The Peace Corps

Sustainability Plan

August 31, 2010
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section 1: Agency Policy and Strategy 

I. Agency Policy Statement

II. Sustainability and the Agency Mission

III. Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goals 

IV. Plan Implementation 

V. Evaluating Return on Investment

VI. Transparency

Section 2: Performance Review & Annual Update 

I. Summary of Accomplishments:

II. Goal Performance Review::

1 . GOAL: Scope 1 & 2 Greenhouse Gas Reduction 

2 . GOAL: Scope 3 Greenhouse Gas Reduction

3 . GOAL: Develop and Maintain Agency Comprehensive Greenhouse Gas 

Inventory

4 . GOAL: High-Performance Sustainable Design/Green Buildings

5 . GOAL: Regional and Local Planning

6 . GOAL: Water Use Efficiency and Management

7 . GOAL: Pollution Prevention and Waste Elimination

8 . GOAL: Sustainable Acquisition

9 . GOAL: Electronic Stewardship and Data Centers

1 0 . GOAL: Agency Innovation 
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Section 1: Agency Policy and Strategy

I. Agency Policy Statement

The Federal Government is the largest consumer of energy in the United States. The Peace 

Corps contributes to this consumption with its global presence of employees, facilities, and 

vehicles located in 76 countries worldwide. We are committed to support Executive Order 

13514, Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance. Although the 

executive order applies to activities and resources in the United States, the Peace Corps can 

provide leadership, and wherever possible, apply the spirit and intent of the executive order to 

our overseas resources as well. Additionally, our volunteers can share green ideas within the 

countries in which they serve. 

On January 14, 2010, Peace Corps’ Director Williams held his first Peace Corps ―All Hands‖ 

staff meeting to discuss agency-wide priorities. He emphasized a commitment to improve 

sustainability in worldwide operations by ―greening the agency in terms of projects, operations at 

our overseas posts and overall infrastructure.‖ The Office of Management has developed a draft 

Peace Corps Green Strategy that includes actions that the Peace Corps will undertake to 

reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions. We have set a target to reduce the amount of annual 

greenhouse gas emissions from our domestic operations by 20 % by fiscal year 2020. 

Additionally, we have set a 20 % reduction target for our domestic petroleum usage by fiscal 

year 2020. 

Although we have not yet set specific targets for our overseas locations because of the 

challenges of the operational environment and availability of energy sources, we are identifying 

quantifiable measures this fiscal year to reduce energy consumption through training, 

evaluations, and other methods pertaining to our global operations.

For Fiscal Year 2010, the Agency has embarked on two major projects demonstrating our 

commitment to worldwide sustainability. First, we are renovating our commercially leased 

headquarters building with a more efficient space design, allowing us to move two floors of 

employees from another building into our main headquarters building. We will be reducing our 

overall square footage by more than 10 % and thereby, expect to reduce our energy 

consumption. During this renovation, we are replacing an inefficient cooling system in our data 

center with an Energy Star-rated air conditioning unit. Second, we have hired an energy expert 

consultant to conduct energy audits at three of our overseas posts. The overseas energy audit 

project includes developing energy checklists that can be used worldwide at our posts to reduce 

energy cost and greenhouse gas emissions. 

The Peace Corps has had significant successes in sustainability projects over the past two 

years. In FY 2009, we created the Peace Corps Green Team that created newsletters, a 

website, and other information channels to provide employee education on recycling, 

composting, water and energy savings tips. One of the biggest successes of the green team 

education program was a 25% reduction in paper usage for copying and printing. Additionally, 

we recently reduced our electric energy consumption in our Washington Headquarters by 16 %

by shutting down our HVAC systems on weekends and holidays.
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The Peace Corps is committed to lead the way in Federal greening efforts worldwide and looks 

forward to sharing ideas with other government agencies.

II. Sustainability and the Agency Mission

Sustainability is a fundamental part of the Peace Corps Mission. The first goal of the Peace 

Corps mission is to help countries in meeting their need for trained men and women. Increased 

GHG and environmental degradation disproportionately impact undeveloped countries, and 

many of the volunteers serving around the world work on direct environmental projects or 

agricultural projects in which teaching sustainability is often paramount to meeting basic needs. 

Our volunteers have been recognized for working on projects improving wastewater and 

creating alternate fuel solutions in developing countries. Although our agency mission and the 

volunteer projects we support are outside the scope of Executive Order 13514, we believe our 

efforts meet the intent of the executive order and allow us to set an example in countries in 

which we live and work. Additionally, many sustainment and infrastructure improvement 

initiatives at our posts will create cost savings, allowing the agency to have more funds available 

to support volunteers. 

III. Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goals 

Scope 1 Target.

Buildings - In the United States, the Peace Corps’ main headquarters building is in a GSA 

commercially leased facility with an additional two floors in second GSA commercially leased 

facility. Our nine Regional Recruiting Offices (RROs) each occupy 7,000sf or less in GSA 

federal buildings or in a commercial leased building. Therefore, we have no scope 1-reduction 

targets for our domestic offices. However, we will continue to collaborate with our property 

owners and seek ways to reduce energy in our commercially leased buildings. 

For instance, we are consolidating our staff into one building over the next two years will allow 

us to cut our GHG emissions by reducing the square feet occupied by Peace Corps.

Vehicles - The Peace Corps has set a target to reduce GHG emissions by 20% on our 

domestic vehicles by 2020. While Peace Corps maintains a fleet of 650 vehicles, only 21 of our 

vehicles are in the United States. Twenty of the twenty-one vehicles are GSA leased and 

remaining one is commercially leased. We expect to reduce vehicle GHG by traveling fewer

miles and continuing to use more fuel-efficient or alternative fuel vehicles to support our 

mission.

Scope 2 Targets.

The Peace Corps does not purchase any electricity, steam, or heat in the United States and 

therefore, has no scope two targets. However, we purchase electricity at our overseas post and 

are developing plans to reduce GHG emissions, wherever possible, at our overseas post. We 

expect to have GHG emission reduction targets for our overseas post by fiscal year 2012. 

Scope 3 Targets
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The Peace Corps has set a goal to reduce scope 3 GHG emissions by 20% by FY 2020. We 

expect to achieve this goal by increasing telework participation and mass transit use, promoting 

carpooling, and reducing business travel by increasing other telecommunication methods. 

IV. Plan Implementation 

The Office of Management has the responsibility for implementing the Peace Corps Green 

Action Plan and the Director has appointed the Chief of Administrative Services the Agency 

Senior Sustainability Officer. The Senior Sustainability Officer (SSO), with the support of the 

Green Team has developed the first draft of the Peace Corps Green Action Plan this year. The 

Peace Corps Green Team, which has representatives from each operational office, the Office of 

the CFO, the Office of the CIO, the Office of Acquisitions Contract Management, and General 

Council will update the plan quarterly. Our green team publishes a quarterly newsletter 

distributed to our locations worldwide. 

We expect to have a full-time employee dedicating one-half of their work hours to ensure plan 

implementation, measure progress, and provide an analysis of the progress hired by August 

2010. The Green Action Plan incorporates all of the goals from Executive Order 13514 and all 

other previous federal requirements. This Action Plan serves as a roadmap to identify the most 

critical and practical steps in make sustainable energy a fundamental part of the Peace Corps 

culture. Our green strategy has five focus areas:

1. Greening Peace Corps Real Estate

2. Fleet Management

3. Employee Education and Awareness

4. Buying Green – Procurement

5. Greening your Commute

We have incorporated three basic principles throughout the focus areas:

1. Change the culture and philosophy of energy usage

2. Integrate energy goals in facility management and space planning

3. Promote awareness of conservation methods through communication and education 

The Senior Sustainability Officer will provide the Associate Director of Management with yearly 

GHG reduction targets to be included in his or her annual performance plan. If the SSO

identifies any resourcing requirements needed to reach our targets, he or she will request for

agency resources through the OCFO.

Table 1: Critical Planning Coordination

The purpose of this table is to illustrate the relationship between the sustainability plan and 

other planning and reporting efforts across the agency. This table illustrates opportunities for 

integrating sustainability requirements into existing planning documents and vice versa.
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Originating Report/Plan

Scope 1 & 2 GHG Reduction

Scope 3 GHG Reduction

Develop and Maintain 

Agency Comprehensive 

GHG Inventory

High-Performance 

Sustainable Design / Green 

Buildings

Regional and Local Planning

Water Use Efficiency and 

Management

Pollution Prevention and 

Waste Elimination

Sustainable Acquisition

Electronic Stewardship and 

Data Centers

Agency Specific Innovation

GPRA Strategic Plan n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Agency Capital Plan No No No No No n/a n/a No No No

A-11 300s n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Annual Energy Data Report n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

EISA Section 432 Facility 

Evaluations/Project Reporting n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Budget Yes Yes No Yes Yes n/a n/a Yes No No

Asset Management Plan/3 Year 

Timeline Yes Yes No Yes Yes n/a n/a Yes No No

Circular A-11 Exhibit 53s n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

OMB Scorecards n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

DOE's Annual Federal Fleet Report to 

Congress and the President No No No n/a No n/a n/a No No No

Data Center Consolidation Plan No No No No No n/a n/a No No No

Environmental Management System n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Other (reports, policies, plans, etc.) Yes Yes No Yes Yes n/a n/a Yes No Yes

V. Evaluating Return on Investment

The Peace Corps is a small Agency with extremely limited resources. Therefore, it is imperative 

that any approved GHG reduction projects be well planned to take into consideration the initial 

cost and return on investment. With our mission almost exclusively outside the United States, 

most domestic projects to reduce GHG emissions will only require a simple economic lifecycle 

cost and return on investment analysis. Consideration will be given to social and environmental 

benefits and these benefits must be weighed against monetary investment cost. For instance, 

our ongoing study to place composting boxes in our headquarters buildings is one in which

there is not a monetary ROI, but it is still an environmentally sound investment to reduce solid 

waste disposal. All larger expense project involving capital expenditures must have a cost 

benefit analysis that includes identifying any social or environmental benefits and/or how it 

relates to the Agency mission. For smaller projects, we will prioritize our projects that have the 

highest return on investment or the biggest environmental impact with the lowest cost. 

As we expand our projects outside the United States, we will develop criteria to weigh cost, 

initial investments with return on investment along with mission related benefits. 

VI. Transparency

The Peace Corps has a Green Team webpage on its intranet to share information about all 

agency green projects. Additionally, we have set up a Peace Corps Green Team account on our 

Peace Corps GURU platform. The GURU platform facilitates internally the exchange of 
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information throughout all our 74 Peace Corps post. GURU has a collaboration tool that enables 

sharing successful practices via discussion forums, FAQs, and a searchable directory of advice.

By fiscal year 2011, we will have our GHG reduction targets and demonstrated progress toward 

the targets posted on our Green Team webpage. Once CEQ and OMB have reviewed our 

sustainment plan, we will post a link to our goals/progress reports to our public Internet site 

along with other green project information web pages our green team is developing. 
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Section 2: Performance Review & Annual Update 

I. Summary of Accomplishments

The Peace Corps has made significant achievements over the past year toward sustainability 

goals. At the beginning of FY 2009, we established the Peace Corps Green Team with a goal to 

look for interactive ways to improve environmental awareness within our agency and look for 

ways to reduce our Agency’s carbon footprint. Initially we focused on cost-cutting savings 

measurements but quickly incorporated ideas that may not have been cost-effective but we 

believe the ―right thing to do‖ for the environment. 

The Green team worked with the Facilities Management Division to mandate recycling. Prior to 

the inception of the program, Peace Corps’ lack of efficient recycling programs enabled Agency 

employees to dispose of recyclable materials, such as qualifying paper and plastics, into the 

waste baskets, which the night cleaning crew disposed of as collective disposable waste 

materials. 

Since the inception of the recycling program, the Facilities Management Division (FMD) has 

produced acceptable guidelines for what constitutes recyclable materials as well as suitable 

containers for the collection of various recyclable materials such as paper, glass, cans, plastics

as well as battery and copier toner cartridges. The guidelines and containers are displayed in 

high visibility areas, which include the major kitchens, break areas, and workrooms. Every two 

weeks, a representative from FMD presents the recycling program to new employees at New 

Employee Orientation. We continue to reduce the amount of solid waste and hope to one day 

have no solid waste from our building operations.

A second Green Team initiative was to set all copiers and printers to default to duplex printer. 

This initiative resulted in a 25% reduction in paper use throughout the headquarters. 

Peace Corps currently leases the Headquarters and its Regional Recruiting Office buildings. As 

the lease cost for the buildings includes the utility costs, Peace Corps does not save any money 

when we reduce our utility usage. Despite this, Peace Corps continues to make an 

environmental commitment to reduce its utility. Over the past year, we have:

o Installed water flow restrictor faucet aerators in kitchen areas to conserve water.

o Installed signs in all restrooms encouraging water conservation

o Installed motion sensor lights in conference rooms and offices throughout 

buildings

o Removed every other light bulb in common areas and some offices.

o Replaced a 12-year-old UPS system with a new energy efficient model 

The Green Team sponsored an Agency Free-Cycle event in which all staff offices could bring 

excess office equipment and supplies. We estimated more than 150 people attended the event 

and approximately 2/3 of the donations were recycled back into the agency. The free cycle was 

so successful we will have a free-cycle store once our new space design is complete. This 

exchange will allow staff offices to share and recycle various office supplies. 

Our green team meets quarterly and continually looks for ways the Agency can become more 

environmentally friendly.
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II. Goal Performance Review

1 . GOAL: Scope 1 & 2 Greenhouse Gas Reduction 

a. Goal description –

i. Domestic Buildings—To reduce our footprint in the Washington, DC 

office facilities, Peace Corps has begun the Peace Corps Headquarters 

Redesign Project. During this process (projected completion date 

November, 2012), we will be pursuing the following goals to achieve 

greener operations:

1. Low to No VOC paint—the interior of the building will be 

repainted using low to no VOC paint

2. Low to No VOC carpet—the interior of the building will be recarpeted using low to no VOC carpet that has post-consumer 

content.

3. Reduced GHG emissions—approximately 65 people occupying 

20,000 square feet in a separate building across the street will be 

re-located to the Headquarters main building at the completion of 

the project. This will reduce our carbon footprint approximately 

10% by reducing the amount of space occupied by Peace Corps 

from 180,000 square feet to 160,000.

ii. Domestic Vehicles—Peace Corps has a fleet of 21 vehicles operating in 

eight major metropolitan areas in the CONUS. Currently four of these 

vehicles are E85 FF and two are Gas Hybrid, constituting 29% of the fleet.

Our goal is to increase the number of alternate fuel vehicles to over 50% of 

the domestic fleet and to reduce miles traveled by encouraging 

teleconferencing, WebEx, and other technological communication options.

b. Agency lead for goal – The Chief of Administrative Services oversees both the 

domestic real estate program and the domestic vehicle fleet.

c. Implementation methods –

i. Domestic Buildings—Peace Corps is working with GSA, the building 

owners, and the contractors to ensure that low to no VOC paint and carpet 

are used in the HQ redesign project. The Chief of Facilities Management is 

working to ensure that the relocation of staff occurs on time and that 

Peace Corps reduces its square footage on schedule.

ii. Domestic Vehicle Fleet—Peace Corps is working with the Administrative 

Officers in the Regional Recruiting Offices (RRO) to encourage them to 

acquire alternate fuel vehicles wherever possible. The potential roadblocks 

to this goal are the availability of alternate fuel in the area in which the 

RRO operates and the ability of GSA to supply alternate fuel vehicles upon 

request.

d. Planning table –

Unit FY 10 FY 11 FY 12 FY 13 FY 14 FY 15 FY 16 .... FY 20

Fleet

Petroleum Use Reduction Targets % 10% 12% 14% 16% 18% 20% 22% .... 30%

Alternative Fuel Use in Fleet AFV Target % 29% 29% 33% 33% 38% 38% 48% ..... 52%

Scope 1 & 2 - Reduction Targets % 10% 11% 12% 13% 14% 15% 15% .... 20%

e. Agency status -

i. Domestic Buildings—the HQ redesign project has been funded and 

construction begins in July. Peace Corps has instructed the building 
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owners and GSA to select appropriately ―green‖ paint and carpet within the 

next year. By November 2012, a 10% reduction of square footage will be 

complete. In FY 2010, we reduced electricity consumption by 16% in our 

largest building by shutting down our HVAC system over weekends and 

holidays. 

ii. Domestic Vehicles—fleet is currently 29% alternate fuel vehicles. Peace 

Corps is planning to upgrade one gas-dedicated vehicle every other year 

to an alternate fuel vehicle until 50% of the fleet is composed of alternate 

fuel vehicles.

2 . GOAL: Scope 3 Greenhouse Gas Reduction

a. Goal description – To reduce GHG emissions from vehicles used by domestic 

Peace Corps staff in their commute and in business travel by 20%. 

b. Agency lead for goal – The Chief of Administrative Services oversees business 

travel and subsidies for mass transit and bicycles. The Director of Human 

Resources Management oversees the telework and alternate work schedule 

programs. 

c. Implementation methods –

Transit Subsidies--Currently only 14% of Peace Corps employees have agency 

issued parking passes. Due to the cost of parking outside of the PC building, we 

estimate that less than 20% of Peace Corps employees drive their personal car 

to work. We provide free parking for employees who carpool and currently have 

three vehicles used in carpools. We will work to encourage increased carpooling 

and the use of metro benefits through education. We will implement and 

promote rideshare program through various channels, such as website, emails, 

newsletters, initiatives and events. Marketing of already existing carpool and 

vanpool programs will help employees understand their daily commute options. 

Currently, only few Peace Corps employees participate in vanpool programs. 

Our goal for 2010 is to increase awareness of vanpool benefits and invite more 

employees to join the program. Peace Corps will facilitate employee participation 

in ridesharing matching programs. The coordinator will publicize within the facility 

the availability of public transportation. The coordinator will also communicate 

employee needs for new or improved transportation service to the appropriate 

local public transit authorities or other organizations furnishing multi-passenger 

modes of travel. The agency will also promote carpooling by advertising various 

programs and benefits, like ―Rideshare Tuesday,‖ and ―Pool Rewards.‖ Peace 

Corps will continue to assign free parking spaces in the garage for employee 

carpools.

Peace Corps will continue organizing ―Green Commute‖ events, such as ―Bike to 

Work‖, ―Walk to Work‖ and ―Car Free‖ days. 

Bike Commuter Benefits. Peace Corps has approved a Bicycle Commuter 

Benefit program. A nontaxable benefit was initiated this year and provides a 

subsidy to eligible employees who commute in any month by (I) regular use of a 

bicycle for a substantial portion of the travel between their residence and their 
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Peace Corps place of employment, and (II) do not receive any other qualified 

transportation benefit such as transit and parking. Peace Corps will market Biking 

to work and Walk to work programs actively and offer initiatives to participants. 

TeleWork and AWS—Peace Corps continues to support telework for employees 

wherever possible. We recently established an account to participate at GSA 

Telework centers. Peace Corps strongly encourages employees to use 

Alternative Work Schedule. With many options available, our goal is for 

employees to commute to work four (4) or less days a week. Even with our 

established programs, we have not met our Telework goals and will focus our 

efforts over the next few years to increase teleworking and alternative work 

schedules and sites significantly. In our building renovation, we have reduced 

standard office space and replace it with ―hot spots‖ and ―hoteling‖ options for 

employees. While everyone in our headquarters building is moved at least once 

during our renovation, will educate employees and supervisors on teleworking 

options in hopes of changing the structured physical office culture. 

Business Travel – Our reductions to domestic business travel is limited. We will 

conduct business via WebEx and other communication methods to reduce travel. 

However, a majority or our domestic travel is meet volunteer groups and travel 

would be required. We already have selected staging sites that reduce air travel. 

d. Planning table –

Units1FY 10 FY 11 FY 12 FY 13 FY 14 .... FY 20

Number of people driving personal vehicle 

to work 115 20% 18% 15% Hold Hold

Number of people teleworking 75 10% 15% 18% 20% 25% .... 40%

Number of people on alternate work 

schedule 35 5% 15% 18% 20% 25% .... 40%

GHG emissions from air travel 1900 1862 1824 1789 1752 1717 1596

Planned Scope 3 Reduction Target % 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% .... 20%

e. Agency status -

i. Mass Transit—Currently 60% of Peace Corps employees utilize transit 

subsidies.

ii. Bicycle Subsidy—Currently 1% of Peace Corps employees utilize the 

bike subsidy.

iii. TeleWork—Currently, approximately 10% of Peace Corps employees 

have telework agreements. 

iv. Alternate Work Schedule—Currently 5% of Peace Corps employees 

operate on an alternate work schedule.

v. Business Travel—Currently Peace Corps flies 625,000 miles per year on 

business air travel.

3 . GOAL: Develop and Maintain Agency Comprehensive Greenhouse Gas Inventory

A majority of our business air travel is done by volunteers and to overseas locations making it 

difficult to measure just our domestic staff air miles. We used statistical averages with a few 

assumption to develop a baseline number. However, we have begun to insert data codes into 
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our tickets to distinguish airline miles between staff and volunteers. For the next reporting 

period, we will have a better tool in place to track air travel miles and put them into the correct 

category. We also based all our travel miles using long haul flights and are seeking ways to 

distinguish between short, medium, and long haul flights.

For our employee commuting data, we used existing records for transit, bike, and parking 

records to determine miles travel. We have the number of teleworkers but do not currently track 

teleworking days. For the next reporting period, we will establish procedures to accurately track 

Telework and other alternative work site travel. Additionally, we will conduct an employee 

commuting survey and compare the statistical sampling results with our current data collection 

method and determine which method provides more reliable data. 

 

4 . GOAL: High-Performance Sustainable Design/Green Buildings

Does Not Apply to Peace Corps. We are in commercial leased facilities and will work with GSA 

and the landlord to promote energy savings.

5 . GOAL: Regional and Local Planning

Does Not Apply to Peace Corps. We do not own land and are not involved in this type of 

planning.

6 . GOAL: Improve Water Use Efficiency and Management

Does Not Apply to Peace Corps. We are in commercial leased facilities and will continue to 

work with GSA and the landlord to promote water conservation.

7 . GOAL: Pollution Prevention and Waste Elimination

Does Not Apply to Peace Corps. We are in commercial leased facilities and the landlord is 

responsible for our solid waste. We actively participate in recycle programs.

8 . GOAL: Sustainable Acquisition

a. Goal description – Ensure 95% of new contract actions, including task and 

delivery orders under new contracts and existing contracts, require the supply or 

use of products and services that are energy efficient (Energy Star or FEMPdesignated), water efficient, bio-based, environmentally preferable, non-ozone 

depleting, contain recycled content, or are not toxic or less toxic alternatives. .

b. Agency lead for goal – The Chief Acquisition Officer. 

c. Implementation methods – The Chief Acquisition Officer will update affirmative 

―green‖ purchasing plans and provide education and training for purchase 

cardholders and contracting officers in environmentally appropriate purchasing. 

d. Planning table –

Units FY 

10 FY 11 FY 12 FY 13 .... FY 20

Target for New Contract Actions Meeting Sustainable 

Acquisition Requirements %

10% 95% 95% 95% Hold 95%

e. Agency status – The Agency complies with existing ―green‖ purchasing

requirements that were established in EO 13123. We will move forward with 

updating our policies to add the new requirements of EO 13514.
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9 . GOAL: Electronic Stewardship and Data Centers

a. Goal description – Establish and implement policy and guidance to ensure use 

of power management, duplex printing, and other energy efficient or 

environmentally preferred options and features on all eligible agency electronic 

products.

b. Agency lead for goal – Chief of Administrative Services is responsible for 

building energy. The Chief Information Officer oversees the purchase, 

acquisition, and support of all IT equipment for the Agency.

c. Implementation methods – The Agency cyclically replaces electronic 

equipment and ensures new electronic equipment is energy efficient. We have 

set all of our copiers and newer printers to duplex print. The Agency disposes of 

all electronic devices via Inter-Agency agreement with Health and Human 

Services that practices environmentally friendly disposition. The Agency has one 

primary data center and one alternate data center. It is not possible to reduce the 

amount of data centers. However, we are improving the energy usage to support 

our one data center. This FY we invested in a new energy efficient UPS system 

and next FY we will be replacing the HVAC system in the data center. In next 

year’s plan, we expect to add additional items to support this goal.

d. Planning table –

Units FY 10 FY 11 FY 12 FY 13 .... FY 20

Percentage of agency, eligible electronic products with 

power management and other energy-environmentally 

preferable features actively implemented and in use

% 80% 80% 90% 90% 90%

Number of Copiers and Printers converted to MFD with 

duplex printing as default 50 65% 90% 100% hold 100%

e. Agency status – We have set our copiers and printers to duplex printing. We are 

conducting a print management study that will result in recommendations to 

reduce the number of MFD/print/copier devices and reduce paper use through 

automation. 

1 0 . GOAL: Agency Innovation - Reduce GHG emission at overseas locations

a. Goal description – EO 13514 only applies to domestic facilities and for federal 

employees. Our Agency conducts 95% of our business overseas and our almost 

8,000 volunteers are not federal employees. Although not required as part of EO 

13514, we believe we can take the initiative to expand our Agency goals and 

make efforts to apply the spirit and intent of the EO to our overseas locations. 

Therefore, we have set a goal to reduce our GHG emissions by 35% at our 

overseas post. 

b. Agency lead for goal – Chief of Administrative Service in coordination with the 

Office of Global Operations. 

c. Implementation methods – The Agency is conducting a pilot project to conduct 

post energy audits and develop full global energy reduction plan. Initially, we will 

be conducting audits at three overseas locations that were selected based on 

their current energy use and climatic zones. Phase I of the project will consist of 

a comprehensive examination of the consumption, GHG emission, and cost of:
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i. Electrical systems and components including back up generators

ii. Space heating/cooling and water heating equipment and fuels

iii. Water use 

iv. Fleet vehicles 

v. Solid waste production/treatment/disposal

Phase II of the project consist of developing checklist and educational methods 

that can be shared with other post. Finally, phase III will create a monitoring 

mechanism to improve data collection and ensure post comply with 

recommendations. 

d. Planning table –

Units FY 10 FY 11 FY 12 FY 13 .... FY 20

Reduce Overseas GHG by 35% 0% 3% 5% 10% 35%

e. Agency status – We have hired an expert consultant and the first three post 

energy audits will take place in FY 2010.