Publications
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Newsletter
Energizing EPA Newsletter
Articles focus on new EPA initiatives, cutting-edge technologies, and other efforts to reduce the Agency's energy, water, and resource consumption.
View the latest issue: February 2008 (PDF) (4 pp, 1.9MB)
Brochures
EPA's Green Future for Laboratories: A Case Study of the Kansas City Science and Technology Center (PDF) (20 pp, 3.7MB)
An overview of the environmental features of this LEED® 2.0 Gold-certified building.
Green Power Brochure (PDF) (16 pp, 437K)
This EPA brochure highlights the Agency's green power purchases.
Cogeneration at Work, Region 9 Laboratory, Richmond, California (PDF) (2 pp, 576K)
Learn how EPA is leading by example in reducing the energy demand of its Region 9 Laboratory.
Fact Sheets
Sustainable Facilities at EPA: One and Two Potomac Yard, Arlington, Virginia (PDF) (4 pp, 7.6MB) Learn about the environmental features of EPA's LEED® Gold Headquarters office building.
Sustainable Facilities at EPA: Science and Technology Center, Kansas City, Kansas (PDF) (4 pp, 2.8MB)
Read more about EPA's renovated, state-of-the-art sustainable laboratory.
Green Power: Tags vs. Delivered Product (PDF) (3 pp, 233K)
EPA purchases green power as either delivered product or in the form of "green tags." Learn more about the difference between the two.
Reports
EPA's FY 2007 Energy Management and Conservation Program Report (PDF) (72 pp, 2.8MB)
EPA reduced its energy intensity by more than 4 percent in FY 2007 compared to the previous year. Read this report to find out how and learn about other sustainability accomplishments in FY 2007.
The Energy Management and Conservation Program Report is required under Executive Order (E.O.) 13423. The report gives federal agencies the opportunity to report on their efforts to reduce energy use at the facilities where they pay utility bills. These annual reports meet EPA's reporting requirement for E.O. 13423 and previous executive order reporting requirements.
- FY 2006 (PDF) (62 pp, 1.8MB)
- FY 2005 (PDF) (76 pp, 2.1MB)
- FY 2004 (PDF) (73 pp, 1.0MB)
- FY 2003 (PDF) (61 pp, 976K)
- FY 2002 (PDF) (62 pp, 823K)
- FY 2001 (PDF) (70 pp, 1.0MB)
- FY 2000 (PDF) (56 pp, 111K)
- FY 1999 (PDF) (40 pp, 106K)
- FY 1998 (PDF) (14 pp, 72K)
- FY 1997
- FY 1996
Protecting the Environment and Our Employees: 2006 Performance Highlights (PDF) (24 pp, 1.7MB)
These reports describe EPA's progress in reducing its environmental footprint by better managing energy and water use, emissions, fuels, chemicals, and waste, while focusing on safety, health, wellness, and environmental management systems.
- 2005 Report (PDF) (24 pp, 958K)
- 2004 Report (PDF) (28 pp, 1.1MB)
- 2003 Report (PDF) (24 pp, 1.5MB)
- 2002 Report (PDF) (24 pp, 837K)
FY 2006 Alternative Fuel Vehicle Report (PDF) (16 pp, 341K)
This report provides a detailed breakdown of EPA's alternative fuel vehicle fleet, including type of alternative fuels used in EPA's vans, pickup trucks, sedans, and other light-duty fleet vehicles.
Water Management Plans
Water Management Plans help individual facilities set long- and short-term water conservation goals. Below are completed water management plans for individual EPA laboratories.
- Gulf Breeze, FL, Gulf Ecology Division Laboratory (PDF) September 2007 (19 pp, 547K)
- Grosse Ile, MI, Large Lakes Research Station (PDF) August 2007 (16 pp, 465K)
- Athens, GA, Science and Ecosystem Support Division Laboratory (PDF) July 2006 (19 pp, 405K)
- Richmond, CA, Region 9 Laboratory (PDF) June 2006 (16 pp, 308K)
- Athens, GA, Ecosystem Research Division Laboratory (PDF) June 2006 (22 pp, 799K)
- Edison, New Jersey, Region 2 Laboratory (PDF) April 2006 (19 pp, 779K)
- Ada, Oklahoma, Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Center (PDF) November 2005 (15 pp, 550K)
- Manchester, Washington, Region 10 Environmental Laboratory (PDF) August 2005 (17 pp, 381K)
- Houston Texas, Region 6 Environmental Services Branch Laboratory (PDF) July 2005 (17 pp, 1.2MB)
- Corvallis, Oregon, Western Ecology Division Laboratory (PDF) August 2004 (17 pp, 796K)
- Corvallis, Oregon, Willamette Research Station (WRS) (PDF) August 2004 (14 pp, 989K)
- Newport, Oregon, Western Ecology Division Laboratory (PDF) August 2004 (15 pp, 1.0MB)
- Cincinnati, Ohio, Andrew W. Breidenbach Environmental Research Center (PDF) July 2004 (18 pp, 796K)
- Las Vegas, Nevada, Laboratory (PDF) July 2004 (11 pp, 235K)
- Duluth, Minnesota, Mid-Continent Ecology Division Laboratory (PDF) January 2004 (15 pp, 360K)
- Narragansett, Rhode Island, Atlantic Ecology Division Laboratory (PDF) October 2003 (20 pp, 200K)
- Golden, Colorado, Region 8 Laboratory (PDF) October 2003 (17 pp, 326K)
- Ann Arbor, Michigan, National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory (PDF) April 2003 (19 pp, 270K)
- Fort Meade, Maryland, Environmental Science Center (PDF) December 2002 (18 pp, 285K)
- Chelmsford, Massachusetts, New England Regional Laboratory (NERL) (PDF) December 2002 (20 pp, 930K)