2008 Symposium East Proceedings

 
Use the 2008 agenda outline below to access the FES-East conference presentations that have been authorized for public release.  

	Federal Environmental Symposium East   DAY 1: Monday, June 2, 2008
8:00AM-9:00AM	Registration Natcher Center, Building 45
9:00AM-10:00AM	Plenary Session 1 Natcher Center Auditorium, Natcher Center, Building 45 Welcoming Remarks: Colleen Barros, NIH Opening Remarks: Joseph Cascio, OFEE Keynote Speaker: Paul S. Lockhart, Former NASA Astronaut and Current Defense Affairs Specialist, Office of External Relations, NASA Headquarters
10:00AM- 10:30AM	BREAK Refreshments provided courtesy of UNICOR
10:30AM- 12:00PM	Breakout Session 1.1 GHG Workshop Room C1/C2 Natcher Center, Building 45 Moderator: Bella Tonkonogy, EPA Developing a GHG Management Strategy: The US EPA Climate Leaders Approach Bella Tonkonogy, EPA Manuel Oliva, EPA	Breakout Session 2.1 Recycling Program Ideas I Room F1/F2 Natcher Center, Building 45 Moderator: Dana Arnold, OFEE Recycling Intravenous Solutions to Produce Ethanol Keith Davis, Louisville VAMC DOE Business Center for Precious Metals Sales & Recovery Terri Hall, DOE/NNSA Tammy Narramore, DOE/NNSA EPA's Resource Conservation Challenge: Tools for Implementing EO 13423 Deborah Hanlon, EPA	Breakout Session 3.1 Partnerships Room E1/E2 Natcher Center, Building 45   Moderator: Kenny Floyd, NIH Partnering for Environmental Results and Beyond Jimmy Parrish, Defense Supply Center Richmond Fort Carson's Sustainability Partnerships: Bringing Sustainability to a Three County Region Christopher Juniper, Fort Carson Mountain Post Advancing E.O. 13423 Goals with Federal Agency Partners Christine Chui Lee, PRIZIM, Inc.	Breakout Session 4.1 General Case Studies Natcher Center Auditorium Natcher Center, Building 45 Moderator: Alison Kinn Bennett, EPA The Service's Federal Energy Saver Showcases Lead the Way to Green David Guthrie, US Fish and Wildlife Service Sustainable Design and Operations and Maintenance Crystall Merlino, DOD/WHS/ETSD Department of Labor Sustainability Strategies Ana Altieri, PBDewberry Bob Long, PBDewberry	Breakout Session 5.1 Nexus of PC Power Management and ESPCs and UESCs Lister Hill Auditorium Building 38A   Moderator: Catherine Cesnik, DOI   What are ESPCs and UESCs? David McAndrew, DOE FEMP   What Is the Nexus of PC Power Management and ESPCs and UESCs? Jesse Dean, DOE NREL
12:00PM- 1:00PM	LUNCH/BROWN BAG PRESENTATION Room A, Natcher Center, Building 45 Whole Building Design Guide Richard Paradis, Sustainable Buildings Industry Council

 

DAY 1: Continued

1:00PM- 3:00PM	Breakout Session 1.2 GHG Case Studies Room C1/C2 Natcher Center, Building 45 Moderator: Bella Tonkonogy, EPA NREL's GHG Management Strategy and Implementation Successes Bob Westby, NREL NASA Case Study: Using Existing Agency Tools to Develop a GHG Inventory Jeremy Alcorn, SAIC/NASA Developing a GHG Footprint for an Army Installation Peter M. Heinricher, USACE-ERD Greg Gasparecz, Enviance, Inc. Development of a Federal Sector Supplement for the WRI GHG Protocol Rob Hardison, LMI Emil Dzuray, LMI	Breakout Session 2.2 Recycling Program Ideas II Room F1/F2 Natcher Center, Building 45 Moderator: Katie Chiang, DOI Creating Sustainable Workplaces: Capturing Paper, Beverage Containers, and a Sense of Community Kent Foerster, EPA Recycle Today, Tomorrow Depends On It Crystall Merlino, DOD/WHS/ETSD	Breakout Session 3.2 EPA Enforcement Issues Room E1/E2 Natcher Center, Building 45   Moderator: Michelle Coley, NIH Self-Disclosure Policy and the Federal Government Jose J. Jimenez, EPA Region 3 The Top Ten RCRA-Hazardous Waste Problems Jose J. Jimenez, EPA Region 3	Breakout Session 4.2 Water Issues Natcher Center Auditorium Natcher Center, Building 45 Moderator: Stephanie Tanner-Weber, EPA WaterSense Update Stephanie Tanner-Weber, EPA   Building Automation System Utilized for Storm Water and Spill Monitoring Thomas J. McGeachen, DOE Princeton Plasma Physics Lab Green Infrastructure: Requirements in EISA Dov Weitman, EPA Water Conservation at the National Institute of Standards and Technology: Alternative Use of Groundwater Michael Blackmon, National Institute of Standards and Technology
3:00PM- 3:30PM	BREAK
3:30PM-5:00PM	Plenary Session 2 Natcher Center Auditorium, Natcher Center, Building 45 Alex Beehler, Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Environment, Safety and Occupational Health), DOD Susan Bodine, Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, EPA

 

 

  

	Federal Environmental Symposium East   DAY 2: Tuesday, June 3, 2008
8:00AM- 8:30AM	Registration Natcher Center, Building 45
8:30AM-10:00AM	Breakout Session 1.3 Federal Level Guidance Natcher Center Auditorium Natcher Center, Building 45 Moderator: Will Garvey, EPA Auditing for Conformance with E.O. 13423 Will Garvey, EPA EMS Metrics: A Peek at 2009 and Beyond Mike Green, NASA	Breakout Session 2.3 Green Purchasing Training I Room Balcony B&C Natcher Center, Building 45 Moderator: Dana Arnold, OFEE What Is Green Purchasing, Anyway? Dana Arnold, OFEE	Breakout Session 3.3 Overcoming Obstacles to Recycling Room C1/C2 Natcher Center, Building 45 Moderator: Catherine Cesnik, DOI New York City Recycling Pilot Project Asif A. Ansari P.E. CHMM, United States Postal Service Recycling Containers and Signs That Work Ron Vance, EPA	Breakout Session 4.3 Existing Buildings Technical Assistance Room F1/F2 Natcher Center, Building 45 Moderator: Alison Kinn Bennett, EPA High Performance and Sustainabile Building: A Federal Lay of the Land Matthew Gray, DOE   15% by 2015: Tools and Techniques for Achieving the Goal Josh Silverman, Office of Environmental Policy and Assistance, DOE   Building Compliance with the Sustainability Goals of E.O. 13423 Michael Myers, Lockheed Martin   Getting to 15% DOE National Lab Experience Kim M. Fowler, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory	Breakout Session 5.3 Federal Overview Lister Hill Auditorium Building 38A   Moderator: Cate Berard, EPA Recent Developments in Federal Electronics Stewardship Juan Lopez, OFEE Using the Federal Electronics Challenge to Meet Electronics Stewardship Goals Cate Berard, EPA
10:00AM-10:30AM	BREAK

 

DAY 2: Continued

10:30AM-12:00PM	Breakout Session 1.4 EMS at the Organizational Level Natcher Center Auditorium Natcher Center, Building 45 Moderator: James Wozniak, DLA   Federal Organization EMS Workgroup Overview and Efforts James Wozniak, DLA Challenges of Developing a National EMS Strategy in a Large Decentralized Federal Agency Kurt A. Gernerd, U.S. Forest Service The Individual Facility EMS's Within the Corporate EMS Framework Megan Ahn, Bureau of Engraving and Printing EMS Organizational Implementation Model James Chitty, DRMS Different 'Organizational' EMS's in One Organization! Dawn Gunning, DOJ	Breakout Session 2.4 Green Purchasing Training II Balcony B&C Natcher Center, Building 45 Moderator: Dana Arnold, OFEE Greening Government Contracts: A Practical Exercise Beth Martin, USACHPPM Pat Rippey, USACHPPM Greening Government Offices Beth Martin, USACHPPM	Breakout Session 3.4 Alternative Fuel Use Studies Room C1/C2 Natcher Center, Building 45 Moderator: Katie Miller, OFEE Fleet Cards: Reporting of Alternative Fuel Use Marc McConahy, Vista Consultants, LLC Congressional Study: DOD Measures to Increase Biofuel Use Through FY12 Julian Bentley, LMI	Breakout Session 4.4 Existing Buildings Case Studies Room F1/F2 Natcher Center, Building 45 Moderator: Bucky Green, EPA The Green the Capitol Initiative: Sustainability and Energy Efficiency at the U.S. House of Representatives Christopher Payne, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Grant Scherling, Executive Director, Green the Capitol Office Greening Your Existing Buildings for LEED-EB Thomas J. McGeachen, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, DOE	Breakout Session 5.4 Meeting the EPEAT Goal Lister Hill Auditorium Building 38A   Moderator: Cate Berard, EPA Greening IT Procurement with EPEAT Holly Elwood, EPA Air Force's Success in Procuring EPEAT-Registered Electronics Ken Heitkamp, U.S. Air Force
12:00PM- 1:00PM	LUNCH/FORUM Room A, Natcher Center, Building 45 FedCenter User Group Forum Steve Luzzi, USACE

 

DAY 2: Continued

1:00PM-3:00PM	Breakout Session 1.5 P2 and Toxics Room F1/F2 Natcher Center, Building 45 Moderator: Mike Green, NASA Pollution Prevention: The U.S. Army Environmental Acquisition and Logistics Sustainment Program Thomas Bush, Hughes Associates, Inc. DOD Chemical Risk Management Plan John Coho, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Using EMS Targets to Reduce Chemical Inventory Kristin A. Klossner, Clover Leaf Environmental Solutions Tools and Resources from P2Rx Jean S. Waters, Pollution Prevention Resource Exchange Tritium-Containing Exit Signs Helen Burnett, EPA	Breakout Session 2.5 Tools for Purchasing Green Products and Services Room E1/E2 Natcher Center, Building 45 Moderator: Renae Steichen, DOJ Green Meetings, Conferences, and Events: A Federal Procurement Strategy Harry Lewis, EPA Buying Energy Efficient Products: Policies, Tools, and Practice Christopher Payne, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ENERGY STAR? Quantity Quotes: Get Competitive Quotes on Appliances and Lighting Ari Reeves, D&R International, Ltd.	Breakout Session 3.5 Programs and Tools to Green Fleets Room C1/C2 Natcher Center, Building 45 Moderator: Katie Miller, OFEE GSA Fleet and Automotive: Serving the Federal Community Kevin Gibson, GSA Jim Wapelhorst, GSA Russ Miller, GSA Claudia Brumbach, GSA Stacy Anderson, GSA Clean Diesel Strategies Arman Tanman, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality U.S. Postal Service Environmental Impact from Reductions in Highway Transportation: Highway Corridor Analytic Program Edward Matto, IBM Wayne Corey, USPS	Breakout Session 4.5 Joint Energy and Green Buildings Session: Energy Issues Natcher Center Auditorium Natcher Center, Building 45 Moderator: Cyrus Nasseri, DOE EISA 2007 Project Planning and You: Emerging Strategies to Inform Real Property Decisions Amy C. Hay, GSA Ann Kosmal, GSA Energy Independence for Federal Buildings ? It's Already High Noon Tomas O'Leary, MosArt Myth Busting: A Land Management Agency's Innovative Use of Energy Saving Performance Contracts Ken Morin, Bureau of Land Management Chuck Svoboda, Bureau of Land Management Transforming Renewable Energy at Department of Energy Anne Sprunt Crawley, Federal Energy Management Program, DOE	Breakout Session 5.5 Meeting the End-of-Life Goal Lister Hill Auditorium Building 38A   Moderator: Cate Berard, EPA The Development of Best Management Practices for Electronics Recyclers John Cross, EPA Proper Disposition of Excess Property James Begis, GSA Seeking a More Excellent Way to Make a Difference in Recycling Daryl Clifton, UNICOR/Federal Prison Industries Computers for Learning Roman Marciniak, GSA
3:00PM-3:30PM	BREAK

 

DAY 2: Continued

3:30PM-5:00PM	Breakout Session 1.6 Construction and Demolition Debris Room F1/F2 Natcher Center, Building 45   Moderator: Kim Cochran, EPA Sustainable Approaches to C&D Waste Management and Global Warming Impacts Bill Boone, National Defense Center for Environmental Excellence Critical Mass Achieved in C&D Debris Recycling Success Ralph Wrons, Sandia National Laboratories	Breakout Session 2.6 Green Purchasing Case Studies Room E1/E2 Natcher Center, Building 45 Moderator: Barbara Matos, Department of Treasury Green Purchasing in the Postal Service Ron Robbins, US Postal Service Fort Carson's Sustainable Procurement System: Life-Cycle Analysis Systems and 'Bleeding-Edge' Goals Christopher Juniper, Fort Carson Mountain Post Greening a Hospital's Purchasing Database Jolene Tam, CDM Shelley Samaritoni, CDM	Breakout Session 3.6 Increasing Alternative Fuel Use Through Strategic Partnerships Room C1/C2 Natcher Center, Building 45 Moderator: Katie Miller, OFEE Alternative Fuel and Fuel Conservation in Transportation David Hufford, Defense Supply Center Richmond Implementation of Biodiesel at PPPL Keith Rule, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory	Breakout Session 4.6 Security Natcher Center Auditorium Natcher Center, Building 45   Moderator: Bucky Green, EPA Green Investments to Secure Our Nation's Future John R. Essig, Jr., International Disaster Relief Laboratory Synergies Between Security and Sustainability Will Peart, William H. Gordon Associates	Breakout Session 5.6 Meeting the Power Management Goal Lister Hill Auditorium Building 38A   Moderator: Cate Berard, EPA The Federal Computer Power Management Requirement: How to Get Started in Your Agency Bob Huang, Cadmus Group Enabling Energy Star Settings at USDA Mark Sajbel, USDA
5:00PM-6:00PM	USGBC Headquarters LEED Platinum Tour

 

 

	Federal Environmental Symposium East   DAY 3: Wednesday, June 4, 2008
8:00AM-8:30AM	Registration
8:30AM-10:00AM	Plenary Session 3: Town Hall Natcher Center Auditorium, Natcher Center, Building 45 Joseph Cascio, OFEE Dana Arnold, OFEE Juan Lopez, OFEE Will Garvey, EPA Matt Gray, DOE (invited)
10:00AM-10:30AM	BREAK
10:30AM-12:00PM	Breakout Session 1.7 EMS Tracking and Reporting Room E1/E2 Natcher Center, Building 45 Moderator: Karen Waldvogel, USDA   EMS Reporting Made Easy Steve Luzzi, USACE Environmental Management Information System (EMIS): Getting Your EMS Off the Shelf and Working for You Peter Heinricher, ERDC-CERL Deb Curtin, ERDC-CERL Greg Gasperecz, ERDC-CERL National Park Service's EMS Program: EMS Reporting - Transparency in Progress Becky Morris, PRIZIM, Inc.	Breakout Session 2.7 Purchasing Biobased Products Room C1/C2 Natcher Center, Building 45 Moderator: Dana Arnold, OFEE BioPreferred: Your Solution to Biobased Product Purchasing Shana Y. Love, USDA Biobased Cleaning Products Pilot Study Jason Marshall, University of Massachusetts at Lowell The United States Navy and Biodegradable Polymers Jo Ann Ratto, U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research Development and Engineering Center	Breakout Session 3.7 Joint Energy and Electronics Stewardship Session: Greening Data Centers Lister Hill Auditorium Building 38A     Moderator: Cate Berard, EPA Energy Efficient Data Centers: Strategies from the Save Energy Now Program Dale Sartor, LBNL EPA Data Center Case Study Lynn Conger, National Computer Center, EPA	Breakout Session 4.7 GSA and Green Buildings Natcher Center Auditorium Natcher Center, Building 45   Moderator: Lance Davis, GSA Going Green in GSA Leased Commercial Space Gloria Pearlstein, FinCEN Pam Chewning, FinCEN John Mowery III, GSA Christopher Farley, Forest Service-International Programs Creating the Sustainable Workplace Michael F. Bloom, GSA, PBS Great Lakes Region
12:00PM-1:00PM	LUNCH/AWARDS Lister Hill Auditorium, Building 38A FEC Awards Ceremony Cate Berard, EPA

 

DAY 3: Continued

1:00PM-2:30PM	Breakout Session 1.8 Expanding EMS's Borders Room E1/E2 Natcher Center, Building 45   Moderator: Mike Green, NASA The Importance of Employee Participation in Continuous Improvement Megan Ahn, Bureau of Engraving and Printing A Chesapeake Bay Focused EMS Jose J. Jimenez, EPA Region 3	Breakout Session 2.8 Developing, Testing, and Deploying Biobased Substitutes for Toxic Chemicals Room C1/C2 Natcher Center, Building 45 Moderator: Josh Silverman, Office of Environmental Policy and Assistance, DOE Biobased Products ? Opportunities for Use as Substitutes Sueanne Pfifferling, United Soybean Board Environmentally Friendly Polymers and Composites for Military Applications John LaScala, US Army Research Laboratory U.S. EPA Design for Environment (DfE) Program Libby Sommer, US Environmental Protection Agency	Breakout Session 3.8 Agency and Facility Success Stories Lister Hill Auditorium Building 38A   Moderator: Jeff Eagan, DOE Multi-Site Success Within the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency Marvin Howell, Analytical Services, Inc. Jo Luke, Analytical Service, Inc. Using the Federal Electronics Challenge to Implement Electronics Stewardship Elaine Davis, EPA Liza Hearns, EPA   Bits 'N' Bytes 2 Sharon Ricketts Williams, VA Illiana Health Care System   Agency Strategies for Tracking Electronics Stewardship Performance Jeff Eagan, DOE Elaine Davis, EPA Catherine Cesnik, DOI	Breakout Session 4.8 Green Building Results Room F1/F2 Natcher Center, Building 45   Alison Kinn Bennett, EPA Sustainably Designed Building Performance Kim M. Fowler, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory HHS Comparison of Green Globe and LEED Certification on the Porter Neuroscience Research Center Diane E. Stewart, AIA, Department of Health and Human Services Results of LEED Building Energy Performance Study Brendan Owens, U.S. Green Building Council
2:30PM-3:00PM	BREAK

 

DAY 3: Continued

3:00PM-4:30PM	Breakout Session 1.9  EMS Case Studies Room E1/E2 Natcher Center, Building 45   Moderator: Catherine Johnson, VA   Veterans Health Administration Green Environmental Management System (GEMS) -- Lessons Learned Stephan Thomatos, P.E., Department of Veterans Affairs John G. (Jack) Staudt, P.E., Department of Veterans Affairs William Kulas, Department of Veterans Affairs Jody McClarin,  Department of Veterans Affairs   EMS Implementation in Mint Plants Roger Swarup, United States Mint, Department of Treasury	Breakout Session 2.9 Joint Energy and Green Buildings Track  Laboratory Sustainability Room F1/F2 Natcher Center, Building 45   Moderator: Bucky Green, EPA   Selling Sustainability to an Engineering and Science Community Jack Mizner, Sandia National Laboratories Roy Hertweck, Sandia National Laboratories   How Sandia National Laboratories is Meeting the Sustainable Design Requirements of E.O. 13423 Jack Mizner, Sandia National Laboratories Erin Murphy, Clover Leaf Environmental Solutions   Sustainability: Defined 20-Years Ago But Still New to Many Keith Rule, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory   Energy Efficient Laboratories for the 21st Century: Five Big Hits Dale Sartor, LBNL	Breakout Session 3.9 Achieving Green on the OMB Scorecard Lister Hill Auditorium Building 38A   Moderator: Jeff Eagan, DOE   How DOE Achieved 'Green Status' on the OMB Scorecard: A Grassroots Perspective Jeff Eagan, DOE	Breakout Session 4.9 Landscaping Room C1/C2 Natcher Center, Building 45   Moderator: Karen Waldvogel, USDA   USDA Sustainable Landscaping Partnership Ed Murtagh, USDA Ed Hogberg, USDA Bob Snieckus, USDA     Development of Native Plant Materials for National Parks: An Interagency Plant Materials Program Russ Haas, USDA-NRCS
4:30PM-5:00PM	BREAK
5:00PM-6:00PM	USGBC Headquarters LEED Platinum Tour