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The focus of this program area is energy conservation, alternative sources of energy, and energy management programs.
In EO 13423, Section 2, Federal agencies are required to:
- improve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions of the agency, through reduction of energy intensity by:
- 3 percent annually through the end of fiscal year 2015 relative to the baseline of the agency's energy use in fiscal year 2003, or
- 30 percent by the end of fiscal year 2015 relative to the baseline of the agency's energy use in fiscal year 2003
- ensure that:
- at least half of the statutorily required renewable energy consumed by the agency in a fiscal year comes from new renewable sources, and
- to the extent feasible, the agency implements renewable energy generation projects on agency property for agency use.
In relationship to Energy, Section 3(a) mandates that the heads of each agency implement within the agency sustainable practices for:
- energy efficiency
- greenhouse gas emissions avoidance or reduction, and
- renewable energy, including bioenergy.
EO 13423 Section 9 provides the following definitions applicable to this Program Area.
- greenhouse gases - carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide,hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride.
- new renewable sources - sources of renewable energy placed into service after January 1, 1999.
- renewable energy - energy produced by solar, wind, biomass, landfill gas, ocean (including tidal, wave, current and thermal), geothermal, municipal solid waste, or new hydroelectric generation capacity achieved from increased efficiency or additions of new capacity at an existing hydroelectric project.
- energy intensity - energy consumption per square foot of building space, including industrial or laboratory facilities.
- sustainable - to create and maintain conditions, under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony, that permit fulfilling the social, economic, and other requirements of present and future generations of Americans.
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This guidance, promulgated by the Department of Energy's Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP), specifies the conditions for agencies to meet the EO13423 and the EPACT 2005 Requirements. Each agency should meet the EO13423 Requirement as well as the EPACT 2005 Requirement. This document is dated January 28, 2008.
Policy memorandum issued October 23, 2007 underscoring DoD's desire to
be the leader in energy efficiency, water conservation, and the use of
renewable energy and emerging technology.
The development of the Energy Efficiency Action Plan is a joint effort by the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. EPA together with about 50 leading electric and gas utilities, state utility commissioners, state air and energy agencies, energy service providers, energy consumers, and energy efficiency and consumer advocates. The goal of the Energy Efficiency Action Plan development is an aggressive new national commitment to energy efficiency by electric and natural gas utilities and partner organizations across the United States.
This act was signed into law on August 8, 2005. the Act contains a multitude of provisions covering energy production, distribution, storage, efficiency, conservation, and research. The Act requires efficiency standards for certain large appliances and extends Daylight Saving Time to reduce consumption. It provides funding to improve efficiency in low-income housing and expands the Energy Star program. It also requires the federal government to increase the efficiency of its buildings and vehicles and provides tax credits for certain energy efficient purchases or improvements. Other topic of note are: renewable energy, expanding of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, fuel production access in federal lands, the banning of drilling in the Great Lakes, electricity reliability, hydrogen vehicles, vehicle efficiency and alternative fuels, ethanol and motor fuels.
Overview for the Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP)
A section by section review of ESIA and how it applies to FEMP.
Federal agencies are required to purchase either energy-efficient, ENERGY STAR qualified, or EPEAT-registered products(computers, monitors, and laptops). The activation of power management settings on computers is also required. This page is designed to assist you in fulfilling these requirements.
Actions Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use
18 May 2001
This EO establishes the mandate for federal agencies to prepare a Statement of Energy Effects when undertaking certain agency actions.
Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management
24 January 2007
Executive Order 13423 "Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management", signed by President Bush on January 24, 2007. The order sets goals in the areas of energy efficiency, acquisition, renewable energy, toxics reductions, recycling, renewable energy, sustainable buildings, electronics stewardship, fleets, and water conservation. In addition the order requires more widespread use of Environmental Management Systems as the framework in which to manage and continually improve these sustainable practices.
With this Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), signed in January 2006, signatory agencies commit to federal leadership in the design, construction, and operation of High-Performance and Sustainable Buildings. A major element of this strategy is the implementation of common strategies for planning, acquiring, siting, designing, building, operating, and maintaining High Performance and Sustainable Buildings. Included in the MOU are the 5 Guiding Principles for Federal Leadership in High Performance and Sustainable Buildings which includes more detailed guidance on the parameters for and the implementation of principles for optimizing energy performance, conserving water, improved indoor environmental quality, integrated design, and reduction of the impact of materials.
This memorandum, jointly issued by OMB and CEQ, encourages all agencies to adopt and implement EMS, including the establishment of a firm date for final completion of the efforts. Additionally, agencies are encouraged to work with the January 2006 scorecard initiative launched by OMB. The January 11, 2006 scorecards address Environmental Stewardship, Transportation Management, and Energy Management.
SUBJECT: Energy and Fuel Conservation by Federal Agencies
Issued September 26, 2005, this memorandum directing the heads of executive departments and agencies to take appropriate actions to conserve natural gas, electricity, gasoline, and diesel fuel to the maximum extent consistent with the effective discharge of public responsibilities.
Developed by the collaboration of more than 60 energy, environmental and other organizations the National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency Vision for 2025, provides a framework for states, utilities and other stakeholders to consider when seeking policies and programs to achieve all cost effective energy efficiency measures. A key component of the National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency is stakeholders committing to take action to advance the Recommendations in their spheres of influence. The website gets you to the Plan and to stakeholder Public Statements & Commitments in Support of the Action Plan.
The website is intended to provide an overview of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies, an objective and policy-neutral understanding of associated public policies, and a snapshot of the alternative energy resource base in each state.
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The U.S. Department of Energy's State Energy Program (SEP) publishes Conservation Update bimonthly to summarize renewable energy and energy projects of state energy offices.
This quarterly newsletter, begun in July 2007, is especially intended for participants and stakeholders in the DOE Solar Program and the Solar America Initiative. The content includes Features on technology development, market transformation, and policy analysis. News and Updates highlights funding opportunity announcements and awards, national laboratory technology developments, and a solar events calendar.
A free email bulletin that announces new and significant developments in EERE's programs and research. Issued as developments occur.
A free weekly newsletter that summarizes the latest news from EERE as well as the latest national news about renewable energy and energy efficiency.
This quarterly newsletter from BestPractices, under the Industrial Technologies Program, provides industry professionals with energy efficiency news, technical tips, case studies, and energy saving opportunities.
Produced by the University of California Energy Institute.
FEMP's quarterly newsletter that promotes energy awareness, recognizes successes, and communicates information about saving energy and dollars to the Federal community.
A Free weekly newsservice from Western’s Renewable Resource program covering green power, renewable energy, and market research strategies provided for educational purposes.
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The site provides free public access to full-text documents and bibliographic citations of DOE research report literature. Documents are primarily from 1994 forward and were produced by DOE, the DOE contractor community, and/or DOE grantees. Legacy documents are added as they become available in electronic format. The Information Bridge contains documents and citations in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences, energy technologies, engineering, computer and information science, renewable energy, and other topics of interest related to DOE's mission.
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Founded in 1977, the Alliance to Save Energy is a non-profit coalition of business, government, environmental and consumer leaders. The Alliance to Save Energy supports energy efficiency as a cost-effective energy resource under existing market conditions and advocates energy-efficiency policies that minimize costs to society and individual consumers, and that lessen greenhouse gas emissions and their impact on the global climate. To carry out its mission, the Alliance to Save Energy undertakes research, educational programs, and policy advocacy, designs and implements energy-efficiency projects, promotes technology development and deployment, and builds public-private partnerships, in the U.S. and other countries.
ACEEE a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing energy efficiency as a means of promoting both economic prosperity and environmental protection.
The center provides technological and economic solutions to environmental problems resulting from energy production, industrial, manufacturing, and commercial activities, and land use practices. The Center is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
This program is a voluntary state-federal partnership that encourages states to develop and implement cost-effective clean energy and environmental strategies that help further both environmental and clean energy goals and achieve public health and economic benefits. Under the Partnership Program, states work across their relevant agencies to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy for using existing and new energy policies and programs to promote energy efficiency, clean distributed generation, renewable energy and other clean energy sources that can provide air quality and other benefits. As of September 2005 the following states are partners: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas.
The EERE Information Center answers questions on EERE's products, services, and 10 technology programs, refers callers to the most appropriate EERE resources, and refers qualified callers to the appropriate expert networks.
An ESPC is a contracting vehicle that allows agencies to accomplish energy
projects for their facilities without up-front capital costs and without
special Congressional appropriations to pay for the improvements. Congress
and the President encourage agencies to use ESPCs to finance and implement
efficiency improvements and meet their energy goals.
This partnership encourages electricity customers to voluntarily purchase or generate green power. Green Power Partners must use green power in an amount that meets or exceeds EPA’s minimum benchmarks. EPA offers market information, communications assistance and recognition. Many familiar Fortune 500 companies, cities, states, federal agencies, universities and small businesses are Green Power Partners. To learn more about the Green Power Partnership and how to become partner, please visit: http://epa.gov/greenpower/.
The Department of Energy's Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) works to reduce the cost and environmental impact of the Federal government by advancing energy efficiency and water conservation, promoting the use of distributed and renewable energy, and improving utility management decisions at Federal sites.
The Green Grid is a consortium of information technology companies and professionals seeking to lower the overall consumption of power in data centers around the globe. The organization is chartered to develop meaningful, platform-neutral standards, measurement methods, processes and new technologies to improve energy efficient performance of global data centers.
Here you'll find information about the Interagency Sustainability Working Group, including tools and resources that help agencies meet the requirements in Executive Order (EO) 13423 and other legislative requirements; publications and resources for the group; and minutes and presentations from the working group meetings.
This joint EPA and DOE program will work with industry groups to establish metrics for defining the energy performance for data center facilities, develop performance measurement tools for center operators and develop equipment specifications and labeling to highlight efficient products on the market.
The U.S. EPA and the U.S. DOE have initiated a joint national data center energy efficiency information program. The program coordinates a wide variety of activities from the DOE Industrial Technologies Program Save Energy Now initiative, the DOE Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP), and the EPA ENERGY STAR program. One activity is the development of an ENERGY STAR rating for data center infrastructure by initiating a nationwide data collection effort. Toward this end, ENERGY STAR is calling on data center owners and operators to collect data for twelve months on energy use and operating characteristics in existing data center facilities.
Access to information on state energy programs.
IPGT provides a forum for government and industry leaders to coordinate their efforts, and collaborate on projects. Partners share information on results and best practices to avoid blind alleys, limit unnecessary duplication, and efficiently accelerate the development of geothermal technologies.
TIAP is sponsored by a coalition of government agencies, public interest nonprofit groups, and other organizations in the energy efficiency fields, is designed to provide information needed to make use of the federal income tax incentives for federal energy efficient projects and technologies passed by Congress in the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
A tool for partnerships between Federal agencies and their franchised or serving utilities. With a UESC, the utility typically arranges financing to cover the capital costs of the project. Then the utility is repaid over the contract term from the cost savings generated by the energy efficiency measures. With this arrangement, agencies can implement energy improvements
with no initial capital investment; the net cost to the Federal agency is minimal, and the agency saves time and resources by using the one-stop shopping provided by the utility.
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The selected and approved winners include: U.S. Department of Defense, Naval Base Coronado (NBC) which has taken a comprehensive approach to energy management, saving substantial amounts of oil, electricity and water; U.S. Department of Defense, Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Division Keyport has institutionalized energy efficiency and water conservation by building these principles into its standard practices and procedures; U.S. Department of Defense, Marine Corps Air Station Yuma has reduced its energy use per square foot by 3.5 percent compared to 2004 and 40 percent compared to a 1985 baseline; Social Security Administration, Energy Initiatives Team improved its energy efficiency and reduced its emissions by using many of the tools identified in Executive Order 13123; and the United States Postal Service, Pacific Area Energy Program Committee employs a wide variety of techniques and implemented clean energy projects to reduce costs, air pollution, and demand on the California electrical grid, while increasing the use of renewables and clean technologies.
The selected and approved winners include: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management Energy Efficiency Team developed an innovative approach to streamline and tailor the Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC) process to meet its needs -- one that can be applied at other Federal agencies with small, remote facilities; Department of Homeland Security, Energy Management Committee institutionalized energy-efficient standard practices and procedures for nine major components; Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons initiated an energy outreach program that educates each of its regions' staff on energy conservation and ensures collaboration with community leaders and businesses to spread knowledge about Federal efforts in energy conservation, renewable energy, and sustainable practices; EPA and DOE's Laboratories for the 21st Century (Labs21) enabled 18 active partners reduced their combined annual energy use by 533 billion Btu, equivalent to the average annual electricity use of more than 14,500 typical U.S. households; and the Department of Defense, Air Force Energy Strategy Senior Focus Group (SFG) took a comprehensive approach to energy management that saved the Air Force $100 million and more than 3.3 trillion Btu in FY 2006.
Energy management teams from four federal entities were honored as recipients of the 2008 Presidential Awards for Leadership in Federal Energy Management: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; U.S. Marine Corps; U.S. General Services Administration; and, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. HUD/PIH developed a comprehensive program to invest in conservation and energy management to increase the asset value of public housing agencies. Marine Corps Air Station Miramar has the lowest energy intensity of all Marine Corps installations at 49,000 Btu-per-square-foot. NARA developed an agency-wide energy management plan that formalized policy, procedures, and responsibilities for NARA energy management. In FY 2007 GSA's Pacific Energy and Sustainability Team completed projects in nine facilities encompassing 24 buildings resulting in a decrease in energy intensity of more than 2 percent from the region's 2003 baseline despite increased operational requirements, increased security, and extended operating hours.
Each year the U.S. Department of Energy, in conjunction with the Federal Interagency Energy Policy Committee ("656" Committee), sponsors the Federal Energy and Water Management Awards. These awards honor individuals and organizations making significant contributions to the efficient use of energy and water resources in the federal government.
Since 1979, DOE has recognized extraordinary staff with awards presented through its In-House Energy Management Program, which is now part of FEMP under the Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. The program recognizes staff for their outstanding contributions toward energy and dollar savings at DOE facilities and field organizations.
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A basic description of biomass energy such as biofuels, biopower, and bioproducts and how it can be used.
A basic description of what geothermal energy is and how it can be used.
A basic description of using hydrogen as a power source and its use in fuel cells.
A basic description about using flowing water as a source of energy.
This site provides detail on experimental and tested technologies with the goal of reducing energy and operations and maintenance costs.
A basic description of passive and active use of solar energy and what solar energy can power.
Interior Secretary Gale Norton has signed a record of decision (ROD) that establishes guidelines for wind energy development and expedites approval of proposed projects in Western states. The programmatic environmental impact statement (EIS) for wind energy development establishes mitigation measures, best management practices, and other guidelines for wind energy development on Bureau of Land Management lands. The document, completed as a requirement of NEPA, will serve as the basis for environmental reviews of individual projects. By "tiering" off the programmatic EIS, individual projects would require less lengthy environmental assessments, and as a result, proposed wind projects could be approved in less than 1 yr, as opposed to 2 yr or longer.
Developed by the Bureau of Land Management. This is a guide to wind energy, wind energy development, technology and issues, photos, maps, and links.
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Provides information on your options for saving energy and using renewable energy at home, at work, in your community, and while driving.
Issued by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), this report, dated 1 December 2008, highlights combined heat and power (CHP) as a realistic solution to enhance national energy efficiency, ensure environmental quality, promote economic growth, and foster a robust energy infrastructure.
A fact sheet on how energy conservation methodologies can be implemented at wastewater treatment facilities.
This DOE site is focused on reduction of household energy use, but it also applicable at larger facilities. Topics addressed include: water heaters, insulation and weatherization, landscape, lighting, appliances, and heating and cooling.
An ESPC is a contracting vehicle that allows agencies to accomplish energy
projects for their facilities without up-front capital costs and without
special Congressional appropriations to pay for the improvements. Congress
and the President encourage agencies to use ESPCs to finance and implement
efficiency improvements and meet their energy goals.
A DOE initiative, the goal is to beyond "green" by comprehensively integrating energy efficiency and renewable energy into hospital design, construction, and operations and maintenance. The website provide information financial opportunities, technologies, sources of information, and opportunities for energy and cost savings.
This EPA publication, dated January 2008, helps utilities systematically assess their current energy costs and practices, set measurable performance improvement goals, and monitor and measure their progress over time. The guidance follows the successful Plan-Do-Check-Act methodology embodied in environmental management systems and other utility management tools. It was developed with the help of utilities that are successfully confronting their own energy challenges using this approach. It will serve as a step-by-step guide to help utilities systematically manage their energy programs over time.
Produced by the Responsible Purchasing Network (RPN), this is a comprehensive resource for the procurement of green energy. The Guide is designed to help institutions understand and compare green power based on sound environmental analysis, as well as concerns about cost, quality, and supply of green power. The Guide includes model energy policies and contract specifications from a variety of organizations; information on green power standards such as Green-e Energy and EcoLogo; and an online database of certified, green energy products.
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Facility managers, energy managers, contractors, and others need to understand the latest information about energy and water management in order to help the Federal government be save energy and money and meet energy efficiency, renewable energy, and water conservation goals.
The use of natural sunlight, known as daylighting, to illuminate a building can save energy, reduce operating costs, create visual appeal, and enhance occupant health and productivity. The U.S. Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED™) rating system encourages the use of daylighting to achieve high performance buildings. This course provides an introduction to the use of daylighting in commercial spaces. The course objective is to show why daylighting should be considered, the basic guidelines of using daylighting and some words of caution when using certain daylighting techniques.
Link to the presentations from the Energy 2005 workshop held August 14-17, 2005, including: - Effective O&M Solutions
- Energy Project Financing Solutions
- Leadership, Strategies, and Performance
- New Technologies for New Horizons
- Procurement Makes it Happen
- Renewables - Endless Energy
- Secure Your Energy Future
- Sustainability: Strategies for Success
Discussion of alternative financing approaches to use in meeting the energy-related goals of EO 13423. Presentation given at the Federal Environmental Symposium – East, June 2008 by David McAndrew of FEMP.
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Executive Order 13423
