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Green Procurement at Fort Bragg
• To eliminate this…
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• And this….
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Start at the source!
But first, a little background
information…
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Sustainable Fort Bragg
• Initiated in 2001, stakeholders from installation met and hammered out a vision for a sustainable installation by 2025
• Formed teams (air, land use, water, materials, waste, and energy) to develop objectives to meet sustainability goal
• Environmental procurement position was created to work materials issues from cradle to grave
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Sustainable Sandhills
• In 2003, a regional sustainability initiative was begun by Fort Bragg and NC DENR to include the six counties surrounding the installation
• Similar teams were formed to address sustainability objectives
• Ft Bragg provided team liaisons and the interim director
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Sustainable Fort Bragg
• Materials Team used process mapping to discern what FB purchased in great quantity
• Compared it to landfill violations
• The decision is made to immediately work on carpet and office furniture
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Green Procurement at Fort Bragg
• Process Improvement Issues:– Carpet and serviceable furniture ending up in
the C&D landfill– No central management of office furniture– Multiple sources of purchase for furniture
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• Solution:– Tackle carpet first, then furniture– Walk the walk! Environmental Management
Branch renovates offices. We find out if this process will really work…
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Carpet
CARPET
Issue: Carpet ends up in landfills
Solution: Require the carpet contractor to take back existing carpet and make new carpet
recyclable
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Carpet
CARPET
Process: Write it into Installation Design Guide (IDG)
for all new carpets purchased
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Carpet
• Our research indicated carpet tiles were more sustainable than 6’ or 12’ carpet
• Shaw Carpet carried tiles made from recycled content and would be recycled at the end of their useful life cycle
• Negotiated with the Corps of Engineers to install Shaw tiles in lieu of 12’ roll in our office
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An Installation Solution
• We have a working relationship with COE that most installation customers will not have
• Make it easy for everyone to choose tile: Insert it in the Installation Design Guide (IDG)!
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Process
• Team formed with installation architect and environmental procurement specialist
• Hosted a forum with four manufacturers: J&J, Mannington, C&A, Shaw
• Used EPA Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines (CPG) as foundation for specs
• Relayed what Fort Bragg wanted in carpet
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Carpet Qualities Desired
• Recycled content
• Recyclable
• Product take-back
• Take existing carpet (regardless of manufacturer) and recycle
• Make the transition to carpet tiles
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Feasibility
• Did the carpet industry see our specs as feasible?
• Feed back from manufacturers was added to specs to create a living document for environmentally preferable carpet
• Created more stringent specs for 6’ and 12’, less stringent for tile
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Next Step: Furniture
• Compared to furniture, carpet looks easy!
• Using the same process, we are inviting office furniture manufacturers to Fort Bragg for a forum in June to begin writing furniture specs for the IDG: Knoll, Kimball, Steelcase, Adden and GF
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Furniture Specs
• Basic Specs:– Incorporate EPA CPGs (like carpet)– Product take-back– Repair not replace
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Other Furniture Issues
• Refurbished vs. new– EMB office furniture purchase: refurbished
Knoll furniture– Contracting difficulties? Uh, yeah….– Refurbish our own furniture? Ask me about our
EPA grant!
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Next Project
• Interior Environmental Showcase, similar to the Fort Lewis model
• Will include sustainable carpet, furniture and paint selections
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Contact Information
• Julia Love, Environmental Procurement Specialist, Directorate of Public Works, (910) 432-8865, [email protected]