The goal of EO 13693 is to maintain Federal leadership in sustainability and greenhouse gas emission reductions.
Federal Agencies shall, where life-cycle cost-effective, beginning in fiscal year 2016, unless otherwise specified, promote building energy conservation, efficiency, and management by reducing agency building energy intensity measured in British thermal units per gross square foot by 2.5 percent annually through the end of fiscal year 2025, relative to the baseline of the agency's building energy use in fiscal year 2015 and taking into account agency progress to date.
Federal Agencies shall, where life-cycle cost-effective, beginning in fiscal year 2016, unless otherwise specified, improve data center energy efficiency at agency facilities by:
- ensuring the agency chief information officer promotes data center energy optimization, efficiency, and performance;
- installing and monitoring advanced energy meters in all data centers by fiscal year 2018; and
- establishing a power usage effectiveness target of 1.2 to 1.4 for new data centers and less than 1.5 for existing data centers.
Federal Agencies shall, where life-cycle cost-effective, beginning in fiscal year 2016, unless otherwise specified, ensure that at a minimum, the following percentage of the total amount of building electric energy and thermal energy shall be clean energy, accounted for by renewable electric energy and alternative energy:
- not less than 10 percent in fiscal years 2016 and 2017;
- not less than 13 percent in fiscal years 2018 and 2019;
- not less than 16 percent in fiscal years 2020 and 2021;
- not less than 20 percent in fiscal years 2022 and 2023; and
- not less than 25 percent by fiscal year 2025 and each year thereafter.
Federal Agencies shall, where life-cycle cost-effective, beginning in fiscal year 2016, unless otherwise specified, improve agency water use efficiency and management, including stormwater management by:
- reducing agency potable water consumption intensity measured in gallons per gross square foot by 36 percent by fiscal year 2025 through reductions of 2 percent annually through fiscal year 2025 relative to a baseline of the agency's water consumption in fiscal year 2007
- installing water meters and collecting and utilizing building and facility water balance data to improve water conservation and management;
- reducing agency industrial, landscaping, and agricultural (ILA) water consumption measured in gallons by 2 percent annually through fiscal year 2025 relative to a baseline of the agency's ILA water consumption in fiscal year 2010; and
- installing appropriate green infrastructure features on federally owned property to help with stormwater and wastewater management.
If an agency operates a fleet of at least 20 motor vehicles, they will improve agency fleet and vehicle efficiency and management by taking actions that reduce fleet-wide per-mile greenhouse gas emissions from agency fleet vehicles, relative to a baseline of emissions in fiscal year 2014, to achieve the following percentage reductions:
- less than 4 percent by the end of fiscal year 2017;
- not less than 15 percent by the end of fiscal year 2021; and
- not less than 30 percent by the end of fiscal year 2025.
The goal of EO 13693 is to maintain Federal leadership in sustainability and greenhouse gas emission reductions.
Federal Agencies shall, where life-cycle cost-effective, beginning in fiscal year 2016, unless otherwise specified, promote building energy conservation, efficiency, and management by reducing agency building energy intensity measured in British thermal units per gross square foot by 2.5 percent annually through the end of fiscal year 2025, relative to the baseline of the agency's building energy use in fiscal year 2015 and taking into account agency progress to date.
Federal Agencies shall, where life-cycle cost-effective, beginning in fiscal year 2016, unless otherwise specified, improve data center energy efficiency at agency facilities by:
- ensuring the agency chief information officer promotes data center energy optimization, efficiency, and performance;
- installing and monitoring advanced energy meters in all data centers by fiscal year 2018; and
- establishing a power usage effectiveness target of 1.2 to 1.4 for new data centers and less than 1.5 for existing data centers.
Federal Agencies shall, where life-cycle cost-effective, beginning in fiscal year 2016, unless otherwise specified, ensure that at a minimum, the following percentage of the total amount of building electric energy and thermal energy shall be clean energy, accounted for by renewable electric energy and alternative energy:
- not less than 10 percent in fiscal years 2016 and 2017;
- not less than 13 percent in fiscal years 2018 and 2019;
- not less than 16 percent in fiscal years 2020 and 2021;
- not less than 20 percent in fiscal years 2022 and 2023; and
- not less than 25 percent by fiscal year 2025 and each year thereafter.
Federal Agencies shall, where life-cycle cost-effective, beginning in fiscal year 2016, unless otherwise specified, improve agency water use efficiency and management, including stormwater management by:
- reducing agency potable water consumption intensity measured in gallons per gross square foot by 36 percent by fiscal year 2025 through reductions of 2 percent annually through fiscal year 2025 relative to a baseline of the agency's water consumption in fiscal year 2007
- installing water meters and collecting and utilizing building and facility water balance data to improve water conservation and management;
- reducing agency industrial, landscaping, and agricultural (ILA) water consumption measured in gallons by 2 percent annually through fiscal year 2025 relative to a baseline of the agency's ILA water consumption in fiscal year 2010; and
- installing appropriate green infrastructure features on federally owned property to help with stormwater and wastewater management.
If an agency operates a fleet of at least 20 motor vehicles, they will improve agency fleet and vehicle efficiency and management by taking actions that reduce fleet-wide per-mile greenhouse gas emissions from agency fleet vehicles, relative to a baseline of emissions in fiscal year 2014, to achieve the following percentage reductions:
- less than 4 percent by the end of fiscal year 2017;
- not less than 15 percent by the end of fiscal year 2021; and
- not less than 30 percent by the end of fiscal year 2025.
This EO two previous EOs have been rescinded:
1. Executive Order 13423, dated January 24, 2007, Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management Recycling Goals
2. Executive Order 13514, dated October 5, 2009, Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance
