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U.S. Department of Energy Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

2002 Presidential Energy Management Award Winners

The following are winners and project descriptions for the 2002 Presidential Awards for Leadership in Federal Energy Management.

Navy Shipboard Energy Conservation Team
"Outstanding Performance"

Anthony J. DiGiovanni

 

Hasan Pehlivan

Richard H. Griggel

 

Mark Rebold

John Hartranft

 

Alan Roberts

Neil Lynn

 

William Stoffel

The Navy Shipboard Energy Conservation Team provides the Navy's fleets with new energy conserving technologies, conservation training, strategies and awareness. The team increased steaming hours at no extra cost by managing fuel consumption and transit speeds and eliminating unproductive energy expenditures. In FY 2001, the team's work resulted in 38,000 hours of additional steaming or avoided energy costs of $41.7 million. This is equivalent to the fuel cost of operating 19 destroyers for an entire year. The team's work captured fuel savings of more than one million barrels of fuel oil, similar to removing 68,000 sport utility vehicles from the nation's roads for a year. Installation of stern flaps on 61 ships resulted in estimated savings of 203,000 barrels of fuel. When fully implemented (by 2005), the team's stern flap work alone will save 446,000 barrels of fuel, or $18 million annually.

The Navy's Pacific Fleet avoided costs of $25.5 million from 86 ships, and the Atlantic Fleet saved $16.2 million from 118 ships. Among these, the USS Blue Ridge, a command ship for the U.S. 7th fleet in Yokosuka, Japan, saved more than $2.25 million; the USS Kearsarge increased its steaming hours by 467 percent, reduced fuel consumption by 20 percent, and saved $1.75 million; the USS Cowpens, supporting Operation Noble Eagle in the war against terrorism, avoided costs of $923,000; and the USS Porter, despite increased threat conditions and increased assigned energy requirements, avoided costs of $444,000.

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U.S. Department of Commerce
"Institutionalization"

Bernie Denno

 

Mike Sade

Douglas F. Elznic

 

Karen Thomas

David T. Henry

 

James Woods

Mark Kuklewicz

 

 

The Department of Commerce is institutionalizing the goals of Executive Order 13123 with the development of a Strategic Implementation Plan for Energy Management. This plan, fully endorsed by the Department's Senior Energy Official, will engage managers with responsibility for energy and water management within the Department and all of its bureaus. The plan provides guidance on the initiatives, goals, and objectives of the Order and on the resources needed to accomplish these goals. The plan establishes an agency energy team consisting of appropriate procurement, legal, budget, management, and technical representatives of the Department and its bureaus. Implementing the plan will help Commerce achieve additional energy reduction goals and further reduce its $30 million annual utility bill.

Commerce has an excellent energy management program in which all of its bureaus and agencies participate actively. It has four Federal Energy Saver Showcase facilities and has partnered with the U.S. Green Buildings Council (USGBC) for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certifications on both new construction and building renovations. The Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) project team developed and updated life-cycle cost methodology and software to help the entire Federal Government save both energy and money. NIST implemented a site-wide energy conservation master plan. The Department's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) facilities are installing real-time metering and will develop an energy demand management program. NOAA biologists teamed with DOE and the City of Seattle to build a water recycling plant that is saving the city 180 million gallons of water and $230,000 in energy costs annually. Because of its effective policies and practices, Commerce has already attained a 34 percent energy reduction in its buildings, exceeding the Executive Order 13123 goal of a 30 percent energy reduction by fiscal year 2005.

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U.S. General Services Administration
Public Buildings Service
"Implementation"

Denise C. Broskey

 

Donald R. Horn

Linda L. Collins

 

Kenneth M. Shutika

Karen M. Curran

 

Laura H. Strohbach

David B. Eakin

 

Steven W. White

Mark V. Ewing

 

Debra W. Yap

The General Services Administration's (GSA) Public Buildings Service (PBS) effectively uses a variety of tools to improve energy efficiency, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and help Federal agencies meet Executive Order 13123 requirements. Through its extensive national network, PBS built a Nationwide program to help all Federal agencies meet energy reduction goals by guiding GSA regional offices in making energy efficiency improvements. GSA categorizes its buildings according to energy efficiency needs, prioritizes project implementation, and provides technical advice or direct funding to regional offices.

PBS highlights include: implementation of seven photovoltaic projects to reduce peak demand; installation of almost $50 million of energy retrofits to achieve savings of more than one trillion Btu; awarding of 23 energy savings performance contracts (ESPC) and 21 utility energy services contracts (UESC) to finance priority projects that will save almost 535 billion Btu annually-enough energy to supply 5,300 typical households for a year; incorporation of Model Green Lease provisions; incorporation of sustainable design principles, energy efficiency; and purchasing green power. In FY 2001, GSA purchased 8 gigawatthours of green power-equivalent to almost seven hours of power used by the entire city of Washington, D.C. By the end of FY 2002, GSA estimates it will purchase 14 gigawatthours of green power and anticipates the total green power purchases in FY 2003 will exceed 32 gigawatthours.

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U. S. Department of Health & Human Services
U.S. Department of the Army
National Cancer Institute/U.S. Army Garrison at Fort Detrick
"Results"

Bradley S. Anderson

 

Gary R. Happel

Donald F. Archibald

 

Darcy L. Immerman

David M. Braslau

 

Jean LaPadula

Dennis J. Dougherty

 

Jack T. Mahon

Richard Ellison

 

Kim A. Nusbaum

Mitzi Guarino

 

 

The Partnership for Energy Performance (PEP) is a performance contracting initiative underway at Fort Detrick that is achieving significant reductions in energy and energy-related costs. PEP has a dedicated team consisting of employees from the National Cancer Institute (Department of Health and Human Services), the U.S. Army Garrison, Allegheny Power (the local utility in partnership with Cogenex Corporation) and SAIC Frederick (the operations and technical support contractor for the National Cancer Institute), working together in a public-private partnership to successfully implement facility improvements. Under a utility area-wide agreement, PEP developed a utility energy services contract (UESC) to acquire energy conservation services and more than $25 million of facility improvements. The goal of PEP in signing this agreement is to help the Fort Detrick facility meet the energy reduction goals of Executive Order 13123.

Through the implementation of the PEP program, Fort Detrick expects to achieve annual energy and maintenance cost savings in excess of $2.9 million. To date, the program has achieved energy and maintenance cost savings of more than $3.6 million and expects to save more than $60 million over the term of the contract. Annual electricity savings exceed 19 gigawatthours and more than 163 million pounds of steam. The PEP program is helping Fort Detrick do its part to improve local air quality, too. Projected savings will result in an annual reduction of 12 tons of carbon monoxide, 22 tons of sulfur dioxide, 42 tons of nitrogen oxides, and six tons of particulates. Carbon dioxide emissions will be reduced by nearly 33,000 tons annually-this is equivalent to planting more than 6,500 acres of trees. Almost 340 billion Btu of energy will be saved each year-enough to provide the annual needs of 2,800 typical area households. Nearly 17 million gallons of water will also be saved annually-the equivalent of almost 16 hours of water use by the entire county of Frederick, Maryland, where the facility is located.

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U.S. Department of Defense
Pentagon Renovation Office
"Outreach"

Lidia Berger

 

Daniel A. Lavanga

 

Alan Smith

Bob Cox

 

Florence J. Meyers

 

Wayne Snesrud

Susan Donkers

 

John Olejniczak

 

Gregory R. Stortstrom

Joe Eichenlaub

 

Mark F. Piedmonte

 

Gail D. Vittori

Marc R. Gravallese

 

Teresa R. Pohlman

 

Terry G. Watson

Eben Hamilton

 

Michael Pulaski

 

Michaella Wright

Tia Heneghan

 

Jonathon G. Reid

 

 

Susan Kasun

 

Michael L. Ryon

 

 

No program does more than the Pentagon Renovation (PenRen) Integrated Sustainable Design and Constructability (ISDC) Team for public outreach and communication on energy management. This team shoulders responsibility for integrating and balancing sustainable design and energy efficiency with force protection measures necessary to protect the Pentagon. The capabilities of the Pentagon's new energy management control system and energy efficient windows proved invaluable for containing the effects of the September 11th attack on the Pentagon. In 2001, PenRen dramatically improved sustainable construction policies and procedures and became an ENERGY STAR� Partner with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The complex nature of projects implemented by PenRen require the ISDC team to incorporate sustainable design into the overall acquisition and management strategy of the program. The acquisition strategy includes innovative concepts-"performance-based" contracting and "design-build"-which are not business as usual for the Government.

In addition, PenRen's management implementation strategy involves Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) composed of government and contractor personnel with various duties and responsibilities from many different organizations. PenRen's projects are Federal showcases for sustainable design, environmental protection, energy conservation, and transportation alternatives. The PenRen program hosts facility tours for Federal agencies, sponsors and participates in U.S. Green Buildings Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (USGBC LEED) training workshops, and is currently assisting USGBC in refining the LEED rating system. PenRen actively promotes Federal energy conservation and sustainable design policies at numerous Federal and private sector workshops and conferences, in meetings with local governments, and in communications with industry and national organizations.

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