DHS Sustainability Planning and Implementation

Dr. Teresa R. PohlmanDirector, Occupational Safety and Environmental ProgramsDepartment of Homeland Security

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Presentation OutlineGetting to Know DHS

Sustainability Definition and Policy

Goals and Objectives

Overall Strategy for Achieving Goals

Sustainability Success

HQ Consolidation

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Getting to Know DHS

Mission: Secure the nation from the many threats we face Guarding against terrorism Securing our borders Enforcing our immigration laws Improving our readiness for, response to and recovery from disasters Maturing and unifying the Department

Organization: Major Components Customs Border Protection U.S. Coast GuardNational Protection and Programs Directorate U.S Secret ServiceFederal Emergency Management Agency Immigration and Customs EnforcementFederal Law Enforcement Training Center Transportation Security AdministrationU.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Science and Technology Directorate

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Getting to Know DHS People: 194,607

Vehicles: 47,428 10,300 are alternative fuel vehicles 280 are hybrid electric

Number of Buildings: 14,100

Gross Square Feet of Buildings: 91.5 million Owned – 60% GSA/Leased – 40%

Energy Costs: $400 million

Environmental Liabilities: $1028 million

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DHS Defines Sustainability

Sustainability is the multidisciplinary integration of mission and environmental considerations, in which an activity and its phases are viewed on a full life-cycle basis. The sustainable approach balances economic and environmental performance, from beginning to end, and how they integrate with cost, schedule, operations, maintenance, and worker/employee considerations.

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DHS Sustainability Policy

Carry out operations and actions in an environmentally, economically and fiscally sound manner. Smart Decisions

Incorporate sustainable practices into day-to-day business processes and decision making to enhance mission performance. Standard Business Practice

Employees at all levels must be responsible and accountable for integrating environmental stewardship into day-to-day activities. Not an Environmental Office Initiative

Sustainability represents a value system embraced by DHS leadership, which guides mission operations and supporting projects as well as the business processes for contracting, acquisition, financial planning, information technology, and project/program execution. Senior Leadership Support

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Goals and Objectives Requirements Executive Order 13514, Federal Leadership in Environmental,

Energy and Economic Performance DHS Directive 025-01 Sustainable Practices Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan Sustainability and Efficiency Task Force

Accomplishments Policy and guidance is in place. Sustainability Manual in draft and planned for release late 2010 Secretary policy memorandum planned for release late 2010

Challenges Department-wide computer system needed to manage, track and report

sustainability and environmental issues Department-wide sustainability training needed Additional resources (FTEs and funding) are needed to move the program forward

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Goals and ObjectivesStrategic Sustainability Performance Plan:

GOAL 1: Scope 1 & 2 Greenhouse Gas Reduction GOAL 2: Scope 3 Greenhouse Gas Reduction GOAL 3: Develop and Maintain Department Comprehensive Greenhouse Gas

Inventory GOAL 4: High-Performance Sustainable Design/Green Buildings GOAL 5: Regional and Local Planning GOAL 6: Improve Water Use Efficiency and Management GOAL 7: Pollution Prevention and Waste Elimination GOAL 8: Sustainable Acquisition GOAL 9: Electronic Stewardship and Data Centers GOAL 10: Institutionalize Sustainability into all Facets of the DHS Mission

Note: typically each goal has multiple sub goals

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Overall Strategy for Achieving GoalsStructure for Sustainability

Senior Sustainability Officer (SSO): Deputy Under Secretary for Management

Sustainability Council: Chair SSOChief Administrative Officer Chief Financial OfficerChief Human Capital Officer Chief Information OfficerChief Procurement Officer Chief Security OfficerComponent Representation

Sustainability Working Group: Chair Director Occupational Safety and Environmental Programs Representatives from Sustainability Council

Occupational Safety and Environmental Programs Environmental Program Manager Energy Program Manager Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation Program Manager

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Overall Strategy for Achieving GoalsStrategic Sustainability Performance Plan:

Goals are Department-wide and must be integrated throughout all mission functions, with support from environmental personnel

Assigns tasks to multiple offices, not just the environmental office:

Financial Office Information Office Security Office

Human Resources Procurement Administration

Participating offices establish tasks and milestones

Include sustainability in new initiatives and budget requests – not environmental funding

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Sustainability Success

13.6% energy consumption reduction from a 2003 baseline and on track to achieve 30% by 2015

125 individuals trained in US Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®)

4.1% of electricity is from renewable energy sources

Reduced water intensity 5.5% and on track for a 16% reduction by 2015

4 LEED® certified or higher buildings, 9 awaiting certification, 16 under construction, 12 in design and 45 in planning (86 total)

Purchased125 hybrids electric vehicles and 800 alternate fuel vehicles in FY2009

4.7% of building SF are sustainable and on target to achieve 15% by FY 2015

EPEAT purchases in FY2010: 39,657 (90%) monitors and 141,866 (97%) PCs and laptops

Headquarters Consolidation Sustainability Concepts for St Elizabeths:

Reuse 51 of 62 historic buildings (8 of the 11 remaining buildings to be demolished are dilapidated greenhouses with little reuse potential)

Site new buildings to minimize impacts to landscapes and view sheds

Walking campus design consistent with historic use. Parking is on the exterior

Provide on-campus electric shuttle to assist employees if necessary

30% energy savings of ASHRAE 90.1 per the Energy Act of 2005

USGBC LEED® Silver (minimum) for the campus, with target of LEED Gold.

Solar and Solar Thermal on certain historic buildings and new construction.

Create a co-generation Central Utility Plant (CUP) capable of providing up to 25% of electrical demand at full build-out. Waste heat from the CUP will provide 15% energy savings for building heating/cooling and boiler reduction

Provide electric and natural gas fueling stations

Purchase electric carts for on-campus security activities

Headquarters Consolidation Key Considerations For Sustainability and Efficiency: Executive Order 13514- Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and

Economic Performance.- Comply with sustainable solutions to products (Furniture)

Presidential Memorandum - June 10, 2010, Disposing of Unneeded Federal Real Estate- Increasing occupancy rates in current facilities through innovative approaches to

space management (flexible work spaces & telework)

Secretary’s Efficiency Initiatives- Leverage DHS buying power- Outfitting for the HQ Consolidation was selected as an Efficiency Initiative

Headquarters Consolidation

Coast Guard HQ Building on St Elizabeths:

1.2 million SF striving for USGBC LEED® Gold

5-acre green roof bldg, 2-acre green roof garage

Energy efficient lighting and day-lighting

Demolition of existing concrete warehouse on project site crushed and reused concrete as a base for construction haul road

All trees cleared from the site mulched and used on campus

Harvest rainwater for irrigation

Bio-retention of storm water for irrigation (2/3 of campus storm water drains through the USCG site)

US Coast Guard Headquarters

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Contact Information

DHS – Dr. Teresa Pohlman

Director, Occupational Safety and Environmental Programs

(202) 821-9380

teresa.pohlman@dhs.gov