June 17, 2003

## VA Energy Conservation Program

**3.  Policy**
**Issued July 28, 2003**
**Includes**
**Energy Goals & Requirements**
**Commodity Acquisition**** **
**Energy Investments**
**Reporting**
**Management Tools**

## VA Energy Conservation Program

**4.  Commodities**
- Centralized Bill Paying
- Developing methodology for implementation
- Consolidation - Regional/Central
- Coordination with Administrations / staff offices
- Commodity Consultant
- Develop policy
- Develop best practices guide
- Seeking sources with knowledge of:
- Utility market
- Federal market
- Federal requirements

## VA Energy Conservation Program

## VA Energy Conservation Program

**5.  Energy Investments **
- Energy investments financing options
- Appropriated funds
- DOE ESPC
- Enhanced-use leasing
- GSA FSS
- GSA UESC

## VA Energy Conservation Program

**5.  Energy Investments**
- Pilot Program- Overview
- Purpose –
- Independent energy assessment (EA) by consultant
- Competition in energy investment process
- Statement of Work for Pilot-
- Phase I- commodity acquisition assessment / energy baseline establishment
- Phase II- energy assessment for energy conservation measures
- Phase III- competitive design/build solicitation
- Phase IV & V-  project installation oversight and post installation measurement and verification

## VA Energy Conservation Program

**5.  Energy Investments**
- Pilot Program- Deliverable Status
- VISN 4
- Phase I- September 10, 2003
- Phase II- October 15, 2003
- VISN 12 (Enhanced-Use ESI Pilot)
- Phase I- October 30, 2003
- Phase II- November 20, 2003
- VISN 21
- Phase I- November 14, 2003
- Phase II- December 14, 2003
- VISN 22
- Phase I – October 25, 2003
- Phase II- October 30, 2003

## VA Energy Conservation Program

**5.  Energy Investments**
- Pilot Program Status- Phase III
- ORIGINAL Phase III
- EA performs detailed audit and design for solicitation
- REVISED Phase III
- Competitive Design/Build using initial EA results from Phase II

## Enhanced-Use Leasing

**Authorization**
- 38 USC 8161-8169 – Authorized August 1991
- Authority Expires – December 31, 2011
**Enhanced Use Energy **
- EU authority / co-generation energy centers
- Developer/Operator long-term lease, VA real property
- Designs/constructs/operates
- Sells energy (electric, steam and chilled water) to VA
- Sells energy to third party users

## Enhanced-Use Leasing

**VA Sites with High Co-Generation Potential**
**Top 20**

| Phoenix, AZ
Tucson, AZ
Fresno, CA
Loma Linda, CA
Sepulveda, CA
W Los Angeles, CA
Atlanta, GA | Reno, NV
Lyons, NJ
Albany, NY
Bath, NY
Bronx, NY
Brooklyn, NY
Montrose NY
 | Cleveland (Wade Park), OH
Coatesville, PA
Wilkes-Barre, PA
Mt. Home, TN (in place)
Big Spring, TX
Bonham, TX
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## VA Energy Conservation Program

**Pilot Program- Enhanced Use Energy Co-Generation Potentials**

| VISN 4
(Pennsylvania) | VISN 22
(California)  |
| --- | --- |
| Coatesville | Loma Linda |
| Pittsburgh (Aspinwall) | Los Angeles Ambulatory Care |
| Wilkes Barre | Long Beach |
| Pittsburgh (University Dr) | Sepulveda |
| Philadelphia | West Los Angeles |

**ESCP Projects**
- Awarded since Industry Day
- VISN 12- Milwaukee/Iron Mountain
- VISN 21- Fresno
- VISN 21- San Francisco
- VISN 23

**Energy Investment Potentials- *****Projected ***_***$1.0 Billion or more***_ *(to be verified by future EAs)*
- ESPC
- 21 facilities identified as having high potential for new ESPC contracts ($7M - $10M each)
- Co-generation
- 48 facilities identified as having a high potential for the installation of a co-generation plant ($5M - $20M each)
- Cool storage
- 31 facilities with high potential for the installation of cool storage facilities ($1M - $2M each)
- Demand-side management
- 60 facilities identifies as having high potential for demand-side management upgrades ($500K - $750K per upgrade)

## VA Energy Conservation Program

- For more information and if interested in participating in VA’s energy programs, e-mail
**energy@mail.va.gov**