U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
2014 Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan
June 30, 2014
Craig E. Hooks
Senior Sustainability Officer, Assistant Administrator
Office of Administration and Resources Management
202-564-4600
aaoarm@epa.gov
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Table of Contents
Environmental Protection Agency
Introduction 2
Evaluating Previous Strategies 17
Goal 1: Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reduction 33
Goal 2: Sustainable Buildings 44
Goal 3: Fleet Management 51
Goal 4: Water Use Efficiency&Management 56
Goal 5: Pollution Prevention&Waste Reduction 62
Goal 6: Sustainable Acquisition 65
Goal 7: Electronic Stewardship&Data Centers 71
Goal 8: Renewable Energy 75
Goal 9: Climate Change Resilience 80
Goal 10: Energy Performance Contracts 86
Appendices ?
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Agency Policy Statement
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues to support its commitment to reduce its
carbon footprint, conserve resources, protect the environment, and address climate change adaptation,
EPA is committed to the priorities and sustainability goals established in its Strategic Sustainability
Performance Plan for the following areas:
• Greenhouse gas and energy reductions
• Sustainable buildings
• Fleet management
• Water use efficiency and management
• Pollution prevention and waste reduction
• Sustainable acquisition
• Electronic stewardship and data centers
• Renewable energy
• Climate change resilience
• Energy performance contracts
The agency recognizes the need to continue to serve as a model for other federal agencies in reducing
its impact on the environment. Taking budget considerations into account, EPA plans to continue to
invest the human and financial resources needed to support ongoing, cost-effective improvements in its
energy and environmental performance.
As the EPA's Senior Sustainability Officer and its Chief Acquisition Officer, I am committing the
agency's leadership and every EPA employee to actively participating in the implementation of the
agency's SSPP. In conjunction with the EPA's Chief Financial Officer, Chief Information Officer,
Senior Real Property Officer, General Counsel, and all program offices and regions, the EPA commits
to meeting its SSPP goals in a comprehensive and cost-effective maimer.
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Craig E. Hooks
EPA Senior Sustainability Officer
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EPA's 2014 Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan: Executive Summary
In supporting the Agency's mission to protect human health and the environment and to
demonstrate leadership in environmental stewardship, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) is committed to managing its facilities and activities in a compliant and sustainable
manner according to the goals of this Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan (SSPP). EPA's
mission is carried out in more than 130 leased office facilities and more than 30 laboratories, 20
of which are owned by the Agency. Laboratories use significantly more energy and present
greater environmental challenges than offices.
VISION
EPA's vision is to accomplish the Agency's mission while minimizing the impact of facility
operations on the environment and surrounding communities by designing high-performance
buildings and integrating sustainable practices into daily operations.
LEADERSHIP
EPA works to realize its vision of sustainability throughout its senior leadership team. The
Agency's Assistant Administrators, General Counsel, Chief Information Officer, Chief
Acquisition Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Senior Real Property Officer are committed to
integrating EPA's SSPP goals into all of the Agency's programs, facilities, and operations.
The Senior Sustainability Officer (SSO) for the Agency is the Assistant Administrator for the
Office of Administration and Resources Management, who reports directly to the Administrator.
The SSO chairs an Executive Steering Committee, composed of Assistant Administrators and
senior Regional management, which is charged with overseeing the implementation of the SSPP.
To ensure coordination and communication among the key individuals and offices responsible
for implementing this SSPP, EPA has established a process for ongoing input and feedback and a
Technical Advisory Group (TAG), which includes representatives from all of EPA's Program
Offices, Regions, and key administrative bodies. EPA ensures that annual review and updates to
the SSPP include feedback from the appropriate Program Offices to integrate overall Agency
goals and objectives.
EPA's annual budget planning process integrates SSPP goals during its facility needs review and
the facility master planning process, which incorporates resource efficiency, low-impact
development, and other sustainability strategies. EPA is also realigning its real estate portfolio
management process, capital budgeting process, and other facility processes to support the
Agency's seven strategic goals (which align with the goals of Executive Order [EO] 13514),
including:
• Taking action on climate change
• Improving air quality
• Assuring the safety of chemicals
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• Cleaning up our communities
• Protecting America's waters
• Expanding the conversation on environmentalism and working for environmental justice
• Building strong state and tribal partnerships
PERFORMANCE REVIEW
In fiscal year (FY) 2013, EPA continued to meet or exceed nearly all federal sustainability goals
established by EO 13514, EO 13423, the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA),
and other key sustainability drivers.
EPA's SSPP integrates a number of individual Agency strategies for integrating greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions reduction, energy efficiency, sustainable buildings, water conservation, and
other efforts. The Agency uses a variety of reporting systems to assess progress toward
achieving—and exceeding—its SSPP goals:
• Facility-specific targets for energy and water consumption.
• Quarterly and annual collection and analysis of GHG, energy, and water data.
• Annual collection of solid waste generation and recycling data for owned and leased
facilities.
• Continuous tracking of transportation data using the Automotive Statistical Tool
database; evaluation of transportation initiatives and fuel use using the Agency's
Alternative Fuel Compliance Emphasis Program.
• Balanced Scorecard (BSC) initiatives to improve data quality and planning for
sustainable acquisitions.
Performance information for other targets and goals is acquired through annual data calls.
Performance reports are provided periodically to the SSO and Executive Steering Committee,
along with recommendations for action and adjustments to the SSPP as appropriate.
Goal 1: GHG Reduction
• Scope 1 and 2 GHG Emissions: In FY 2013, EPA's combined Scope 1 and 2 GHG
emissions were 57.4 percent lower than its FY 2008 baseline, surpassing the Agency's
Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions reduction goal of 25 percent by FY 2020 from an FY 2008
baseline. Even when the Agency does not account for green power and renewable energy
certificate (REC) purchases, EPA's FY 2013 Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions still
decreased 13.3 percent relative to the Agency's revised FY 2008 baseline.
• Scope 3 GHG Emissions: EPA reduced its Scope 3 GHG emissions 40.4 percent in FY
2013 compared to its FY 2008 GHG emissions baseline. The Agency's GHG emissions
associated with business air travel decreased 57 percent in FY 2013 compared to FY
2008 through increased video-conferencing and reduced business travel. Since FY 2010,
EPA increased video-conferencing bridge call use by nearly 900 percent, contributing to
the Agency's Scope 3 GHG emission reductions. EPA's telework program allows eligible
staff to work from an alternate location on a regular or intermittent basis, which decreases
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the GHG emissions associated with employee commuting by reducing the number of
days employees commute to work each week.
Goal 2: Sustainable Buildings
• Energy Intensity. EPA exceeded the 24 percent energy intensity reduction from its FY
2003 baseline required under EISA and EO 13423, reducing its FY 2013 energy intensity
by 25.6 percent from FY 2003. In FY 2013, EPA completed energy assessments at five of
its EISA covered facilities and identified 30 viable energy conservation measures
(ECMs) from these assessments. With the completion of these assessments, EPA met the
requirements for the second year of the current four-year assessment and reporting cycle
established by EISA Section 432.
• Guiding Principles: Using EPA's projected FY 2015 Federal Real Property Profile
(FRPP) inventory, six buildings—or 11.5 percent—of the Agency's FRPP buildings
measuring greater than 5,000 square feet met the Guiding Principles for Federal
Leadership in High Performance and Sustainable Buildings {Guiding Principles) in FY
2013. This progress exceeds the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) goal of 11
percent and is two-thirds of the way to meeting the FY 2015 requirement of 15 percent.
In FY 2013, EPA completed Guiding Principles self-certification for one laboratory
building and will certify another in FY 2014.
Goal 3: Fleet Management
• Petroleum Use and Fleet Reduction: In FY 2013, EPA reduced fleet petroleum use by
38.9 percent compared to the FY 2005 baseline, exceeding the goal of 16 percent. In
addition, the Agency exceeded its FY 2015 vehicle allocation methodology (VAM)
reduction goal of 4.2 percent of total fleet compared to an FY 2011 baseline by achieving
a 9.3 percent reduction in fleet size.
• Alternative Fuel Use: EPA fell short of meeting the FY 2013 EO 13423 requirement for
increasing alternative fuel consumption by 10 percent annually compared to an FY 2005
baseline, but continues to work to meet this goal.
Goal 4: Water Use Efficiency and Management
• Potable Water: In FY 2013, EPA exceeded the EO 13514 requirement to reduce its water
intensity by 12 percent compared to the FY 2007 baseline, with a decrease of 38.8
percent compared with FY 2007. Several EPA facilities completed water conservation
projects, including elimination of single-pass cooling, construction of condensate
recovery systems, and installation of new water-efficient restroom fixtures. EPA also
conducted water assessments for 10 EISA-covered facilities in FY 2013.
• Industrial, Landscaping, and Agricultural (ILA) Water: EPA also exceeded the EO 13514
goal to decrease ILA water use 2 percent annually compared to an FY 2010 baseline by
reducing ILA water 95.3 percent in FY 2013 from the FY2010 baseline.
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• Storm water Management: EPA continued to follow the EISA Section 438 Guidance on
stormwater management in FY 2013.
Goal 5: Pollution Prevention and Waste Reduction
EPA surpassed its internal recycling goal of 55 percent in FY 2013 (and the EO 13514
requirement of 50 percent waste diversion by FY 2015) by achieving a 63.8 percent recycling
rate in FY 2013.1 For the third consecutive year, EPA reduced the reported weight of solid waste
disposed per person through ongoing source reduction, recycling, reuse, donation, composting,
and other waste reduction efforts. EPA also recycled or salvaged 98 percent of its construction
and demolition (C&D) debris in FY 2013, far exceeding its internal goal of 75 percent and the
EO 13514 requirement of 50 percent.
The number of EPA facilities that reported data for composting programs also continued to
increase compared to previous years. The amount of materials diverted through composting also
increased from FY 2012. More than 70 percent of EPA's reporting locations supported
compostable waste collection programs, diverting more than 360 tons of organic material from
landfills in FY 2013. EPA will continue to promote and share best practices for composting
collection and leverage facility-level environmental management systems (EMSs) to implement
composting and facilitate collaboration.
Goal 6: Sustainable Acquisition
During FY 2013, EPA continued to meet the sustainable acquisition goals established by EO
13514 by implementing Balanced Scorecard (BSC) initiatives to improve data quality and
planning for sustainable acquisitions.
• Balanced Scorecard Initiatives: In FY 2014, EPA implemented BSC Initiatives, which
positively impacted the Agency's compliance with EO 13514. One BSC initiative, Cross
Cutting Fundamental Strategy. Building a Sustainable Future with Diverse Stakeholders,
was designed to broaden EPA's approach to strategic sustainable purchasing participation
in the Federal Green Challenge by emphasizing and updating its purchasing policy and
training EPA acquisition staff to help ensure that the recently released Electronic Product
Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) performance standards and product registries
are fully utilized. EPA implemented another BSC in FY 2014, Implement and Execute a
Phased Management Project Management Plan for the Various Sustainable Acquisition
Reports. This BSC will facilitate senior management's focus and attention on the
important sustainable acquisition reporting requirements, thus allowing for even greater
management support for sustainable acquisition initiatives.
1 The recycling rate presented here differs from what EPA included in its FY 2013 Annual Energy and Water
Report, because SFPB received FY 2013 data from one additional facility in February 2014. The waste diversion
appendix included with EPA's 2014 SSPP provides an explanation of EPA's recycling rate calculation, as well as
tables that summarize the facilities that reported data and the recycling rates for each facility and the Agency overall.
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• Sustainable Acquisition Goals: In FY 2013 and thus far in FY 2014, EPA has achieved
or exceeded the EO 13514 goal of 95 percent sustainable acquisition for applicable goods
and service procurements. The Agency began updating its Green Purchasing Plan (GPP),
and several policies are being updated pursuant to the Policy Reformation and
Restoration Project. The updated GPP will be memorialized in EPA's Acquisition Guide
in FY 2014.
Goal 7: Electronic Stewardship and Data Centers
• Electronic Stewardship: EPA continued to exceed the overall 95 percent EPEAT target
for the legacy electronic product categories in FY 2013.
• Data Centers'. Through EPA's approved Data Center Consolidation Initiative, the
Agency continues to reduce physical servers and optimize energy consumption through
virtualization, consolidation, and cloud computing. EPA designated four data centers as
core data centers for hosting enterprise applications and infrastructure, has closed 19 of
77 non-core data centers, and will continue the drive to consolidate and virtualize servers
and close non-core data centers where practical.
Goal 8: Renewable Energy
• Onsite Renewable Energy. In FY 2013, onsite renewable energy resources such as wind,
solar, and geothermal power supplied EPA with 5.8 billion British thermal units (Btu),
equivalent to 0.46 percent of the Agency's annual energy use.
• Green Power and Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs): EPA continued to be a leader
among federal agencies by purchasing green power and RECs equivalent to 100 percent
of the Agency's estimated FY 2013 electricity use.
Goal 9: Climate Change Resilience
EPA has developed a Climate Change Adaptation Plan to prepare for and adapt to the effects of
climate change. The SSPP outlines numerous goals and achievements in reducing the Agency's
GHG emissions, energy dependence, water use requirements, solid waste, pollution, and other
environmental impacts. EPA also has in place an extensive continuity of operations plan (COOP)
designed to address natural disasters and other events that could interrupt Agency operations.
EPA has issued guidance encouraging all offices to include climate adaptation evaluation criteria
into announcements of competitive funding opportunities. EPA is also developing tools to
support climate adaptation planning.
To make the Agency's facilities more climate-resilient, EPA has reviewed resiliency-related
municipal regulations, zoning ordinances, building codes, subdivision specifications, and other
federal, state, local, and academic literature. As part of this effort, EPA has also discussed
climate resiliency planning with the U.S. General Services Administration's Office of Mission
Assurance and has examined proposed and existing green building rating systems for relevant
climate resiliency considerations. EPA has developed an initial list of climate resiliency
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planning considerations, which it will use to update the Agency's Architecture Engineering
Guidelines, space planning, and leasing guidelines in FY 2015 and FY 2016.
Goal 10: Energy Performance Contracts
EPA recognizes the importance of energy performance contracts, such as energy savings
performance contracts (ESPCs) and utility energy services contracts (UESCs), when
implementing projects at its facilities. In recent years, EPA has built on the successes of
completed ESPC projects at its laboratories at Ada, Oklahoma, and Ann Arbor, Michigan, when
exploring new energy performance contracts at its facilities.
EPA is undergoing a nationwide laboratory study to consolidate existing space and improve
laboratory utilization. At this time, the Agency is hesitant to commit to long-term energy
performance contracts since EPA may consider consolidating or co-locating some of its research
facilities. When this study is completed sometime in 2015, the Agency will reassess the potential
for energy performance contracting at its future inventory of facilities.
Lessons Learned
Having an established "pipeline" of ready-to-implement, facility-specific energy and water
conservation projects has helped EPA exceed its facility GHG reduction, energy efficiency, and
water conservation goals. Reduced resource levels, however, continue to hinder EPA's ability to
design and fund many of the major projects necessary to continue to meet or exceed increasingly
tougher federal building performance requirements. To address this funding issue, EPA has
focused on implementing lower-cost projects with the highest return on investment.
EPA has also realized that accurately predicting the future cost of energy commodities is critical
to designing energy conservation projects that involve performance contracting. For example,
EPA initiated a boiler replacement project as part of an energy savings performance contract
(ESPC) at its Andrew W. Breidenbach Environmental Research Center (AWBERC) in
Cincinnati, Ohio, in FY 2011. Since that time, the price of natural gas has fallen significantly,
which has diminished the cost-effectiveness of the potential ESPC. Due to the cost implications,
EPA is still pursuing this project but without performance contracting, and the Agency has built
on what it learned about projecting fuel costs into future ESPC efforts.
Challenges
As the Agency charged with protecting human health and the environment, EPA must maintain
its premier scientific research capabilities while continuing to reduce energy and water
consumption. The Agency's laboratory mechanical system upgrades are complex and frequently
take several years to design, complete, and commission. Lack of funding for ECMs, sustainable
building improvement projects, and space consolidation projects often hinders progress. EPA has
already implemented energy and water conservation measures with the lowest capital costs and
shortest payback periods; to achieve additional savings and continue to meet its energy and water
intensity reduction goals, however, EPA must find innovative ways to fund other major projects.
Doing so in a time of reduced resources is a challenge.
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EPA must also continue to improve the quality of data and metrics for sustainability goal areas.
One particular challenge is obtaining better quality data for employee commuting, the Agency's
largest component of currently required Scope 3 GHG emissions. Due to a variety of constraints
associated with the government shutdown, EPA did not conduct an employee commuting survey
for FY 2013. To report the required GHG emissions data for FY 2013, EPA extrapolated results
using data from the Agency's FY 2012 employee commuting survey and actual FY 2013
personnel data.
In FY 2013, EPA did not meet the EO 13423 requirement for increasing alternative vehicle fuel
consumption by 10 percent compounded annually. While most of the Agency's fleet consists of
vehicles that are fueled with E85, fueling stations that offer E85 are not readily available in many
areas of the country. To improve the Agency's performance in this area, EPA plans to hold an
annual workshop and quarterly data calls with field operators. EPA will also continue to meet
with stakeholders, discuss obstacles to compliance, share best practices, and develop site-specific
strategies for meeting fuel targets.
PLANNED ACTIONS
EPA anticipates making further progress in reducing its Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions in FY
2014 and beyond as a result of implementing energy conservation projects, consolidating or
right-sizing laboratory infrastructure when opportunities arise, and continuing to purchase green
power and RECs. The Agency also expects to see reductions in its Scope 3 GHG emissions for
the optional rental space category because of its office consolidation efforts and increased use of
telework.
Using the model of internally certifying that EPA's Environmental Science Center (ESC) in Fort
Meade, Maryland, meets the Guiding Principles in FY 2013, EPA plans to implement the
Guiding Principles at the Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Center in Ada, Oklahoma, and
AWBERC in Cincinnati, Ohio, in FY 2014. EPA is on track to meet the 2014 OMB goal of
having 13 percent of EPA's projected FY 2015 FRPP inventory meet the Guiding Principles.
EPA will increase utilization of E85 in flex-fuel vehicles, locate dual-fuel vehicles where it has
access to alternative fuel, and use biodiesel fuels in diesel vehicles. To ensure that it is operating
a lean and effective fleet in FY 2014 and beyond, EPA will also increase its use of plug-in hybrid
electric vehicles, continue to identify underutilized vehicles, and right-size its inventory as part
of the annual VAM review.
EPA will assess the results of the quarterly compliance reviews to identify applicable service
contracts that did not contain biobased products and/or clauses, address any specific contracts
that do not include biobased products and/or clauses, and develop corrective actions, including
training, to improve performance and reporting in future sustainability plans.
EPA also will continue to provide training, education, and outreach in accordance with Sections
(1) and (7), respectively, of the Presidential Memorandum, Driving Innovation and Creating
Jobs in Rural America through Biobased and Sustainable Product Procurement. Specifically,
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during the fourth quarter of FY 2014, EPA will provide three training classes for acquisition and
requirements staff for: 1) Biobased Purchasing; 2) EPEAT; and 3) Federal Green Challenge.
EPA has partnered with staff in developing Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Case 2013-
016, which identifies imaging equipment and televisions as new items to be included under the
EPEAT standard in FAR 23 and 52. FAR Case 2013-016 is in the FAR Secretariat's office
preparing to be published in the Federal Register as an interim rule.
To address new challenges of tracking purchases in new EPEAT electronic product categories,
EPA leveraged its existing EPEAT reporting mechanism to include this new requirement.
Additionally, during the second quarter of FY 2014, EPA issued guidance to its contracting
officers regarding clarification on purchasing EPEAT-registered products. During the fourth
quarter of FY 2014, EPA will offer training to acquisition and requirements staff on EPEAT and
the use of new Voluntary Consensus Standards for the requisition and purchase of
environmentally sustainable electronic office products.
PROGRESS ON ADMINISTRATION PRIORITIES
Climate Change Adaptation Planning: EPA released its draft Climate Change Adaptation Plan
('Plan") for public review and comment in February 2013. The Plan has been finalized and is
included with this SSPP. The Plan provides a roadmap (including 10 Agencywide priorities) for
how EPA will anticipate and plan for future changes in climate and incorporate considerations of
climate change into its programs, policies, rules, and operations to ensure they are effective
under future climatic conditions. As stated in the June 2014 revised EPA Policy Statement on
Climate Change Adaptation, we are now seeing a wide range of impacts associated with human-
induced climate change that pose significant challenges to EPA's ability to fulfill its mission.
The Agency must therefore adapt if it is to continue fulfilling its statutory, regulatory, and
programmatic requirements.
As called for in the Agencywide Plan, EPA National Environmental Program Offices, all 10
Regional Offices, and National Support Offices have developed their own Implementation Plans
that provide more detail on how they will carry out the work called for in the Agencywide Plan
and meet the 10 EPA priorities on climate adaptation. Draft Implementation Plans were
completed in June 2013 and released for public comment in November 2013. The 17 final
Implementation Plans are included with this SSPP.
A central element of EPA's work on climate adaptation that is called for in all of these plans is to
build and strengthen the adaptive capacity of its partners across the country in ways that are
critical to attaining the Agency's mission. States, tribes, and local communities share
responsibility for protecting human health and the environment. These partnerships will be
critical for efficient, effective and equitable implementation of climate adaptation strategies.
EPA is therefore supporting the efforts of its partners to integrate climate adaptation into the
work they do by providing: (1) training to increase awareness of ways climate change may affect
their ability to implement effective programs; (2) financial incentives that support climate-
resilient investments in communities across the country; and (3) necessary data, information,
tools, and technical assistance.
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EPA has already made significant progress integrating climate adaptation planning into its
programs, policies, rules, and operations, fulfilling commitments in the President's Climate
Action Plan, and following directives in Executive Order 13653 ("Preparing the United States for
the Impacts of Climate Change"). It has promoted climate-resilient investments by successfully
fulfilling its commitments in the President's Climate Action Plan to integrate considerations of
climate change impacts and adaptive measures into major programs, including its Clean Water
and Drinking Water State Revolving Loan funds and grants for brownfields cleanup. It has
supported climate-resilient investments through discretionary, competitive financial mechanisms
such as the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. EPA also is supporting climate-resilient
investments as part of the Hurricane Sandy recovery effort. EPA is working closely with New
York and New Jersey to plan resilient water infrastructure projects that incorporate green
infrastructure and adapt to a changing climate.
EPA has also produced tools to support adaptive management decisions. For example, as called
for in the President's Climate Action Plan, the Agency released a National Stormwater
Calculator and Climate Assessment Tool Package that can be used to estimate runoff during
storm events under current and future climate.
EPA is incorporating climate change impacts into water quality actions. For example, EPA is
developing guidance for watershed managers on how to develop total maximum daily load
provisions that protect beneficial uses (e.g., cold water fish habitat) as the climate changes. EPA
is also initiating work to evaluate approaches and limitations of incorporating climate change
into its existing ozone modeling framework.
Looking ahead, EPA will continue to implement key actions to address the Agencywide
priorities in its Climate Change Adaptation Plan. Key next steps include: (1) fulfilling the
Strategic Measures in the Fiscal Year 2014-2018 EPA Strategic Plan; (2) continuing to
modernize EPA programs to encourage climate-resilient investments; (3) providing information,
tools, training, and technical support on climate change preparedness and resilience to states,
tribes, and local communities; (4) implementing the priority actions identified in the 17
Implementation Plans produced by EPA's Program and Regional Offices; (5) focusing on the
most vulnerable people and places; (6) partnering with tribes to increase adaptive capacity; (7)
measuring and evaluating performance on an ongoing basis; and (8) continuing to build and
maintain strong partnerships with other federal agencies.
ESPCs: EPA is currently undergoing a nationwide laboratory assessment, including the potential
for consolidation, and therefore is waiting to undertake any contracting of this nature at a
particular facility. As with many federal agencies, EPA has limited capital funds to maintain
existing laboratory infrastructure, replace aging infrastructure, and reconfigure existing research
laboratory space to meet mission-critical needs. While EPA considers ESPCs as a potential
funding source for energy-saving projects if they enable the Agency to reduce the burden of up-
front capital cost, many of EPA's energy-saving projects are often not viable candidates for
ESPCs due to the extreme age and complexity of mechanical systems, the laboratories' remote
locations, and the small project sizes. Once the nationwide laboratory study is complete, EPA
will once again consider ESPCs at its facilities to save energy and reduce GHG emissions.
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Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs): In support of the President's Climate Action Plan and its
emphasis on addressing HFC emissions, EPA will plan to align its internal policies and
programs, as necessary, with any updates released through the Significant New Alternatives
Policy (SNAP) program. EPA will continue to phase out Class I and Class II ozone-depleting
substances (ODSs), in addition to requiring ODS management plans and inventories for locations
with ODS-containing equipment.
Biobased Purchasing Strategies: During FY 2014, EPA established the reassessed biobased
purchasing baseline compliance rate of 100 percent. A Standard Operating Procedure was also
developed and will be implemented during FY 2014 to ensure data accuracy for the quarterly
reviews of relevant contract acquisitions for the inclusion of biobased product and services
requirements and clauses in the applicable contracts. It also provides training to acquisition staff
to ensure contract language is used for applicable requirements.
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Table of Contents
Cover Page
Policy Statement
Executive Summary
Size & Scope of Agency Operations
Table 1: Agency Size & Scope
Evaluating Previous Strategies
Goal 1: Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reduction
Agency Progress toward Scope 1 & 2 GHG Goals
Figure 1-1
Table 1-1: Goal 1 Strategies - Scope 1 & 2 GHG Reductions
Agency Progress toward Scope 3 GHG Goal
Figure 1-2
Table 1-2: Goal 1 Strategies - Scope 3 GHG Reductions
Goal 2: Sustainable Buildings
Agency Progress toward Facility Energy Intensity Reduction Goal
Figure 2-1
Agency Progress toward Total Buildings Meeting the Guiding Principles
Figure 2-2
Table 2: Goal 2 Strategies - Sustainable Buildings
Goal 3: Fleet Management
Agency Progress toward Fleet Petroleum Use Reduction Goal
Figure 3-1
Agency Progress toward Fleet Alternative Fuel Consumption Goal
Figure 3-2
Table 3: Goal 3 Strategies - Fleet Management
Goal 4: Water Use Efficiency & Management
Agency Progress toward Potable Water Intensity Reduction Goal
Figure 4-1
Table 4: Goal 4 Strategies - Water Use Efficiency & Management
Goal 5: Pollution Prevention & Waste Reduction
Agency Progress toward Pollution Prevention & Waste Reduction
Table 5: Goal 5 Strategies - Pollution Prevention & Waste Reduction
Goal 6: Sustainable Acquisition
Agency Progress towards Sustainable Acquisition Goal
Figure 6-1
Table 6: Goal 6 Strategies - Sustainable Acquisition
Goal 7: Electronic Stewardship & Data Centers
Agency Progress toward EPEAT, Power Management & End of Life Goals
Figure 7-1
Table 7: Goal 7 Strategies - Electronic Stewardship & Data Centers
Goal 8: Renewable Energy
Agency Renewable Energy Percentage of Total Electricity Usage
Figure 8-1
Table 8: Goal 8 Strategies - Renewable Energy
Goal 9: Climate Change Resilience
Agency Climate Change Resilience
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Table 9: Goal 9 Strategies - Climate Change Resilience
Goal 10: Energy Performance Contracts
Agency Progress in Meeting President's Performance Contracting Challenge (PPCC) Goal
Figure 10-1
Table 10: Goal 10 Strategies - Energy Performance Contracting
Appendices
Table 1: Agency Size & Scope
Agency Size & Scope
FY 2012
FY 2013
Total Number of Employees as
Reported in the President's Budget
17,202
17,109
Total Acres of Land Managed
628
623
Total Number of Buildings Owned
20
20
Total Number of Buildings Leased
(GSA and Non-GSA Lease)
121
116
Total Building Gross Square Feet
(GSF)
11,229,620
11,134,814
Operates in Number of Locations
Throughout U.S.
141
136
Operates in Number of Locations
Outside of U.S.
0
0
Total Number of Fleet Vehicles
Owned
127
131
Total Number of Fleet Vehicles
Leased
951
906
Total Number of Exempted-Fleet
Vehicles (Tactical, Law Enforcement,
Emergency, Etc.)
323
331
Total Amount Contracts Awarded as
Reported in FPDS ($Millions)
$1,500,886
$1,422,455
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Environmental Protection Agency
Evaluating Previous Strategies
Goal 1: Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reduction - Scope 1 & 2
(A) Strategy
(B) Did you implement
this strategy? (Yes/No)
(C) Was the strategy
successful for you?
(Yes/No)
(D) Will you use this
strategy again next year?
(Please explain in 1-2
sentences)
Ensure that all major
renovations and new
building designs are 30%
more efficient than
applicable code
Yes
Yes
All new designs and major
renovation projects are
reviewed using EPA's
GreenCheck process to
ensure that these projects
meet or exceed energy
efficiency requirements.
EPA will continue to use
this strategy in future years
to improve its building
inventory.
Reduce grid-supplied
electricity consumption by
improving/upgrading
motors, boilers, HVAC,
chillers, compressors,
lighting, etc.
Yes
Yes
In design and construction
specifications, EPA requires
the use of high-efficiency
lighting, motors, chillers,
and compressors and
employs the required EISA
Section 432 energy
assessments to identify
infrastructure projects that
reduce grid-supplied
electricity consumption.
Comprehensive mechanical
system replacements at
EPAs older laboratories,
called Infrastructure
Replacement Projects
(IRPs), involve use of all
components of this strategy,
striving for energy
reductions of 30 percent or
more and significant GHG
emission reductions. EPA
will continue to use this
strategy again next year.
Employ operations and
management best practices
Yes
1
Yes
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Through EISA Section 432
energy assessments and
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(A) Strategy
(B) Did you implement
this strategy? (Yes/No)
(C) Was the strategy
successful for you?
(Yes/No)
(D) Will you use this
strategy again next year?
(Please explain in 1-2
sentences)
for energy consuming and
emission generating
equipment
recommissioning, EPA has
successfully identified and
addressed operating and
energy efficiency
opportunities and educated
its facility managers and
operations and maintenance
(O&M) staff. EPA plans to
complete its EISA Section
432 Round 6 covered
facility assessments and
commissioning
requirements by June 30,
2014, and continue using
best practices at its EISA
non-covered facilities.
Safely reduce laboratory
ventilation rates to save
energy
Yes
Yes
EPA will continue to
explore and implement
airflow reduction projects
to save energy while
maintaining a safe
environment for laboratory
staff by improving the
operational efficiency of its
fume hoods and biosafety
cabinets. Projects to make
laboratory ventilation more
efficient are planned or
underway at its Main
campus in Research
Triangle Park (RTP), North
Carolina; Chapel Hill, North
Carolina, laboratory; and
facilities in Manchester,
Washington; Montgomery,
Alabama; Fort Meade,
Maryland; and Kansas City,
Kansas (Science and
Technology Center).
Reduce on-site fossil-fuel
consumption by installing
Yes
Yes
EPA continues to update its
existing building inventory
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(A) Strategy
(B) Did you implement
this strategy? (Yes/No)
(C) Was the strategy
successful for you?
(Yes/No)
(D) Will you use this
strategy again next year?
(Please explain in 1-2
sentences)
more efficient boilers,
generators, furnaces, etc.
and/or use renewable fuels.
with more efficient
mechanical systems as
appropriate with focused
projects or IRPs. EPA's use
of this strategy has been
successful, and the Agency
will employ this strategy to
reduce energy consumption
and GHG emissions over
the next year.
Goal 1: Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reduction - Scope 3
(A) Strategy
(B) Did you implement
this strategy? Yes/No
(C) Was the strategy
successful for you? Yes/No
(D) Will you use this
strategy again next year?
(Please explain in 1-2
sentences)
Develop and deploy
employee commuter
reduction plan
No
No
EPA is already leveraging
its transit subsidy program
and telework policy, thus
EPA will not use this
strategy next year. EPA
anticipates successfully
achieving its employee
commuting reduction goal
with existing strategies.
Reduce employee business
ground travel
Yes
Yes
Through increased
video-conferencing capacity
and usage, EPA expects to
maintain at least a 50
percent reduction in
business ground travel GHG
emissions in future years.
Reduce employee business
air travel
Yes
Yes
Through increased
video-conferencing capacity
and usage, EPA expects to
maintain at least a 35
percent reduction in this
category of Scope 3 GHG
emissions compared to the
FY 2008 baseline.
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(A) Strategy
(B) Did you implement
this strategy? Yes/No
(C) Was the strategy
successful for you? Yes/No
(D) Will you use this
strategy again next year?
(Please explain in 1-2
sentences)
Increase number of
employees eligible for
telework and/or the total
number of days teleworked
No
No
EPA's official telework
policy is being negotiated
with union representatives,
but some EPA employees
have developed telework
schedules with their
managers as appropriate.
Provide bicycle commuting
infrastructure
Yes
Yes
In addition to a transit
subsidy program with high
levels of participation, EPA
will continue to provide
secure bicycle facilities at
most major regional offices
and Headquarters facilities.
In late May 2014, EPA
initiated a process to
significantly expand bicycle
storage and shower facilities
in its Washington, D.C.,
Federal Triangle complex.
This effort will include U.S.
Aid for International
Development and the U.S.
Customs and Border
Control office located there.
Reconfigure and streamline
office space to reduce Scope
3 GHG emissions from
leased space.
Yes
Yes
EPA Headquarters initiated
space consolidation efforts,
to be completed in
September 2014. EPA will
continue renovating its
Region 9 and 10 offices
with efficient and flexible
workstations, allowing EPA
to reduce its leased space,
and evaluate additional
space consolidation when
opportunities arise.
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Goal 2: Sustainable Buildings
(A) Strategy
(B) Did you implement
this strategy? Yes/No
(C) Was the strategy
successful for you? Yes/No
(D) Will you use this
strategy again next year?
(Please explain in 1-2
sentences)
Incorporate green building
specifications into all new
construction and major
renovation projects
Yes
Yes
EPA will continue to use its
GreenCheck process to
ensure new construction and
major renovation projects
incorporate appropriate
green building
specifications.
Redesign or lease interior
space to reduce energy use
by daylighting, space
optimization,
sensors/control system
installation, etc.
Yes
Yes
Any new project designs
that are initiated within the
next year will follow the
energy-efficiency
requirements in EPA s
GreenCheck.
Include in every
construction contract all
applicable sustainable
acquisition requirements for
recycled, biobased, energy
efficient, and
environmentally preferable
products
Yes
Yes
EPA will continue to use its
GreenCheck process to
ensure new construction
projects incorporate the
appropriate sustainable
acquisition requirements.
Develop own system of
assessing, addressing,
documenting and certifying
Existing Buildings as
meeting the Guiding
Principles.
Yes
Yes
EPA will continue to
implement this system on
an ongoing basis to certify
EPA's buildings as meeting
the Guiding Principles for
Sustainable Existing
Buildings.
Rightsizing research
infrastructure
Yes
Yes
EPA will continue to
emphasize needs-based
program of requirements
development as additional
Infrastructure Replacement
Plans are added to EPA's
long-range facility
reconstruction schedule.
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Goal 3: Fleet Management
(A) Strategy
(B) Did you implement
this strategy? Yes/No
(C) Was the strategy
successful for you? Yes/No
(D) Will you use this
strategy again next year?
(Please explain in 1-2
sentences)
Optimize/Right-size the
composition of the fleet
(e.g., reduce vehicle size,
eliminate underutilized
vehicles, acquire and locate
vehicles to match local fuel
infrastructure)
Yes
Yes
EPA will continue to
right-size its fleet and
co-locate AFVs to match
alternative fuel
infrastructure in FY 2014.
Reduce miles traveled (e.g.,
share vehicles, improve
routing with telematics,
eliminate trips, improve
scheduling, use shuttles,
etc.)
Yes
Yes
EPA will continue to
encourage trip consolidation
and other transportation
alternatives, such as mass
transit and teleconferencing
capabilities.
Acquire only highly
fuel-efficient, low
greenhouse gas-emitting
vehicles and alternative fuel
vehicles (AFVs)
Yes
Yes
EPA acquired only
fuel-efficient, low
GHG-emitting vehicles and
AFVs for light-duty
acquisitions. EPA will
continue to replace motor
vehicles with these options
as vehicle leases expire.
Increase utilization of
alternative fuel in dual-fuel
vehicles
Yes
No
The Agency saw a decrease
in alternative fuel
consumption from FY 2012
to FY 2013. However, EPA
will continue to encourage
100 percent alternative fuel
use in non-exempt AFVs.
Use a Fleet Management
Information System to track
fuel consumption
throughout the year for
agency-owned, GSA-leased,
and commercially-leased
vehicles
Yes
Yes
EPA will continue to utilize
the Automotive Statistical
Tool (AST) database to
track and report on fleet
assets.
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Goal 4: Water Use Efficiency & Management
(A) Strategy
(B) Did you implement
this strategy? Yes/No
(C) Was the strategy
successful for you? Yes/No
(D) Will you use this
strategy again next year?
(Please explain in 1-2
sentences)
Purchase and install water
efficient technologies (e.g.,
Waterwise, low-flow water
fixtures and aeration
devices).
Yes
Yes
EPA will continue to add
requirements to use
WaterSense labeled
products and other
water-efficient equipment
in its contract language for
fixture/equipment
replacements.
Develop and deploy
operational controls for leak
detection including a
distribution system audit,
leak detection, and repair
programs.
Yes
Yes
EPA will continue to track
water use by facility,
determine any
abnormalities, and perform
follow-up water
assessments at its EISA
covered facilities every four
years to identify and address
any sources of leaks.
Design, install, and maintain
landscape to reduce water
use.
Yes
Yes
EPA has significantly
reduced its outdoor water
use to date, so it does not
have specific plans to
further reduce outdoor water
use in 2014.
Design and deploy water
closed-loop, capture,
recharge, and/or reclamation
systems.
Yes
Yes
EPA has significantly
surpassed FY 2020 water
use reduction requirements
and will be shifting
resources to energy
conservation projects.
Install meters to measure
and monitor industrial,
landscaping and,
agricultural water use.
Yes
Yes
EPA has reduced its
industrial, landscaping, and
agricultural (ILA) water use
by 95.3 percent as of FY
2013 and does not have
plans to add additional
meters on ILA uses at this
time.
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Goal 5: Pollution Prevention & Waste Reduction
(A) Strategy
(B) Did you implement
this strategy? Yes/No
(C) Was the strategy
successful for you? Yes/No
(D) Will you use this
strategy again next year?
(Please explain in 1-2
sentences)
Eliminate, reduce, or
recover refrigerants and
other fugitive emissions
Yes
Yes
EPA will continue to phase
out applicable
ODS-containing equipment
and minimize the use of
ODSs.
Reduce waste generation
through elimination, source
reduction, and recycling
Yes
Yes
EPA set (and exceeded) an
aggressive Agencywide goal
of 55 percent recycling by
FY 2015. Through facility
EMSs, green teams, and
other efforts, EPA will
continue to encourage
facilities to reduce and reuse
materials, recycle, and
compost.
Implement integrated pest
management and improved
landscape management
practices to reduce and
eliminate the use of toxic
and hazardous
chemi cal s/materi al s
Yes
Yes
EPA has and will continue
to implement integrated pest
management (IPM) and
improved landscape and
hardscape management
practices. As part of the
Guiding Principles for high
performance sustainable
buildings, EPA will
continue to develop IPM,
landscaping, and exterior
and hardscape management
plans for each building that
goes through the Agencys
high performance
sustainable existing building
self-certification process.
EPA will also continue to
track sites employing best
practices for IPM, landscape
management, and hardscape
management practices
through the annual EMS
reporting mechanism.
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(A) Strategy
(B) Did you implement
this strategy? Yes/No
(C) Was the strategy
successful for you? Yes/No
(D) Will you use this
strategy again next year?
(Please explain in 1-2
sentences)
Establish a tracking and
reporting system for
construction and demolition
debris elimination
Yes
Yes
EPA is achieving its goal to
divert at least 75 percent of
construction and demolition
(C&D) debris by FY 2015
for all
constructi on/renovati on
projects greater than 20,000
square feet. A reporting
system has been formalized
for EPA to track C&D
waste diversion data.
Develop/revise Agency
Chemicals Inventory Plans
and identify and deploy
chemical elimination,
substitution, and/or
management opportunities
Yes
Yes
EPA will continue to track
the Agency wide EMS
Objectives, Targets, and
Metrics (OTMs), including
those focused on chemical
management. EPA released
a draft version of the
updated Agencywide EMS
OTMs during FY 2014,
which included chemical
management targets for
implementation beginning
in FY 2015.
Goal 6: Sustainable Acquisition
(A) Strategy
(B) Did you implement
this strategy? Yes/No
(C) Was the strategy
successful for you? Yes/No
(D) Will you use this
strategy again next year?
(Please explain in 1-2
sentences)
Update and deploy agency
procurement policies and
programs to ensure that
federally-mandated
designated sustainable
products are included in all
relevant procurements and
services
Yes
Yes
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The updated Green
Purchasing Plan will be
memorialized in EPA's
Acquisition Guidance. Also,
EPA will use the report
from the federal-wide
survey regarding the
Environmentally Preferable
Purchasing Program to
update sustainable
acquisition policies.
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(A) Strategy
(B) Did you implement
this strategy? Yes/No
(C) Was the strategy
successful for you? Yes/No
(D) Will you use this
strategy again next year?
(Please explain in 1-2
sentences)
Deploy corrective actions to
address identified barriers
to increasing sustainable
procurements with special
emphasis on biobased
purchasing
Yes
Yes
This strategy will be
monitored on a quarterly
basis by obtaining feedback
from the training and
outreach sessions. This
information will be used to
effectively implement
corrective actions, as
needed.
Include biobased and other
FAR sustainability clauses
in all applicable
construction and other
relevant service contracts
Yes
Yes
This strategy will be
monitored on a quarterly
basis by obtaining feedback
from the training and
outreach sessions. This
information will be used to
effectively implement
corrective actions, as
needed.
Use Federal Strategic
Sourcing Initiatives, such as
Blanket Purchase
Agreements (BPAs) for
office products and imaging
equipment, which include
sustainable acquisition
requirements
No
No
This strategy is not
applicable and not selected
because: l)in January 2013
the U.S. Department of
Agriculture advised EPA
that the definition of
"specification" does not
apply to statement of
work/statement of
objectives language; 2)
OMB did not require EPA
to discuss "performance
review of 25 percent of the
applicable formal
specifications" in the 2012
midyear Sustainability
Scorecard; 3) OMB did not
require EPA to discuss
"agency specification
reviews" in the Addendum
to the FY 2012 SSPP; and
4) EPA did not select this
strategy for the 2013 SSPP.
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(A) Strategy
(B) Did you implement
this strategy? Yes/No
(C) Was the strategy
successful for you? Yes/No
(D) Will you use this
strategy again next year?
(Please explain in 1-2
sentences)
Report on sustainability
compliance in contractor
performance reviews
Yes
Yes
This strategy will be
monitored quarterly; EPA
will implement corrective
actions for results which are
less than the required 100
percent ENERGY STAR
qualified/FEMP-designated
or 95 percent EPEAT goals.
Goal 7: Electronic Stewardship & Data Centers
(A) Strategy
(B) Did you implement
this strategy? Yes/No
(C) Was the strategy
successful for you? Yes/No
(D) Will you use this
strategy again next year?
(Please explain in 1-2
sentences)
Identify agency Core and
Non-Core Data
Yes
Yes
EPA will continue to focus
on minimizing or closing
non-core data centers and
moving enterprise resources
to core data centers or the
cloud.
Optimize agency Core Data
Centers across total cost of
ownership metrics
Yes
Yes
EPA will continue to focus
on virtualization and
consolidation within the
core data centers to optimize
efficiency.
Ensure that power
management, duplex
printing, and other energy
efficiency or
environmentally preferable
options and features are
enabled on all eligible
electronics and monitor
compliance
Yes
Yes
EPA will continue to
implement the
strategy/process, as it
produced positive feedback
and cost savings by
implementing duplex
printing.
Update and deploy policies
to use environmentally
sound practices for
disposition of all agency
excess or surplus electronic
products, including use of
Yes
2
Yes
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EPA will continue to follow
U.S. General Services
Administration (GSA)
personal property
disposition procedures of
transfer, donation, sale, and
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(A) Strategy
(B) Did you implement
this strategy? Yes/No
(C) Was the strategy
successful for you? Yes/No
(D) Will you use this
strategy again next year?
(Please explain in 1-2
sentences)
certified eSteward and/or
R2 electronic recyclers, and
monitor compliance
recycling of electronic
equipment, and will also
continue to ensure the
Property Utilization
Officers are employing the
GSA Xcess system.
Ensure acquisition of 95%
EPEAT registered and
100% of ENERGY STAR
qualified and FEMP
designated electronic office
products
Yes
Yes
EPA will continue to track
and report the purchase of
ENERGY STAR qualified,
FEMP-designated, and
EPEAT-registered personal
computers, notebook
computers, and monitors.
As a result of the recent
expansion of the EPEAT
Program, EPA expanded the
tracking and reporting to
include imaging equipment
and televisions.
Consolidate 40% of agency
non-core data centers
Yes
Yes
EPA has closed 25 percent
of non-core data centers and
has targeted 40 percent for
closure by Q5 2015. EPA
will continue to consolidate
and close non-core data
centers whenever practical.
Goal 8: Renewable Energy
(A) Strategy
(B) Did you implement
this strategy? Yes/No
(C) Was the strategy
successful for you? Yes/No
(D) Will you use this
strategy again next year?
(Please explain in 1-2
sentences)
Purchase renewable energy
directly or through
Renewable Energy Credits
(RECs)
Yes
Yes
Continuing its leadership
among federal agencies in
green power purchases,
EPA contracted with DLA
Energy to purchase RECs
for 100 percent of its
estimated electricity use in
FY 2014.
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(A) Strategy
(B) Did you implement
this strategy? Yes/No
(C) Was the strategy
successful for you? Yes/No
(D) Will you use this
strategy again next year?
(Please explain in 1-2
sentences)
Install onsite renewable
energy on federal sites
No
No
While EPA did not
complete onsite renewable
energy project installations
in 2013, it made progress
with awarding a contract for
the installation of larger
photovoltaic (PV) array at
its Edison facility in 2014
via an energy savings
performance contracting
(ESPC) mechanism.
Lease land for renewable
energy infrastructure
Yes
Yes
During 2013, EPA through
Duke Energy maintained
leases at its child care
facility in RTP of roof space
for a PV renewable energy
installation. In 2014, EPA
is pursuing renewable
energy infrastructure on
EPA-owned land and will
participate in similar leased
land programs for
renewable energy
development where
possible. The Edison, New
Jersey, ESPC PV project
represents an example of
this approach.
Utilize performance
contracting methodologies
for implementing ECMs and
increasing renewable energy
Yes
Yes
EPA is continuing to pursue
performance contracting
(i.e., a power purchase
agreement) for a PV array
in Edison, New Jersey, and
considering using for energy
efficiency projects at other
facilities during 2014.
Work with other agencies to
create volume discount
incentives for increased
renewable energy purchases
Yes
Yes
EPA has continued its
relationship with DLA
Energy to procure its FY
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(A) Strategy
(B) Did you implement
this strategy? Yes/No
(C) Was the strategy
successful for you? Yes/No
(D) Will you use this
strategy again next year?
(Please explain in 1-2
sentences)
2014 large-volume REC
purchase.
Goal 9: Climate Change Resilience
(A) Strategy
(B) Did you implement
this strategy? Yes/No
(C) Was the strategy
successful for you? Yes/No
(D) Will you use this
strategy again next year?
(Please explain in 1-2
sentences)
Ensure climate change
adaptation is integrated into
both agency-wide and
regional planning efforts, in
coordination with other
Federal agencies as well as
state and local partners,
Tribal governments, and
private stakeholders
Yes
Yes
EPA's publicly reviewed
Climate Change Adaptation
Plan and 17 Climate Change
Implementation Plans
identify 10 Agency wide
priorities for addressing
vulnerabilities of its mission
to climate change and ways
to integrate climate change
adaptation into its programs,
policies, and operations.
These plans provide a
roadmap for how EPA will
continue to implement the
Agency's programs in
communities across the
country facing
climate-related challenges
and work with them to
protect human health and
the environment as the
climate changes.
Update agency emergency
response procedures and
protocols to account for
projected climate change,
including extreme weather
events
Yes
Yes
EPAs Office of Solid Waste
and Emergency Response
(OSWER) finalized a
Climate Change Adaptation
Implementation Plan in June
2014 that identifies the
vulnerabilities of OSWERs
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Emergency Response
programs to climate change
and actions to address these
vulnerabilities. The
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(A) Strategy
(B) Did you implement
this strategy? Yes/No
(C) Was the strategy
successful for you? Yes/No
(D) Will you use this
strategy again next year?
(Please explain in 1-2
sentences)
OSWER Implementation
Plan will guide EPAs efforts
in this area next year.
Identify vulnerable
communities that are served
by agency mission and are
potentially impacted by
climate change and identify
measures to address those
vulnerabilities where
possible
Yes
Yes
One of the 10 Agency wide
priorities identified in
EPAs Climate Change
Adaptation Plan calls for the
Agency to emphasize
overburdened populations,
such as children, the elderly,
poor, tribes, indigenous
people, environmental
justice communities, and
small rural communities that
can be especially vulnerable
to the impacts of climate
change. The Agency will
continue to engage and
partner with the most
vulnerable communities to
improve their capacity to
prepare for and avoid
damages from climate
change impacts.
Ensure that agency climate
adaptation and resilience
policies and programs
reflect best available current
climate change science,
updated as necessary
Yes
Yes
All of EPAs climate
adaptation and resilience
policies and programs are
guided by the best available
scientific information and
receive appropriate levels of
peer review by independent
scientific and technical
experts. EPAs Climate
Change Adaptation Plan and
the 17 Climate Change
Adaptation Implementation
Plans produced by the
Program and Regional
Offices are based on
peer-reviewed scientific
literature (e.g., the National
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(A) Strategy
(B) Did you implement
this strategy? Yes/No
(C) Was the strategy
successful for you? Yes/No
(D) Will you use this
strategy again next year?
(Please explain in 1-2
sentences)
Climate Assessment,
Assessments of the
Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change) and went
through a public review and
comment period.
Design and construct new
or modify/manage existing
agency facilities and/or
infrastructure to account for
the potential impacts of
projected climate change
Yes
Yes
EPAs Office of
Administration and
Resources Management
(OARM) Climate Change
Adaptation Implementation
Plan finalized in June 2104
explicitly addresses the need
to make EPAs facilities
more climate-resilient. EPA
has developed an initial list
of climate resiliency
planning considerations and
will use it to update the
Agencys space planning and
leasing guidelines in FY
2015 and 2016.
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Environmental Protection Agency
Goal 1: Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reduction
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Table 1-1: Goal 1 Strategies - Scope 1 & 2 GHG Reductions
(A) Will the agency
implement the following
strategies to achieve this
goal?
(B) Top 5? Yes/No/NA
(C) Strategy Narrative
(D) Specific
targets/metrics to measure
strategy success including
milestones to be achieved
in next 12 months
Use the FEMP GHG
emission report to
identify/target high
emission categories and
implement specific actions
to resolve high emission
areas identified
No
EPA already relies on this
strategy to prioritize
opportunities, so the
Agency currently focuses
on implementing the
enumerated top five
strategies to reduce Scope 1
and Scope 2 GHG
emissions at its facilities.
N/A
Ensure that all major
renovations and new
building designs are 30%
more efficient than
applicable code
Yes
EPA uses the GreenCheck
system to: (1) Monitor
compliance with the 30
percent better than
ASHRAE standard for new
construction, and (2) Ensure
that major renovations
reduce energy use by 20
percent from the building's
2003 baseline. GreenCheck
is EPA's process to compile
and monitor all federal
environmental and green
building requirements that
project managers must
complete on each project.
GreenCheck serves to
educate and remind project
managers of requirements
as well as inform
architecture and engineering
(A&E) firms designing
projects for the Agency.
(1) Continue discussions
with the U.S. General
Services Administration
(GSA) regarding EPA s
Chapel Hill, North Carolina,
laboratory lease to
accommodate downsizing
and new mechanical
systems. Finalize new lease
before end of January 2015.
(2) By March 2015, finalize
award of construction
contract—currently under
protest—for Phase IB of the
infrastructure replacement
project (IRP) and rightsizing
at EPA's Montgomery,
Alabama, laboratory.
Implement in EISA 432
covered facilities all
lifecycle cost effective
ECMs identified
No
EPA uses its Energy
Strategy document to
determine and implement
cost-effective ECMs
identified by the EISA
assessment process.
N/A
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(A) Will the agency
implement the following
strategies to achieve this
goal?
(B) Top 5? Yes/No/NA
(C) Strategy Narrative
(D) Specific
targets/metrics to measure
strategy success including
milestones to be achieved
in next 12 months
Reduce on-site fossil-fuel
consumption by installing
more efficient boilers,
generators, furnaces, etc.
and/or use renewable fuels
Yes
EPA has taken two
approaches to address boiler
plants: (1) Aging boilers are
replaced with new, more
efficient and appropriately
sized boilers. (2) In facilities
with oversized boilers, the
boiler burners are replaced
with smaller burners,
increasing efficiency
without the cost of a
complete boiler
replacement. Additionally,
EPA considers ground
source heat pump systems
where appropriate.
By December 2014,
complete boiler replacement
conceptual design at EPA s
Andrew W. Breidenbach
Environmental Research
Center (AWBERC) in
Cincinnati, Ohio, and award
construction in FY 2015.
Reduce grid-supplied
electricity consumption by
improving/upgrading
motors, boilers, HVAC,
chillers, compressors,
lighting, etc.
Yes
EPA requires the use of
high-efficiency lighting,
motors, chillers, and
compressors in its design
and construction
specifications. EPA reduces
cooling and ventilation
loads, and thus electricity
use, through conversion of
laboratories from constant
volume (CV) to variable air
volume (VAV), rightsizing
laboratories where possible,
and meeting high research
heat loads through process
water-free cooling systems.
To increase efficiency of its
office lighting, EPA has
piloted 24-watt fluorescent
systems and light-emitting
diode (LED) systems, as
well as occupancy sensors.
(1) Coordinate with Duke
Energy to complete a
lighting upgrade at EPA's
campus in Research
Triangle Park (RTP), North
Carolina, using a utility
energy service contract
(UESC) performance
contracting mechanism in
the next 12 months. (2)
Begin conceptual design of
EPA's Newport, Oregon,
laboratory IRP by March
2015.
Employ operations and
management best practices
Yes
EPA implements best
practices for
(1) Complete EISA Section
432 Round 7 facility
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(A) Will the agency
implement the following
strategies to achieve this
goal?
(B) Top 5? Yes/No/NA
(C) Strategy Narrative
(D) Specific
targets/metrics to measure
strategy success including
milestones to be achieved
in next 12 months
for energy consuming and
emission generating
equipment
energy-efficient operations
through several strategies.
Through EISA Section 432
energy assessments and
recommissioning, EPA
identifies and addresses
operating and energy
efficiency opportunities and
educates its facility
managers and operations
and maintenance (O&M)
staff. EPA requires
commissioning for all
significant construction and
mechanical system projects,
and employs its Guiding
Principles certification
process to simultaneously
improve operations and
document efficient standard
operating procedures. At
some laboratories, EPA has
developed customized
"system operating mode
tests" to ensure all systems
(including air distribution
systems and individual
laboratory ventilation
controls) operate in a
cohesive and efficient
manner.
assessments and
commissioning
requirements by June 30,
2015. (2) Complete Guiding
Principles self certification
at one additional building
by September 2014.
Install building utility
meters and benchmark
performance to track energy
and continuously optimize
performance
No
EPA s advanced metering
hardware captures 72
percent of the Agency's
reportable energy
consumption. EPA annually
benchmarks energy use in
the Laboratories for the 21 st
Century (Labs21®) Energy
Benchmarking Tool and
N/A
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(A) Will the agency
implement the following
strategies to achieve this
goal?
(B) Top 5? Yes/No/NA
(C) Strategy Narrative
(D) Specific
targets/metrics to measure
strategy success including
milestones to be achieved
in next 12 months
will complete benchmarking
in the ENERGY STAR
Portfolio Manager in FY
2014. As these practices are
standard operating
procedures (SOPs) for EPA,
the Agency currently
focuses on implementing
the enumerated top five
strategies to reduce Scope 1
and 2 GHG emissions at its
facilities.
Safely reduce laboratory
ventilation rates to save
energy
Yes
Re-circulated air is standard
practice in office space.
Laboratories are
energy-intensive, one-pass
air facilities, where 100
percent of outside air is
conditioned, passed through
a laboratory, and exhausted
outside. EPA is carefully
reducing laboratory
ventilation by: using
high-performance, low-flow
fume hoods; "hibernating"
fume hoods where safe and
appropriate and updating
specifications to require
hibernation of fume hoods
and controls systems;
reducing air flow rates while
maintaining containment
using the new
ASHRAE/ANSI Z9.5
standards; including
occupancy sensors to allow
lower air change rates in
unoccupied laboratories;
and improving the
(1) By September 2014,
complete an air flow
reduction project at EPA's
National Exposure Research
Laboratory (NERL) in
Athens, Georgia. (2) By
September 2014, award
building air change study at
EPA's Environmental
Science Center (ESC) in
Fort Meade, Maryland. (3)
Initiate long-term
ventilation improvement
study for the Main Building
at EPA s RTP campus by
March 2015.
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(A) Will the agency
implement the following
strategies to achieve this
goal?
(B) Top 5? Yes/No/NA
(C) Strategy Narrative
(D) Specific
targets/metrics to measure
strategy success including
milestones to be achieved
in next 12 months
operational efficiency of its
biosafety cabinets.
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EPA Progress toward Scope 3 Greenhouse Gas Goals
SO,000
70,000 -
60,000 -
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= -10,000
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'5 30,000
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5
20,000 -
10,000 -
0
71,126
2008
-4.2%
68,146
2010
0.9%
71,736
-39.8%
RE Credit
42,852
2011
2012
-40.4%
42,357
2013
8.0%
65,436
2020 Target
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Table 1-2: Goal 1 Strategies - Scope 3 GHG Reductions
(A) Will the agency
implement the following
strategies to achieve this
goal?
(B) Top 5? Yes/No/NA
(C) Strategy Narrative
(D) Specific
targets/metrics to measure
strategy success including
milestones to be achieved
in the next 12 months
Develop and deploy
employee commuter
reduction plan
No
EPA is already leveraging
its transit subsidy program.
In conjunction with the
Agency's telework policy,
EPA anticipates
successfully achieving its
employee commuting
reduction goal.
N/A
Reduce employee business
ground travel
Yes
Beginning in FY 2010, EPA
installed 115
video-conferencing units
(VCUs) as an alternative to
face-to-face meetings
involving air and ground
business travel. Video
Teleconferencing (VTC)
bridge calls have increased
nearly 900 percent since FY
2010. Partly as a result of
this initiative, EPA reduced
its GHG emissions from
business ground travel by
76.3 percent in FY 2013
compared to its FY 2008
baseline. EPA expects to
maintain at least a 50
percent reduction in
business ground travel GHG
emissions in future years.
Maintain EPA policies on
reduced travel and increased
video-conferencing use
through June 2015.
Reduce employee business
air travel
Yes
Beginning in FY 2010, EPA
installed 115 VCUs as an
alternative to face-to-face
meetings involving air and
ground business travel.
VTC bridge calls have
increased nearly 900 percent
since FY 2010. Partly as a
result of this initiative, EPA
reduced its GHG emissions
Maintain EPA policies on
reduced travel and increased
video-conferencing use
through June 2015.
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(A) Will the agency
implement the following
strategies to achieve this
goal?
(B) Top 5? Yes/No/NA
(C) Strategy Narrative
(D) Specific
targets/metrics to measure
strategy success including
milestones to be achieved
in the next 12 months
from business air travel by
57.3 percent in FY 2013
compared to the FY 2008
baseline. EPA expects to
maintain at least a 35
percent reduction in this
category of Scope 3 GHG
emissions in future years.
Use employee commuting
survey to identify
opportunities and strategies
for reducing commuter
No
emissions
The Agency has conducted
an employee commuting
survey using GSA's Carbon
Footprint Tool, but has not
yet identified its best
opportunities to reduce
commuting emissions by
analyzing survey results.
N/A
Develop and implement
bicycle commuter program
No
EPA supports bicycle
commuting in many of its
locations with provisions
such as secure racks and
shower facilities, but at this
time a formal, Agencywide
bicycle commuter program
is not one of the top five
priorities for this goal area.
N/A
Increase number of
employees eligible for
telework and/or the total
number of days teleworked
Yes
EPA is working with its
unions to establish an
Agency telework policy that
increases the number of
hours employees can
telework per pay period.
Once this is complete, the
Agency will work with its
unions and employees to
leverage the number of
telework opportunities
available to employees.
As of June 2014, EPA is
close to finalizing a new
telework agreement with its
two largest unions,
American Federation of
Government Employees
(AFGE) and The Union for
Federal Employees (NTEU)
which will result in a
significant expansion in
telework opportunities.
Provide bicycle commuting
infrastructure
Yes
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In addition to a transit
subsidy program with high
Before January 2015, begin
consultation with the federal
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(A) Will the agency
implement the following
strategies to achieve this
goal?
(B) Top 5? Yes/No/NA
(C) Strategy Narrative
(D) Specific
targets/metrics to measure
strategy success including
milestones to be achieved
in the next 12 months
levels of participation, EPA
provides secure bicycle
storage facilities at most
major regional offices and
Headquarters facilities.
agencies within the Federal
Triangle complex in
Washington, D.C.—GSA,
U.S. Agency for
International Development
(USAID), U.S. Customs and
Border Protection
(CPB)—and the bicycle
commuter community to
evaluate the adequacy of
current bicycle facilities and
to identify alternatives to
meet increasing bike
commuter needs of all
agencies.
Reconfigure and streamline
office space to reduce Scope
3 GHG emissions from
leased space.
Yes
As EPA employees
telework to a greater degree,
both via the increase in
number of days of telework
per week and via
deployment of collaborative
software services available
from non-traditional
workplaces, the needs and
design of workspaces will
change. EPA can serve its
employees using smaller
workstations or touchdown
stations, resulting in a
smaller space footprint, rent
cost reductions, and a
reduction in optionally
reported Scope 3 GHG
emissions from energy use
in leased space.
EPA will complete
consolidation efforts to
bring its employees at the
offices at 1310 L Street
NW, in Washington, D.C.,
into the main Federal
Triangle complex by
September 2014. These
efforts will result in the
agency releasing 135,000
square feet of office space
and avoid $7 million in
annual rent costs.
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Environmental Protection Agency
Goal 2: Sustainable Buildings
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450,000
400,000
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EPA Progress toward Facility Energy Intensity Reduction Goals
(FY 2013 Goal: -24%)
-
-23.7%
-20.9%
-23,7/d -jr CDZ
-30.0%
393,130
300,021
310,S60
zyyr?D/
292, BOB
275,191
2003
2010
2011
2012
2013
2015 Tsrget
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2010 2011 2012 2013 2015 Target
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Table 2: Goal 2 Strategies &€" Sustainable Buildings
(A) Will the agency
implement the following
strategies to achieve this
goal?
(B) Top 5? Yes/No/NA
(C) Strategy narrative
(D) Specific
targets/metrics to measure
strategy success including
milestones to be achieved
in the next 12 months
Incorporate green building
specifications into all new
construction and major
renovation projects
Yes
EPA uses its GreenCheck
process to review every
significant lease, repair,
improvement, and
construction project to
ensure that it meets the
federal requirements for
green building. The Agency
maintains A&E Guidelines
that incorporate EPA and
federal environmental
performance requirements.
EPA also maintains a Best
Practice (Environmental)
Lease Provisions inventory
to ensure newly constructed
and renovated leased space
meets EPA and federal
green building
requirements.
Over the next 12 months:
(1) Complete the
GreenCheck process for all
new construction, major
renovation, and repair and
improvement projects and
(2) Update EPA's Best
Practice Lease Provisions to
reflect GSA's latest lease
format.
Redesign or lease interior
space to reduce energy use
by daylighting, space
optimization,
sensors/control system
installation, etc.
Yes
EPA emphasizes energy
efficiency in its construction
and repair and improvement
projects through
GreenCheck and its A&E
Guidelines, and in lease
procurements through
GreenCheck and its Best
Practice Lease Provisions.
EPA specifically assesses
new lighting controls
opportunities in its high
performance sustainable
existing building
certification process. EPA
is also optimizing space use,
and thereby energy use,
through more efficient and
flexible workstations in new
Continue construction of
Region 9 and Region 10
office renovations through
June 2015 and beyond.
When completed, both
projects will increase space
utilization, reduce leased
space, and upgrade lighting
and controls. Evaluate
lighting upgrade and control
opportunities at EPA's
facility in Ada, Oklahoma,
by June 2015.
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(A) Will the agency
implement the following
strategies to achieve this
goal?
(B) Top 5? Yes/No/NA
(C) Strategy narrative
(D) Specific
targets/metrics to measure
strategy success including
milestones to be achieved
in the next 12 months
office spaces and laboratory
consolidation efforts.
Deploy CEQs Implementing
Instructions " Sustainable
Locations for Federal
Facilities
No
EPA is implementing the
Council on Environmental
Quality's (CEQ's)
Instructions for Sustainable
Locations for Federal
Facilities as part of the
GreenCheck process
mentioned in the top five
priorities above, but it is not
among its top five priorities
unless a new site is being
considered.
N/A
Include in every
construction contract all
applicable sustainable
acquisition requirements for
recycled, biobased, energy
efficient, and
environmentally preferable
products
Yes
EPA's GreenCheck process
ensures that the design and
specification of construction
projects meet the
requirements for recycled
content, biobased, energy
efficiency, and
environmentally preferable
products. EPA construction
contract language also
addresses these
requirements.
By March 2015, audit 5
percent of construction
projects that went through
the GreenCheck process and
were completed in FY 2014
to ensure compliance with
federal sustainable
acquisition requirements.
Develop and deploy energy
and sustainability training
for all facility and energy
managers
No
EPA provides training to
facility managers where
necessary and appropriate.
Due to budget constraints
and travel restrictions, this
is not currently among the
Agency's top five priorities.
Although formal training is
not provided, facility
managers are informed of
and adopt sustainable
operations and maintenance
practices through EPA's
N/A
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(A) Will the agency
implement the following
strategies to achieve this
goal?
(B) Top 5? Yes/No/NA
(C) Strategy narrative
(D) Specific
targets/metrics to measure
strategy success including
milestones to be achieved
in the next 12 months
high performance
sustainable existing building
certification process.
Implement own system of
assessing, addressing,
documenting, and certifying
building compliance with
the Guiding Principles for
Sustainable Existing
Buildings
Yes
While some green building
rating systems set out
rigorous performance
requirements and provide
high quality conformance
assurance for the design,
construction, and operation
of high performance
sustainable buildings,
meeting the highly technical
submittal requirements can
often be unnecessarily
complex and costly. EPA
has chosen to assess,
improve, document, and
certify those facilities that
meet high performance
sustainable building
guidelines using a
transparent, verifiable
system of performance and
policy documentation. The
system addresses the
Guiding Principles and
allows EPA to apply limited
green building funding more
efficiently.
Certify one additional EPA
building to meet the
Guiding Principles for
Sustainable Existing
Buildings before October
2014.
Rightsizing research
infrastructure
Yes
When addressing
laboratories that require
mechanical system
replacement, EPA
challenges researchers to
establish thoughtful
research requirements,
designs laboratory
infrastructure to match
current research practices,
Complete consolidation of
researchers in the
Reproductive Toxicology
Facility (RTF) in Research
Triangle Park, North
Carolina, into EPA s Main
Laboratory there by January
2015. Continue to
emphasize needs-based
program of requirements
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(A) Will the agency
implement the following
strategies to achieve this
goal?
(B) Top 5? Yes/No/NA
(C) Strategy narrative
(D) Specific
targets/metrics to measure
strategy success including
milestones to be achieved
in the next 12 months
and aims to provide a safe
working environment while
keeping excess capacity to
a minimum.
development through June
2015, as additional
infrastructure replacement
projects are added to EPA's
long-range facility
reconstruction schedule.
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Environmental Protection Agency
Goal 3: Fleet Management
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EPA Progress toward Fleet Petroleum Reduction Goals
(FY 2013 Goal: -16%)
500
400
;00
200
100
513
-24.8%
-20.0%
386
-32.7% -32.2%
346
348
-38.9%
314
411
-30.0%
359
—i 1 i i
2012 2013 2015 Tsrget 2020 Target
2005
2010
2011
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140,000
120,000
100,000
30,000
50,000
40,000 -
20,000 •
0
EPA Progress toward Fleet Alternative Fuel Consumption Goals
(FY 2013 Goal: +114.4%)
9.9%
2005
49,009
2010
159.4%
Represents 13.5% of
Total Fleet Fuel Use
20.5%
\
18.1%
f
2011
52,663
2012
2013
1 1
2015 Target
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Table 3: Goal 3 Strategies &€" Fleet Management
(A) Will the agency
implement the following
strategies to achieve this
goal?
(B) Top 5? Yes/No/NA
(C) Strategy narrative
(D) Specific
targets/metrics to measure
strategy success including
milestones to be achieved
in the next 12 months
Optimize/Right-size the
composition of the fleet
(e.g., reduce vehicle size,
eliminate underutilized
vehicles, acquire and locate
vehicles to match local fuel
infrastructure)
Yes
EPA will continue to review
its fleet composition
annually via the vehicle
allocation methodology
(VAM) report. EPA will
focus on optimizing the size
of vehicles in its fleet and
fully utilizing these
vehicles.
(1) Develop and submit
VAM report into Federal
Automotive Statistical Tool
(FAST) database. (2)
Reduce vehicle inventory
compared to FY 2011
baseline.
Reduce miles traveled (e.g.,
share vehicles, improve
routing with telematics,
eliminate trips, improve
scheduling, use shuttles,
etc.)
Yes
EPA will continue to
encourage trip consolidation
and other transportation
alternatives, such as mass
transit and teleconferencing
capabilities.
Reduce vehicle miles
traveled in FY 2014
compared to FY 2013
levels.
Acquire only highly
fuel-efficient, low
greenhouse gas-emitting
vehicles and alternative fuel
vehicles (AFVs)
Yes
EPA will continue to
acquire fuel-efficient
vehicles, low greenhouse
gas-emitting vehicles
(LGVs), and AFVs in FY
2014 unless mission
requirements dictate
otherwise.
Acquire 100 percent,
fuel-efficient LGVs or
AFVs unless otherwise
exempted due to mission
requirements.
Increase utilization of
alternative fuel in dual-fuel
vehicles
Yes
EPA will hold a series of
targeted meetings with
individual sub-level fleet
management staff to review
their performance on
alternative fuel consumption
and discuss strategies to
help achieve Agency goals.
EPA will also recognize
high-performing fleet
managers and staff for their
outstanding efforts to
consume alternative fuel.
(1) Provide quarterly
progress reports to relevant
fleet staff and meet with
them, as needed. (2) Provide
training to fleet managers
on alternative fuel
management. (3) Increase
alternative fuel consumption
compared to FY 2013
levels.
Use a Fleet Management
Information System to track
Yes
EPA will continue to
improve its fleet database
(1) Utilize EPAs fleet
database for vehicle
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(A) Will the agency
implement the following
strategies to achieve this
goal?
(B) Top 5? Yes/No/NA
(C) Strategy narrative
(D) Specific
targets/metrics to measure
strategy success including
milestones to be achieved
in the next 12 months
fuel consumption
throughout the year for
agency-owned, GSA-leased,
and commercially-leased
vehicles
by implementing new
tracking on federal
sustainability requirements.
inventory and operations.
(2) Implement new database
dashboard to improve
sustainability progress.
Increase GSA leased
vehicles and decrease
agency-owned fleet
vehicles, when cost
effective
No
EPA will continue to look
for cost savings
opportunities in terms of
lease costs.
Review fleet inventory and
determine if it is feasible to
replace commercially-leased
vehicles with GSA-leased
vehicles.
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Environmental Protection Agency
Goal 4: Water Use Efficiency&Management
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35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
EPA Progress toward Potable Water Intensity Reduction Goals
(FY 2013 Goal: -12%)
35.6
-20.1% '17'D% -22.5%
-16.0%
2S.5
29.6
27.6
-38.8%
21.8
2919
-26.0%
26.4
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2007 2010 2011 2012 2013 2015 Target 2020 Target
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Table 4: Goal 4 Strategies & Water Use Efficiency & Management
(A) Will the agency
implement the following
strategies to achieve this
goal?
(B) Top 5? Yes/No/NA
(C) Strategy narrative
(D) Specific
targets/metrics to measure
strategy success including
milestones to be achieved
in the next 12 months
Purchase and install high
efficiency technologies
(e.g., WaterSense)
Yes
EPA has introduced
WaterSense® labeled
language in all contracts for
urinal and showerhead
replacements. Eighty
percent of EPA's facilities
have installed
high-efficiency aerators on
public use faucets. New
flushometer valve toilets
flush at or below EPAct
2005 requirements.
Approximately 33 percent
of EPA's toilets and 26
percent of EPA's urinals
have been replaced with
high-efficiency models.
EPA intends to retrofit the
remainder of appropriate
toilets, urinals, faucets, and
showerheads when time and
budget resources permit.
Implement an additional
water-efficient fixture
replacement project in at
least one facility by June
2015 if funding is available.
Prepare and implement a
water asset management
plan to maintain desired
level of service at lowest
life cycle cost (for best
practices from the EPA, go
to http://go.usa.gov/KvbF)
Yes
EPA's 2013 version of its
Water Conservation
Strategic Plan created in
2008 documents the
remaining projects and best
practices EPA plans to
implement to achieve
potable and industrial,
landscaping, and agriculture
(ILA) water use reductions
by FY 2020. EPA
implements water
conservation projects in
priority order based on
projects with the lowest
simple payback.
Continue implementing
identified water
conservation projects,
prioritizing projects with the
lowest simple payback first.
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(A) Will the agency
implement the following
strategies to achieve this
goal?
(B) Top 5? Yes/No/NA
(C) Strategy narrative
(D) Specific
targets/metrics to measure
strategy success including
milestones to be achieved
in the next 12 months
Minimize outdoor water use
and use alternative water
sources as much as possible
No
Only six of EPA's facilities
use supplemental water for
irrigation. At those
facilities, EPA has
conducted audits and
implemented upgrades to
minimize irrigation water
use. EPA has evaluated
xeriscaping designs for all
applicable facilities but has
not found potential projects
to be cost-effective.
N/A
Design and deploy water
closed-loop, capture,
recharge, and/or reclamation
systems
Yes
EPA has already reduced
water use 3 8.8 percent from
its FY 2007 baseline, far
exceeding EO13514
requirements, and continues
to look for water-saving
opportunities. EPA is
working to implement air
handler condensate recovery
projects at
climate-appropriate
facilities. As of FY 2013,
the Agency had
implemented these projects
at 79 percent of applicable
facilities. EPA hopes to
eliminate single-pass
cooling at all facilities
(completed at nine facilities
as of FY 2013). Five
facilities use reverse
osmosis reject, rain water,
and other onsite sources for
reuse in other applications.
EPA has already eliminated
continuous flow tempering
water in all steam sterilizers.
(1) If funding is available:
(1) Eliminate one instance
of single-pass cooling at one
of its facilities by June
2015, and (2) Begin using
reverse osmosis reject for
cooling tower make-up at
one of its facilities by June
2015.
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(A) Will the agency
implement the following
strategies to achieve this
goal?
(B) Top 5? Yes/No/NA
(C) Strategy narrative
(D) Specific
targets/metrics to measure
strategy success including
milestones to be achieved
in the next 12 months
Install advanced meters to
measure and monitor (1)
potable and (2) industrial,
landscaping and agricultural
water use
No
EPA does not have
currently plan to implement
advanced metering on
potable or ILA water uses
in FY 2014 due to staff and
budgetary resource
constraints. EPA has
already reduced ILA water
use by more than 95 percent
from its FY 2010 baseline.
N/A
Develop and implement
programs to educate
employees about methods
to minimize water use
Yes
All EPA facilities operate
under a facility-specific
Environmental Management
System (EMS). Each
facility's EMS has
identified water use as a
significant environmental
aspect and developed
environmental management
programs (EMPs) to reduce
water use. Facilities train
employees on EMS, and
periodically throughout the
year employees are
educated about methods to
minimize water use.
Continue conducting annual
EMS training, which covers
minimizing water use, at all
EPA facilities.
Assess the interconnections
and dependencies of energy
and water on agency
operations, particularly
climate changes effects on
water which may impact
energy use
Yes
6
EPA performs a water
assessment at each of its
EISA covered facilities
every four years. During the
water assessment, all water
efficiency opportunities are
evaluated to ensure there is
no negative impact on the
facilitys energy use. All
facilities have a
facility-specific, up-to-date
water management plan that
is updated following each
water assessment, and the
0
By June 2015, as part of
EPA's climate resiliency
planning efforts, revisit the
Water Conservation
Strategic Plan to prioritize
facilities most likely to need
to respond to drought or
other water shortage or
water quality events that
may occur as a result of
climate change.
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(A) Will the agency
implement the following
strategies to achieve this
goal?
(B) Top 5? Yes/No/NA
(C) Strategy narrative
(D) Specific
targets/metrics to measure
strategy success including
milestones to be achieved
in the next 12 months
plan identifies local
resources to tap in case of
drought.
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Environmental Protection Agency
Goal 5: Pollution Prevention&Waste Reduction
Table 5: Goal 5 Strategies &" Pollution Prevention & Waste Reduction
(A) Will the agency
implement the following
strategies to achieve this
goal?
(B) Top 5? Yes/No/NA
(C) Strategy narrative
(D) Specific
targets/metrics to measure
strategy success including
milestones to be achieved
in the next 12 months
Eliminate, reduce, or
recover refrigerants and
other fugitive emissions
Yes
EPA will continue to phase
out applicable equipment
containing ozone-depleting
substances (ODSs) and will
require written ODS
management plans and
inventories for all sites that
use ODS-containing
equipment. ODS plans must
include phase-out strategies
and inventories for Class I
and Class II ODSs. After
updates are proposed and
released through the federal
Significant New
Alternatives Policy (SNAP)
Program (expected in 2014),
EPA will update Agency
strategies and ODS
management plans to ensure
any identified
hydrofiuorocarbons (HFCs)
are included in phase-out
plans.
EPA will continue to
require Environmental
Management System (EMS)
reporting locations to
maintain ODS management
plans and inventories and
will leverage EMS reporting
mechanisms to collect this
data. Currently, 97 percent
of applicable reporting
locations have developed
ODS inventories and 91
percent have written ODS
management plans. EPA
will seek to achieve a target
of 100 percent for both
metrics by the end of FY
2016 and seek to maintain
an accurate inventory.
Reduce waste generation
through elimination, source
reduction, and recycling
Yes
EPA will continue to
require reporting locations
to monitor and report
facility-specific waste
diversion/recycling and
waste generation metrics
and encourage its facilities
to pursue additional
recycling and composting
programs and best
management practices.
After EO 13514 Section
EPA will continue to divert
at least 60 percent of
nonhazardous solid waste
Agency wide by the end of
FY 2015. As an agency,
EPA has exceeded this goal
since FY 2012. With the
release of the updated
Agencywide EMS
Objectives, Targets and
Metrics (OTMs) in FY
2014, local EMSs will be
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(A) Will the agency
implement the following
strategies to achieve this
goal?
(B) Top 5? Yes/No/NA
(C) Strategy narrative
(D) Specific
targets/metrics to measure
strategy success including
milestones to be achieved
in the next 12 months
2(e) waste diversion
guidance is formally issued
(expected in late 2014),
EPA will confirm its
strategies and
methodologies align with
that guidance.
expected to implement
similar targets by the close
of FY 2015.
Implement integrated pest
management and improved
landscape management
practices to reduce and
eliminate the use of toxic
and hazardous
chemicals/materials
Yes
EPA will continue to
implement integrated pest
management (IPM),
hardscape management,
and/or landscape
management best practices
at applicable locations to
reduce and eliminate the use
of toxic and hazardous
chemicals and materials.
(1) EPA will continue to
develop IPM, Landscaping,
and Exterior and Hardscape
plans for each existing
building that works to meet
the Guiding Principles. (2)
EPA will track sites
employing best
management practices for
IPM, landscape
management, and/or
hardscape practices though
the Agency's
Environmental Stewardship
Report. (3) Currently, 77
percent of the Agency's
reporting facilities have a
written IPM plan. EPA will
seek to achieve a target of
88 percent by the end of FY
2015.
Establish a tracking and
reporting system for
construction and demolition
debris elimination
Yes
EPA tracked construction
and demolition (C&D)
waste and recycling in FY
2013. EPA will continue to
identify opportunities for
improvement and reduce the
amount of construction
materials sent to landfills.
EPA will continue to track
C&D waste and recycling
at EPA facilities and divert
at least 75 percent of C&D
debris by FY 2015 for all
constructi on/renovati on
projects.
Develop/revise Agency
Chemicals Inventory Plans
and identify and deploy
Yes
EPA will continue to
require facilities to have
green cleaning
EPA will release updated
Agencywide EMS OTMs,
including those focused on
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(A) Will the agency
implement the following
strategies to achieve this
goal?
(B) Top 5? Yes/No/NA
(C) Strategy narrative
(D) Specific
targets/metrics to measure
strategy success including
milestones to be achieved
in the next 12 months
chemical elimination,
substitution, and/or
management opportunities
policies/programs focused
on environmentally
preferable cleaning products
and methods used in
facilities. EPA will also
continue to promote
responsible chemical
management and leverage
the use of the Agencywide
EMS OTMs to set and track
chemical management
targets.
chemical management, by
the end of FY 2014 for
implementation during FY
2015.
Take inventory of current
HFC use and purchases
No
This strategy is included in
the above strategy regarding
fugitive emissions and
refrigerants. EPA has and
will continue to require
EMS reporting locations to
inventory and phase out
applicable Class I and Class
II ODSs, including HFC
chemicals.
This strategy is included in
the above strategy regarding
fugitive emissions and
refrigerants. EPA has and
will continue to require
EMS reporting locations to
inventory and phase out
applicable Class I and Class
II ODSs, including HFC
chemicals.
Require high-level waiver
or contract approval for any
agency use of HFCs
NA
See above comment.
See above comment.
Ensure HFC management
training and recycling
equipment are available
No
See above comment.
See above comment.
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Goal 6: Sustainable Acquisition
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Table 6: Goal 6 Strategies &€" Sustainable Acquisition
(A) Will the agency
implement the following
strategies to achieve this
goal?
(B) Top 5? Yes/No/NA
(C) Strategy narrative
(D) Specific
targets/metrics to measure
strategy success including
milestones to be achieved
in the next 12 month
Update and deploy agency
procurement policies and
programs to ensure that
federally-mandated
designated sustainable
products are included in all
relevant procurements and
services
Yes
EPAs Office of Acquisition
Management began
updating its Green
Purchasing Plan (GPP) and
several policies pursuant to
the Policy Reformation and
Restoration Project during
FY 2013. The updated GPP
will be memorialized in
EPAs Acquisition Guidance
in FY 2014. Also during FY
2013, EPA launched a
federal-wide survey
regarding the
Environmentally Preferable
Purchasing Program. The
surveys evaluation report,
posted at
,
will be used to determine if
sustainable acquisition
policies need to be updated
in FY 2014.
Policy objectives and
performance will be
monitored quarterly for the
next 12 months.
Deploy corrective actions to
address identified barriers
to increasing sustainable
procurements with special
emphasis on biobased
purchasing
Yes
During FY 2014, EPA
rebaselined the biobased
methodology.
Methodologies were
implemented to ensure the
data accuracy. The
Electronic Product
Environmental Assessment
Tool (EPEAT), Federal
Green Challenge, and
Biobased Purchasing
training will be conducted;
as well as outreach sessions
with EPA facilities and
This strategy will be
monitored on a quarterly
basis over the next 12
months by obtaining
feedback from the outreach
sessions to proactively
identify the barriers and
provide corrective actions.
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(A) Will the agency
implement the following
strategies to achieve this
goal?
(B) Top 5? Yes/No/NA
(C) Strategy narrative
(D) Specific
targets/metrics to measure
strategy success including
milestones to be achieved
in the next 12 month
contracting staff to provide
guidance on accurate coding
of contract actions; selection
of Product Service Codes,
product descriptions, and
applicable contract clauses.
Include biobased and other
FAR sustainability clauses
in all applicable
construction and other
relevant service contracts
Yes
During FY 2014, EPA
rebaselined the bio-based
methodology to ensure data
accuracy. EPA will conduct
EPEAT, the Federal Green
Challenge, and the Biobased
Purchasing training and
hold outreach sessions with
facilities and contracting
staff to provide guidance on
accurate coding of contract
actions, selection of Product
Service Codes, product
descriptions, and applicable
contract clauses.
This strategy will be
monitored on a quarterly
basis by obtaining feedback
from the outreach sessions
to proactively identify
barriers and provide
corrective actions.
Review and update agency
specifications to include and
encourage biobased and
other designated green
products to enable meeting
sustainable acquisition goals
No
This strategy is not
applicable and not selected
because: l)in January 2013
the U.S. Department of
Agriculture advised EPA
that the definition of
"specification" does not
apply to statement of
work/statement of
objectives language; 2)
OMB did not require EPA
to discuss "performance
review of 25 percent of the
applicable formal
specifications" in the 2012
midyear Sustainability
Scorecard; 3) OMB did not
require EPA to discuss
"agency specification
N/A
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(A) Will the agency
implement the following
strategies to achieve this
goal?
(B) Top 5? Yes/No/NA
(C) Strategy narrative
(D) Specific
targets/metrics to measure
strategy success including
milestones to be achieved
in the next 12 month
reviews" in the Addendum
to the FY 2012 SSPP; and
4) EPA did not select this
strategy for the 2013 SSPP.
Use Federal Strategic
Sourcing Initiatives, such as
Blanket Purchase
Agreements (BPAs) for
office products and imaging
equipment, which include
sustainable acquisition
requirements
Yes
EPA will expand its
strategic purchasing
approach in FY 2014. First,
EPA's Enterprise Voice
Services acquisition is a
strategic sourcing initiative
that contained "green"
evaluation criteria in the
solicitation. Second, a BPA
solicitation for lab supplies
contained evaluation
criterion for environmental
factors and established
green programs. Third, EPA
currently supports the
government-wide initiative
for the office supplies BPA.
This strategy will be
monitored quarterly by
conducting sampling
reviews of relevant contract
actions.
Report on sustainability
compliance in contractor
performance reviews
Yes
This strategy is being
implemented in four
components. First, the
policy is now included in
the new Contract
Management Manual/EPA
Acquisition Guide
(CMM/EPAAG) 42.15.
Second, EPA is currently
evaluating training options.
Third, input regarding
sustainability requirements
was provided for the
federal-wide guide entitled
"Guidance for Contractor
Performance Reporting
System." Fourth, EPA is
determining the feasibility
of including sustainable
A percentage of completed
Contractor Performance
Assessment Reporting
System (CPARS)
evaluations on applicable
contracts will be reviewed
and evaluated. Analysts are
discussing how to best
determine what the
meaningful percentage will
be, based upon contributing
factors such as: 1) quantity
of applicable contracts; and
2) CPARS for applicable
contracts.
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(A) Will the agency
implement the following
strategies to achieve this
goal?
(B) Top 5? Yes/No/NA
(C) Strategy narrative
(D) Specific
targets/metrics to measure
strategy success including
milestones to be achieved
in the next 12 month
acquisitions as a component
of its annual review of the
quality of completed
contractor past performance
assessments.
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Environmental Protection Agency
Goal 7: Electronic Stewardship&Data Centers
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POWER MANAGEMENT
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Table 7: Goal 7 Strategies &€" Electronic Stewardship & Data Centers
(A) Will the agency
implement the following
strategies to achieve this
goal?
(B) Top 5? Yes/No/NA
(C) Strategy narrative
(D) Specific
targets/metrics to measure
strategy success including
milestones to be achieved
in the next 12 months
Identify agency Core and
Non-Core Data
No
EPA designated four "Core"
data centers to serve as the
primary data centers for
enterprise applications and
infrastructure services.
EPA completed this task
designating four core and 77
non-core data centers.
Designation is recorded in
the Federal Data Center
Consolidation Initiative
(FDCCI) data base.
Consolidate 40% of agency
non-core data centers
Yes
EPA identified 30 of 77
non-core data centers as
closure targets.
EPA has closed 19 of 30
non-core data centers and
plans to close the remaining
11 by the fourth quarter of
FY 2015. Closure status will
be reported quarterly over
the next 12 months.
Optimize agency Core Data
Centers across total cost of
ownership metrics
Yes
EPA is maximizing
virtualization and
consolidation across core
data centers to leverage
economies of scale.
Core Data Center total cost
of ownership (TCO) metrics
will be reported at quarterly
intervals over the next 12
months via the FDCCI Data
Reporting Tool and
evaluated based upon the
FDCCI Efficiency Metrics.
Ensure that power
management, duplex
printing, and other energy
efficiency or
environmentally preferable
options and features are
enabled on all eligible
electronics and monitor
compliance
Yes
EPA will continue to use the
Agency's PC Configuration
and Management Standard
to ensure use of power
management and duplex
printing.
(1) EPA will continue to
survey printers over the next
12 months. (2) For the new
fleet of printer refresh, older
non-capable printers will be
first replaced to ensure
duplex printing by next
year.
Update and deploy policies
to use environmentally
sound practices for
disposition of all agency
excess or surplus electronic
products, including use of
certified eSteward and/or
Yes
EPA follows and will
continue to follow GSA
personal property
disposition procedures of
transfer, donation, sale, and
recycling of electronic
equipment. The Agency will
By the first quarter of 2015,
EPA will ensure that 85
percent of Property
Utilization Officers are
employing the GSA Xcess
system.
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(A) Will the agency
implement the following
strategies to achieve this
goal?
(B) Top 5? Yes/No/NA
(C) Strategy narrative
(D) Specific
targets/metrics to measure
strategy success including
milestones to be achieved
in the next 12 months
R2 electronic recyclers, and
monitor compliance
continue to use only
Responsible Recycling
certified recyclers and also
employ the Computers for
Learning program. EPA is
in the process of deploying
an improved personal
property tracking system
and updated policy.
Ensure acquisition of 95%
EPEAT registered and
100% of ENERGY STAR
qualified and FEMP
designated electronic office
products
Yes
EPA will continue to track
and report the purchase of
ENERGY STAR qualified,
FEMP-designated, and
EPEAT-registered personal
computers, notebook
computers, and monitors.
As a result of the recent
expansion of the EPEAT
program to include imaging
equipment and televisions,
EPA is expanding the
tracking and reporting to
include imaging equipment
and televisions.
In accordance with its OMB
scorecard action item to
review at least 5 percent of
applicable contract actions
for compliance with the
statutory and Executive
Order green purchasing
requirements, EPA will
conduct quarterly reviews
to determine the progress in
meeting the EPEAT,
ENERGY STAR and FEMP
requirements with a focus
on ensuring that acquisitions
for imaging equipment and
televisions are identified,
reviewed, and found to be
compliant.
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Environmental Protection Agency
Goal 8: Renewable Energy
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EPA Use of Renewable Energy as a Percentage of
(FY 2013 Goal: 7.5%)
¦ Renewable Energy (MWhj
¦ Total Non-RE(MWh)
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Table 8: Goal 8 Strategies &€" Renewable Energy
(A) Will the agency
implement the following
strategies to achieve this
goal?
(B) Top 5? Yes/No/NA
(C) Strategy narrative
(D) Specific
targets/metrics to measure
strategy success including
milestones to be achieved
in the next 12 months
Purchase renewable energy
directly or through
Renewable Energy Credits
(RECs)
Yes
In September 2006, EPA
became the first federal
agency to cover 100 percent
of its estimated annual
electricity use with green
power. EPA will continue
to procure RECs to lead by
example, reduce its reported
Scope 1 and 2 GHG
emissions, and encourage
green power market growth.
Complete the Agency's FY
2015 REC purchase with
DLA Energy by December
2014.
Install onsite renewable
energy on federal sites
Yes
In its new construction,
EPA sources at least 30
percent of hot water demand
from solar hot water
heating, if life-cycle cost
effective. EPA continues to
pursue onsite renewable
energy projects where
cost-effective and
implements demonstration
projects where possible.
Current projects include a
solar hot water heating
system at its Main Building
in Research Triangle Park
(RTP), North Carolina. EPA
is also making progress with
a renewable power purchase
agreement (PPA)
contracting vehicle to
support a 1-megawatt
photovoltaic (PV)
installation at its Edison,
New Jersey, laboratory.
Following OMBs recent
review of the initial Edison
PV installation
documentation, EPA will
revise pricing information
and complete the new
project review for its PV
array at its Edison facility
the by the end of June 2014.
Lease land for renewable
energy infrastructure
Yes
EPA currently licenses roof
space on its child care
facility in RTP, North
Maintain existing lease for
RTP renewable energy
installation and investigate
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(A) Will the agency
implement the following
strategies to achieve this
goal?
(B) Top 5? Yes/No/NA
(C) Strategy narrative
(D) Specific
targets/metrics to measure
strategy success including
milestones to be achieved
in the next 12 months
Carolina, to Duke Energy
for a 109-kilowatt PV
installation. This installation
was part of a state Public
Utility
Commission-approved
program in North Carolina.
EPA will continue to
participate in similar
programs where possible.
similar programs through
June 2015.
Develop biomass capacity
for energy generation
No
While EPA will always
consider biomass-based
energy generation where
feasible, this is not one of
the Agency's top five
strategies in this area.
N/A
Utilize performance
contracting methodologies
for implementing ECMs and
increasing renewable energy
Yes
In fall 2013, EPA initiated
work on a utility energy
service contracts (UESC) to
provide gas service to its
Manchester, Washington,
laboratory. The laboratory
currently relies on fuel oil
for its boilers; switching to
natural gas should pay back
the Agency's investment in
less than six years and
reduce GHG emissions from
that facility by more than 3 5
percent. This project scope
does not yet include a
renewable energy
component. In addition to
EPA's PV array installation
using a performance
contracting mechanism,
EPA is also pursuing a
UESC with Duke Energy to
implement a lighting pilot
ECM.
EPA will continue to work
with state and local
authorities to gain
easements to EPA's
Manchester laboratory for
natural gas piping, which
must be finalized before
construction on the natural
gas connection and boiler
replacement can begin. EPA
aims to complete this
project before December
2014.
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(A) Will the agency
implement the following
strategies to achieve this
goal?
(B) Top 5? Yes/No/NA
(C) Strategy narrative
(D) Specific
targets/metrics to measure
strategy success including
milestones to be achieved
in the next 12 months
Work with other agencies to
create volume discount
incentives for increased
renewable energy purchases
Yes
EPA has worked with DLA
since 2006 to procure green
power and RECs. DLA now
procures large volumes of
RECs under multi-agency
REC procurements. EPA is
one of a handful of federal
agencies in the FY 2015
procurement, which allows
EPA to benefit from the
larger volume purchases.
Maintain existing green
power and REC
procurement practice
through June 2015.
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Goal 9: Climate Change Resilience
Table 9: Goal 9 Strategies & Climate Change Resilience
(A) Will the agency
implement the following
strategies to achieve this
goal?
(B) Top 5? Yes/No/NA
(C) Strategy narrative
(D) Specific
targets/metrics to measure
strategy success including
milestones to be achieved
in the next 12 months
Ensure climate change
adaptation is integrated into
both agency-wide and
regional planning efforts, in
coordination with other
Federal agencies as well as
state and local partners,
Tribal governments, and
private stakeholders
Yes
EPA produced its final
Climate Change Adaptation
Plan in June 2014. A central
element of EPAs efforts is
to build and strengthen the
adaptive capacity of its staff
and its partners in the states,
tribes, and local
communities. The plan also
articulates the importance
of building and maintaining
strong partnerships with
other federal agencies. EPA
Program Offices, 10
Regional Offices, and
National Support Offices
produced their 17 final
Climate Change Adaptation
Implementation Plans in
June 2014, which detail how
each will carry out the work
described in the
Agencywide plan. All plans
were released for public
comment before being
finalized.
The new FY 2014-2018
EPA Strategic Plan contains
three Strategic Measures on
climate adaptation with
numeric performance
targets. They are
outcome-oriented and focus
on: (1) integration of
climate change data,
models, information, and
decision-support tools
developed by EPA for
climate adaptation into the
planning processes of states,
tribes, and local
communities; (2)
incorporation by states,
tribes, and local
communities of climate
change adaptation into the
implementation of
environmental programs
supported by major EPA
financial mechanisms; and
(3) incorporation of climate
change adaptation planning
into existing or new
EPA-developed training
programs for EPA staff and
state, tribal, and community
partners.
Update agency emergency
response procedures and
protocols to account for
projected climate change,
Yes
In June 2014, EPA released
a new "Climate Adaptation
101" Training Module to all
Agency staff. The purpose
of the training is to increase
A more detailed
program-specific Climate
Adaptation Training
Module being developed by
the EPA Office of Solid
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(A) Will the agency
implement the following
strategies to achieve this
goal?
(B) Top 5? Yes/No/NA
(C) Strategy narrative
(D) Specific
targets/metrics to measure
strategy success including
milestones to be achieved
in the next 12 months
including extreme weather
events
awareness and
understanding of the
importance of climate
change adaptation and to
promote the integration of
climate adaptation planning
into the Agency's programs,
policies, rules, and
operations. EPA's Office of
Solid Waste and Emergency
Response (OSWER) is now
developing a more detailed
program-specific Climate
Adaptation Training
Module focusing on its
office's mission.
Waste and Emergency
Response (OSWER) will be
completed in FY 2015. The
module will be included in
OSWER's standard training
for EPA staff and relevant
partners in states, tribes, and
local communities.
Ensure workforce protocols
and policies reflect
projected human health and
safety impacts of climate
change
No
Even though this is not one
of EPA's Top 5 strategies,
EPA's Office of
Administration and
Resources Management
(OARM) explicitly
identified the following as
a "medium-level" program
vulnerability in its final
Climate Change Adaptation
Implementation Plan:
"Because a portion of EPA
employees and contractors
are engaged in field work,
they may be vulnerable to
extreme temperatures or
other weather events.
Emergency management
mission support must
include procuring the proper
personal protective
equipment to be prepared
for such types of working
conditions while conducting
N/A
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(A) Will the agency
implement the following
strategies to achieve this
goal?
(B) Top 5? Yes/No/NA
(C) Strategy narrative
(D) Specific
targets/metrics to measure
strategy success including
milestones to be achieved
in the next 12 months
sampling, remediation, and
other outdoor/field
activities."
Update agency external
programs and policies
(including grants, loans,
technical assistance, etc.) to
incentivize planning for,
and addressing the impacts
of, climate change
Yes
In October 2011, EPA
issued a memorandum to all
Agency Senior Resource
Officials encouraging
programs to integrate
climate adaptation into
announcements of
competitive funding
opportunities where
relevant. This has led to the
successful support of
climate-resilient
investments in states, tribes,
and local communities (as
directed by Executive Order
13653). In FY 2014, EPA
began integrating climate
adaptation into
non-discretionary funding
agreements (i.e., the
categorical grants
programs). EPA integrated
climate adaptation into the
Clean Water and Drinking
Water State Revolving Loan
Funds and into Brownfield
grants. Both of these
successful actions fulfilled
commitments made in the
Presidents Climate Action
Plan.
In FY 2015, EPA will
integrate climate adaptation
criteria into one more
categorical grant program.
EPA is seeking
recommendations from its
Local Government
Advisory Committee
(LGAC) about which
categorical grant program
should be the priority focus
of EPAs efforts in FY 2015.
The LGAC will help
identify the categorical
grant program that meets
the priority needs of local
communities and will have
the greatest impact on
promoting climate resilience
and adaptation in
communities across the
country.
Ensure agency principals
demonstrate commitment to
adaptation efforts through
internal communications
and policies
Yes
In June 2014, EPA issued a
revised Policy Statement on
Climate Change Adaptation,
signed by the EPA
Administrator. In June
2014, EPA released the final
The 17 Implementation
Plans produced by the EPA
Program and Regional
Offices contain more than
500 priority actions that will
be taken to meet the
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(A) Will the agency
implement the following
strategies to achieve this
goal?
(B) Top 5? Yes/No/NA
(C) Strategy narrative
(D) Specific
targets/metrics to measure
strategy success including
milestones to be achieved
in the next 12 months
Climate Change Adaptation
Implementation Plans
produced by EPA National
Environmental Program
Offices, all 10 Regional
Offices, and National
Support Offices. Each
Implementation Plan was
cleared by the office's
Assistant
Admini strator/Deputy
Assistant Administrator or
Regional Assistant
Administrator/Deputy
Regional Assistant
Administrator. The
Implementation Plans
identify the priority work
the offices will do to meet
the Agency wide goals
articulated in the EPA
Climate Change Adaptation
Plan.
Agency wide goals
articulated in the EPA
Climate Change Adaptation
Plan. The priority actions
for FY 2015 will be
completed.
Identify vulnerable
communities that are served
by agency mission and are
potentially impacted by
climate change and identify
measures to address those
vulnerabilities where
possible
No
Even though this is not one
of EPA's Top 5 strategies,
vulnerable communities
have been identified through
the awarding of competitive
grants that contain climate
adaptation criteria (e.g., the
Great Lakes Regional
Initiative), through the
award of categorical grants
(e.g., Brownfield grants
awarded to communities
whose clean-up sites may
be vulnerable to climate
change impacts), and
through the award of
General Assistance Program
N/A
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(A) Will the agency
implement the following
strategies to achieve this
goal?
(B) Top 5? Yes/No/NA
(C) Strategy narrative
(D) Specific
targets/metrics to measure
strategy success including
milestones to be achieved
in the next 12 months
(GAP) grants to vulnerable
tribal communities.
Ensure that agency climate
adaptation and resilience
policies and programs
reflect best available current
climate change science,
updated as necessary
Yes
The EPA Climate Change
Adaptation Plan and 17
Implementation Plans
prepared by the Program
and Regional Offices
contain vulnerability
assessments, which identify
the vulnerability of EPA
programs to the impacts of
climate change based solely
on peer-reviewed scientific
literature (e.g., the National
Climate Assessment; the
assessments of the
Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change). All the
plans are consistent with
EPAs Endangerment
Findings. In preparing the
17 Implementation Plans,
cross-office reviews were
conducted to ensure
consistency of the science
used in all of the
Implementation Plans. All
of EPAs plans were
subjected to formal public
review and comment.
As articulated in the EPA
Climate Change Adaptation
Plan, the assessment of
EPAs climate-related
vulnerabilities is an ongoing
process. These assessments
are living documents that
will be updated as needed
to account for new
knowledge, data and
scientific evidence. EPA
will continue to identify
new vulnerabilities and
improve its understanding
of known vulnerabilities as
it undertakes more research,
assessment, and monitoring
activities and fills in data
gaps.
Design and construct new
or modify/manage existing
agency facilities and/or
infrastructure to account for
the potential impacts of
projected climate change
No
Though not in EPA s Top 5
strategies, OARM's
Implementation Plan notes:
"To make the Agency's
facilities more
climate-resilient, EPA has
reviewed resiliency-related
municipal regulations,
zoning ordinances, building
codes, subdivision
N/A
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(A) Will the agency
implement the following
strategies to achieve this
goal?
(B) Top 5? Yes/No/NA
(C) Strategy narrative
(D) Specific
targets/metrics to measure
strategy success including
milestones to be achieved
in the next 12 months
specifications, and other
literature from federal, state,
and local entities and from
academia.. EPA has also
discussed climate resiliency
planning with GS A's Office
of Mission Assurance and
is examining proposed and
existing green building
rating systems for relevant
climate resiliency
considerations. EPA has
developed an initial list of
climate resiliency planning
considerations, which it will
use to update the Agency's
space planning and leasing
guidelines in FY 2015 and
2016."
Incorporate climate
preparedness and resilience
into planning and
implementation guidelines
for agency-implemented
projects
No
Even though this is not one
of EPA's Top 5 strategies,
EPA has begun to integrate
climate adaptation into the
Annual National Program
Manager (NPM) Guidance
issued to its Regional
Offices. The NPM Guidance
(e.g., from the Air Program,
Water Program, Waste
Program) establishes
implementation program
priority actions, which are
used in consultation with
states and tribes.
N/A
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Environmental Protection Agency
Goal 10: Energy Performance Contracts
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$10,000,000
$9,000,000
$8,000,000
$7,000,000
$€,000,000
$5,000,000
$4,000,000
$3,000,000
$2,000,000
$1,000,000
$0
$9,000,000
In Hip Pipeline Rut
Not Yet Awarded
Awarded
$9,000,030
Commitment
Environmental Protect ton Agency
Progress Toward Goal
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Table 10: Goal 10 Strategies - Energy Performance Contracting
(A) Will the agency
implement the following
strategies to achieve this
goal?
(B) Top Five? Yes/No/NA
(C) Strategy Narrative
(D) Specific
targets/metrics to measure
strategy success including
milestones to be achieved
in next 12 months
Evaluate 25% of agencys
most energy intensive
buildings for use with
energy performance
contracts
Yes
To consolidate existing
space and improve
laboratory utilization, EPA
is undergoing a nationwide
laboratory study including
considering consolidation
of some research facilities.
When this study is
completed sometime in
2015, the Agency will
reassess the potential for
energy performance
contracting at its future
inventory of facilities.
Complete the nationwide
laboratory study by the end
of 2015 and review
recommendations prior to
implementing energy
performance contracts at
energy-intensive facilities
where feasible.
Prioritize top ten projects
which will provide greatest
energy savings potential
Yes
EPA relies on its Energy
Strategy program to
evaluate potential projects
that will have the greatest
positive impact on the
Agencys GHG emissions
and energy performance.
Once EPA completes its
nationwide laboratory
utilization and consolidation
study, the Agency will
revise the Energy Strategy
to reflect cost-effective
energy savings projects at
its remaining facilities.
EPA will continue to
maintain its Energy Strategy
program throughout the next
12 months to identify and
prioritize the top 10 most
cost-effective energy
savings projects at its
facilities.
Cut cycle time of
performance contracting
process by at least 25%
No
This strategy is not one of
EPA's top five priorities in
this goal area.
N/A
Assign agency lead to
participate in strategic
sourcing initiatives
Yes
EPA's Senior Sustainability
Officer (SSO) is the agency
lead for strategic sourcing
initiatives.
EPA will continue to use the
SSO for these initiatives
over the next 12 months.
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(A) Will the agency
implement the following
strategies to achieve this
goal?
(B) Top Five? Yes/No/NA
(C) Strategy Narrative
(D) Specific
targets/metrics to measure
strategy success including
milestones to be achieved
in next 12 months
Devote 2% of new
commitments to small
buildings (<20k sq. ft.)
No
This strategy is not one of
EPA's top five priorities in
this goal area.
N/A
Identify and commit to
include 3-5 onsite
renewable energy projects
in energy performance
contracts
No
This strategy is not one of
EPA's top five priorities in
this goal area.
N/A
Ensure relevant legal and
procurement staff are
trained by FEMP ESPC/
UESC course curriculum
No
This strategy is not one of
EPA's top five priorities in
this goal area.
N/A
Provide measurement and
verification data for all
awarded projects
Yes
When awarding contracts
and implementing
constructions projects, EPA
ensures that contractors
provide measurement and
verification (M&V) data;
EPA then reports M&V data
for its initiated projects in
FEMP's Compliance
Tracking System (CTS) as
required by EISA Section
432.
EPA will continue to update
awarded and completed
project data in FEMP's CTS
system as required over the
next 12 months. For
example, EPA is pursuing a
utility energy services
contract (UESC) to provide
natural gas service to its
Manchester laboratory and
upgrade the facility's boilers
to use energy efficiently and
save money. This project
should be completed by
December 2014, and EPA
will enter project
information into CTS as
required.
Enter all reported energy
savings data for operational
projects into MAX
COLLECT (max.gov)
Yes
EPA will continue to update
the MAX COLLECT
system as required annually.
EPA will ensure that the
MAX COLLECT system
contains required updates
by the end of FY 2014.
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EPA Agencywide FY 2013 Waste Diversion Data Collection
Executive Order (EO) 13514 requires federal agencies to achieve a non-hazardous recycling rate
of 50 percent by fiscal year (FY) 2015. EPA established a more aggressive goal of 60 percent by
the end of FY 2014, due to the strength of its waste diversion program. Based on reported data,
the estimated Agencywide recycling rate for non-hazardous waste for FY 2013 is 64 percent,
which continues to exceed the 50 percent goal required by EO 13514. This figure represents an
increase from the Agency's FY 2012 estimated recycling rate of 63 percent. EPA also set a goal
to divert at least 75 percent of construction and demolition (C&D) materials and debris by
FY 2015 for construction and renovation projects greater than 20,000 square feet. In FY 2013,
EPA diverted 98 percent of C&D waste for all reported construction and renovation projects.
To calculate these metrics, EPA's Sustainable Facilities Practices Branch (SFPB) compiled data
from the FY 2013 Environmental Stewardship Questionnaire administered by the Safety, Health,
and Environmental Management Division (SHEMD). SFPB recorded the following data from
EPA regional facilities, including offices, regional laboratories, and program laboratories, that
submitted the Environmental Stewardship Questionnaire to SHEMD: municipal solid waste
(MSW), recycling, composting, C&D waste, and C&D recycling tonnage figures. SFPB also
obtained waste, recycling, and composting tonnage data for EPA Headquarters facilities.
Electronic equipment waste is not included in these calculations, per EO 13514 guidance.
Table 1 includes a list of the regional facilities contacted for waste and recycling data and
indicates which facilities provided data. In FY 2013, SFPB received complete sets1 of non-
hazardous waste diversion data from 32 facilities/campuses. SFPB received complete sets of
C&D waste diversion data from 13 facilities/campuses.
SFPB calculates the non-hazardous and C&D recycling rates using the following formula, where
"total diverted" refers to the total weight of materials recycled and composted, and "total
discarded" refers to the total weight of trash:
tj r . Total diverted (by weight)
Recycling rate = — —
Total discarded (by weight) + Total diverted (by weight)
Table 2 presents the non-hazardous waste and recycling data for facilities that submitted
complete sets of data, along with each facility's non-hazardous recycling rate and the
Agencywide non-hazardous recycling rate. Table 3 presents the C&D waste and recycling data
1 For non-hazardous waste, a complete data set includes tonnage of MSW and tonnage of recycling and composting,
if applicable. For C&D waste, a complete data set includes tonnage of C&D waste discarded and tonnage of C&D
waste recycled.
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for facilities that submitted complete sets of data, along with each facility's C&D recycling rate
and the Agencywide C&D recycling rate
Based on the data collected for FY 2013, EPA continues to exceed the EO 13514 waste diversion
requirement and the Agency's additional goal. It should be noted that recycling rates are based
on available data; waste and recycling data are not available for all EPA facilities. The strength
of the estimated recycling rates will improve with increased facility responses.
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Table 1: Non-Hazardous Waste Diversion Data Provided by EPA Facilities, FY 2006-FY 2013
Date: 6/23/2014
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William Jefferson Clinton (WJC) Building
East/West, Washington, DC
HQ
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
WJC Building North/South,
Washington, DC
HQ
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Potomac Yard One and Two,
Arlington, VA
HQ
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Region 1 Office, Boston, MA
1
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
New England Regional Laboratory,
Chelmsford, MA
1
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Atlantic Ecology Division Laboratory,
Narragansett, Rl
1
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Region 2 Office, New York, NY
2
Region 2 Laboratory, Edison, NJ
2
Waste only
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Region 3 Office, Philadelphia, PA
3
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste only
Environmental Science Center, Fort
Meade, MD
3
Waste and
recycling
Partial data
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Wheeling Field Office, Wheeling, WV
3
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Region 4 Office, Atlanta, GA
4
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
National Exposure Research Laboratory,
Ecology and Research Division
(ORD/ERD), Athens, GA
4
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Science and Ecosystem Support
Division (SESD) Laboratory,
Athens, GA
4
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Research Triangle Park (RTP) Facilities,
RTP, NC
4
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
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FY 2010
V FY 2012
FY 2013
Gulf Ecology Division Laboratory, Gulf
Breeze, FL
4
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
National Air and Radiation
Environmental Laboratory,
Montgomery, AL
4
Partial data
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Environmental Chemistry Laboratory,
Bay St. Louis, MS
4
Waste and
recycling
Region 5 Office, Chicago, IL
5
Partial data
Waste and
recycling
Partial data
Waste and
recycling
Region 5 Laboratory, Chicago, IL
5
Waste and
recycling
Cincinnati Facilities, Cincinnati, OH
5
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions
Laboratory (NVFEL), Ann Arbor, Ml
5
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Large Lakes and Rivers Forecasting
Research Station, Grosse lie, Ml
5
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Mid-Continent Ecology Division
Laboratory, Duluth, MN
5
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Region 6 Office, Dallas, TX
6
Partial data
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Region 6 Environmental Services
Branch Laboratory, Houston, TX
6
Waste and
recycling
Partial data
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research
Center, Ada, OK
6
Recycling
only
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Region 7 Office, Lenexa, KS
7
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Kansas City Science and Technology
Center, Kansas City, KS
7
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Region 8 Office, Denver, CO
8
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Partial data
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
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Region 8 Central Regional Laboratory,
Golden, CO
8
Partial data
Waste and
recycling
National Enforcement Investigations
Center (NEIC), Lakewood, CO
8
Waste and
recycling
Partial data
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Recycling
only
Region 9 Office, San Francisco, CA
9
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Region 9 Laboratory, Richmond, CA
9
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
National Exposure Research Laboratory
(NERL), Las Vegas, NV
9
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Region 10 Office, Seattle, WA
10
Recycling
only
Partial data
Recycling
only
Region 10 Laboratory, Manchester, WA
10
Recycling
only
Recycling
only
Recycling
only
Recycling
only
Recycling
only
Recycling
only
Western Ecology Division (WED)
Laboratory, Corvallis, OR
10
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Waste and
recycling
Willamette Research Station, Corvallis,
OR
10
Waste and
recycling
Pacific Coastal Ecology Branch
Laboratory, Newport, OR
10
Waste and
recycling
Note: "Partial data" indicates that a facility provided an incomplete set of waste and/or recycling data that did not cover the complete fiscal year.
Facilities that submitted partial data, only recycling data, or only waste data are excluded from the Agencywide recycling rate calculation.
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Table 2: FY 2013 Non-Hazardous Waste Diversion Data
Final Summary Table
Date: 6/23/2014
Facility
Facility Information
Annual
Recycling
(Tons)
Annual
Organics
(Tons)
Annual Waste
Disposed
(Tons)
Recycling
Rate(%)
Number of
Employees
Facility Type
Region
Owner
William Jefferson Clinton (WJC) Building East/West.
Washington. DC
2,400
Office
HQ
GSA-Owned
102.9
0.0
122.7
45.6%
WJC Building North/South,
Washinqton, DC
1,649
Office
HQ
GSA-Owned
101.4
0.0
114.6
46.9%
Potomac Yard One and Two. Arlinqton, VA
1.631
Office
HO
GSA-Leased
95.2
28.7
84.2
59.5%
Region 1 Office. Boston. MA
840
Office
1
GSA-Leased
39.8
0.3
53.7
42.7%
New England Regional Laboratory, Chelmsford. MA
82
Lab
1
GSA-Leased
9.8
0.3
3.6
73.5%
Atlantic Ecoloqy Division Laboratory, Narraaansett, Rl
135
Lab
1
EPA-Owned
29.7
36.7
6.1
91.6%
Edison Laboratory, Edison, NJ
462
Lab & Office
2
EPA-Owned
93.0
0.0
63.6
59.4%
Environmental Science Center, Fort Meade, MD
168
Lab & Office
3
EPA-Owned
17.6
0.3
7.6
70.4%
Wheelinq Field Office, Wheelina, WV
25
Lab & Office
3
GSA-Leased
0.5
0.0
0.5
48.8%
Reaion 4 Office, Atlanta, GA
1,162
Office
4
GSA-Owned
63.6
0.0
91.1
41.1%
National Exposure Research Laboratory. Ecology
Research Division (ORD/ERD), Athens, GA
134
Lab & Office
4
EPA-Owned
32.2
4.3
29.7
55.2%
Science and Ecosystems Support Division (SESD)
Laboratory, Athens, GA
120
Lab
4
GSA-Leased
47.3
0.3
49.1
49.3%
Research Triangle Park, NC Facilities
2.270
Lab S Office
4
EPA-Owned/
EPA-Leased
196.0
7.5
101.0
66.8%
Gulf Ecology Division Laboratory, Gulf Breeze. FL
123
Lab S Office
4
EPA-Owned
21.8
10.7
12.3
72.5%
National Air and Radiation Environmental Laboratory,
Montgomery, AL
55
Lab
4
EPA-Owned
3.7
0.0
3.0
55.8%
Environmental Chemistry Laboratory,
Bay St. Louis. MS
13
Lab & Office
4
NASA-Owned
0.5
0.0
0.4
56.2%
Reqion 5 Office, Chicaqo, IL
1,489
Office
5
GSA-Owned
129.6
0.0
122.5
51.4%
Reqion 5 Laboratory, Chicaqo, IL
40
Lab & Office
5
GSA-Owned
87.2
0.0
84.3
50.8%
Cincinnati, OH Facilities
957
Lab & Office
5
EPA-Owned/
GSA-Leased
326.2
12.0
66.7
83.5%
National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory (NVFEL),
Ann Arbor. Ml
410
Lab & Office
5
EPA-Owned/
GSA-Leased
76.1
0.8
19.1
80.1%
Large Lakes and Rivers Forecasting Research Station.
Grosse lie, Ml
45
Lab S Office
5
EPA-Owned
2.5
0.4
0.9
75.8%
Mid-Continent Ecoloqy Division, Duluth, MN
145
Lab S Office
5
EPA-Owned
58.9
26.4
25.2
77.2%
Region 6 Office. Dallas, TX
1.071
Office
6
GSA-Leased
54.4
0.0
53.6
50.4%
Environmental Services Branch Laboratory,
Houston, TX
72
Lab S Office
6
EPA-Leased
11.4
2.3
5.5
71.5%
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Facility
Facility Information
Annual
Recycling
{Tons)
Annual
Organ ics
(Tons)
Annual Waste
Disposed
{Tons)
Recycling
Rate (%)
Number of
Employees
Facility Type
Region
Owner
Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Center,
Ada, OK
160
Lab
6
EPA-Owned
6.3
54.0
7.8
88.5%
Reaion 7 Office, Lenexa, KS
667
Office
7
GSA-Leased
24.9
10.3
12.0
74.6%
Kansas City Science and Technology Center,
Kansas City, KS
110
Lab
7
GSA-Leased
1.5
0.0
3.9
27.7%
Reci
on 8 Office. Denver, CO
775
Offce
8
GSA-Leased
217.7
16.3
54.2
81.2%
Reci
on 9 Office, San Francisco, CA
1,088
Office
9
GSA-Leased
39.1
150.1
52.3
78.3%
Reg
on 9 Laboratory, Richmond, CA
45
Lab S Office
9
EPA-Leased
6.5
0.4
3.6
65.8%
National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL).
Las Veaas, NV
166
Lab S Office
9
GSA-Leased
15.2
0.1
10.2
59.9%
Western Ecology Division (WED) Laboratories. Corvallis
and Newport. OR
160
Lab & Office
10
EPA-Owned
36.8
0.3
48.5
43.3%
AGENCYWIDE TOTAL
18,669
1,949.0
362.4
1,313.5
63.8%
Note: "Facility Information" is sourced from the 2009 Nationwide Facilities Guide.
Waste and recycling data aretrom the FY 2013 Environmental Stewardship Questionnaire, administered by the Saftey. Health, and Environmental Managaement Division (SHEMD).
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Table 3: FY 2013 Construction and Demolition (C&D) Waste Diversion Data
Final Summary Table
Date: 6/23/2014
Facility information
Annual C&D
Annual C&D
C&D Recycling
Rate (%)
Facility Name
Number of
Employees
Facility Type
Region
Owner
Recycling
(Tons)
Waste
Disposed
Atlantic Ecology Division Laboratory, Narragansett, HI
135
Lab
1
EPA-Owned
38.0
0.0
100.0%
Edison Laboratory, Edison, NJ
462
Lab & Office
2
EPA-Owned
156.3
18.4
89.5%
National Exposure Research Laboratory, Ecology
Research Division (ORD/ERD) Athens, GA
134
Lab & Office
4
EPA-Owned
23.7
9.4
71.7%
Science and Ecosystems Support Division (SESD)
Laboratory, Athens, GA
120
Lab
4
GSA-Leased
0.0
0.04
0.0%
Research Triangle Park, NC Facilities
2,270
Lab & Office
4
EPA-Owned/
EPA-Leased
108.7
5.7
95.0%
Gulf Ecoloqy Division Laboratory, Gulf Breeze, FL
123
Lab & Office
4
EPA-Owned
66.6
0.0
100.0%
National Air and Radiation Environmental Laboratory,
Montqomerv. AL
55
Lab
4
EPA-Owned
0.0
0.8
0.0%
Cincinnati, OH Facilities
957
Lab & Office
5
EPA-Owned/
GSA-Leased
88.0
120.3
42.3%
National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory (NVFEL),
Ann Arbor, Ml
410
Lab 8 Office
5
EPA-Owned/
GSA-Leased
9,195.0
25.0
99.7%
Environmental Services Branch Laboratory,
Houston, TX
72
Lab & Office
6
EPA-Leased
0.01
0.0
100.00%
Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Center,
Ada, OK
160
Lab
6
EPA-Owned
0.0
0.6
0.0%
National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL),
Las Veqas, NV
166
Lab & Office
9
GSA-Leased
5.5
0.0
100.0%
Willamette Research Station and Western Ecology
Division (WED) Laboratory, Corvallis, OR
160
Lab 8 Office
10
EPA-Owned
13.6
0.0
100.0%
AGENCYWIDE TOTAL
5,224
9,695.3
180.1
98.2%
Note: "Facility Information" is sourced from the 2009 Nationwide Facilities Guide.
Waste and recycling data are from the FY 2013 Environmental Stewardship Questionnaire, administered by the Saftey, Health, and Environmental Managaement Division (SHEMD).
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