1. DHS Sustainability Planning and Implementation
Dr. Teresa R. Pohlman
Director, Occupational Safety
and Environmental Programs
Department of Homeland Security

2. Presentation Outline Getting to Know DHS
Sustainability Definition and Policy
Goals and Objectives
Overall Strategy for Achieving Goals
Sustainability Success
HQ Consolidation

3. Getting to Know DHS
Mission: Secure the nation from the many threats we face
Guarding against terrorism
Securing our borders
Enforcing our immigration laws
Improving our readiness for, response to and recovery from disasters
Maturing and unifying the Department
Organization: Major Components
Customs Border Protection U.S. Coast Guard
National Protection and Programs Directorate U.S Secret Service
Federal Emergency Management Agency Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center Transportation Security Administration
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Science and Technology Directorate

4. Getting to Know DHS People: 194,607 Vehicles: 47,428
10,300 are alternative fuel vehicles
280 are hybrid electric
Number of Buildings: 14,100
Gross Square Feet of Buildings: million
Owned – 60%
GSA/Leased – 40%
Energy Costs: $400 million
Environmental Liabilities: $1028 million

5. DHS Defines Sustainability
Sustainability is the multidisciplinary integration of mission and environmental considerations, in which an activity and its phases are viewed on a full life-cycle basis. The sustainable approach balances economic and environmental performance, from beginning to end, and how they integrate with cost, schedule, operations, maintenance, and worker/employee considerations.

6. DHS Sustainability Policy
Carry out operations and actions in an environmentally, economically and fiscally sound manner. Smart Decisions
Incorporate sustainable practices into day-to-day business processes and decision making to enhance mission performance. Standard Business Practice
Employees at all levels must be responsible and accountable for integrating environmental stewardship into day-to-day activities. Not an Environmental Office Initiative
Sustainability represents a value system embraced by DHS leadership, which guides mission operations and supporting projects as well as the business processes for contracting, acquisition, financial planning, information technology, and project/program execution. Senior Leadership Support

7. Goals and Objectives Requirements Accomplishments Challenges
Executive Order 13514, Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy and Economic Performance
DHS Directive Sustainable Practices
Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan
Sustainability and Efficiency Task Force
Accomplishments
Policy and guidance is in place.
Sustainability Manual in draft and planned for release late 2010
Secretary policy memorandum planned for release late 2010
Challenges
Department-wide computer system needed to manage, track and report sustainability and environmental issues
Department-wide sustainability training needed
Additional resources (FTEs and funding) are needed to move the program forward

8. Goals and Objectives Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan:
GOAL 1: Scope 1 & 2 Greenhouse Gas Reduction
GOAL 2: Scope 3 Greenhouse Gas Reduction
GOAL 3: Develop and Maintain Department Comprehensive Greenhouse Gas Inventory
GOAL 4: High-Performance Sustainable Design/Green Buildings
GOAL 5: Regional and Local Planning
GOAL 6: Improve Water Use Efficiency and Management
GOAL 7: Pollution Prevention and Waste Elimination
GOAL 8: Sustainable Acquisition
GOAL 9: Electronic Stewardship and Data Centers
GOAL 10: Institutionalize Sustainability into all Facets of the DHS Mission
Note: typically each goal has multiple sub goals

9. Overall Strategy for Achieving Goals
Structure for Sustainability
Senior Sustainability Officer (SSO): Deputy Under Secretary for Management
Sustainability Council: Chair SSO
Chief Administrative Officer Chief Financial Officer
Chief Human Capital Officer Chief Information Officer
Chief Procurement Officer Chief Security Officer
Component Representation
Sustainability Working Group: Chair Director Occupational Safety and Environmental Programs
Representatives from Sustainability Council
Occupational Safety and Environmental Programs
Environmental Program Manager Energy Program Manager
Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation Program Manager

10. Overall Strategy for Achieving Goals
Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan:
Goals are Department-wide and must be integrated throughout all mission functions, with support from environmental personnel
Assigns tasks to multiple offices, not just the environmental office:
Financial Office Information Office Security Office
Human Resources Procurement Administration
Participating offices establish tasks and milestones
Include sustainability in new initiatives and budget requests – not environmental funding

11. Sustainability Success
13.6% energy consumption reduction from a 2003 baseline and on track to achieve 30% by 2015
125 individuals trained in US Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®)
4.1% of electricity is from renewable energy sources
Reduced water intensity 5.5% and on track for a 16% reduction by 2015
4 LEED® certified or higher buildings, 9 awaiting certification, 16 under construction, 12 in design and 45 in planning (86 total)
Purchased125 hybrids electric vehicles and 800 alternate fuel vehicles in FY2009
4.7% of building SF are sustainable and on target to achieve 15% by FY 2015
EPEAT purchases in FY2010: 39,657 (90%) monitors and 141,866 (97%) PCs and laptops

12. Headquarters Consolidation
Sustainability Concepts for St Elizabeths:
Reuse 51 of 62 historic buildings (8 of the 11 remaining buildings to be demolished are dilapidated greenhouses with little reuse potential)
Site new buildings to minimize impacts to landscapes and view sheds
Walking campus design consistent with historic use. Parking is on the exterior
Provide on-campus electric shuttle to assist employees if necessary
30% energy savings of ASHRAE 90.1 per the Energy Act of 2005
USGBC LEED® Silver (minimum) for the campus, with target of LEED Gold.
Solar and Solar Thermal on certain historic buildings and new construction.
Create a co-generation Central Utility Plant (CUP) capable of providing up to 25% of electrical demand at full build-out. Waste heat from the CUP will provide 15% energy savings for building heating/cooling and boiler reduction
Provide electric and natural gas fueling stations
Purchase electric carts for on-campus security activities
Bill and Don

13. Headquarters Consolidation
Key Considerations For Sustainability and Efficiency:
Executive Order Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance.
Comply with sustainable solutions to products (Furniture)
Presidential Memorandum - June 10, 2010, Disposing of Unneeded Federal Real Estate
Increasing occupancy rates in current facilities through innovative approaches to space management (flexible work spaces & telework)
Secretary’s Efficiency Initiatives
Leverage DHS buying power
Outfitting for the HQ Consolidation was selected as an Efficiency Initiative
Bill and Don

14. Headquarters Consolidation
Coast Guard HQ Building on St Elizabeths:
1.2 million SF striving for USGBC LEED® Gold
5-acre green roof bldg, 2-acre green roof garage
Energy efficient lighting and day-lighting
Demolition of existing concrete warehouse on project site crushed and reused concrete as a base for construction haul road
All trees cleared from the site mulched and used on campus
Harvest rainwater for irrigation
Bio-retention of storm water for irrigation (2/3 of campus storm water drains through the USCG site)
Bill and Don

15. US Coast Guard Headquarters
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16. Director, Occupational Safety and Environmental Programs
Contact Information
DHS – Dr. Teresa Pohlman
Director, Occupational Safety and Environmental Programs
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