Department of the Treasury

Treasury Strategic Sustainability Performance 

Plan 

June 2012

Office of the

Assistant Secretary for Management

and

Senior Sustainability Officer
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Policy Statement .............................................................................................................................................

Executive Summary........................................................................................................................................

Table 1: Size and Scope of Treasury Operations............................................................................................

GOAL 1: Greenhouse Gas Reduction and Maintenance of Agency Comprehensive Greenhouse Gas 

Inventory.........................................................................................................................................................

GOAL 2: Buildings, ESPC Initiative Schedule, and Regional & Local Planning..........................................

GOAL 3: Fleet Management...........................................................................................................................

GOAL 4: Water Use Efficiency and Management .........................................................................................

GOAL 5: Pollution Prevention and Waste Reduction ....................................................................................

GOAL 7: Electronic Stewardship and Data Centers.......................................................................................

Appendix A: Climate Change Adaptation Plan ..............................................................................................

Appendix B: Fleet Management Plan .............................................................................................................

Appendix C: Biobased Purchasing Strategy ...................................................................................................

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Executive Summary

Treasury has made significant progress toward reaching stated goals in potable water conservation, 

reductions in GHG emissions, fleet petroleum use, and renewable energy use. Additional work remains in 

the areas of energy intensity reduction and sustainable green buildings to meet established goals. 

The Department has committed $9.5 million in performance-based contracts in response to the December 

2011 “Better Buildings Initiative”. That memorandum directs Federal agencies to enter into $2 billion of 

performance contracts for energy savings government-wide by the end of CY 2013.

Treasury’s first-ever Climate Change Adaptation Plan is attached as Appendix 2 to this Plan. Our stated 

goal is to develop practical, nationally consistent, legally justifiable, and cost-effective measures, both 

structural and nonstructural, to reduce vulnerabilities to climate change. Treasury intends to take a 

comprehensive approach to climate change that incorporates new knowledge and changing conditions 

into our missions, facility operations, and programs. This approach will enhance the capacity of our 

operations, design, construction, planning, and maintenance to adapt to a changing climate. Our progress 

to date has primarily been promoting climate change awareness and identifying facilities at risk, as well 

as assessing areas of potential collaboration with external agencies.

Treasury is working to integrate adaptation and mitigation activities, and to provide resources to achieve 

our highest priorities for FY13. These priorities include: adopting and implementing a framework for 

risk-informed decision-making for climate change and developing metrics and endpoints to measure 

adaptation effectiveness.

The Department has taken aggressive measures to continuously right-size the fleet in order to obtain the 

optimal number of vehicles. Treasury’s fleet management approach is to reduce the size and number of 

vehicles in the fleet so that only the smallest number of vehicles necessary is used to fulfill the mission

and alternative fuel requirements. In conjunction, we have had success in reducing our agency fleet usage 

requirements by encouraging public/mass transportation, combining trips, carpooling, and 

teleconferencing/video conferencing whenever possible. Internal policy reviews have been performed on 

an annual basis to ensure management oversight and fleet program control measures are enforced.

In late 2011, the Main Treasury Building in Washington, DC was awarded Leadership in Energy and 

Environmental Design (LEED) Gold Certification. According to the United States Green Building 

Council (USGBC), the Treasury Building is believed to be the oldest building in the world (completed in 

1869) to receive LEED certification. 

In FY11, IRS reduced energy intensity by 20.6 percent from FY03 baseline levels at facilities for which 

they have responsibility for operations and maintenance. IRS also purchased over 9 percent of its 

electricity through Renewable Energy Credits. In addition, IRS facilities in Andover, Austin, Washington 

DC, and Memphis received the Energy Star rating. 

Working with the General Services Administration (GSA) as the lead organization, IRS completed an 

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) project for the total retro-commissioning at the 

Ogden campus and a major ARRA project at the Austin campus, which encompassed renovations such as 

a lighting upgrade, HVAC modernization, and installation of a solar photovoltaic roof. The Brookhaven 

ARRA project which includes a computerized building management system, chiller replacement, lighting 

upgrades and a roof replacement expected to be completed by August 2012.

In Philadelphia, the previous multiple building campus was vacated and IRS is now occupying a 

renovated historic facility which received LEED Gold certification. In addition, a Utility Energy Services 
Contract (UESC) is under construction at the Memphis facility for the implementation of several energy 

conservation measures, and a UESC has also been awarded at Fresno. Additional initiatives included 

lighting upgrades at Detroit and Covington and installation of boiler controls at Detroit and Memphis, 

among others. 

The United States Mint at Denver, purchased 100% renewable electricity for its first full year for which it 

was recognized as the 10th largest purchaser of green power in the Federal Government by the 

Environmental Protection Agency.

The Mint at West Point was accepted into the Northeast Demonstration of Superior Energy Performance 

(SEP), which is a new certification program for energy-efficient industrial facilities developed by the 

Department of Energy. Obtaining SEP certification may allow the United States Mint at West Point to 

become one of the first manufacturing facilities to obtain LEED certification. 

The Mint completed water conservation assessments for each of its manufacturing facilities. These 

assessments identified cost-effective water conservation measures that, once implemented, will reduce the 

Mint’s water consumption by over 5.6 million gallons per year for a reduction of nine percent per year.

At the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Washington DC facility, six chillers with a total capacity of 

4,500 tons were replaced with higher efficiency chillers. The investment cost was $3.6 million, with the 

anticipated annual energy reduction in energy use expected to be 231 megawatt hours (MWh). The 

project was completed in August 2011.

Treasury has to overcome several challenges before achieving its sustainability goals. Securing capital for 

sustainability projects and reductions in other resources could affect the pace of reaching FY2020 goals. 

In some situations, best management practices were completed prior to the establishment of a baseline for 

reduction goals. This has made it difficult to achieve additional significant reductions in those cases.

Data is incomplete for FY2011 non-hazardous solid waste diversion. Efforts are underway to obtain all 

data in this area.

Volatility in coin demand has an effect on sustainability performance at the United States Mint. Its 

energy and water use and solid waste disposal increased over the past year because the Bureau produced 

more coins in FY 11 than in FY 10 to meet higher coin demand.

Coinage denominations, sizes, and component materials are codified by U.S. statute; therefore, the United 

States Mint may not change any of these qualities to achieve sustainability goals.

Performance-based contracts have been identified as a means to save energy and money with no “upfront” costs to Treasury Bureaus. Currently, the IRS has Energy Saving Performance contracts in place at 

its Memphis and Fresno facilities.

Treasury is exploring the use of a Social Costs of Carbon (SCC) model as an ROI input for sustainability 

related projects that may appear not to be cost beneficial considering initial economic investments 

balanced against annualized savings. Savings may be in the form of decreased energy purchases and 

decreased operating and maintenance costs.
Department of Treasury – 1

TABLE 1: SIZE AND SCOPE OF AGENCY OPERATIONS

Agency Size and Scope FY 2011

Total Number of Employees as Reported in the President's Budget 117,881

Total Acres of Land Managed 167

Total Number of Facilities Owned 11

Total Number of Facilities Leased (GSA and Non-GSA lease) 688

Total Facility Gross Square Feet (GSF) 6,673,855

Operates in Number of Locations Throughout U.S. 699

Operates in Number of Locations Outside of U.S. 0

Total Number of Fleet Vehicles Owned 3,089

Total Number of Fleet Vehicles Leased 683
Department of Treasury – 2

GOAL 1: GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION AND 

MAINTENANCE OF AGENCY COMPREHENSIVE 

GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY

Agency-Specific Performance Metrics for Scope 1 & 2 GHG Emissions 

Reduction:

Note: E.O. 13514 requires each agency to establish a scope 1 & 2 GHG reduction target for 

FY2020. The target for this agency is 33% compared to FY2008. The red bar represents the 

agency’s FY2008 baseline. The green bar represents the FY2020 target reduction. The blue 

bars show actual status in relationship to the target. The percentage on each bar shows the 

reduction or increase from the FY2008 baseline.

293,552

251,033 

14.5% 234,980 

20.0%

196,680 

33.0%

0

50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

250,000

300,000

350,000

2008 Baseline 2010 2011 2020 Target

Metric Tons of CO2e

Progress toward Scope 1 & 2 Greenhouse Gas Goals
Department of Treasury – 3

Agency-Specific Performance Metrics for Scope 3 GHG Emissions Reduction:

Note: E.O. 13514 requires each agency to establish a scope 3 GHG reduction target for 

FY2020. The FY2020 target for this agency is 11% compared to the FY2008 baseline. The 

red bar represents the agency’s FY2008 baseline. The green bar represents the FY2020 target 

reduction. The blue bars show actual status in relationship to the target. The percentage on

each bar shows the reduction or increase from the FY2008 baseline. A negative percentage 

reflects an increase in scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions.

510,049

536,565 

-5.2%

466,657 

8.5%

453,944 

11.0%

0

100,000

200,000

300,000

400,000

500,000

600,000

2008 Baseline 2010 2011 2020 Target

Metric Tons of CO2e

Progress toward Scope 3 Greenhouse Gas Goals
Department of Treasury – 4

GOAL 2: BUILDINGS

Agency-Specific Performance Metrics for Facility Energy Intensity Reduction:

Note: EISA requires agencies to reduce energy intensity by 18% for FY2011, compared to an 

FY2003 baseline; a 30% reduction is required by FY2015. The red bar represents the 

agency’s FY2003 baseline. The green bar represents the FY2015 target reduction. The blue 

bars show actual status in relationship to the target. The percentage on each bar shows the 

reduction or increase from the FY2003 baseline.

183,237

144,090 

21.4%

155,372 

15.2%

128,266 

30.0%

0

20,000

40,000

60,000

80,000

100,000

120,000

140,000

160,000

180,000

200,000

2003 Baseline 2010 2011 2015 Target

Btu per Gross Square Foot

Progress toward Facility Energy Intensity Reduction Goals
Department of Treasury – 5

Agency-Specific Performance Metrics for Renewable Energy:

Note: EPAct requires agencies to increase the use of renewable energy as a percentage of 

electricity use to 5% by FY2010-2012 and 7.5% by FY2013 and beyond.

Agency-Specific Performance Metrics for Total Buildings Meeting the Guiding 

Principles:

Note: E.O. 13514 requires that by FY2011 agencies have 7% of new, existing, and leased 

buildings >5,000 square feet meet the Guiding Principles; the requirement increases to 15% 

by FY2015. The green bar represents the FY2015 target. The blue bars show actual progress 

toward the target.

42,793

11%

345,132 

89%

Use of Renewable Energy as a Percentage of Electricity Use

Renewable Electricity MWh

Non-Renewable Electricity

MWh

7.8%

5.6%

15.0%

0.0

2.0

4.0

6.0

8.0

10.0

12.0

14.0

16.0

2010 2011 2015 Target

Percent of Total Buildings Meeting the 

Guiding Principles

Progress toward Total Buildings Meeting the Guiding 

Principles
Department of Treasury – 6

GOAL 3: FLEET MANAGEMENT

Agency-Specific Performance Metrics for Fleet Petroleum Reduction:

Note: E.O. 13514 and EISA require that by FY2011 agencies reduce fleet petroleum use by 

12%, compared to an FY2005 baseline. A 20% reduction is required by FY2015 and a 30% 

reduction is required by FY2020. The red bar represents the agency’s FY2005 baseline. The 

green bars represent the FY2015 and FY2020 target reductions. The blue bars show actual 

status in relationship to the target. The percentage on each bar shows the reduction or 

increase from the FY2005 baseline.

484 

238 

50.8% 189 

61.0%

387 

20.0% 339 

30.0%

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

2005 Baseline 2010 2011 2015 Target 2020 Target

Gallons Gasoline Equivalent (thous.)

Progress toward Fleet Petroleum Use Reduction Goals
Department of Treasury – 7

Agency-Specific Performance Metrics for Fleet Alternative Fuel Use:

Note: E.O. 13423 requires that agencies increase total non-petroleum-based fuel 

consumption by 10% annually compared to an FY2005 baseline. Consequently, by FY2011

agencies must increase alternative fuel use by 77%, compared to an FY2005 baseline. By 

FY2015, agencies must increase alternative fuel use by 159.4%. The red bar represents the 

agency’s FY2005 baseline. The green bar represents the FY2015 target. The blue bars show

actual status in relationship to the target. The percentage on each bar shows the reduction or 

increase from the FY2005 baseline.

39790

47,668 

19.8%

84,764 

113.0%

103,205 

159.4%

0

20,000

40,000

60,000

80,000

100,000

120,000

2005 Baseline 2010 2011 2015 Target

Gallons Gasoline Equivalent 

Progress toward Fleet Alternative Fuel Consumption Goals
Department of Treasury – 8

GOAL 4: WATER USE EFFICIENCY AND MANAGEMENT

Agency-Specific Performance Metrics for Potable Water Intensity Reduction:

Note: E.O. 13514 requires agencies to reduce potable water intensity by 2% annually through 

FY2020, compared to an FY2007 baseline. Consequently, by FY2011 agencies are required 

to reduce potable water intensity by 8%, compared to an FY2007 baseline. A 16% reduction 

is required by FY 2015 and a 26% reduction is required by FY2020. The red bar represents 

the agency’s FY2007 baseline. The green bars represent the FY2015 and FY2020 target 

reductions. The blue bars show actual status in relationship to the target. The percentage on

each bar shows the reduction or increase from the FY2007 baseline.

34.1

30 

11.2%

30 

12.4% 29 

16.0% 25 

26.0%

0.0

5.0

10.0

15.0

20.0

25.0

30.0

35.0

40.0

2007 Baseline 2010 2011 2015 Target 2020 Target

Gallons per Gross Square Foot

Progress toward Potable Water Intensity Reduction Goals
Department of Treasury – 9

GOAL 5: POLLUTION PREVENTION AND WASTE 

REDUCTION

Agency-Specific Performance Metrics for Non-Hazardous Solid Waste Diversion 

(Non-C&D):

Note: E.O. 13514 requires that by FY2015 agencies annually divert at least 50% of nonhazardous solid waste from disposal. The green bar represents the FY2015 target. The blue 

bars show actual progress toward the target.

N/A

64%

50%

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

2010 2011 2015 Target

Percent of Non-Hazardous Solid 

Waste Diversion 

Progress toward Non-Hazardous Solid Waste 

Diversion (Non-C&D)
Department of Treasury – 10

GOAL 7: ELECTRONIC STEWARDSHIP AND DATA CENTERS

EPEAT POWER 

MANAGEMENT

END-OF-LIFE COMMENTS

46% Power 

Management 

compliant.

EPEAT:

95% or more Monitors and PCs/Laptops purchased in FY2011 was EPEAT 

Compliant Agency-wide

85-94% or more Monitors and PCs/Laptops purchased in FY2011 was

EPEAT Compliant Agency-wide

84% or less Monitors and PCs/Laptops purchased in FY2011 was EPEAT 

Compliant Agency-wide

Power Management:

100% Power Management Enabled Computers, Laptops and Monitors 

Agency-wide

90-99% Power Management Enabled Computers, Laptops and Monitors 

Agency-wide

89% or less Power Management Enabled Computers, Laptops and Monitors 

Agency-wide

End-of-Life:

100% of Electronics at end-of-life disposed through GSA Xcess, CFL, 

Unicor or Certified Recycler (R2, E-Stewards)

100% of Electronics at end-of-life disposed through GSA Xcess, CFL, 

Unicor or non-Certified Recycler

Less than 100% of Electronics at end-of-life disposed through GSA Xcess, 

CFL, Unicor or non-Certified Recycler
Department of Treasury – 11

PRESIDENT’S PERFORMANCE CONTRACTING 

COMMITMENT

Agency-Specific President’s Performance Contracting Commitment Metrics:

Agency-Specific President’s Performance Contracting Commitment Metrics:

$0.0 $0.0 $5.0 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0 $8.8

$0

$1

$2

$3

$4

$5

$6

$7

$8

$9

$10

No start/No

data

Acquisition

Plan Done

Released

NOO

ESCO

Selected

PA

developed

NOITA Issued IGA

Submitted

Final Prop.

Submitted

Awarded

Millions of Dollars

Performance Contracting Plan Progress 

(Millions of Dollars)

Data as of Aug 15, 2012

$5.0

36.2%

$8.8

63.8%

Performance Contracting Commitment

(Millions of Dollars)

Investment Gap

DOE ESPC

ACOE ESPC

UESC

Other

Data as of Aug 15, 2012