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Small Business Solutions. Sustainability Awareness for Small Business. Christy L. Jackiewicz Outreach Program Manager . Purpose. Define Sustainability Understand GSA Requirements and Goals Identify Current Green Programs Determine How Small Business Can Compete

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  1. Small Business Solutions Sustainability Awareness for Small Business Christy L. JackiewiczOutreach Program Manager

  2. Purpose • Define Sustainability • Understand GSA Requirements and Goals • Identify Current Green Programs • Determine How Small Business Can Compete • Highlight Green Product and Service Categories

  3. What is Sustainability? • “sustainability’’ and ‘‘sustainable’’ mean to create and maintain conditions, under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony, that permit fulfilling the social, economic, and other requirements of present and future generations”E.O. 13514 definition

  4. Who is GSA? • The Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) helps federal agency customers leverage the purchasing power of the federal government to achieve the best value possible in purchasing products, services, technology, motor vehicles, transportation, and travel • The Public Buildings Service (PBS) manages the owned and leased federal real estate portfolio, providing superior workplaces for federal customer agencies at superior value to the American taxpayer

  5. Eliminate Environmental Impact • By FY 2020, GSA will reduce its annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30 percent from its FY 2008 levels. •  GSA will reduce its GHG emissions from sources owned or controlled by GSA by 28 percent by FY 2020.   • GSA will reduce its GHG emissions from indirect sources by 44 percent by FY 2020. • GSA will shrink its GHG emissions to just 1.8 million tons of carbon.  

  6. Eliminate Environmental Impact • GSA will increase its investment in energy and water conservation projects across its inventory of owned Federal buildings in order to reduce facility energy intensity to 48,926 BTU/GSF by FY 2020.   • GSA will design all new Federal buildings to deliver energy performance at least 30 percent below industry standards for energy efficiency in non-residential buildings, achieve the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification, and meet Energy Star standards.

  7. Eliminate Environmental Impact • GSA will introduce new education and awareness initiatives to motivate tenants, GSA contractors, and GSA employees to make behavioral changes to reduce energy and water consumption. Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan (http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/184625)

  8. ZEF (Zero Environmental Footprint) • GSA's Zero Environmental Footprint goal provides a single, unifying purpose: • Align private sector with public policy • Modernize the way that the Government sources, develops, and implements new ideas • Accelerate innovation in green technology, business practices, and collaboration • Attract and retain the best talent in a galvanized Federal workforce • Change the culture

  9. Executive Orders • 13423Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management (2007) • 13514Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy and Economic Performance (2009)

  10. Greening the Supply Chain • President Obama and GSA understand that the economy of the 21st Century will stand on pillars of sustainability and will be driven by small businesses. • Executive Order 13514 lays out bold and aggressive targets to move the federal government in a green direction. • GSA has been placed on the President’s green team along with the Council on Environmental Quality and the Department of Energy • GSA is taking the lead in several of the core initiatives including greening the federal supply chain.  

  11. Greening the Supply Chain • GSA is helping industry bring sustainable and green practices to its supply chain. • Making building efficiency and product cycle – from start to finish –sustainable. • GSA is moving American business towards a low-waste, high-efficiency, more productive future through lower Green House Gas Emissions.

  12. Green Gov Supply Chain Partnership • First collaborative effort between the Federal Government and its suppliers to create a greener, more efficient supply chain for a clean energy economy. • New Small Business Pilot program through GSA designed to help small business Federal contractors set a GHG emission reduction target • The GreenGov Supply Chain Partnership focuses on promoting clean energy and cutting waste and pollution. Members of the GreenGov Supply Chain Partnership measure and report their organization’s greenhouse gas emissions.

  13. Green Gov Supply Chain Partnership • Partnership is open to federal contractors that are committed to voluntarily measuring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions • For more information, contact Dana Arnold, Senior Advisor, GSA Federal Acquisition Service on Dana.Arnold@gsa.gov

  14. Supplier GHG Emissions Inventory Pilot • Assist 60 small businesses in completing Green House Gas (GHG) inventories through EPA’s Climate Leaders Program • Highlight small business as partners and leaders in sustainability • GSA’s, Office of Small Business Utilization and the Federal Acquisition Service are partnering with several agencies - DOI, NIH, EPA, DOE, and NASA

  15. Pilot Program Information • Climate Leaders Small Business Network Members obtain training, best practices and opportunities for public recognition as they meet their goals. • GSA will provide a call-in help desk • Pilot participants, who complete their base-line inventory will: • Receive recognition as corporate environmental leaders • Utilize the Climate Leaders logo for marketing • To request more information, please email ghgemissionspilot@gsa.gov

  16. GSA Green Purchasing Plan • The GPP includes goals and requirements to promote the purchase of environmentally sustainable products and services. • GSA will incorporate these requirements into daily operations work towards increasing and expanding markets for environmentally sustainable products and services.   • Includes preference program, a program to promote the preference program, and requirements for annual review, monitoring and reporting of the effectiveness of the GPP.

  17. GSA Green Purchasing Plan • GSA’s GPP fulfills the requirements of various laws (e.g., section 6002 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) of 1976, and section 9002 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (FSRIA)), Executive Orders, and Federal Acquisition Regulations. • The GSA GPP is one of GSA’s vital environmental programs for the overall GSA Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan. • For more information, please contact the office of Governmentwide Policy on 202-208-0561

  18. Sustainable Design • GSA’s Public Buildings Service (PBS) is a leader in Building Green • PBS owns, lease and manages over 350 million square feet • PBS sustainable design includes seamless process that includes new construction, repairs and alterations, and lease construction. • Optimize site potential • Minimize nonrenewable energy consumption • Protect and conserve water • Use green products • Enhance indoor environmental quality • Optimize operational and maintenance practices

  19. Sustainable Buildings Goal

  20. Immediate Focus • GSA will pursue the following steps : • Mandate that regional sustainability council members and facilities managers attend the Generating a Federal High Performance Sustainable Buildings Checklist in ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager training course • Request that facilities managers in each region assess buildings in their respective portfolios against the Guiding Principles using the Checklist. • This process will initially focus on buildings that have achieved the ENERGY STAR label and meet the water use reduction requirements. To date, there are 153 buildings uploaded into the Checklist and assessments will begin immediately. • Recognize regions that can demonstrate the greatest percentage of buildings in compliance with the Guiding Principles • Continue progress towards LEED certification for buildings currently registered.

  21. Immediate Focus • Starting in FY 2011 • Continue to pursue Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design—Existing Buildings Operations and Maintenance (LEED EBOM) certification for individual buildings meeting LEED program requirements and where cost effective. • Evaluate the opportunity to greatly increase the numbers of LEED EBOM certified buildings through participation in USGBC’s Portfolio Program, which allows organizations to pursue certification for multiple properties through volume certification. • Continue to leverage the Federal High Performance Sustainable Buildings Checklist in Portfolio Manager to assess buildings against the Guiding Principles. Continue to audit a representative sample having met the Guiding Principles to verify compliance.

  22. How Can Small Business Compete? • Become a Sustainable Company • Recognized as green among peers and customers • Complete a Green House Gas Inventory • Where does “it” begin and where does “it” end? • What are your largest emissions? • How to decrease them annually • Where can you change process and make it cleaner • Identify what industry is creating? • Waterless cleaning • compostable containers • biobased products

  23. How Can Small Business Compete? • Innovate Cleaner Ways to Support Customer Needs • Travel / Commuting • Office Lighting • Computer Settings • Personal Electronics • Less Stuff • Printing • Office Supplies • Disposal • Indoor environmental quality • Biobased

  24. How Can GSA Schedule Vendors Compete? • Update certifications in GSA Advantage • Partner with other GSA Contractors who have met green certifications • Contractor Teaming Arrangements • Subcontracting • Joint Ventures

  25. Government Green Buying Needs www.gsa.gov/greenproductcompliation Exterior Finish and Trims Facility Operations & Office Products Break room Supplies Kitchen Appliances Packaging products Office Supplies Computers/Displays Printer/Copiers Landscaping Compost/Fertilizer Garden/Soaker Hose • HVAC Ducts & Casings • Building Insulation • Electric Chiller • Paint • Cement & Concrete • Caulking • Carpet • Carpet Cushion • Floor Strippers • Dust Suppressant • Adhesives • Sealants

  26. Government Green Buying Needswww.gsa.gov/greenproductcompliation • Air filtration • Roofing • Plaster and Gypsum Board • Lighting Systems • Water Fixtures • Doors and Windows • Interior Finishes and Trims • Garden/Soaker Hose • Hydraulic Mulch • Lawn/Garden Edging • Plastic Lumber • Landscaping Timbers • Plastic/Paper Lawn & Leaf Bags • Cleaning Commercial/Industrial • Sanitary Tissue Mats • Recycling/Waste Containers • Plastic Trash Bags • Household and Industrial Cleaning Agents

  27. GSA Schedules Updated Buying Symbolswww.gsaadvantage.gov

  28. Highlight Your Sustainable Practices • Recycle and Detoxify • Take back packaging, supplies and hardware for reuse • Provide alternatives to toxic products • Properly dispose items without green alternatives • Utilize energy efficient products • Purchase Green • Prioritize environment over price whenever possible • Identify quality green products and spread the news

  29. Highlight Your Sustainable Practices • Conserve energy • Auto setting to turn equipment off during specific business hours can save up to 66% of normal power consumption. • Produce double-sided documents • Companies can achieve at least a 25% savings by making duplex standard • Use digital faxing if applicable • Save paper

  30. Highlight Your Sustainable Practices • Develop Green Company Community • Establish leaders to guide eco friendly business development • Identify Green goals for your employees • Develop telework policies to decrease overhead, commuting cost and the environmental impact • Develop measurements of progress for your company and individuals • Advertise your sustainable achievements • Participate in green initiatives with government agencies.

  31. Summary • Executive Order 13514 • 95% of new contract actions must be green (including EPEAT Registered) • Reduce water use by 2% annually • Includes task and delivery orders • Applies where such products and services meet agency performance requirements • Government Purchasing will Include: • WaterSense /water conserving products • Recycled Content Products • BiobasedProducts • Environmentally Preferable Products • Energy Star Products Learn more at www.gsa.gov/gogreen , www.gsa.gov/sustainability, www.epeat.net, www.epa.gov/watersense

  32. Support to Small Business • GSA is helping small business by: • Continuing to research and explore the sustainable supply chain with all of our companies • Developing training and conducting outreach through webinars, counseling and public training events. • Opening doors for small business by developing new opportunities, programs and partnerships

  33. General Support to Small Business • Environmental Protection Agency Science and Technology and Laws and Regulations www.epa.gov • Federal Business Opportunities Procurement database for opportunities over $25,000 www.FBO.gov • Small Business Administration Small Business Development Centers www.sba.gov/sbdc • Energy Star Products, Home Improvement, buildings and Plants, New Homes www.energystar.gov • Procurement Technical Assistant Centers The Association of Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (APTAC) represents 94 PTACs dedicated to assisting businesses seeking to compete successfully in government contracting.  http://aptac-us.org

  34. GSA Support to Small Business • For BuildingsPBS Industry Relations Division(866) PBS-VEND (727-8363)IndustryRelations@gsa.gov • GSA’s Office of Small Business Utilization Advocate for small businesses partnering with GSA 1-855-OSBUGSA www.gsa.gov/sbu • For Products & ServicesMAS Helpdesk (National Customer Service Center)(800) 488-3111Fax (816) 926-6952mashelpdesk@gsa.gov • For Vehicles(800) 605-CARSFax (703) 605-9868vehiclebuying@gsa.gov

  35. Christy L. Jackiewicz Outreach Program Manager Office of Small Business Utilization Small Business Solutions

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