Engineers - Relevant, Ready, Responsive, Reliable

Engineers - Relevant, Ready, Responsive, Reliable

MG Ronald L. JohnsonDeputy Chief of Engineers and Deputy Commander, U.S. Army

Corps of Engineers

MG Ronald L. JohnsonDeputy Chief of Engineers and Deputy Commander, U.S. Army

Corps of Engineers

State – EPA Symposium on Environmental Innovation and

Results

Agenda

• What Do I Get Out of This• Sustainability Drivers• Army’s Strategy for and Integration Of

Sustainability• The Burning Platform for Sustainable Design

and Development (SDD)– Benefits and Impacts– Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)– Sustainable Project Rating Tool (SPiRiT)

• The Practice of The Theory/Strategy

What Do You Get Out of This ?

• Awareness of Army’s Environmental Strategy

• Army’s Commitment to Sustainability

• SPiRiT and LEED

• Environmental Drivers- Stress on natural resources resulting from

overpopulation- Water supply - Coastal and estuarine degradation- Changes in climate and sea/land Levels- Resource depletion

• Economic Drivers- Decaying infrastructure- Energy supply and cost- Drive for expansion to accommodate population needs- New kind of economic thinking: Natural Capitalism

• Social Drivers - “Environmental constituency” is growing- Public health - Human potential - Advanced technological applications- Diffusion of information & decentralization of

decision making- Distribution imbalances

What Drives Us Toward Greater Sustainability?

Bottom Line - National Security

• EO 13123, “Greening the Government Through Efficient Energy Management" requires agencies to apply sustainable design principles to the siting, design, and construction of new facilities;• EO 13101, “Greening the Government Through Waste Prevention, Recycling, and Federal Acquisition”• EO 13134, “Developing and Promoting Biobased Products and Bioenergy”• EO 13148, “Greening the Government Through Leadership in Environmental Management”• EO 13149, “Greening the Government Through Federal Fleet and Transportation Efficiency”• EO 13150, “Federal Workforce Transportation• EO 13211, “Actions Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution or Use”• EO 13212, “Actions to Expedite Energy-Related Projects”• EO 13221, “Energy Efficient Standby Power Devices”• EO 13302, “Amending Executive Order 13212, Actions to Expedite Energy-Related Projects”• EO 13327, “Federal Real Property Asset Management”• EO 13352, “Facilitation of Cooperative Conservation”

Sustainability Drivers Within The Federal Gov’t

Army Sustainability Drivers

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Army’s Triple Bottom LineMeet Test, Training

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Minimize Impacts

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Ownership CostsDrive

Innovation

Burning Platform

•Buildings and Environmental Impact

•Benefits of Sustainable Design and Construction

Buildings and Environmental Impact*

• 65.2% of total U.S. electricity 65.2% of total U.S. electricity consumptionconsumption

• > 36% of total U.S. primary energy use> 36% of total U.S. primary energy use

• 30% of total U.S. greenhouse gas 30% of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissionsemissions

• 136 million tons of construction and 136 million tons of construction and demolition waste in the U.S. (approx. demolition waste in the U.S. (approx. 2.8 lbs/person/day)2.8 lbs/person/day)

• 12% of potable water in the U.S. 12% of potable water in the U.S.

• 40% (3 billion tons annually) of raw 40% (3 billion tons annually) of raw materials used globallymaterials used globally

* * Commercial and residential Commercial and residential (Source: USGBC)(Source: USGBC)

Benefits of Sustainable Design & Construction

Environmental BenefitsEnvironmental Benefits• Reduce the impacts of natural

resource consumption

Economic BenefitsEconomic Benefits• Improve the bottom line• Save energy

Health and Safety Benefits Health and Safety Benefits • Enhance occupant comfort and health

Community BenefitsCommunity Benefits Minimize strain on local

infrastructures and improve quality of life

Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design®

A leading-edge system for designing, constructing, operating and certifying the world’s greenest buildings.

Technical Overview of LEED®

Green building rating system, currently for commercial and institutional new construction and major renovation

Existing, proven technologies Evaluates and recognizes performance in

accepted green design categories LEED product development includes

existing buildings, commercial interiors, multiple buildings, core & shell, and homes

Sustainable ProjectRating Tool (SPiRiT)

Sustainable SitesSustainable Sites

Water EfficiencyWater Efficiency

Energy & AtmosphereEnergy & Atmosphere

Materials & ResourcesMaterials & Resources

Indoor Environmental Quality

Indoor Environmental Quality

Facility Delivery Process

Facility Delivery Process

Current MissionCurrent Mission

Future MissionFuture Mission

Engineer Technical Letter (ETL) 1110-3-491 defines sustainability as “. . . the design, construction, operation and reuse/removal of the built environment (infrastructure as well as buildings) in an environmentally and energy efficient manner. . . meeting the needs of today without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.”

Engineer Technical Letter (ETL) 1110-3-491 defines sustainability as “. . . the design, construction, operation and reuse/removal of the built environment (infrastructure as well as buildings) in an environmentally and energy efficient manner. . . meeting the needs of today without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.”

SPiRiT- A self-assessment tool to evaluate sustainability of all facility construction and repair projects

SPiRiT- A self-assessment tool to evaluate sustainability of all facility construction and repair projects

SPiRiT Scoring

Sustainable Sites: 20 Water Efficiency: 5 Energy and Atmosphere:

28 Materials and Resources:

13 Indoor Environmental

Quality: 17

Green Results

Life-Cycle

Synergy

TOTAL 100

Facility Delivery Process: 7 Current Mission: 6 Future Mission: 4

Green Roof on the Pentagon Remote Delivery Facility

• Pentagon Renovation Wedge 2

Putting the Drivers Into Action

Putting the Drivers Into Action

Marsh Restoration,

Arkansas National Wildlife Refuge,

TX

• Galveston District, in partnership with state and federal resource agencies, restored 1,600 marsh acres in Gulf of Inter-coastal Waterway

Putting the Drivers Into ActionInstallation Communications Facility, Fort Gordon, GA

• Sustainable Sites

• Erosion & Sediment Control

• Site Selection

• Energy Star Roof

• Site Ecology

• Water Efficiency • Water Efficient Fixtures

• Indigenous Landscape – No Irrigation

• Energy and Atmosphere • 40% Energy Use Reduction

• Building Systems Commissioning

• SPiRiT Rating: Gold

• Target LEED Gold (39 Points)

• Programmatic Design - NA

• Parametric Design–SPiRiT Gold (56 Points)

• Final Design –SPiRiT Gold (70 Points)

• Materials and Resources • Local Materials• Construction Waste Management• Recycled Materials• Certified Wood• Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ)• Mechanical Ventilation to ASHRAE Standards • Separate Ventilation System for Copy Rooms• Construction IAQ Management • Low /Zero VOC Carpets, Paints, Sealants• Noise Control

Time to Think and Act

Differently

"A hundred years after we are gone and forgotten, those who never heard of us will be living with the results of our actions."

-- Oliver Wendell Homes

"A hundred years after we are gone and forgotten, those who never heard of us will be living with the results of our actions."

-- Oliver Wendell Homes

Engineers - Relevant, Ready, Responsive, Reliable

Engineers - Relevant, Ready, Responsive, Reliable

MG Ronald L. JohnsonDeputy Chief of Engineers and Deputy Commander, U.S. Army

Corps of Engineers

MG Ronald L. JohnsonDeputy Chief of Engineers and Deputy Commander, U.S. Army

Corps of Engineers

State – EPA Symposium on Environmental Innovation and

Results