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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Performance Track Sixth Annual Progress Report
Program Highlights
What is Performance
Track?
EPA's National Environmental
Performance Track program (Per-
formance Track) is a public-private
partnership that encourages
continuous environmental im-
provement through environmental
management systems, community
outreach, and measurable results.
Performance Track recognizes and
drives environmental excellence
by encouraging facilities with
strong environmental records to
go above and beyond their legal
requirements. In partnership with
EPA, members voluntarily commit
to typically four public, measur-
able goals to improve the quality
of our nation's air, water, and land.
Members include major corpora-
tions, small businesses, and public
facilities that are steering a course
toward environmental excellence—
and setting an example for others
to follow.
For more information on
Performance Track and
its members, please visit
www.epa.gov/performancetrack.
erformance Track continues to
grow as an important volun-
tary approach that recognizes
and drives environmental excellence
among private and public facilities. The
program welcomed 110 new members
in 2007, increasing the membership
base to nearly 500 and expanding into
three new states—Alaska, Hawaii, and
North Dakota. There are now Perfor-
mance Track members in 49 states
and Puerto Rico, representing every
major industrial sector. In addition, a
record 92 percent of the 177 Perfor-
mance Track facilities whose member-
ships expired in 2007 submitted
renewal applications.
Many of the program's new members
are in the public sector, including a
U.S. Veteran's Administration facility,
several U.S. Air Force bases, a number
of U.S. Postal Service facilities, and a
municipal wastewater treatment facility.
New private-sector facilities include
those from large companies such as
Coca-Cola, Baxter Healthcare, 3M,
and Covanta.
In addition to attracting new members,
Performance Track added new goals in
2007 to encourage greater environmen-
tal progress. Working with the Wildlife
Habitat Council, Performance Track
implemented a new challenge goal for
members that encourages more habitat
restoration in local communities.
For renewing members, the program
added the option of alternate goals to
promote "outside the box" innovation
and achievement. More than two dozen
renewing members in 2007 chose to set
alternate goals.
Performance Track also continued to
foster public-private collaboration to
meet environmental needs. In 2007,
the state of Colorado approved an
effort initiated by Performance Track
member Kodak Colorado Division to
work in partnership with state and local
entities to improve water quality moni-
toring of the Cache la Poudre River
near Greeley Colorado.
To date, the combined environmental
effort of all Performance Track member
facilities has resulted in cumulative
reported reductions in water use by
3.66 billion gallons, greenhouse gas
reductions of 309,780 metric tons of
carbon dioxide equivalent, and conser-
vation of 16,809 acres of habitat. Many
of the members' achievements ad-
dress issues that are vital to the health
of our planet but are not covered
by current regulations.
National Environmental Performance Track—Recognizing and Driving Environmental Excellence
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Performance Tr
Performance Track takes a
holistic 3ppr03Cn to environmental improvement.
Rather than focusing on just one spe-
cific pollutant or environmental issue,
Performance Track works with mem-
bers to improve performance among
a variety of environmental indicators,
throughout the product lifecycle. The
figure at right displays the indicators
around which members set ambitious
"stretch" goals, challenging them to
innovate and develop new practices.
Members' cumulative results are dis-
played next to each indicator.
The results highlighted here cover the
period 2000-2006 for members that
have completed at least one three-year
term in the program. Detailed results
for all indicators, calculation methodol-
ogy, and results caveats are available at
www.epa.gov/performancetrack/results.
CUMULATIVE
IMPROVEMENTS
in perspective
UPSTREAM
Material Procurement
Hazardous/Toxic Components N/A
Recycled Content +493 tons
Suppliers' Environmental
Performance N/A
INPUTS
Material Use
Materials Used
Hazardous Materials Used
Ozone-Depleting Substances
Packaging Materials Used
Use of Reused-Recycled
Materials
+20,940 tons
+60,728 tons
N/A
-2,256 tons
+559,991 tons
Water Use
Total Water Used
Energy Use
Non-Transportation
Energy Use
Transportation Energy Use
Land and Habitat
Land and Habitat
Conservation
-3,661,797,686 gallons
-4,257,059 MMBtu
N/A
+16,809 acres
Energy savings to power 46,OOO homes for one year
Greenhouse gas reductions to offset the emissions of 57,OOO cai"S for one year
Solid waste reductions equivalent to the amount produced by 553,OOO households for one year
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NONPRODUCT OUTPUTS
Air Emissions
Greenhouse Gases
-309,780 metric tons of
CO2 equivalent
VOCs
Air Toxics
Carbon Monoxide
NOx
Ozone-Depleting Gases
PM-10
SOx
Radiation
Waste
Non-Hazardous
Waste Generation
Hazardous
Waste Generation
Discharges to Water
Discharges of BOD, COD,
TSS, Nutrients, Sediments
Discharges of Toxics
Noise
DOWNSTREAM
Products
Expected Lifetime Waste
from Product Use
Key
+ Cumulative increase from baseline
Cumulative decrease from baseline
\r Improvement in performance
N/A Either no data or very limited data
were reported on this indicator by
Performance Track members.
Waste to Air, Water, Land
from Disposal or Recovery
-3,004 tons
-722 tons
-12,826 tons
+63 tons
-43,083 tons
:
-1,211,766 tons •
-52,266 tons •
-33,286 tons •
-2,995 tons •
N/A
N/A
N/A
Hazardous Waste
Together, 137 Performance Track members reduced their
hazardous waste by 52,266 tons.
Actual hazardous waste
Business as usual,
given production changes
Results cover the years 2000-2006 and include only members
that set a goal for this indicator and completed at least one
three-year membership term.
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
Together, 61 Performance Track members reduced their use
of VOCs by 3,004 tons.
Baseline Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
I Actual emissions —•— Business as usual,
given production changes
Results cover the years 2000-2006 and include only members
that set a goal for this indicator and completed at least one
three-year membership term.
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Performance Track and Climate Change
Climate change has become one of the
nation's leading environmental priori-
ties. To help address this challenge,
Performance Track and its members are
working together to reduce greenhouse
gas emissions at the facility and com-
munity levels. EPA headquarters and
regional offices have created Perfor-
mance Track challenge goals for energy
conservation and greenhouse gas emis-
sion reductions. The program encour-
ages renewing members to set alternate
goals—such as energy-efficient building
design and community emission reduc-
tion projects—on this important issue.
Members are taking the lead and em-
ploying new technologies such as solar
energy installations, energy-efficient
lighting, and variable speed motors.
Reducing greenhouse gases is one of
the most common air emissions goals
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Together, 61 Performance Track members reduced
their emissions of greenhouse gases by 309,780 metric tons
of CO2 equivalent.
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Baseline YeaM Year 2 Year 3
• Actual emissions —•— Business as usual,
given production changes
Results cover the years 2000-2006 and include only members
that set a goal for this indicator and completed at least one
three-year membership term. The business as usual line shows
what emissions would have been if these members had not
worked toward their Performance Track goals.
set by Performance Track members.
To date, 61 facilities have completed
greenhouse gas emission reduction
goals, leading to 309,780 metric tons of
carbon dioxide equivalent savings (the
annual emissions of 57,000 cars). Many
energy- and waste-related goals also aid
in members' push to reduce emissions.
All told, more than 500 member goals
address climate change either directly
or indirectly.
Selected Reductions Achieved
and Planned by Performance
Track Members
• Achieved carbon neutrality through
purchasing carbon offsets and
installed a natural gas cogenera-
tion unit to decrease greenhouse
gas emissions per unit of power.
Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical
Research and Development,
San Diego, California.
Encouraged behavioral changes and
converted to more efficient tech-
nologies that led to a 28 percent
reduction in energy use and a
21 percent reduction in energy-
related greenhouse gas emissions
generation. Rohm and Haas,
Kankakee, Illinois.
Reduced greenhouse gas emissions
by 34 percent by participating in
EPA's Green Power Partnership,
using a system to control lighting
and heating, installing compact
fluorescent lights, and other
energy efficiency improvements.
PerkinElmer Optoelectronics,
Salem, Massachusetts.
• Employed energy conservation
practices and technologies to
achieve a 26 percent reduction in
non-transportation energy use.
U.S. Department of Energy, West
Valley Demonstration Project,
West Valley, New York.
Performance Track
Challenge Goals
• EPA Regions 1 and 10 offer a
greenhouse gas reduction challenge
goal. In order to receive credit, a
facility must set a goal to reduce
greenhouse gases by at least 5
percent (Region 1) or 10 percent
(Region 10). Twenty-five members
have accepted this challenge.
• EPA's Office of Air and Radiation
offers an energy use reduction chal-
lenge goal for non-transportation
energy use. In order to receive
credit, a Performance Track facility
must set a goal to reduce its energy
use by at least 10 percent. All 10
regions are participating, and
many are making transportation
energy reduction goals as well.
Thirty members have accepted
this challenge.
EPA 100R08006
U.S. EPA, Office of Policy, Economics,
and Innovation (MC 1807-T)
www.epa.gov/performancetrack
1-888-339-PTRK (1-888-339-7875)
PerformanceTrack
Power from the Sun
The Global Pharmaceutical Supply Group, in Vacaville, California, a member
of the Johnson & Johnson family of companies, constructed one of the state's
largest privately owned commercial solar energy systems of its kind. The
1-Megawatt solar array will provide approximately one-third of the facility's
peak power demand, saving the facility roughly $300,000 in energy costs per
year, creating enough electricity to run 250 homes, and reducing CO2 emis-
sions from the facility by 1.4 million pounds annually. The Vacaville array is
Johnson & Johnson's ninth solar installation in the United States, bringing
the company's total installed capacity to 3.5 Megawatts.
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