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Green Is Not Just a Color Updated!. Sandy Jones Environmental Coordinator, Southeastern Sunbelt Region General Services Administration. GSA Environmental Policy.
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Green Is Not Just a ColorUpdated! Sandy Jones Environmental Coordinator, Southeastern Sunbelt Region General Services Administration
GSA Environmental Policy GSA is committed to provide world class products and services that minimizes harm to the environment, safety, and health. GSA is living up to this commitment, not only in regards to the products and services we provide customers, but also in the way we conduct internal operations. GSA gives preference to products that are recycled, non-toxic, or have other environmentally friendly attributes. 2
Why Be Concerned About The Environment ? Legal Responsibilities - Laws and Executive Orders Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) It’s simply the right thing to do! 3
Executive Orders EO 13423 Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management January 24, 2007 EO 13514 Federal Leadership in Environmental , Energy, and Economic Performance October 5, 2009 4
Leadership In Energy And Environmental Design • LEED is a third-party certification program and the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings. • LEED gives building owners and operators the tools they need to have an immediate and measurable impact on their buildings’ performance. 6
Why LEED ? • LEED promotes a whole-building approach to sustainability by recognizing performance in five key areas of human and environmental health: • Sustainable Site Development Water Savings • Energy Efficiency • Materials Selection • Indoor Environmental Quality.
EXECUTIVE ORDERS EO 13423 Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management January 24, 2007 8
EO 13423… Acquisition of green products and services Pollution prevention, including reduction or elimination of the use of toxic and hazardous chemicals and materials Sustainable design/high performance buildings 9
Federal Leadership in High Performance and Sustainable Buildings MOU … The Federal government is committed to operating its facilities in an energy efficient and sustainable manner that strives to achieve a balance that will realize high standards of living, wider sharing of life’s amenities, maximum attainable reuse and recycling of depletable resources, in an economically viable manner, consistent with Department and Agency missions… 10
Goals And Objectives • Provide safe, healthy, and productive built environments. • Promote sustainable environmental stewardship. • Enhance Indoor Environmental Quality Ventilation and Thermal Comfort. • Specify materials and products with low pollutant emissions, including adhesives, sealants, paints, carpet systems, and furnishings. • Protect Indoor Air Quality during Construction. 11
Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings • Kevin Kampschroer, Director • Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings kevin.kampschroer@gsa.gov (202) 501-4411 • Don Horn, Director • GSA Sustainability Program • Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings donald.horn@gsaa.gov (206) 220-4944
Executive Orders EO 13514 Federal Leadership in Environmental , Energy, and Economic Performance October 5, 2009 13
E.O. 13514 Sets Numerous Federal Energy Requirements • Accountability and Transparency • Strategic Sustainability Performance Planning • Greenhouse Gas Management • Sustainable Buildings and Communities • Water Efficiency • Electronic Products and Services • Fleet and Transportation Management • Pollution Prevention and Waste Reduction
… EO 13514 • OMB must prepare scorecards providing periodic evaluation of Federal agency performance. Scorecard results must be published on a publicly available Web site. • The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ Chair) must ensure that Federal agencies are held accountable for conforming to Executive Requirements.
…EO 13514 • Identify agency activities, policies, plans, procedures, and practices relevant to implementation. • Where necessary, provide for development and implementation of new or revised policies, plans, procedures, and practices. • Identify specific agency goals, schedules, milestones, and approaches for achieving results and quantifiable metrics required by E.O. 13514.
…EO 13514 • Federal agencies must enhance efforts towards sustainable buildings and communities. • They are required to: Implement high performance sustainable Federal building design, construction, operation and management, maintenance, and deconstruction by: • Ensuring all new construction, major renovations, or repair or alteration of Federal buildings comply with the Guiding Principles of Federal Leadership in High Performance and Sustainable Buildings.
… E. O. 13514 • Ensuring at least 15% of existing agency buildings and leases (above 5,000 gross square feet) meet the Guiding Principles by fiscal year 2015 and that the agency makes annual progress towards 100% compliance across its building inventory. • Managing existing building systems to reduce the consumption of energy, water, and materials… • Implement best management practices for the energy-efficient management of servers and Federal data centers.
Pollution Prevention and Waste Reduction • Product efficiency and stewardship. • Minimize waste and pollutants through source reduction. • Decrease agency use of chemicals • Reduce printing paper use and acquiring uncoated printing and writing paper containing at least 30% post-consumer fiber. • Increase the diversion of compostable and organic material from the waste stream.
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Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC’s)Organic Gases • VOC’s are emitted as gases from certain solids or liquids. VOC’s include a variety of chemicals, some of which may have short and long term adverse health effects. 32
Green Cleaning Health Issue ? Environmental Issue ? 34
Some Causes of Poor Air Quality • Cleaning Products Copiers • Air Fresheners Pest Control • Walkoff Mats Perfume • Outside Plants Nail Polish/Remover • Paint Microwaves • Carpet George Forman Furnishings Grills 35
SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE • Leaves behind trace amounts of a cancer causing chemical • Eats floor finishes, stains carpets, corrodes metal, even stainless steel • 1997, The American Public Health Association, stopped using the chemical • Hazardous air pollutant - 1990 Clean Air Act 36
Green Cleaning • Cleaning Products • www.greenseal.org 38
Is It Clean? 39
Green Cleaning • Walk-Off Mats • HEPA Filter Vacuum Cleaners • Micro Fiber Cloths • Outside Plants 41
Hepa Filter Vacuum Cleaners • Carpet and Rug Institute • CRI Testing Program 44
Low VOC Paints… • Benjamin Moore • Pittsburgh • Sherwin Williams • Etc., etc., etc. 48
CARPET SPECIFICATION GUIDELINE FOR BROADLOOM AND MODULAR TILE 49
Newly Installed or Replaced Carpet in GSA Leased and Owned Buildings … Carpet must have third party certification in accordance with NSF 140 2007 e Sustainable Carpet Assessment Standard at a "Gold" level minimum. Carpet manufacturer must supply certificate as part of the procurement documentation. Recycle Content of the Total Product Weight: Must be either Pre-consumer or Post-consumer content or a combination of these. Broadloom: minimum of 10%. Modular Tile: minimum of 30%.
Newly Installed or Replaced Carpet in GSA Leased and Owned Buildings … • Low Emitting Materials: Carpet and floor adhesive must meet the Green Label Plus and floor adhesive requirements of the Carpet and Rug Institute (CRI). • Carpet and all installation components including adhesives, sealers, seam welds and seam sealers must meet the Low Emitting Materials standards as outlined in LEED criteria. • Adhesives must meet VOC content standards per South Coast Air Quality Management District Rule #1168.
Newly Installed or Replaced Carpet in GSA Leased and Owned Buildings … Carpet Reclamation. Reclamation of existing carpet to be determined with potential vendor. When carpet is replaced, submit certification documentation from the reclamation facility to the Procurement Officer.
