Federal Green Building Policies and Programs

Cynthia Greene, Sr. AdvisorCynthia Greene, Sr. Advisor

Office of Assistance and

Pollution Prevention

7/25/07

Federal and EPA Green Building Efforts

� Federal Legislation and the Capitol Facility

� EPA’s National Network

� EPA New England

� AIA MOU

� EPA New England Buildings

� Community Energy Challenge

Green Building and EPA

� In the United States, buildings account

for:

39 % of total energy use

12 % of the total water consumption

68 % of total electricity consumption

38 % of the carbon dioxide emissions

136 million tons per year of construction and

demolition debris

Federal Legislation

High Performance Green Building High Performance Green Building

Act

Green the Capitol

Congress – The House of Representatives

� Speaker Pelosi’s Green Capitol Initiative

– Carbon neutrality in 18 months

Energy efficiency projects– Energy efficiency projects

– Environmentally Preferable Procurement

– Fleet

– Energy Expo for staff

– Green Revolving Fund

EPA’s National Green Building Workgroup

� Formed in 2003, meets monthly

� Coordinates cross-office interaction,

information sharing and marketinginformation sharing and marketing

� 30 Offices and 10 Regions participating

www.epa/greenbuilding

EPA New England and Green Buildings

� On-line resources

� EPA programs and sectors

� Educating our staff

� AIA MOU

� Our Buildings

� Work with the States

EPA New England On-line Resources

� Energy Websitewww.epa.gov/region01/eco/energy/index

- Energy Star

- Global Climate Change- Global Climate Change

- Transportation and Fuels

- Community Energy Challenge

� Green Building Website -www.epa.gov/region1/topics/envpractice/gbuildings

- Residential green building guide

- Reuse in New England guide

- College and University Best Management Practices

EPA Programs and Sectors

� Brownfields

� Smartgrowth

� Hospitals

� College and Universities

Green Expo

Memorandum of Understanding with American Institute of Architects

� 2/2005 EPA HQs signs an MOU with AIA

� 5/2005 EPA Region 2 signs MOU with NY � 5/2005 EPA Region 2 signs MOU with NY and NJ AIA

� 1/2006 16 Federal Agencies sign Federal Leadership in High Performance and Sustainable Buildings

EPA New England MOU with AIA

North Chelmsford Laboratory

Gold LEED building

Post Office Court House

EPA New England Community Energy Challenge

� New England has among the nation’s highest energy costs– Our 1500 cities, towns spend nearly one billion – Our 1500 cities, towns spend nearly one billion

dollars every year on energy for buildings and schools

� Energy used in buildings is the number one source of GHG emissions in most communities

EPA New England Community Energy Challenge (continued)

� EPA is Challenging Every City and Town to:

– Commit to energy efficiency by taking the Challenge

– Benchmark all buildings and/or schools– Benchmark all buildings and/or schools

– Set a target to reduce energy use by 10% or more

– Promote energy efficiency and renewable energy in the community

� EPA will provide:

– High Profile Regional and National Recognition

– Free training and technical support

For more information

Green Buildings

� Cynthia Greene 617-918-1813

greene.cynthia@epa.govgreene.cynthia@epa.gov

� Myra Schwartz 617-918-1696

schwartz.myra@epa.gov

Community Energy Challenge

� Shubhada Kambli 617-918-1584

kambli.shubhada@epa.gov