Second Pbs Environment
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Office of Energy & Environment Environment Division Office of Facilities Management 1 08/11/09 Office of Facilities Management FM Public Buildings Service Raheem Cash, Director Environment Division Office of Facilities Management 1 08/11/09 Sustainability and GSA
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Office of Energy & Environment
Environment Division
Office of Facilities Management
108/11/09
Office of Facilities Management FM
Public Buildings Service
Raheem Cash, Director
Environment Division
Office of Facilities Management
108/11/09
Sustainability and GSA
Office of Energy & Environment
Environment Division
Office of Facilities Management
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OurOurResponsibilityResponsibility
OurOurBusinessBusiness
TheTheEnvironmentEnvironment
Office of Energy & Environment
Environment Division
Office of Facilities Management
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Our Mission• Ensure PBS customers have a safe and healthy work environment• Ensure PBS operations produce minimum harm to the natural environment• Ensure PBS operates with minimal financial, legal, and public relations risks
Our Goals• Enhance and maintain sufficient knowledge of the environmental, health, and
safety status of PBS facilities • Enhance and maintain PBS employee awareness of their environmental,
health, and safety responsibilities• Ensure PBS employees receive the tools, information, and resources required
to meet our responsibilities
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PBS Environment Division
What is Sustainability?
Sustainability is closely aligned with the concept of a ‘triple bottom line’
– It expands traditional reporting frameworks to take into account environmental & social performance in addition to financial performance
Economic Social
Environment
SUSTAINABILITY
The Usual Suspects
What 1.1. million federal tenants generate…….
Our Customers’ Business and the Environment
Building Impacts
• 40% of Annual US Energy Use• 30% of CO2 Production• 40% of Ozone Depletion• 35% of Municipal Solid Waste• 30% of Wood And Raw Materials Use• 25% of Water Use• 30%+ of Buildings Have Poor Indoor Air Quality• & Most People Spend About 90% Of Their Time
Indoors
Sustainable Design & Regulations
• Laws– National Environmental Policy Act, 1969– Clean Air Act, 1970; amended 1990– Resource Conservation & Recovery Act, 1976; amended 1994– Energy Policy Acts, 1992, 2005
• Executive Orders – 13327 Federal Real Property Asset Management– 13423 Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and
Transportation Management
Regulations cont.
•EISA–30% Portfolio-wide Reduction In Energy
Consumption In 10 Years
–20% Water Reduction
–55% Less Use Of Fossil Fuel Generated Energy—New Buildings AND Renovations
–Maintain Pre-development Hydrology
–Focus On Existing Buildings
Recovery Act
• >250 Projects; 50 States, 2 Territories & DC
•17 New Construction; $1 Billion
•43 Major, Whole-Building Modernizations
•200 Limited-Scope Projects
•$4.3 Billion for Existing Buildings
Recovery Act
•Major Modernization Triage•Limited Scope Projects:
–Re/Retro-Commissioning–Building Tune Up–Lighting–Mechanical Systems–PV Roofs; Cool Roofs, Planted Roofs
•Free-Standing PV; Wind
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Environment Division
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