About the Initiative
The Transformational Energy Action Management (TEAM) Initiative is a plan for the Department of Energy (DOE) to have all of its national facilities reduce their energy consumption by 30% and water consumption by 16% by the end of fiscal year 2009.
To attain this goal, DOE will utilize Energy Savings Performance Contracts (ESPCs.) ESPCs are contracts in which private companies finance, install, and maintain new energy- and water-efficient equipment in federal facilities. The government pays no up-front cost, therefore saving taxpayer dollars, and the company's investment is repaid over time by the agency from the cost savings generated by the new equipment. This allows the government to use the private sector to purchase more energy efficient systems and improve the energy performance of their facilities at no extra cost to the agency or the taxpayers.
TEAM Initiative Goals
The TEAM Initiative has eight core goals:
- Reduce energy consumption by 30% and water consumption by 16% in all DOE facilities.
- Acquire at least 7.5% of all energy from renewable sources.
- Build alternative fueling stations on all sites by 2008, and replace all conventional fuel vehicles in the DOE fleet with alternative fuel vehicles by 2010.
- Attain a LEED Gold standard on all new buildings and on all buildings that go through major renovations.
- Attain a LEED Gold Standard on 15% of all current buildings by the end of fiscal year 2015.
- Give preference to bio-based, environmentally friendly sources of energy and water, while reducing the use of hazardous and toxic chemicals and managing the production of waste.
- Develop best practice models for the use of third party financing for energy saving projects.
- Improve the energy efficiency of all data centers by 10% by 2011.
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