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Sustainable Communities Approach

Sustainable Communities Approach. Paula Shaw Sustainable Design and Development AFCEE 9 June 2010. Introduction. Implementing Current Directives New Facilities Existing Facilities Crossroads Sustainable Communities. Current Directives. Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct05) – Aug 05

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Sustainable Communities Approach

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  1. Sustainable Communities Approach Paula Shaw Sustainable Design and Development AFCEE 9 June 2010

  2. Introduction • Implementing Current Directives • New Facilities • Existing Facilities • Crossroads • Sustainable Communities

  3. Current Directives • Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct05) – Aug 05 • New facilities, 30% more efficient than ASHRAE 90.1 • Installation of advanced meters • Executive Order (EO) 13423 – Jan 07 • 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 • Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA07) – Dec 07 • New buildings reduce fossil fuel generated energy 55% by 2010 to 100% by 2030 • 30% hot water supplied by solar water heaters • Restore predevelopment hydrology

  4. Current Directives Holistic call to action for sustainability requires holistic response • EO 13514, Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance – Oct 09 • reinforces and expands requirements of EO 13423 • GHG reporting requirements for scope 1, 2, & 3 • Federal facilities planned after 2020 shall be zero-net-energy • Allows flexibility for compliance (§8) • Each agency shall develop, implement, and annually update an integrated Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan (SSPP) and will prioritize agency actions based on lifecycle return on investment

  5. Recent AF AchievementsNew Construction • 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 Exceeding the current AF SDD Policy with internal goals!

  6. Existing FacilitiesHPSB Pilot Study Existing building approach: ~21,000 facilities  840,000 data elements • 15% of existing building inventory must be HPSB by 2015 • AFCEE conducted initial test for HPSB surveys • 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: • Will not reach 2015 goal with new construction alone!

  7. HPSB Strategy • Installation approach • Each installation has ~30 HPSB aspects • Transfer requirements for energy & water reductions to the installation • Augment successful Energy Audit program to address energy & water performance at the building level • Reduces burden to ~70, 000 data points • Building-by-building approach • Each building has ~40 HPSB aspects • Many aspects are the same for every building on the installation • Must perform energy & water calculations/ modeling on every applicable building • Requires ~ 840,000 data points Approaching requirement by SF vs. number of buildings, the 15% HPSB goal for AF could be met by as few as 184 facilities

  8. Crossroads Align compliance paths to minimize reporting burden • Multiple federal sustainability requirements • Requirements frequently overlap/conflict • Opportunity to identify a compliance/conformance strategy holistically – Sustainable Communities • Very early stages of development • Comprehensive and synergistic approach: • Environmental Management Systems • Asset Management principles • LEED-like scoring approach • Exploring SSPP implementation potential

  9. Sustainable Communities Ideal world – work all requirements under one umbrella

  10. Sustainable CommunitiesCategories & 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 defined by Requirements and Credits

  11. Sustainable CommunitiesCategories & Scorecard Snapshot MISSION READINESS COMMUNITY DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT ENERGY & GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS MATERIALS & WASTE MANAGEMENT WATER EFFICIENCY TRANSPORTATION NATURAL INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BUILT INFRASTRUCTURE INNOVATION & REGIONAL Categories defined by Requirements and Credits

  12. Sustainable CommunitiesCategories & 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 defined by Requirements and Credits

  13. Sustainable CommunitiesScorecard & Credit Template Requirements and Credits defined by Templates

  14. Holistic Solution • Opportunity to create a paradigm shift • Incremental steps towards sustainability are suboptimal • Current approach to Federal Mandates – large data burden • Enterprise Solution: Sustainable Communities • Allows installations to select, prioritize and pursue credits • Measure of self-improvement • Identifying connection to SSPP

  15. Just a thought . . . “Nothing is as powerful as an idea whose time has come.” Victor Hugo

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