United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Administration and
Resource Management
(3204)
EPA202-N-99-002
April 1999
www.epa.gov/consrv-news
Welcome!
This issue of Greening EPA brings you a wealth of information on what many EPA facilities are
doing to help protect the environment. From Edison, New Jersey, to Richmond, California, EPA
laboratories and offices are striving to become models of environmental sustainability. This
issue also provides you with a succinct overview of Executive Order 13101 and what it means
to EPA facility managers and employees. I hope you find this issue both informative and useful.
—Phil Wirdzek, FMSD
A Major Milestone for Buying Green
On September 16, 1998,
President Clinton issued
Executive Order (E.O.)
13101, Greening the Gov-
ernment Through Waste
Prevention, Recycling, and
Federal Acquisition. It
replaced E.O. 12873, but
also reiterated and
strengthened enforcement
of the environmental
purchasing
requirements of
E.O. 12873 and the
related require-
ments in RCRA
Section 6002 (see
related story on
page 3). Overall,
E.O. 13101 calls
on all federal
government
employees,
including
those working in EPA's
offices and labs, to use the
buying power of the federal
government to advance pol-
lution prevention.
E.O. 13101 offers a
variety of provisions related
to environmentally prefer-
able purchasing. The order,
for example, requires EPA to
complete its draft guidance
for purchasing environmen-
tally preferable products.
This guidance, originally
proposed in September
1 995, established seven
guiding principles to help
agencies identify and pur-
chase environmentally prefer-
able products and services.
As part of this process,
E.O. 13101 encourages
federal agencies to work on
pilot projects that test and
evaluate their environmental
purchasing principles.
Agencies are encouraged to
try different techniques
including working with non-
governmental labeling or
certification experts or with
standards developing orga-
nizations such as the
National Institute of
Standards and Technology.
To date, federal agencies
have conducted pilot pro-
jects regarding the purchase
of environmentally prefer-
able cleaning products,
computers, and building
materials. EPA, in turn, will
develop a database of
information from these pilot
projects to help consolidate
and promote success sto-
n addition, agencies
ries.
also must modify their existing
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Walking the Talk" in Region 8
Thanks to a dedicated
group of eight employ-
ees, Region 8 is emerg-
ing as a strong leader in the
greening EPA movement.
With a flurry of activity on a
variety of fronts, the Green
Team, as the group calls
itself, is working hard to
ensure pollution prevention is
an EPA practice and not just
a philosophy.
Founded informally in
1 994, the team includes par-
ticipants from the facility
management, purchasing,
pollution prevention, ecosys-
tem protection, and
environmentally preferable
purchasing offices. Although
it was originally founded to
energize the region's internal
recycling program, the team
has expanded to embrace a
variety of pollution preven-
tion efforts.
The Green Team, for
example, distributed a list of
the top 1 0 ways to "go
green" at EPA (see sidebar).
The team learned, however,
that many EPA employees
were already familiar with the
recommendations on the list.
"We found that everyone
knew what the right thing to
do is," reported Diane Thiel,
a Region 8 Green Team
member. "They just weren't
sure how to go about doing
it. The team's goal now is to
make doing the right thing
easier for people."
To make "doing the right
thing" easier, the group
expanded upon its top 10 list
and prepared five tip sheets
with detailed information on:
• Greening meetings, pre-
sentations, conferences,
and social events.
• Going green at the com-
puter, photocopier, fax,
printer, and in the mai
room.
• Using green transportation
(including telecommuting).
• Supporting the office
recycling program.
• Purchasing environmen-
tally friendly products.
The tip sheets include
practical information such as
directions for using copiers,
printers, and fax machines
properly to minimize paper
waste; instructions detailing
how to cancel an errant print
job; ists of materials that can
and cannot be collected as
part of the office recycling
program; directions showing
how to send group voice mails
to avoid the need to distribute
flyers; information on where
to place excess materials
such as paper clips, folders,
and three-ring binders for
reuse; and a phone number
for the "Ride Arrangers" to
make it easier to establish
car pools or arrange alterna-
tive transportation.
"We found lots of small
ways to make big improve-
ments," explained Whitney
Trulove-Cranor, another
Green Team member. "For
example, some people did
not know how to use Word-
Perfect's duplex feature with
our printers. Others used the
'trial and error' method at
the photocopiers to get good
quality copies. Once we
showed people how to use
the equipment efficiently,
paper usage dropped."
The team's efforts are not
limited to information distrib-
ution. The Green Team also
took an active role in reduc-
ing the number of phone
books used in the region's
headquarters. The phone
company used to deliver sev-
eral hundred phone books to
serve the 1,000-person
office. By encouraging each
office to store the phone
books in central locations,
the team reduced the num-
ber of phone books from
600 to 1 50. Team members
also are showing people how
to access the phone directory
via the Internet to further
reduce the number of phone
books needed.
For copies of the Region
8 tip sheets or additiona
information on other Green
Team activities, contact
Whitney Trulove-Cranor at
or 303 312-6099,
or Diane Thiel at or
303 312-6389.
Top Ten Ways to Go Green
1. Always make double-sided copies.
2. Print rough drafts on the blank side of used paper.
3. Fax from your computer (or use post it notes as your
cover sheet) to save paper.
4. E-mail documents as attachments and edit on screen.
5. Car pool, bike, walk, or ride the bus to work.
6. Share publication subscriptions and remove your
name from unwanted mailing lists.
7. Teleconference when possible to avoid traveling to
meetings (even local ones).
8. Patronize businesses that promote reuse and recycling.
9. Distribute presentations electronically via e-mail,
CD-ROM, diskette, or a Web site.
10. Buy environmentally preferable products maximizing
the following attributes:
— Made from postconsumer recycled-content materials
— Are reusable and recyclable
— Minimize packaging
— Are energy-efficient
— Conserve water
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A Major Milestone continued
procurement programs to
increase the purchase of
environmentally preferable
products and services.
Agencies also are
encouraged to purchase
bio-based products. A bio-
based product is "a com-
mercial or industrial product,
other than food or feed,
which utilizes biological
products or renewable
domestic agricultural (plant,
animal, and marine) or
forestry materials." Examples
include vegetable-oil based
solvents that serve as effec-
tive metal degreasers;
vegetable oil-based formu-
lations for gear oils, trans-
mission fluids, and hydraulic
fluids; and high-strength
building materials made
from agricultural waste for
architectural applications
such as cabinetry.
Finally, the E.O. also
strengthens efforts to buy
recycled-content products.
Beginning December 31,
1 998, for example, all gov-
ernment offices are
required to purchase at
least 30 percent postcon-
sumer fiber for specified
printing and writing papers.
If 30 percent paper is not
available, does not meet
performance requirements,
or is not available at a rea-
sonable price, agencies
must purchase paper with
at least 20 percent postcon-
sumer content. Further, the
E.O. reinforces EPA's
Comprehensive
Procurement Guidelines
(CPG) program. The CPG
program designates recy-
cled-content products for
purchase by federal agen-
cies and recommends
Compliance Inspection
Changes
As a result of Executive Order 13101, federal facility
compliance inspections—RCRA Federal Facility
Compliance Act and EPA multimedia inspections—will
include each facility's compliance with federal environ-
mental purchasing requirements. The new E.O. also
directs EPA to encourage states authorized to carry out
federal facility RCRA inspections to implement the new
guidance. Agencies will report annually to the Office of
the Federal Environmental Executive on the results of
the inspections. EPA is currently preparing guidance to
assist in the compliance inspections.
recycled-content levels for
those products. Federal
agencies purchasing CPG-
designated items are
required to purchase them
with recycled content.
For more information on
E.O. 13101, contact
Ron McHugh, assistant
to EPA's Agency
Environmental Executive,
at 202 260-9150.
New Leadership at OARM
Romulo Diaz, nominat-
ed by President
Clinton, took his place
as the Assistant Administrator
for the Office of Admin-
istration and Resources
Management (OARM) in
October 1998. Before taking
the helm at OARM, Diaz
served as the director of
DOE's Office of Regulatory
Coordination, the DOE
Deputy Assistant Secretary
for International Affairs, and
the Deputy Chief of Staff and
Counselor to former Energy
Secretary Hazel R. O'Leary.
He received undergraduate
and law degrees in his native
state of Texas and studied at
Harvard University's Kennedy
School of Government.
Highlights from his 25-year
career include negotiating
the international contingency
response to the Gulf Crisis
(1990 to 1991) and repre-
senting the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission on
important energy legislation
such as the DOE
Organization Act and the
Natural Gas Act of 1978.
With his extensive back-
ground in public service,
spanning work with regulato-
ry reforms, international out-
reach efforts, and internal
operations and management
issues, Diaz is bringing lots
of new ideas and high
expectations to his new posi-
tion at EPA.
In his new role as Assis-
tant Administrator, Diaz will
oversee EPA's human re-
sources, contracts, and grants
programs and manage the
Agency's numerous facilities.
He also is expected to take a
leading role in the Agency's
efforts to "green" itself.
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Greening the Heartland in Region 7
In June 1999, EPA plans
to formally open its new
Region 7 office building
in downtown Kansas City,
Kansas. With its wide range
of environmental features—
from energy-efficient win-
dows and lighting to an
advanced water manage-
ment system—the approxi-
mately 21 7,500-square foot
facility moves the region one
step closer to building
"green." Built at a projected
construction cost of $32 mil-
lion, the five-story facility
was designed to house
roughly 900 EPA regional
employees, with 750 sched-
uled to move in initially.
"Given the regulatory
requirements and the avail-
ability of green products in
1 995, when the Solicitation
For Offers was published,
our design team and the
developer did an outstand-
ing job in design and con-
struction of the facility,"
said Marc Matthews of
EPA's Region 7. "With the
widespread availability of
recycled-content and other
environmental building
products today, we hope
other facilities can go even
further and build upon our
success."
EPA regiona staff worked
with the developer to create
an environmentally sustain-
able design. Specifically, in
completing the project, they
established severe overar-
ching goals:
• To create an aesthetically
pleasing design that
blends with the natural
environment.
• To reduce disturbance
to site conditions and
surroundings.
• To accommodate natural
light.
• To emphasize EPA's over-
all mission of environ-
mental enhancement and
sustainability.
The resulting building
offers a range of environ-
mental features in the areas
of energy efficiency, recy-
cling, landscaping, water
conservation and erosion
control, and air quality, as
detailed below.
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
In an effort to reduce energy
consumption, the building
was designed to qualify as
an EPA Energy Star facility.
As a result, the building uses
indirect lighting as the pri-
mary source of light in the
open office areas in the
building. All public areas
use motion sensors to detect
movement and regulate
general lighting, while com-
pact fluorescent task lighting
is used for individual cubicles
to avoid wasteful overhead
lighting grids. In addition,
T-8 fluorescent bulbs with
electronic ballasts provide
energy-saving benefits.
Throughout the building, low
emittance (low-e) windows
are recessed 2 feet to increase
the shading coefficient, and
light shelves carry natural
light deep inside the building.
The building also uses
an energy management sys-
tem to monitor temperatures
and keep them at optimum
levels. Additionally, a central
air handling system provides
cooling for the building; its
two rotary screw chillers use
an environmentally friendly
refrigerant (HFC-134a) as
the heat transfer agent.
RECOVERED MATERIALS
AND RECYCLING
Recycled-content carpeting,
ceiling tiles, ceramic floors,
and paint are used through-
out the building. The auger
piles, footings, and founda-
tions were constructed with
concrete containing 1,000
tons of coal fly ash, comply-
ing with EPA's Comprehen-
sive Procurement Guidelines
requirements. In addition,
the entire building was
designed to make recycling
easy for its occupants.
Recyclables are stored and
consolidated on each floor
in rooms next to the freight
elevators, allowing for a
quick and smooth delivery to
the loading dock. These
rooms also provide storage
space for reusable office
equipment and materials.
i
LANDSCAPING
Both inside and out, the
building's landscaping is
truly "green." Inside, designers
planted 12 Ficus trees to help
remove indoor air pollutants.
On the outside, native plants
and vegetation, including
between 30 to 40 Honey
Locust trees, make up most
of the landscaping. Adopting
a xeriscaping landscaping
approach, these plants require
less water than imported
plants and also require little
maintenance, reducing use
of and exposure to harmful
pesticides. Shrub beds locat-
ed throughout the site add
visual appeal while aiding in
erosion control.
WATER CONSERVATION
AND EROSION CONTROL
The building also offers water
conservation and erosion
control systems. Plumbing
fixtures in the building, for
example, include water-saving
urinals, flushometer toilet
adapters, and low-flow show-
er heads in the fitness center.
An advanced water manage-
ment controller operates the
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building's irrigation system
valves. This allows for a wide
variety of water conservation
measures such as water bud-
geting and programmable
rain delay. As part of this sys-
tem, probes measure the
moisture content of the soil
outside the building to
ensure that vegetation is only
watered when necessary. In
order to improve the quality
of water runoff, the designers
installed sand oil interceptors
in the parking lot drains to
screen out contaminants.
AIR QUALITY
Associated with this project,
the city of Kansas City,
Kansas, is constructing a half
mile bike path adjacent to
the new EPA building. This
path, along with the installa-
tion of bike racks and show-
ers at the facility, provides
employees with an alternative
to driving to work. In addi-
tion, parking spaces are
reserved for employees who
carpool. Also, Region 7 is
continuing its transit subsidy
program, which compensates
employees for using public
transportation.
NEXT STEPS
With the building almost
completed, regional staff are
now turning their attention
toward a new environmental
laboratory. "We are partner-
ing with the General Services
Administration, lab person-
nel, and others to ensure that
the new lab is as green as
possible," added Matthews.
"We'll be able to take what
we've learned from the office
building and go one step fur-
ther." Once completed, the
lab will be located across the
street and within walking dis-
tance from the new office
building.
For more information on
the innovative new office
building or laboratory, con-
tact Marc Matthews of EPA
Region 7 at 91 3 551-7517
or Bucky Green of EPA Head-
quarters at 202 260-6371.
Spreading the Word
on Sustainable Design
With each tree stand preserved and piece of construc-
tion debris recycled, EPA's Research Triangle Park
(RTP) facility in North Carolina is setting a positive
example. Pharmaceutical company Glaxo Wellcome,
located nearby, has taken notice. As a result, the compa-
ny invited EPA RTP Project Engineer Pete Schubert to
give a presentation on sustainable site design at a session
organized by the company. Glaxo Wellcome is interested
in incorporating sustainable design and construction into
its future building projects.
At the site design session, Schubert explained some
issues the company might consider when designing facil-
ities that minimally affect the surrounding environment.
He discussed specific issues he has dealt with, such as
road width, preservation of existing trees and vegetation,
and water quality concerns for surrounding ponds and
lakes during construction. Schubert also discussed how
EPA is recycling a large portion of its construction waste.
"EPA has been a real leader with this project," said
Robert Nash, a session attendee and organizer from Glaxo
Wellcome. "The information EPA provided on markets
and networks for recycling construction waste will be
very beneficial to us in any future construction projects."
For an update on the construction status of the RTP cam-
pus, visit .
Taking Charge of Environmental Purchasing
Government purchase
cards (aka "smart
pay" cards) make
purchasing easier, but they
come with a great deal of
responsibility including the
obligation to buy environ-
mentally friendly products. To
make environmental purchas-
ing easier, the Office of
Acquisition Management
(OAM) consolidated EPA's
environmental purchasing
strategies into its EPA
Guideline for Use of the U.S.
Government Purchase Card
document. Originally pro-
duced in 1 987, the docu-
ment is regularly updated to
incorporate changes in pur-
chasing policy. The most
recent update, dated
December 1, 1 998, describes
the environmental mandates
affecting all federal govern-
ment purchases, including
"smart pay" card purchases.
In addition to publishing
the updated guidelines, OAM
also is beginning a series of
training courses to ensure
that all EPA employees are
familiar with the most recent
environmental purchasing
requirements.
For a copy of the docu-
ment or for additional infor-
mation, please call Alan Ritter
of OAM at 202 564-4396.
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Edison, New Jersey—A New Light in
Energy Conservation
Helping to secure a
sunny future for EPA
and the world's ener-
gy resources, three new solar
water heaters are in opera-
tion at EPA's Edison, New
Jersey, lab. The solar technol-
ogy was installed in
December 1 998 through a
partnership between EPA's
Office of Administration and
DOE's National Renewable
Energies Laboratory (NREL).
The solar heaters, now the
primary source of hot water
for the three facility areas,
rely on the existing electrical
hot water system for auxiliary
heating only when necessary.
A typical solar heating system
reduces the need for conven-
tional water heating by about
66 percent, minimizing the
consumption of electricity or
fossi fuel and the environ-
mental impacts associated
with their use.
All three solar heating sys-
tems consist of a preheat
tank (between 66 and 120
gallons) and a number of
roof-mounted, single-glazed,
liquid-evacuated tube collec-
tors. Although known for
efficiency, this particular tech-
nology also was chosen for
its structural advantages. As
Jeff Dominick, a senior pro-
ject manager in NREL's
Federal Energy Management
Program Group, explains, "To
install the tube collectors, the
Edison facility's flat roof
didn't have to be penetrated
or significantly altered, saving
time and money."
In two of the three new
systems, installers were able
to situate the solar preheat
tanks above the existing elec-
tric water heaters, allowing a
continuous transfer of hot
water through a thermosi-
phon arrangement. This posi-
tioning was not possible in
the third lab area due to
space constraints. Regardless,
this system is the largest of
the three, consisting of a
120-gallon preheat tank and
90 evacuated tube collectors.
It also houses a British
thermal unit (Btu) meter in its
collector loop, which will
help measure how well
Edison's new solar technolo-
gy performs.
For a 2-week period in
December, readings from the
Btu meter were expected to
reach 700,000 Btu. The
actual results, however, came
in at 1,183,000 Btu, 69 per-
cent higher than anticipated.
While these results could be
due to unseasonable
amounts of sunshine, they
also could indicate that
Edison's new solar heaters
will exceed anticipated per-
formance and energy saving
abilities.
The Edison lab's solar
heating project is already an
important success for the
Agency's renewable resource
efforts. According to Richard
Parish, a senior project leader
in NREL's Federal Energy
Management Program
Group, "These kinds of pro-
jects are a valuable way for
EPA to demonstrate the latest
renewable energy technolo-
gies and prove their viability
in real-world situations.
Through efforts like the
Edison project, EPA has
become a role model for
other federal facilities, lead-
ing the way by demonstrating
its commitment to ensuring a
sustainable energy future."
For more information on
the solar hot water project at
EPA's Edison lab, contact
John Beierat 732 321-4382.
EPA used evacuated tube
collectors like the one
illustrated below. These
solar collectors consist of
a heat pipe inside a vacu-
um sealed tube. Each tube
contains a sealed copper
pipe (heat pipe). The pipe
is then attached to a black
copper fin that fills the
tube (absorber plate). Pro-
truding from the top of
each tube is a metal tip
attached to the sealed pipe
(condenser). As the sun
shines on the black surface
of the fin, the alcohol is
heated and hot vapor rises
to the top of the pipe. Water
then flows through the
heat exchangers picking
up the heat from the tubes.
The heated liquid circu-
lates through another heat
exchanger and gives off its
heat to water that is stored
in a solar storage tank.
Thermal Insulation
Water Pipe
Heat
Exchanger
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Renewable Energy Assessment Leads to Photovoltaic
Lighting at Gulf Breeze Facility
T
aking full advantage of
Florida's sunny skies,
EPA's Gulf Ecology
Division of Nationa Health
and Environmental Effects
Research Laboratory in Gulf
Breeze is using photovoltaic
power to light two of its four
piers. This new 600 W photo-
voltaic system will save the
facility 900 kWh of electricity
per year.
The photovoltaic project
was recommended in a
renewable energy assessment
of the entire Gulf Breeze
facility. The report, Renewable
Energy Opportunity Assess-
ment, is the result of a part-
nership between EPA and
DOE in which FMSD provid-
ed funding for NREL staff to
visit the facility and write up
their findings.
When NREL staff visited
the piers, two were being lit
by electric-powered flood
lights, while the other two
piers were not lit at all. NREL
staff recommended the facility
use remote photovoltaic gen-
eration to light the two dark
piers. This would promote
renewable energy products
and serve as a reliable appli-
cation for a photovoltaic
demonstration project.
In July 1998, facility per-
sonne decided to construct
the photovoltaic array. This
decision was due not only to
the power quality the photo-
voltaic system offered, but
also the avoided $4,000 cost
of running ine extensions to
the two formerly unlit piers
and the $81 per year the
facility will save in electricity
costs. As an added benefit,
photovoltaic lights have with-
stood natural disasters on the
scale of Hurricane Andrew,
which devastated the Miami
region in 1992.
In addition to recom-
mending the photovoltaic
Region 9 Seeks Green Power
EPA's Richmond,
California, laboratory
might soon be powered
by solar, wind, geotherma ,
landfill gas, or other environ-
mentally friendly energy
sources. Recent deregulation
of the California electric
industry has made it possible
to buy energy from renewable
sources rather than traditional
ones. On February 1 7, 1'
GSA and EPA Region 9
released a request for pro-
posal seeking bids to provide
1 00 percent green power for
the Richmond facility.
The Agency worked
closely with GSA to define its
green power requirements.
EPA's definition is similar to
the definition used by
light system for the piers, the
Renewable Energy Oppor-
tunity Assessment described
cost-effective renewable ener-
gy opportunities at the Gulf
Breeze facility as a whole and
at each building on the
compound. Resources and
technologies assessed in the
document include biomass,
wind, photovoltaics, daylight-
ing, hydroelectric, ground-
source heat pumps, solar
ventilation preheating, solar
space heating, solar cooling,
and solar water heating.
The Gulf Breeze facility
consists of historic buildings
and several small trailers that
are poorly insulated and have
old, inefficient mechanica
systems. Since many of the
trailers are near the end of
their design life, NREL recom-
mended EPA consolidate
them into a new building with
state-of-the-art central sys-
tems, daylighting, heating,
California. EPA's definition,
however, excludes power
generated from municipal
solid waste or scrap tires
because of unresolved emis-
sions concerns.
If all goes well, the
Richmond facility will be pur-
chasing 1.7 million kWh of
green power annually for the
3-year duration of the con-
cooling, and digital control
systems. This would most
likely be the next recom-
mended project undertaken
by the facility.
For more information on
the installation of the photo-
voltaic lights or the
assessment, contact Andy
Walker of NREL at 303 384-
7531 or Clay Peacher of the
Gulf Breeze facility at 850
934-9239.
Photovoltaic (or PV) sys-
tems convert light
energy into electricity.
Most commonly known as
"solar cells," PV systems
can provide electricity for
pumping water, powering
communications equip-
ment, and lighting build-
ings. In a surprising num-
ber of cases, PV power is
the cheapest form of elec-
tricity for performing
these tasks.
tract. A copy of the solicita-
tion is available at
. Check future issues
of Greening EPA for updates.
For additional information,
contact Chandra Shah of
NREL at 303 384-7557 or
.
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Events Calendar
The National Town Meeting for a
Sustainable America
Where: Detroit, Michigan
When: May 2 to 5, 1999
Contact: 888 333-6878 or
This meeting will showcase best practices
that promote sustainability around the
country. The program will emphasize
building individual and institutional capac-
ity so that best practices can be replicated.
National Marketplace for the
Environment West
Where: Anaheim, California
When: May 3 to 5, 1999
Contact: 800 334-3976
Seminars will provide information on envi-
ronmental technologies, programs, prod-
ucts, markets, public/private partnerships,
standards and certification, and case
studies on energy efficiency and environ-
mental procurement success stories.
FEDfacilities
Where: Washington, DC
When: May 4 to 5, 1999
Contact: Joseph Zuccerella, 203 840-5609
FEDfacilities is designed specifically for
individuals who are responsible for the
management of both military and civilian
government buildings and facilities.
84th Annual International Purchasing
Conference and Educational Exhibit
Where: San Diego, California
When: May 23 to 26, 1999
Contact: Jolene Gulley or Judy Welp, 800
888-6276, Ext. 3008 or 3049
Highlights of the conference include over
120 educational workshops featuring
topics ranging from electronic commerce
to supply chain management to strategic
alliances.
Industry and Innovation in the 21st
Century
Where: Saratoga Springs, New York
When: June 1 5 to 1 8, 1999
Contact: Rebecca Lunetta, 202 429-8873
The American Council for an Energy-
Efficient Economy is hosting its 1 999 sum-
mer study on energy efficiency in industry.
Laboratories for the 21st Century
Where: Cambridge, Massachusetts
When: September 8 to 10, 1 999
Contact: FEMP Workshp Hotline,
703 243-8343
EPA and DOE's Federal Energy
Management Program will sponsor a
3-day forum focusing on finding a reason-
able, responsible approach to energy effi-
ciency and the use of renewable energy
sources in laboratory design and operation.
18th Annual National Recycling
Congress
Where: Cincinnati, Ohio
When: September 27 to 29, 1 999
Contact: 703 683-9025
The National Recycling Congress is geared
toward anyone involved in recycling, from
program planning and implementation, to
education, technical assistance, and policy.
&EPA
United States
Environmental Protection Agency
(3204)
Washington, DC 20460
Official Business
Penalty for Private Use
$300
Call For Papers
Present your paper on energy effi-
ciency in laboratories at the
Laboratories for the 21st Century
conference, September 8 to 10, 1999,
in Cambridge, MA. Fax a 200-word
abstract by June 30, 1999, to 781
674-2906. Presenters will be notified
by July 15, 1999.
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