Transcript Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment Integrity - Service - Excellence Sustainable Communities Approach Paula Shaw Program Manager AFCEE 3 June 2010

Air Force Center for Engineering
and the Environment
Integrity - Service - Excellence
Sustainable Communities Approach
Paula Shaw
Program Manager
AFCEE
3 June 2010
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Introduction
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Implementing Current Directives
 New Facilities
 Existing Facilities
Crossroads
 Sustainable Communities
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Current Directives
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Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct05) – Aug 05
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New facilities, 30% more efficient than ASHRAE 90.1
 Installation of advanced meters
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Executive Order (EO) 13423 – Jan 07
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Reduce Energy Consumption 30% by 2015
 Reduce Water use 16% by 2015
 All new construction must incorporate High Performance
and Sustainable Buildings (HPSB) Guiding Principles
(Federal MOU – Jan 06)
 15% of existing buildings must be HPSB by 2015
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Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA07) – Dec 07
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New buildings reduce fossil fuel generated energy 55% by
2010 to 100% by 2030
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30% hot water supplied by solar water heaters
 Restore predevelopment hydrology
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Current Directives
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EO 13514, Leadership in
Environmental, Energy, and Economic
Performance – Oct 09
 reinforces and expands
requirements of EO 13423
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GHG reporting requirements for scope
1, 2, & 3
 Federal facilities planned after 2020
shall be zero-net-energy
 Allows flexibility for compliance (§8)
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Each agency shall develop,
implement, and annually update an
integrated Strategic Sustainability
Performance Plan and will prioritize
agency actions based on lifecycle
return on investment
Holistic call to
response
I naction
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Current AF Policy
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Goals – focus on new construction
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Reduce environmental impact and total ownership cost
 Improve energy efficiency and water conservation
 Provide safe, healthy and productive built environments
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Policy signed Jul 2007 based on LEED version 2.2
In FY09 - 100% of each MAJCOM’s MILCON vertical construction
projects (w/climate control) will be capable of LEED Silver certification
 10% of total MILCON per FY, will be selected for formal LEED
registration/certification
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As of:
The key to success is setting sustainable development goals early
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Recent AF Achievements
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8 LEED certified
completed facilities
736 homes Silver certified
FY09: 46 projects on track
for formal LEED Silver
certification and 4
projects on track for
formal LEED Gold
certification (69% of
eligible projects)
Approx 300 AF projects
LEED registered, seeking
certification
C-17 Hangar, Travis AFB, CA – LEED Silver
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Culture Change
SDD/LEED Workshops
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Organic understanding of sustainability
and LEED essential to success of
program
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Conducted 16 workshops since Dec 2007
with over 1000 in attendance
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Training requirement transitioned to AFIT
 First course offerings: 2Qtr FY10
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USAFA, SDD/LEED class offered Fall 09
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97 AF LEED Accredited Professionals
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AF Policy Revision
Revision of policy memorandum nearing final draft
All vertical construction will be formally LEED certified – Silver is the
minimum certification level
 Incorporates Federal HPSB requirements
 Clarifies requirements for all project types
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AF Weather Facility, Offutt AFB, NE – LEED Gold Certified
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Existing Facilities
HPSB Pilot Study
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15% of existing building inventory must be HPSB by 2015
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AFCEE conducted initial test for HPSB surveys
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5 AF installations: 30 buildings surveyed
Each building has ~ 40 aspects
Over 75% of HPSB aspects are installation-wide aspects
Average score: 70%
Requirements more difficult to achieve are:
Energy Efficiency
Water Conservation
Metering
Commissioning
Daylighting
Thermal Comfort
Ventilation
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Will not reach 2015 goal with new construction alone!
I napproach:
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HPSB Compliance
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Installation approach
• Each building has ~40 HPSB aspects
• Each installation has ~30 HPSB aspects
• Many aspects are the same for every building
on the installation
• Transfer requirements for energy & water
reductions to the installation
• Must perform energy & water calculations/
modeling on every applicable building
• Augment successful Energy Audit program
to address energy & water performance at the
building level
Requires ~ 840,000 data points
Reduces burden to ~70, 000 data points
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Crossroads
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Multiple federal sustainability requirements
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All establish multiple goals for energy
reduction, water reduction, storm water
management, use of renewable energy, etc.
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Requirements frequently overlap/conflict
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Opportunity to identify a compliance
strategy holistically
Align compliance paths to minimize reporting burden
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Sustainable Communities
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Sustainable Communities Initiative
 Effort to holistically define sustainability at
the installation level
 Very early stages of development
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Comprehensive and synergistic approach:
 Environmental Management Systems
 Asset Management principles
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Compliance/conformance driven
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LEED-like scoring approach
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Exploring potential implementation of Strategic
Sustainability Performance Plan (SSPP)
Mission
Community
Environment
Triple Bottomline
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As of:
Sustainable Communities
Traditional Installation Stovepipes
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Sustainable Communities
Ideal world
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Sustainable Communities
Categories & Scorecard Snapshot
COMMUNITY
DESIGN &
DEVELOPMENT
MISSION
READINESS
ENERGY &
GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS
MATERIALS &
WASTE
MANAGEMENT
WATER EFFICIENCY
TRANSPORTATION
NATURAL
INFRASTRUCTURE
COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT
BUILT
INFRASTRUCTURE
INNOVATION &
REGIONAL
Categories
I n t e g defined
r i t y - Sby
e r Requirements
v i c e - E x c e l and
l e n Credits
ce
Sustainable Communities
Categories & Scorecard Snapshot
MISSION
READINESS
ENERGY &
GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS
MATERIALS &
WASTE
MANAGEMENT
WATER EFFICIENCY
TRANSPORTATION
NATURAL
INFRASTRUCTURE
COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT
BUILT
INFRASTRUCTURE
INNOVATION &
REGIONAL
COMMUNITY
DESIGN &
DEVELOPMENT
Categories
I n t e g defined
r i t y - Sby
e r Requirements
v i c e - E x c e l and
l e n Credits
ce
Sustainable Communities
Categories & Scorecard Snapshot
COMMUNITY
DESIGN &
DEVELOPMENT
MISSION
READINESS
ENERGY &
GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS
MATERIALS &
WASTE
MANAGEMENT
WATER EFFICIENCY
TRANSPORTATION
NATURAL
INFRASTRUCTURE
COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT
BUILT
INFRASTRUCTURE
INNOVATION &
REGIONAL
Categories
I n t e g defined
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v i c e - E x c e l and
l e n Credits
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Sustainable Communities
Scorecard & Credit Template
Requirements
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Holistic Solution
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Opportunity to create a paradigm shift
 Incremental steps towards sustainability are suboptimal
 Current approach to Federal Mandates – large data burden
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Enterprise Solution: Sustainable Communities
 Triple Bottom Line is incorporated into the structure of
Sustainable Communities
 LEED-like approach using sustainability credits
 Allows installations to select, prioritize and pursue credits
 Measure of self-improvement
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Identifying how Sustainable Communities can the SSPP
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Just a thought . . .
“Nothing is as powerful as an idea whose
time has come.”
Victor Hugo
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