Energy Management Guidance
FEMP provides guidance on Federal laws and regulations to assist energy managers in complying with energy management requirements and goals. This section organizes FEMP guidance by the following subjects:
- General Guidance for Facilities
- Sustainable Building Design and Operation
- Advanced Metering
- Water Efficiency
- Energy-Efficient Products
- Renewable Energy Technologies
- Fleet Management
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General Guidance for Facilities
The following guidance resources are offered to help Federal agencies meet energy management goals and requirements:
Overview of Federal Energy Management Policy and Mandates
Guidance document outlining Federal energy management goals and requirements for Federal energy managers (PDF 129 KB)
Facility Energy Management Guidelines and Criteria for Energy and Water Evaluations in Covered Facilities
Guidelines and criteria for meeting requirements within Section 432 of EISA 2007, including defining facilities covered by the provision, designating facility energy managers to ensure compliance, and conducting comprehensive energy and water evaluations (PDF 294 KB)
Interim Guidance for Initial Reporting of Findings from Comprehensive Energy and Water Evaluations of Covered Facilities
In the absence of the required Web-based system to collect information on agency findings from comprehensive evaluations in covered facilities, FEMP has prepared this Interim Guidance (PDF 201 KB) and Initial Findings Reporting spreadsheet (Excel 26 KB) for agencies to report initial findings. This allows agencies to meet the action item on their OMB Energy Management Scorecards to report findings of comprehensive evaluations at their covered facilities.
Guidelines Establishing Criteria for Excluding Buildings from the Energy Performance Requirements of Section 543 of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act as Amended by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005)
The Secretary of Energy's guidelines that establish criteria for exclusions from the energy performance requirement for a fiscal year, or any Federal building or collection of Federal buildings within the statutory framework provided by the law (PDF 478 KB)
Guidance on Life-Cycle Cost Analysis Required by Executive Order (E.O.) 13123
Guidance document to clarify how agencies determine the life-cycle cost for investments required by E.O. 13123 (PDF 165 KB)
Summary of Major Energy Bill Provisions Affecting Federal Energy Managers
Table listing the EPAct 2005 sections, identifying the lead agency and provisions for each one (PDF 33 KB)
E.O. 13123 Guidance Documents for Federal Agencies (PDF 1.4 MB)
The Secretary of Energy's report to the President outlines what Federal agencies did to reduce peak load in response to the Presidential Directive on Energy Conservation at Federal Facilities (PDF 1.1 MB)
Sustainable Building Design and Operation
The following guidance resources are offered to help meet building sustainability goals and requirements:
E.O 13423 Guidance on Sustainability
FEMP outlines the requirements for developing and submitting a plan for all new facilities and renovation projects to the Office of the Federal Environmental Executive
Advanced Metering
The following guidance resources are offered to help meet advanced metering goals and requirements:
Guidance for Electric Metering in Federal Buildings
Recommendations for energy managers on meeting metering requirements for Federal facilities (PDF 3 MB)
Water Efficiency
The following guidance resources are offered to help meet water efficiency goals and requirements:
Facility Energy Management Guidelines and Criteria for Energy and Water Evaluations in Covered Facilities
Guidelines and criteria for meeting requirements within Section 432 of EISA 2007, including defining facilities covered by the provision, designating facility energy managers to ensure compliance, and conducting comprehensive energy and water evaluations (PDF 294 KB)
FEMP Water Efficiency Goal Guidance
Guidance developed to assist in the interpretation of, and ultimate compliance with E.O. 13423 for water efficiency
Establishing Baseline and Meeting Water Conservation Goals of E.O. 13423
This document provides clarification and guidance to achieve the water reduction goals of E.O. 13423 (PDF 509 KB)
Energy-Efficient Products
The following guidance resources are offered to help meet energy-efficient product goals and requirements:
ENERGY STAR®-Qualified or FEMP-Designated Products Listings
A list of the all of the ENERGY STAR-qualified or FEMP-designated products is available for download (PDF 98 KB)
FEMP Guidance on Buying Products with Low Standby Power
Additional information is available in the Energy-Efficient Products section of this Web site
Renewable Energy Technologies
The following guidance resources are offered to help meet renewable energy goals and requirements:
FEMP Renewable Energy Requirements Guidance for EPAct 2005 and E.O. 13423
Guidance for agencies to use in meeting EPAct 2005 Section 203 and E.O. 13423 renewable energy requirements (PDF 540 KB)
Fleet Management
The following guidance resources are offered to help meet fleet management goals and requirements:
Documentation Requirements for Waiver Requests under EPAct 2005 Section 701
Provides information on the qualifications needed for a waiver request, and how to submit a waiver request (PDF 214 KB)
New Alternative Fuel Vehicle Definitions under Section 2862 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2008
Provides guidance to Federal agencies regarding the National Defense Authorization Act and its language regarding new alternative fuel vehicles (PDF 316 KB)
Instructions for Implementing E.O. 13423
Identifies the entities responsible for coordination and oversight of E.O. 13423 and defines strategies for agencies to meet the requirements (PDF 298 KB)