WELCOME TO THE THIRD DAY OF THE
FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL SYMPOSIUM
AND OUR SECOND DAY OF THE
SUSTAINABILITY TRACK.
I'M GOING TO BE A MEMBER OF THE
PLANNING COMMITTEE AND I'LL BE
SERVING AS THE TRACK FACILITATOR
TODAY.
I'M ALSO PRESENTING ON A PANEL
LATER TODAY SO YOU WILL BE
HEARING MY VOICE AND SEEING ME
THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
WE HAVE ANOTHER AWESOME LINEUP
OF SPEAKERS TODAY SO I DON'T
WANT TO TAKE UP TOO MUCH TIME
BUT LET ME JUST EXPLAIN SOME
LOGISTICS.
SO WELCOME TO CLOSE
SUSTAINABILITY TRACKS FOR THE
DAY OR JUMP THE TRAIN TRACKS TO
CATCH OTHER SESSIONS AND MAYBE
YOU ARE INTERESTED IN.
DUE TO THE LARGE NUMBER OF
ATTEND DEASEES, YOU WILL NOT ABLE TO
UNMUTE AND SPEAK.
IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS THROUGH OUT THE EVENT,
CLICK ON THE SEND LIVE FEEDBACK
BUTTON AND YOU CAN TYPE IN YOUR
QUESTIONS.
SEND THE QUESTIONS AT ANY TIME
DURING THE PRESENTATION AND THE
PRESENTERS AND MODERATORS WILL
ANSWER AS MANY AS PARTICULAR AT
THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.
FOR THE PRESENTATION SLIDE,
THOSE ARE AVAILABLE ON THE
SYMPOSIUM WEBSITE AND YOU WILL
SEE THEM UNDER A TAB CALLED 2022
PROCEEDINGS AND PRESENTATIONS
AND I'M GOING TO PASS IT OFF TO
KERRY FOR THE FIRST SESSION OF
THE DAY.
GO AHEAD.
>> WELCOME, EVERYBODY.
AS JENNA MENTIONED THIS IS A
REALLY GOOD CONGLOMERATE OF GOOD
TALKS FOR SUSTAINABLE
PROCUREMENT AND WE'RE GOING TO
START WITH -- (INAUDIBLE) AND
THEN BECAME INTERESTED IN
WORKING WITH DATA ANALYTICS AND
AS HIS CAREER HAS PROGRESSED, HE
IS WORKING TO ASSIST AND
PROCUREMENT FOR DATA ANALYTICS
AS THEY APPLY TO SUSTAINABLE
PROCUREMENT SO WE'RE LOOKING
FORWARD TO HIS TALK AND WE KNOW
WE'RE FOLLOWING WITH TWO
SPEAKERS FROM THE GSA AND THAT'S
GOING TO BE THEIR TOOLS IN
FEDERAL PROCUREMENT AND THEY'VE
GOT TWO TOOLS THAT THEY WILL BE
WALK BWALKING THROUGH WITH THEIR
PLANNING RESOURCES IN WORKFORCE
EDUCATION AND WE'LL FOLLOW-UP
WITH THE DoD TALKS AND A
SUSTAINABLE ANALYSIS GUIDANCE
AND MICHAEL BRETTNER WILL LOOK
AT HOW THE THE GUIDANCE IS USED
IN THE DoD TO SUPPORT OUR
APPROACH FOR SUSTAINABLE
PROCUREMENT.
WE HAVE THE FIRST SLIDES.
I WILL ADVANCE THE FIRST SLIDES
AND IF YOU TELL ME WHEN TO
ADVANCE I WILL ADVERSE THEM FOR
YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING, HOW WE HAVE
SUSTAINABLE PROGRAMS AND
POLICIES IN SPECIFIC CONTRACTS
NHL THAT'S WHERE THE RUBBER HITS
THE ROAD FOR SUSTAINABLE
PROCUREMENT AND I'M INTERESTED
IN TECHNOLOGY THAT MAKE IT
EASIER FOR THE WORKFORCE TO
IMPLEMENT THESE POLICIES.
SO IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WE
HAVE APPROXIMATELY 40,000
CONTRACT SPECIALISTS.
I WAS ONE OF THEM BEFORE MY
TRANSITION TO A DATA SCIENTIST
ROLE AND THEY'RE NOT BEING ASKED
TO PAY MORE ATTENTION TO LONG
SUSTAINING ENVIRONMENTAL
SUSTAINABILITY POLICIES AND
THERE ARE SOME NEW POLICIES IN
THE WORKS.
THIS IS ON TOP OF WHAT IS
ALREADY VERY LONG JOB
DESCRIPTION, THE JOB DESCRIPTION
THAT IS THOUSANDS OF PAGES LONG,
THAT TRUCKS CONTRACTING OFFICERS
WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE
DOING ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS.
THERE WAS A SURVEY OF EUROPEAN
PROCUREMENT PROFESSIONALS WHERE
RESPONDENTS SAID THEY WERE
POORLY EQUIPPED FOR SUSTAINABLE.
WITHIN THE UNITED STATES, A
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY STUDY
LOOKING AT FEDERAL SOLICITATIONS
FOUND THAT COMPLIANCE WITH
ENERGY-EFFICIENT PRODUCT
REQUIREMENTS, SPECIFICALLY WAS
BELOW 50% SO JUST BECAUSE WE
HAVE AN EXECUTIVE ORDER OR
REGULATIONS, DOESN'T MEAN IT'S
ALWAYS MAKING INTO A CONTRACT.
THIS IS WHERE DATA ANALYTICS AND
TECHNOLOGY CAN HELP THESE TO BE
USED TO IDENTIFY IMPLEMENTATION
CAPS AND SUPPORT INCREASED
COMPLIANCE WITH SUSTAINABLE
PROCUREMENT POLICIES.
AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I
RECEIVED FROM MY WORKFORCE IS
HOW DOES THIS APPLY TO ME AND
SO, I THINK IT'S PERTINENT FOR
AGENCIES TO LOOK AT THEIR KEY
SPEND CATEGORIES AND THE THINGS
THAT THEY BUY A LOT OF AND THEN
WHEN YOU HAVE THAT YOU CAN LOOK
AT WHAT ARE THE SUSTAINABILITY
REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED
WITH THIS CATEGORIES AND SO, I
HAVE GIVEN A FEW EXAMPLES AND
THEN THE WEB LINKS ON THE SF
TOOL WEBSITE.
AND SO HERE IS THE EXAMPLE WHERE
WE USED AN ENERGY SAVING
PERFORMING CONTRACT AND BACK IT
UP ONE SLIDE AND AND OUR BROOKE
HAVEN NEW YORK SERVICE CENTER
THAT THIS IS A TOOL WHERE THE
CONTRACTOR FINANCES YOUR ENERGY
EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS AND THE
IRS WE HAVE BUILDINGS IN THE
STATE AND COUNTRY AND SOME US
TERRITORIES SO WE HAVE A LARGE
REAL ESTATE FOOTPRINT SO THE
ESPCs ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF
OUR AGENCY SUSTAINABLE PROGRAM.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I WANTED TO
SHARE WITH YOU ALL -- LET'S SEE.
SO THERE'S AN EXECUTIVE ORDER ON
PURCHASING CARBON-FREE ENERGY
FOR FEDERAL FACILITIES SO, FROM
A CONTRACT PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS
OUR UTILITY CONTRACT AND EACH
TIME A CONTRACT IS SIGNED, WE
WILL DESIGNATE A CODE AND
INDUSTRY CODE AND SOME CODES ARE
VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT THE ENERGY
SOURCE.
THERE'S A CODE FOR HIGH ROW
ELECTRIC AND FOSSIL FUEL AND
NUCLEAR SOLAR, WIND AND
GEOTHERMAGEOTHERMAL AND SO ON.
THEY SAY ELECTRIC POWER
GENERATION OR OTHERS AND IT
DOESN'T REALLY TELL YOU THE
PRIMARY SOURCE OF THE ENERGY SO
IT'S IMPORTANT AND THIS IS KEY
FOR US IN TERMS OF USING
PROCUREMENT STRATEGIES TO
ACHIEVE THE EXECUTIVE ORDER
150-54 GOALS OF GET TO GO CARBON
SOLUTION FREE ELECTRICITY AND
2030.
THE NEXT SLIDE I'M GOING TO SHOW
YOU A TREE MAP WITH FEDERAL
CONTRACTING DATA FOR FISCAL YEAR
2021 AND IT'S NOT JUST THE IRS
AND IT'S THE WHOLE GOVERNMENT
AND YOU SEE THERE'S A LOT OF
GRAY AND GRAY IS MY SHORT HAND
AND IT'S A CODE THAT DOESN'T
REALLY INDICATE THE PRIMARY
ELECTRICITY SOURCE.
THE ORANGE IS FOSSIL FUEL AND IN
THE BOTTOM-RIGHT, IT'S CRUNCHED
TOGETHER BUT THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS
RELATIVELY SMALL A LOT OF
CONTRACT OBLIGATIONS.
FOCUS ON THIS FROM THE EXECUTION
WORKFORCE WILL MAKE FUTURE YEARS
TREE MAPS MORE GREEN AND THE WAY
THINGS ARE WE JUST IDENTIFY THAT
IN A LOT OF OUR CONTRACT
REPORTING TO THE FEDERAL
PROCUREMENT DATA SYSTEM AND USA
SPENDING.GOV.
THE NEXT SLIDE SPEAKS TO
ADDITIONS REPORTING.
THERE'S BEEN A LONGSTANDING AND
GSA HAS THEIR FEDERAL CLIMATE
ACTION SCORE CARD AND THE
NUMBERS FROM THE SCORE CARD
INDICATE THAT ONLY SOME OF MAJOR
FEDERAL CONTRACTS ARE PROVIDING
THIS EMISSIONS REPORTING ON
THEIR WEBSITE.
AND ONE OF THE TOOLS THAT
FEDERAL CONTRACTING OFFICERS
HAVE IS THEY CAN SELECT WHICH
EVALUATION FACTORS THEY USED TO
SELECT THE WINNING VENDOR.
AND BETWEEN COMPETING FIRMS SO
IF EMISSIONS REPORTING IS TIED
TO THE LIKELIHOOD OF WINNING A
FEDERAL CONTRACT, I THINK THAT
WILL INCREASE TENSION TO THIS
AREA THAT IF CONTRACTING
OFFICERS START HAVING DEBRIEFING
MEETINGS FOR UNSUCCESSFUL
BIDDERS AND SAY SORRY YOU DIDN'T
WIN THE THING THAT MADE YOU JUST
FALL SHORT OF WINNING WAS, YOU
DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH EMPHASIS ON
SUSTAINABILITY AND YOU DON'T
HAVE EMISSIONS REPORTING AND YOU
ARE COMPETITIVE THE WINNING
VENDOR DID.
ONE OF THE DATA FIELDS WE REPORT
EACH TIME A FEDERAL CONTRACT IS
SIGNED, IS THERE'S AN INDICATOR
FOR RECOVER MATERIALS OR
SUSTAINABILITY AND THERE'S
SEVERAL DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND
THERE'S A DROP-DOWN MENU THAT IS
LIKE AN AND-OR TYPE OF THING
THAT TALKS ABOUT BIO BASED
ENERGY-EFFICIENT,
ENVIRONMENTALLY PREFERABLE, AND
SO ON.
SO, HERE IS THE LIST OF POSSIBLE
VALUES AND THE NEXT SLIDE I
ANALYZED, HOW OFTEN AGENCIES
INDICATE RECOVER MATERIALS
VERSUS SUSTAINABLE REQUIREMENTS
AND THAT IS IN THE BLUE.
THE GRAY IS NOT APPLICABLE-TYPE
RESPONSE AND SO IT'S WHAT I
EXPECTED IN THE MORE
ENVIRONMENTALLY FOCUSED AGENCIES
HAVE A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF
THEIR CONTRACTS THAT INCLUDES
SUSTAINABILITY REQUIREMENTS AND
EEPA HAVE SUSTAINABILITY
REQUIREMENTS AND THERE'S A
COMPONENTS THAT DEPENDS ON THE
TYPES OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
THAT YOU ARE BUYING CERTAIN
SPENT CATEGORIES HAVE A MORE
CLEAR NEXT US WITH
SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAMS THAN
OTHERS AND OTHER AGENCIES YOU
CAN SEE THE PERCENTAGE OF
CONTRACTS WITH SUSTAINABILITY
REQUIREMENTS IS RELATIVELY LOW.
AND THEN, THE NEXT SLIDE, I
ASKED THE QUESTION, WELL, GEE,
WHAT IF THE CONTRACT SAID IRS OR
ANOTHER AGENCY, WHAT IF WE USE
THE SAME LOGIC THAT THE EPA IS
CONTRACTING OFFICERS HAVE?
I THINK CLEARLY THE EPA
CONTRACTING OFFICERS ARE SAVVY
WITH SUSTAINABILITY REQUIREMENTS
BUT THERE ARE DIFFERENCES IN
TERMS OF WHAT THE AGENCY BUYS
WHAT IRS BUYS AND THE DEFENDANT
OF DEFENSE BUYS AND I USED EYE
MACHINE LEANING APPROACH A
RANDOM FORCES OF DECISION TREES
AND THE DECISION TREES WERE
BASED ON A FEW DATA FIELDS SUCH
AS THE INDUSTRY CODE AND THE
VENDOR BECAUSE OF COURSE,
VENDORS SPECIALIZE IN SELLING
CERTAIN PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
AND YOU CAN'T AND UNDER THE SUN.
THIS IS AN APPROACH WHERE THE
GRAPHIC ON THE RIGHT, I
GENERATED A FEW DIFFERENT
DECISION TREES AND THE CONSENSUS
OR MAJORITY VOTE BUT THE
ULTIMATE ANSWER YOU GET OUT OF
ALGORITHM IS GEE, USING THE SAME
REASONING, THAT WAS USED BY THE
EPA CONTRACTING OFFICERS,
INCLUDING SUSTAINABILITY
REQUIREMENTS, YES OR NO.
SO I TOOK THE DECISION TREES
THAT WERE TRAINED USING THE EPA
CONTRACTING DATA AND I WENT AND
APPLIED THAT SAME LOGIC TO
TREASURY CONTRACTING DATA.
AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE ALSO
GOING TO BE A TREE MAP THAT
SHOWS YOU THE RESULTS.
SO, ON THE LEFT, THERE ARE ABOUT
16,000 CONTRACT ACTIONS WHERE
THE MACHINE LEARNING MODEL DOES
NOT THINK THE SUSTAINABILITY
RIGHTS ARE APPLICABLE.
THE RED IS SIGNIFICANT WHERE WE
HAD 1900 CONTRACTS WHERE THE
MODEL THINKS WE SHOULD HAVE
INCLUDED SUSTAINABILITY
REQUIREMENTS BUT WE DIDN'T.
THE ORANGE IS WHERE WE PUT
SUSTAINABILITY REQUIREMENTS THAT
PERHAPS DID NOT APPLY TO THAT
SPECIFIC INDUSTRY.
AND THEN ON THE BOTTOM-RIGHT, IN
THE GROWN, IS WHERE WE INCLUDED
SUSTAINABILITY REQUIREMENTS AND
THE MODEL TRAINED ON THE EPA
DATA AGREES WITH OUR REASONING.
AND I THINK AGENCIES CAN USE
THIS TYPE OF TOOL AND I'VE GOT
THE SOURCE CODE AVAILABLE TO DO
COMPLIANCE AUDITS AND I USE THE
USSPENDING.GOV DATA AVAILABLE
WITH THE PUBLIC AND IT'S IN THE
SAME FORMAT FOR ALL AGENCIES SO
THE CODE CAN RUN OUT OF THE BOX
AND YOU CAN DO A COMPLIANCE
AUDIT AND I MEAN, THE WAY WE DO
AUDITS AT IRS EVEN ON THE TAX
SIDE WE DON'T JUST AUDIT
EVERYBODY, WE DON'T HAVE THE
STAFF TO GO AND AUDIT EVERY
TAXPAYER AND THE SAME IS
PROBABLY TRUE FOR OUR
PROCUREMENT WE CAN'T AUDIT EVERY
SINGLE CONTRACT.
BUT THAT RED CATEGORY, WHERE THE
CONTRACTS DON'T INCLUDE
SUSTAINABILITY RIGHTS BUT THE
MODEL THINKS THEY SHOULD, THAT
IS THE OBVIOUS PLACE TO FOCUS
AUDIT RESOURCES AND HAVE YOUR
EXPORTS REVIEW AND THEN
FOLLOW-UP WITH THE CONTRACTING
OFFICERS SO THAT IT KIND OF
NARROWS THINGS DOWN FROM 10
THOUGH THOUSANDS OF CONTRACTS IN
MY CASE TO A FEW THOUSAND
CONTRACTS SO YOU CAN REALLY HONE
ON ON WHERE YOUR IMPLEMENTATION
GAPS ARE AND THEN FIX THEM.
THE NEXT SLIDE, I'VE
HIGHLIGHTED, WE'VE GOT A VAN
GUARD OF CONTRACTIN CONTRACTING OFFICERS A T
THE IRS THAT HAVE STOOD OUT IN
TERMS OF IMPLEMENTING
SUSTAINABILITY REQUIREMENTS
FREQUENTLY AND I THINK THIS IS
IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY FOR ANY
CONTRACTING AGENCY THAT IN TERMS
OF LIKE CULTURAL CHANGE AND A
GREATER IMPLEMENTATION OF
SUSTAINABILITY, I IDENTIFIED
YOUR VAN GUARD, YOUR LEADERS,
YOUR ENERGIZERS AND THEN EXPAND
OUT FROM THERE AND YOU PROBABLY
ALREADY HAVE SOME CONTRACTING
OFFICERS THAT ARE VERY GOOD AT
THIS STUFF AND IF THEY CAN
SPREAD THE WORD TO THEIR
COLLEAGUES, THAT IS GOING TO
IMPROVE AGENCY SUSTAINABILITY
PROCUREMENT PERFORMANCE OVER
ALL.
AND THEN, MY LAST SLIDE IS BEST
PRACTICES FOR CONTRACTING
OFFICES.
SO YOU HAVE CONTRACTING
OFFICERS, YOU HAVE CORs, THE
REPRESENTATIVES AND OTHER
MEMBERS OF THE ACQUISITION TEAM
CAN BE VERY INFLUENTIAL.
THESE ARE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT
DEVELOP GOVERNMENT REQUIREMENTS,
SELECT VENDORS AND ENFORCE
CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS
SO, THEY CAN USE THE POWER
PROCUREMENT IN WIELD THE POWER
OF AND PROVIDING A TRAINING WHAT
THAT PARTICULAR AGENCY BUYS A
LOT OF.
IT WOULD BE RELEVANT.
ALSO, DESIGNATE SUSTAINABILITY
REPRESENTATIVES FOR YEARS WE'VE
HAD SMALL BUSINESS SPECIALIST
AND SMALL BUSINESS ADVOCATES
THAT HAVE PUSHED TO US BUY MORE
FROM THE SMALL BUSINESS AND THEY
HAVEN'T HAD SUSTAINABILITY
REPRESENTATIVES THAT ADVOCATE
FOR SUSTAINABILITY PROCUREMENT
BUT IT'S STARTING TO CHANGE.
COMPLY APPS AUDITS SO THAT
EXAMPLE THAT I GAVE WITH THE
LOVERING MATERIAL AND
SUSTAINABILITY REQUIREMENTS
CONDUCTED AN AUDIT AND FIND OUT
WHERE YOUR GAPS ARE AND REMEET
AID WHERE THOSE GAPS ARE.
THAT CONCLUDES MY DECK AND I
THINK NEXT UP IS MIKE GSA,
JULIE.
>> RIGHT.
SO, JULIE HAS -- IT LOOKS LIKE
THERE'S A COMMENT HERE FROM THE
NASA.
IT SAYS THEY FOUND A LOT OF
CONTRACTS HAD SUSTAINABILITY IN
THE CONTRACTS BUT IT WASN'T A
RECORDED CORRECTLY IN THE FPDS.
DID YOUR EVALUATION AND DATA
ANALYSIS CONSIDER THE VALIDATION
OR VERIFY SOME OF THE CODINGS?
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
SO, THERE'S A DROP-DOWN MENU IN
THE FPDS DATABASE, THERE'S THE
RISK THAT THE ENTRY IN THAT
DROP-DOWN MENU IN THE DATABASE
IS INCONSISTENT IN THE
CONTRACTS.
AND TYPICALLY THE DATA ACT AND
THE SCOPE OF THE AUDITS AND
USING TECHNOLOGY TO DER FIE WHAT
IS IN YOUR CONTRACT AND THAT'S
THE SOLUTION BECAUSE WE'VE GOT
MILLIONS OF FPDS RECORDS AND
MILLIONS OF CONTRACT DOCUMENTS
AND AND SO IF YOUR CONTRACT
INCLUDES BIO BASED CAUSES, IT
BEGS TO QUESTION YOU CAN RESPOND
TO THE WHERE CAN YOU FIND THE
COMPLIANCE AUDIT TOOL AND
THERE'S AN E-MAIL ADDRESS AND
THERE'S OTHERS THAT MAY BE
INTERESTED WHERE TO FIND THAT
TOOL.
IF THERE'S A HANK I'LL PROVIDE A
LINK TO THE SOURCE CODE AND IF
YOU DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO
RUN THE SOURCE CODE, YOU COULD
ALSO CONTACT ME AND JUST SAY,
HEY DAVID, COULD YOU RUN YOUR
CODE ON MY AGENCY'S DATA AND
GIVE ME A SPREAD SHEET.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HEAD AND
TRANSITION IN OUR TIME TO THE
GSA PRESENTATIONS.
JULIE HAS BEEN IN SERVICE FOR 13
YEARS AND HAS A MASTERS IN LAW
AND IN LEGAL STUDIES AND SHE
SERVES AS A PROGRAM ANNALIST IN
POLICY AND COMPLIANCE AND SHE'S
SUPPORTING SUSTAINABILITY AND
CLIMATE ADAPTATION EFFORTS AND
JULIE IS WORKING IN THE PRIVATE
SECTOR AS A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
CONTRACTS MANAGER FOR 11 YEARS.
MICHAEL BLOOM WILL BE ALSO
JOINING HER FOR THE SECOND HALF
OF THE GSA PRESENTATION AND HE
IS A SUSTAINABILITY AND PROGRAM
ADVISER WITH THE GSA OFFICE OF
FEDERAL HIGH PERFORMANCE
BUILDINGS IN GREEN BUILDINGS.
HIS INTEGRATED APPROACH -- I'M
GOING TO SKIP, HE IS 14 YEARS OF
OPERATIONS AND POLICY EXPERIENCE
WITHIN THE GSA AND CURRENTLY
LEAD PROJECT MANAGE MANGE HE HOLDS A
MASTERS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF
CHICAGO AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
AND BACHELORS OF UNIVERSITY OF
COLORADO AND COMMUNICATION AND
POLITICAL SCIENCE.
WELCOME BOTH OF YOU.
I'M GOING TO MOVE ON.
JULIE --
>> THANK YOU, CAN EVERYBODY HEAR
ME OK?
>> SOUNDS GREAT.
>> THANK YOU.
AND THANK YOU, DAVID, FOR THAT
GREAT INFORMATION ON THE DATA
AND THE ANALYSIS THAT YOU LOOKED
AT THERE.
LIKE DAVID MENTIONED, CONTRACTS
SPECIALIST ARE BEING ASKED TO
PLACE MORE ATTENTION ON SUSTAIN
ABILITY PROCUREMENT, POLICIES
AND THE DATA HE DID PROVIDE DOES
SHOW WHERE THERE ARE GAPS THAT
DO EXIST.
ESPECIALLY WHEN INSURING
COMPLIANCE WITH THESE POLICIES
OR MAKING SURE THEY'RE
INCORPORATED INTO OUR
ACQUISITION SO WHAT I'M GOING TO
DO TODAY IS SHARE SOME OF THE
ACQUISITION TOOLS THAT GSA HAS
TO HELP YOU ACCESS THE VARIOUS
RESOURCES AVAILABLE AND TO ALSO
DETERMINE WHETHER SUSTAINABILITY
REQUIREMENTS APPLY TO YOUR
ACQUISITIONS.
I WILL ALSO PROVIDE YOU A REAL
QUICK DEMO OF THE GSA
PROCUREMENT COMPILATION AND HERE
ON THIS SLIDE, IT IS JUST REALLY
A SNAPSHOT OF GSA'S PORTFOLIO.
I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO EACH OF
THE AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY BUT
GIVEN THOSE AREAS OF
RESPONSIBILITY I WILL MENTION
THAT GSA IS CONSISTENTLY FINDING
NEW WAYS TO LEVERAGE THE POWER
OF PROCUREMENT TO LEAD BY
EXAMPLE ON THE PRESIDENT'S CALL
TO ACTION TO HELP FACILITATE AN
ALL OF GOVERNMENT APPROACH TO
ADDRESS THE CLIMB AT
SUSTAINABILITY ACQUISITION.
NOW THE NEXT TWO SLIDES THAT I
HAD HERE ARE JUST HERE FOR YOUR
REFERENCE AND AVAILABLE TO YOU
AFTER THE PRESENTATIO PRESENTATION TO YOU
HAVE THE LINK TO PROVIDE.
IT JUST IS A HIGH-LEVEL
OVERVIEW, THE PROGRAM AISLE ON
WILL ALLOW TO SEARCH AND
PURCHASE THOUSANDS OF GROWN
PRODUCTS.
WE ALSO HAVE THE FRAMEWORK FOR
MANAGING CLIMATE RISK TO FEDERAL
AGENCY SUPPLIES CHAINS AND THAT
IS LOCATED ON THE SUSTAINABILITY
TOOL.
IT WILL HELP YOU ASSESS AND
EXPECTED CLIMATE AND WEATHER
RELATED RISK TO YOUR SUPPLY
CHAIN.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO, THE TOOL AND LIKE PREVIOUSLY
MENTIONED, MICHAEL WILL SHOW US
PRIVATE FEATURES THERE SO I
WON'T DIG INTO THAT.
THE GREEN PROCUREMENT
CONSOLATION IS A RESOURCE THAT'S
GOING TO HELP YOU IDENTIFY YOUR
GREEN PURCHASING REQUIREMENTS
FOR BOTH PRODUCTS AND SERVICES.
SO WITH THAT I'M GOING TO GO
AHEAD AND QUICKLY JUMP INTO AND
PRESENT MY SCREEN AND I WILL --
JUST ONE MOMENT.
I'LL JUMP RIGHT INTO THE SF TOLL
AND LET ME PRESENT HERE AND
LET'S SEE.
AM I SHARING NOW?
CAN YOU SEE MY SCREEN.
>> WE CAN.
>> PERFECT.
>> OK, THANK YOU, MICHAEL.
SO, TO GET TO THE SF TOOL.GOV
AND MICHAEL IS GOING TO WALK
WITH YOU AND I'M GOING TO TAKE
YOU TO THE GPC SO TO GET TO THE
GREEN PROCUREMENT AND YOU WILL
GUT TO THE PROCURE SECTION HERE
AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF WAYS I
CAN DO THAT.
I CAN TYPE YOUR PRODUCT AND THE
SEARCH BOX OR USE THIS
MAGNIFYING GLASS UP HERE AND I
THINK THAT THE EASIEST WAY TO DO
THIS IS IF YOU HAVE A PARTICULAR
PRODUCT IN MIND, YOU CAN SEARCH
BY-PRODUCT CATEGORY OR SERVICE
CATEGORY AND GSA HAS THIS REALLY
ORGANIZED TO WHERE YOU CAN, BY
LOOKING AT THOSE CATEGORIES YOU
CAN PICK OUT SPECIFIC PRODUCTS
AS WELL AND SO WHAT I WANT TO
SHOW YOU IS IF YOU GO INTO
APPLIANCES HERE, YOU WILL SEE A
NUMBER OF PRODUCTS THAT FALL
UNDER THAT CATEGORY AND
SUSTAINABILITY REQUIREMENTS THAT
APPLY TO THOSE PARTICULAR
PRODUCTS.
AND I WILL POINT OUT ON THIS
FIRST PAGE, YOU'VE GOT SOME
ADDITIONAL REFERENCES AND
GUIDANCE, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW,
DEPLETING SUBSTANCES AND YOU'VE
GOT YOUR ENERGY I WANT TO LOOK
AT COMMISSIONER FRYER.
I WANT TO LOOK AT A COMMERCIAL
FRYER AND THE THING INFORMATION
IS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PAGE.
YOU HAVE YOUR PRODUCT DETAILS,
THE LEGAL RIGHTS THAT APPLY TO
THAT AND LOOK AT LIFE CYCLE COST
SAVINGS INFORMATION AND ADDITION
OF GUIDANCE AND YOU CAN TELL
HERE THAT THE ENERGY STAR
REQUIREMENT APPLIES TO FRYERS
AND YOU TELL BY THE RED
ASTERISKS LISTED HERE.
YOU MAY IS SOME PREFERABLE
STANDARDS THAT MAY BE LISTED
HERE AND THAT WOULD BE HERE IF
THOSE STANDARDS APPLIED.
NOW, YOU CAN ALSO BUY THIS
PARTICULAR PRODUCT DIRECTLY ON
GSA ADVANTAGE SO YOU CAN LOOK TO
GSA ADVANTAGE TO DO THAT AND YOU
CAN ALSO LOOK FOR CONTRACTORS
THAT MAY BE PROVIDING THESE
PRODUCTS BY GOING TO THIS LINK
HERE THAT WILL TAKE YOU TO GSA
SCHEDULED' LIBRARY AND MICHAEL
WILL GO INTO THIS PRODUCT SEARCH
SO I'M NOT GOING TO JUMP INTO
HERE BUT THIS WILL ACTUALLY TAKE
YOU DIRECTLY TO SPECIFIC
PRODUCTS AND YOU CAN ALSO OBTAIN
MANUFACTURE INFORMATION AS WELL.
NOW I WANT TO QUICKLY SHOW YOU
HOW YOU WOULD LOOK FOR SERVICES.
FOR SERVICES, THERE'S A
MISCONCEPTION THAT WHEN YOU ARE
BUYING SERVICES, THAT
SUSTAINABILITY REQUIREMENTS
DON'T APPLY.
BUT THEY DO.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE LOOK AT
JANITORIAL SERVICES AND IF YOU
PAY YOU CAN SEE IMMEDIATELY THE
REQUIRED PRODUCTS THAT WOULD
APPLY TO THAT PARTICULAR
SERVICE.
SO IN THIS CASE, YOU'VE GOT BIO
PREFERRED, CPG AND THEN AGAIN
YOU'VE GOT -- YOU CAN PRODUCTS
AS WELL AND AND IN PLACE FOR
THAT TYPE OF SERVICE.
THAT TO THE OVERVIEW I WANTED TO
POINT OUT JUST ONE MORE THING
HERE.
IF YOU LOOK TO INCORPORATE
CONTRACT LANGUAGE HERE IS SAMPLE
SOLICITATIONS YOU CAN REVIEW AND
WITH THAT, I MEAN, THAT WAS A
REALLY QUICK OVERVIEW.
YOU'VE GOT MY POINT OF CONTACT
INFORMATION SO IF YOU ARE
INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE
ABOUT THIS AND YOU WOULD LIKE A
THOROUGH DEMO, AND THE GREAT
PROCUREMENT COMPILATION.
>> THANK YOU, JULIE.
AS THE SLIDES COME BACK, IT'S A
PLEASURE TO BE WITH EVERYBODY.
SO, AND JULIE JUST PRESENTED ON
AND RELATE TO A TOOL THAT WE
CREATED TO HELP AUDIO MATE
SUSTAINABILITY PROCUREMENT AND
MAKE IT SIMPLE.
ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THIS SCREEN,
IT'S THE GPC WHERE YOU JUST WERE
WITH JULIE AND THAT'S THE URL
BELOW IT AND IT'S IN THE DECK
YOU KEEP AFTER THIS
PRESENTATION.
WHAT HAPPENS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT
THE 27 DIFFERENT PRODUCT
CATEGORIES ON THE GPS ANC, YOU FIND
THE GREEN BINOCULAR YOU ARE
TAKING TO A PRODUCT SEARCH AT
THE UL AND PUT THEM AS SEARCH
CRITERIA AND THIS TOOL IS FREE
TO US AND IT'S FREE FOR US AS
FEDS TO USE BUT IT'S ALSO OPEN
TO YOUR CONTRACTORS AND IT CAN
ACTUALLY SHARE THAT TOOL WITH
THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY DO THE
BUYING BE THE FEDS OR
CONTRACTORS.
AND WORE ALSO BUILDING IN
REPORTING TOOLS SO WHEN YOU USE
THIS TOOL TO FIND WHAT YOU WISH
TO BUY, THAT IS GOING TO BE
COMPLIANT BECAUSE THAT'S HOW
IT'S BUILT, YOU CAN ACTUALLY
REPORT ON THAT AS WELL.
SOLVING SOME OF THE PROBLEMS
THAT DAVID POINTED OUT AT TOP OF
THIS PRESENTATION.
SO LET'S GO TO THE SECOND SLIDE.
THE BIG PICTURE OF HOW THIS
WORKS IS, WE TAKE IN FEDERAL
PROGRAMS LIKENNER GEE STAR IN LIKEN ENERGY STAR AND
THE OTHER ONES AS WELL AND WE
TAKE IN THIRD PARTY LABELS AND
CERTIFICATIONS THAT ARE
RECOMMENDED BY EPA AND THERE ARE
DOZENS OF THOSE AND WE TAKE
THOSE AND AUTOMATE THE FEDERALLY
COMPLIANT PRODUCTS IN THE
MARKETPLACE.
WE HAVE, LIKE I MENTIONED, NOT
ONLY 15 PRODUCT CATEGORIES BUT
20, MORE THAN 5 BRANDS, 20 PLUS
LABELS AND CERTIFICATIONS ALL
REGULARLY UPDATED BY OUR SYSTEMS
CALLING OUT TO THE REGISTRIES
AND VEN DERSE AND MANUFACTURERS
REGISTER TO BE COMPLY APARTMENT
SO ANY TIME WE HAVE NEW
INFORMATION, IT'S AUTOMATED AND
IT'S IN OUR SYSTEM.
AGAIN, THIS IS A FREE PROJECT
TOOL FOR ANYBODY TO USE AND THAT
TAKES THE GPC INFORMATION THAT
WE JUST COVERED WITH JULIE AND
AUTO MATES THE SEARCH FOR IT IN
AN EASY TO SHOP I'M SHOW YOU HOW
IT WORKS IN A CATEGORY.
WE HAVE THE FEDERAL PROGRAM UP
AT THE TOP AND MULTI-ATTRIBUTE
FOLLOWED BY SINGLE ATTRIBUTE
LABELS AS RECOMMENDED BY EPA.
IF YOU WERE INTERESTED IN MAKING
SURE YOU WERE BUYING THE RIGHT
THING, YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO
GET A LIST OF COMPARABLE
PRODUCTS THAT MET THOSE ROLES
WITHOUT CLICKING ON EACH ONE OF
THOSE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS OR
LINKS.
WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE
ACTUALLY CREATED A JUMP LINK
USING THE BINOCULARS AT THE
TOP-LEFT THAT TAKE YOU TO A PAGE
USING THOSE CRITERIA AND AND
THIS PARTICULAR CASE, YOU HAVE
ALMOST 9,000 OF THEM AND FOR
MULTIPLE AND AND YOU CAN UNCHECK
THE BOXES ON THE RIGHT-HAND
PICTURE AND YOU SEE IN
PARENTHESIS, NEXT TO EACH ONE OF
THE LABELS HOW MANY PRODUCTS ARE
ACTUALLY DESIGNATED WITH THAT
AND IT HELPS YOU AND ON MANY OF
OUR CATEGORIES AND THAT PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL BEYOND WHAT IT IS
THAT IS REQUIRED BY EPA OR
FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND THOSE WERE
THERE WHICH MIGHT HELP YOU MAKE
AN INFORMED CHOICE.
NOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU CLICK
ON ONE OF THOSE PICTURES ON THE
RIGHT-HAND SIDE, THE NEXT SLIDE
WILL SHOW YOU WHAT YOU GET SO
LET'S GO TO THAT NEXT SLIDE.
BECAUSE THIS IS AN ACTUAL
PRODUCT, I'LL SAY THAT, SO WHEN
YOU CLICK ON THAT PICTURE, WHAT
HAPPENS IS YOU GET THE
INFORMATION WITH LINKS TO ALL OF
THE CERTIFICATES AND THAT THAT
PRODUCT HAS IN FACT, WE ARE ABLE
TO ALSO DISCLOSE THINGS LIKE
RECYCLE CONTENT WHEN WE HAVE
THAT AS PART OF OUR DATA SET SO
WHEN WE SEE YOU ARE SEARCHING
FOR PRODUCTS YOU GET TO SEE THE
THINGS THAT COMPLY BUT YOU CAN
ACCESS DEEP DATA ABOUT THEM AND
COMPARE MULTIPLE PRODUCTS TO ONE
ANOTHER AS PART OF THE SYSTEM AS
WELL.
LET'S GO TO THE NEXT PAGE.
MONITORS, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE
AS FEDS BUY QUITE OFTEN.
THOSE SIMILAR TO THE APPLIANCE
SIDE HAVE MULTIPLE PROGRAMS THAT
THEY NEED TO COMPLY WITH, ENERGY
STAR AND EP BOTH.
IF WE GO TO GPC IT'S WHAT WE
LEARN.
WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE WHEN YOU
CLICK ON THOSE LYNN OCULAR.
SO, WE START WITH GPC WE CLICK
AND WE SEE THE DOVE TAIL OF
ENERGY STAR PRODUCTS 1246 AND EP
PRODUCTS AND THE GPC TELLS YOU
THAT YOU NEED TO LOOK FOR THE
HIGHEST STANDARD OF EP WHICH IS
EP GOLD SO IF WE KNOW THAT AND
WE SET THE DEFAULT TO SEARCH FOR
JUST ENERGY STAR AND EP GOLD, WE
UP WITH A MUCH SMALLER SET OF
PRODUCTS LESS THAN 200 AND THOSE
ARE THE SET THE PRODUCTS WITH
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS SAYING
WE OUGHT TO DO.
THIS SHOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO
SEARCH FOR PRODUCTS WITH THE
BUMPER GUARDS OF A BOWLING ALLEY
UP.
YOU WILL HIT COMPLIANT PRODUCTS
NO MATTER WHAT AND THE ABILITY
TO DOCUMENT THIS, ET CETERA, IS
ALSO BUILT INTO THE SYSTEM
RATHER THAN WE PROVIDE TRAINING
OF COMPARING, ANALYZE AND
DOCUMENT COMPLIANCE AND EVEN
GIVE A GLIMPSE INTO THAT
REPORTING TOOL THAT I WAS
TALKING ABOUT BEFORE.
BUT THANK YOU, VERY MUCH, I'LL
LOOK FOR QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS.
MICHAEL BRETTNER, WE'LL SHIFT
MICHAELS AND MOVE TO OUR DoD
SUPPORT PRESENTATION ON
SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS AND
DoD ACQUISITIONS.
MICHAEL WORKS FOR NOBLIS THE
DEPUTY ASSISTANT FOR ENVIRONMENT
AND ENERGY RESILIENCE AND HE HAS
BEEN WORKING WITH THE DoD FOR
ALMOST A DECADE AS SUPPORTING
SUSTAINABILITY POLICY LIFE CYCLE
ASSESSMENT, CHEMICAL AND
MATERIAL RISK MANAGEMENT,
CRITICAL MATERIALS AND CLIMATE
CHANGE.
Mr. BRUCKNER CONDUCTED SIMILAR
WORK IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND A
MASTERS IN MANAGEMENT AND
ENVIRONMENT ALLEN GUINEARING AND
A BS IN BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING.
WELCOME, MICHAEL.
>> THANK YOU, FOR THAT
INTRODUCTION TODAY, I'M GOING TO
BE TALKING ABOUT DoD
SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS GUIDE,
SUPPORTING TOOLS AND ALSO A
COUPLE OF CASE STUDIES.
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND
ON WHY THE DoD HAS A
SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS GUIDE
FOR ITS ACQUISITION PROGRAMS,
THAT DoD CONSIDERS CLIMATE
CHANGE A THREAT TO NATIONAL
SECURITY EMBEDDED EMISSIONS
WITHIN THE DOD SUPPLY CHAIN ARE
LIKELY GREATER THAN DIRECT
EMISSIONS FROM OPERATIONS SO
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT COULD
QUANTIFY ACQUISITION PROGRAMS IN
ORDER TO CAPTURE THAT AND ALSO
IN 2021, THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER
OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT
INCREASE SUSTAINABILITY OF
REQUIREMENTS INCLUDING SOCIAL
COST OF GREENHOUSE, GLASSES AND
DECISION-MAKING.
WE WILL GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF
THESE THINGS AS A PART OF THE
PRESENTATION.
WE WON'T SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON
THESE POLICY BECAUSE I'M SURE
MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE BUT THIS
IS TO HIGHLIGHT THAT IN ADDITION
TO EXECUTIVE 1457, WHICH IS THE
FEDERAL SUSTAINABILITY EXECUTIVE
ORDER, THERE ARE SERIES OF OTHER
EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT ARE
DRIVING POLICY AND CHANGES AT
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR IN
CORPORATING SUSTAINABILITY
REQUIREMENTS INTO PROGRAMS.
THIS INCLUDES EXECUTIVE ORDER
13990 WHICH REQUIRES
INCORPORATION OF SOCIAL COST OF
GROWN HOUSE GASES IN
DECISION-MAKING AND PROCUREMENT
AND EXECUTIVE ORDER 1408 WHICH
DECLARES CLIMATE CHANGE A MATTER
OF NATIONAL SECURITY AND
EXECUTIVE ORDER 1417, WHICH
REQUIRES AGENCIES TO ASSESS
CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS TO
PRODUCTION OR TRANSPORTATION OF
CRITICAL OR ESSENTIAL GOODS AND
MATERIALS AND ALSO EXECUTIVE
ORDER 1430 WHICH REQUIRES
SUPPLIERS TO DISCLOSE GREENHOUSE
GAS EMISSIONS DISCLOSE CLIMATE
RELATED RISK AND SET
SCIENCE-BASED REDUCTION TARGETS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
IN ADDITION, DoD IS INCLUDING
SUSTAINABILITY IN THEIR
PLANNING.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE COMING
SUSTAINABILITY PLANS WILL
CONTAIN THE DEPARTMENT
SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY.
GROWGREENHOUSE GAS WILL BE CENTRAL
COMPONENT TO THE COMING
SUSTAINABILITY PLAN AND AS A
PART OF THIS DoD WILL LEVERAGE
ITS PURCHASING POWER TO REDUCE
GROWN HOUSE GAS EMISSION GAS GAS EMISSIONS
AND IT'S A SUPPORT ACQUISITION
PROGRAMS TO ACHIEVE AND AND
SUSTAINABILITY GOALS AND THE
CLIMATE, THE DEPARTMENT CLIMATE
ADAPTATION AND SUPPLY CHAIN
RESILIENCE AND THE
SUSTAINABILITY AN AM SI ANALYSIS GUIDE
WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASSESS
EMISSIONS OR CLIMATE CHANGE
IMPACTS DURING SYSTEMS
ACQUISITION.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THE SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS
GUIDE SITS WITHIN THE ADAPTIVE
ACQUISITION FRAMEWORK WHICH IS
THE DEPARTMENT'S FRAMEWORK FOR
ACQUISITION PROGRAMS AND
SPECIFICALLY THERE'S A
REQUIREMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT
SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
TO BE CONSIDERED DURING THE
ACQUISITION PROCESS AND THE
GUIDE PRO VOIDS A FULL
DESCRIPTION AND HOW TO CONDUCT
AN ANALYSIS IN SUPPORT OF THESE
ACQUISITION REQUIREMENTS AND
SPECIFICALLY.
USERS CAN QUANTIFY INTERNAL LIFE
CYCLE COSTS AND AND THE SOCIAL
COST OF GREENHOUSE GASES.
LIFE CYCLE COSTS AND QUANTIFY
SUSTAINABILITY REQUIREMENTS AND
IT'S TIED TO AND TRADE SPACE
ANALYSIS, BASE CASE ANALYSIS,
PRELIMINARY DESIGN AND
SUPPORTABILITY ANALYSIS SO THESE
ARE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE PART
OF THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
ACQUISITION PROCESS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THE SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS IS
ACTUALLY COMPRISED OF TWO PIECES
A LIFE CYCLE COST ESTIMATE THAT
A LINES WITH DoD GUIDANCE FOR
COSTING AND ALSO AN
ENVIRONMENTAL LIFE CYCLE
ASSESSMENT WHICH ALLOWS USERS TO
QUANTIFY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
OF THEIR ACQUISITION PROGRAMS
AND ALSO EXTERNAL COSTS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
JUST A LITTLE MORE ABOUT WHAT
THE OUTPUT OF ONE OF THESE
ANALYSIS LOOKS LIKE ON THE LEFT,
YOU WILL SEE THE LIFE CYCLE COST
ESTIMATES INCLUDE DIRECT AND
INDIRECT COSTS AND THE LIFE
CYCLE ASSESSMENT INCLUDES
ESTIMATES OF FOUR ENVIRONMENTAL
CATEGORIES OR RESOURCE
AVAILABILITY, CLIMATE CHANGE,
HUMAN HEALTH, AND ECOSYSTEM
QUALITY.
NEXT SLIDE.
JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE
ENVIRONMENT ALSIKEEENVIRONMENTAL LIFE CYCL E.
YOU HAVE AN ASSESSMENT AT BOTTOM
OF WHAT A USER MAY QUANTIFY AND
ON THE LEFT AND USING BEGINS AND
COLLECTING DATA INVENTORY FOR
THAT THEY MAY COLLECT ALL THE
ASSOCIATION GREENHOUSE GAS AND
IT'S PART OF THAT PROGRAM AND
THEY CAN ESTIMATE GLOBAL WARMING
POTENTIAL WITH THOSE DATA AND
OTHER END POINTS SUCH AS
DISABILITY, ADJUSTED LIFE HERE,
HUMAN HEALTH IMPACTS AND FINALLY
THEY CAN WEIGH OUR VALUE THOSE
IMPACTS IN THAT CASE WE HAVE
THOSE SOCIAL COSTS OF GREENHOUSE
GASES.
SO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AN ASSOCIATED TOOL FOR THE ESSAY
GUIDE ARE THE DoD SCORING
FACTORS AND THESE ARE SUPPLY
CHAINS EMISSIONS AND THEY CAN
ESTIMATE EMISSION AND
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND THESE
CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY UPSTREAM
SUPPLY CHENE CHAIN EMISSIONS AND THE
DoD SCORING FACT O. LEVERAGE A
DEFENSE-SPECIFIC MODEL AND IT
DOES ALIGN WITH THE EPA, UCIO
MODEL FOR THE OVER ALL YOU AND THE
EPA AND TOXIC INVOICE AND U.S.
GROWN HOUSE GAS INVENTORY ET
CETERA.
THE MODEL, WE'RE CURRENTLY
WORKING WITH EPA OFFICE OF
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT DoD
AND EPA ORD ARE WORKING TOGETHER
TO UPDATE THIS MODEL TO LINE
WITH THE LATEST EPA UCIO MODEL
AND RIGHT NOW, THE GUIDE DOESN'T
BREAK OUT GROWN HOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS IN SCOPE 1, 2 AND 3
CATEGORIES BUT IT DOES ALLOW YOU
TO ESTIMATE THOSE EMISSIONS AND
LASTLY THE SCORING FACTOR ALLOW
FOR VALUATION WITH THE SOCIAL
COST OF GROWN HOUS GREENHOUSE GASES SO
THERE ARE OTHER CATEGORIES FOR
HUMAN HEALTH AND ECOSYSTEM
QUALITY, DEPENDING ON WHICH
FACTORS YOU WOULD LIKE TO APPLY
TO YOUR PROGRAMS.
THESE ARE AVAILABLE AT THE LINK
BELOW.
NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT THIS SCORING FACTORS
THEMSELVES YOU CAN SEE AN
EXAMPLE.
WE HAVE A SCREEN SHOT UP ABOVE
OF BY CODE SO YOU CAN USE YOUR
PRODUCTS SPEND DATA BY THE CODE
TO IN THIS CASE ESTIMATE YOUR
GROWN HOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND AND
SOCIAL COST OF GREENHOUSE GASES.
YOU WILL SEE A SNAPSHOT OF THE
DEFENSE-SPECIFIC EXTENSIONS TO
THE SCORING FACTORS SO IF YOU
HAVE MASS BASE UNITS FOR CERTAIN
ACTIVITIES, YOU CAN, WITH THE
HIGHER RESOLUTION ESTIMATE YOUR
EMISSIONS AND YOUR SOCIAL COSTS
ASSOCIATED WITH THAT AND THE
SCORING FACTORS ARE NOT IN THE
PROCESS OF BEING UPDATED RIGHT
NOW AND WILL BE PRO MADE
PUBLICLY AVAILABLE FOR YOUR
PROGRAMS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO DO A
COUPLE OF CASE STUDIES.
THE DOD STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMS AND ENVIRONMENTAL
SECURITY TECHNOLOGY
CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS.
HARNESS THE LATEST SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY TO DEMONSTRATE
SUSTAINABILITY SOLUTIONS TO MEET
DoD ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES
SO THESE ARE TWO SISTER RND
PROGRAMS WITHIN THE DEFENSE
DEPARTMENT THAT FOCUS ON
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT.
>> THIS IS A STATEMENT OF NEED
THAT INCLUDES A SUSTAINABILITY
ANALYSIS REQUIREMENT THAT YOU
WILL WALK THROUGH.
THIS IS FOR A NEW ADVANCE CODING
SYSTEMS IT BEGINS BY A CODING
SYSTEM IS NEEDED SO WHAT IS
MEANT BY THAT IS AND THAT NEEDS
PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENT AND THEN
THEY MUST MEET AND TALKING ABOUT
THE PROTECTIVE PROPERTIES OF THE
CODING SYSTEMS AND IT COMES INTO
DEFINE WHAT EXACTLY IT IS OR
REDUCE LIFE CYCLE COST AND
ENVIRONMENT IMPACTS WHEN
COMPARED TO CURRENT AND LEGACY
SYSTEMS SO IT'S A COMPARISON
FROM THE ALTERNATIVE TO THE
LEGACY SYSTEMS.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE O CASE O CASE OF A
DEPOT CONFIGURATION AND WHAT
THIS WAS THIS IS FOR ROTARY
AIRCRAFT FOR CODING SYSTEMS FOR
THESE AIRCRAFT AND WHAT WE DID
HERE WAS WE RED BOUNDARY
CONDITIONS FOR THIS SUSTAINMENT
PROCESS AND TOOK THE BOUNDARY
CONDITIONS AND DEFINED THE
PROCESS THAT WE WERE TO BE
MODELED AND IT'S ON THE RIGHT.
THE INPUT AND OUT PUTS FOR THIS
TAG NIGHT SYSTEM WERE COLLECTED
FOR THE VARIOUS STEPS THAT WERE
DEFINED AS PART OF THE BOUNDARY
IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, IT
WAS REPEATED FOR MULTIPLE
SCENARIOS FOR THE DIFFERENT
POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES TO THE
BASELINE DEPOT CONFIGURATION
PROCESS AND LIFE CYCLE COSTS AND
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS WERE
ASSOCIATED WITH EACH ONE OF THE
ALTERNATIVES.
I FOCUS ON GREENHOUSE GASES HERE
BUT THEY'RE ARE OTHER CRITERIA
THAT AS WELL AND IN THIS CASE,
EACH ONE OF THE ALTERNATIVES YOU
CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT PROVIDED
REDUCTION OF LIFE CYCLE
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
COMPARED TO THE BASELINE PLATING
PROCESS.
AND EACH ONE OF THEM AND YOU
JUMP TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
I JUST WANT TO THROW A SHOUT OUT
TO A COMING STATEMENT OF NEED
FOR HYDRO FLURO CARBONS AND THEY
HAVE HYDRO FLURRY OWE CARBONS
AND THE DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING TO
INVEST IN ALTERNATIVES WITH
LOWER GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL.
SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS CAN BE
USED AS A PART OF WHATEVER
PROJECTS ARE FUNDED TO
DEMONSTRATE LOWER LIFE CYCLE
COSTS AND MEETING SUSTAINABILITY
REQUIREMENTS AS PART OF THE HFC
PROGRAMS.
SO, IN CONCLUSION, FOR MY
BRIEFING, ARE THAT CLIMATE
CHANGE MITIGATION AND GREENHOUSE
GAS REDUCTION WILL CONTINUE TO
BE A MAJOR PRIORITY FOR THE
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT.
THE SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS
GUIDE WILL BE UPDATED TO MEET
THESE NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER
REQUIREMENTS AND FIT WITHIN THE
ADAPTIVE ACQUISITION FRAMEWORK
AND THE GUIDE WILL SUPPORT
VARIOUS ACQUISITION PRIORITIES
AND THIS INCLUDES THE PHASE DOWN
WE MENTIONED EARLIER AND AND THE
SCHOOLING FACTOR AND IT WILL BE
MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AND
LASTLY, THE GUIDE WILL CONTINUE
TO BE USED AS PART OF OUR RND
PROGRAMS AS WELL LIKE THE ONES
WE MENTIONED SO THAT CONCLUDES
MY PRESENTATION.
AND LASTLY, YOU CAN FIND THE
CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THOSE
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WORK.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MICHAEL.
WE HAVE JUST A FEW QUESTIONS IN
THE CHAT AND I HAVE ON HIGH
AUTHORITY SOME OUR FACILITATOR
THAT WE CAN GO A FEW MINUTES
OVER ON QUESTIONS SO IF YOU HAVE
THEM, WE CAN CONTINUE.
THIS ONE IS FROM MICHAEL BLOOM.
CAN WE OR SHOULD WE ASSUME THAT
ALL DoD INSTALLATIONS AND I
THINK THEY'RE LOOKING AT MCOM
INSTALLATIONS ARE USING THESE
TOOLS FOR GREEN PROCUREMENT?
IF YOU KNOW, THEY PUSHED THIS
DOWN TO THE DoD INSTALLATIONS.
>> GOOD QUESTION.
NO, YOU CAN'T BECAUSE WE LET
PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT EASY TO USE
TOOLS.
SO, PLEASE REACH OUT AND LET ME
KNOW HOW I CAN HELP DO THAT
WORK.
WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT DoD USERS
OF THE SYSTEM.
I DON'T KNOW HOW DEEP INTO DoD
IT IS AND I WOULD LOVE TO HELP
YOU WITH THAT.
>> DOES GSA AND WHY ALLOW THAT?
>> DO YOU WANT TO ANSWER THAT OR
DO YOU WANT ME TO?
>> WOULD YOU MIND REPEATING THE
QUESTION ONE MORE TIME.
>> SURE.
THEY'RE ASKING IF THE GSA TOOL,
IF YOU ARE MAKING THE NON
SUSTAINABILITY PRODUCT OF
ALTERNATIVES AVAILABLE, GIVEN
THE IF THEY'RE READY AVAILABLE
AND ARE THE TOOL ALLOWING THE
NON SUSTAINABILITY PRODUCTS TO
BE LISTED AND IF SO WHY?
>> THEY'RE ASKING IF THE GPC
TOOL MAKES NON SUSTAINABILITY
PRODUCTS AVAILABLE?
>> SO, I GUESS LET ME TAKE A
STAB AT IT.
JULIE SHARED AND SF TOOL THEY
CONTAIN SEARCHES TO ONLY
SUSTAINABILITY CHOICES.
YOUR QUESTION MIGHT HAVE BEEN,
DOES GSA SCHEDULES OR CONTRACTS
AND GSA ADVANTAGE SHARE
NON-COMPLIANCES OR NON
SUSTAINABILITY AND THE DEFAULT
IS TO LIST ALL PRODUCTS ON GSA
SCHEDULE AND NOT ALL
SUSTAINABILITY PRODUCTS.
THERE'S A SUSTAINABLE AISLE IN
GSA ADVANTAGE THAT YOU CAN CLICK
THAT WILL LIMIT THE IT'S OUR
INTENT TO MAKE THAT THE DEFAULT
AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE.
SO THAT EVERYTHING THAT YOU SEE
WHEN YOU COME TO OUR TOOLS
COMPLIES WITH THE CURRENT
DIRECTIVES.
AS OF TODAY, THAT IS NOT ALWAYS
THE CASE SO USING TOOLS LIKE AND
JUST GOING TO TOOLS IN GENERAL.
>> CORRECT.
THANK YOU, MIKE A I WASN'T QUITE
SURE.
I UNDERSTOOD THE QUESTION.
YEAH, IN LIKE, IT'S JUST LIKE
MICHAEL SAID, THEY ARE AVAILABLE
ON ADVANTAGE BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S
ALWAYS GOOD TO ALSO DOUBLE CHECK
WITH THE VENDOR.
THEY COME FROM DPC TO ADVANTAGE
WOULD TAKE YOU TO THOSE PRODUCTS
THAT ARE IDENTIFIED WITH THE
ENVIRONMENTAL ATTRIBUTES.
>> OK.
AND I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS IN OUR CHAT.
AM I MISSING ANY?
I DON'T BELIEVE I'VE --
>> I THINK THAT'S ALL.
ALL RIGHT.
BACK TO YOU, JENNA.
>> THANK YOU, EVERYBODY FOR
PARTICIPATION AND FOR THE
SPEAKERS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M HIGHLIGHTING THE SUSTAINABLE
PURCHASING TOOLS AND ANALYSIS
THAT WE CAN USE IN THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK
BREAK NOW.
WE'RE GOING TO STAY ON THIS
TOPIC OF SUSTAINABLE PURCHASING
AND SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS SO OUR
NEXT SESSION WILL START AT 12:15
EASTERN TIME AND SO WE'LL JUST
GO ON HOLD FOR A SECOND WHILE WE
PREPARE FOR OUR NEXT SESSION AND
WE'LL BE BACK AT 12:15 EASTERN.
SEE YOU THEN.
>> HI, EVERYONE, WELCOME BACK TO
THE FEDERAL SUSTAINABILITY TRACK
AND WE ARE ON TO OUR NEXT
SESSION, FEDERAL SUSTAINABILITY
PURCHASING PROGRAMS AND TOOLS TO
HELP MEET AND EXCEED YOUR GOALS
PART ONE AND JUST A FEW WEBINAR
LOGISTICS REMINDERS IF YOU WOULD
LIKE TO SUBMIT QUESTIONS
THROUGHOUT THE SESSION, PLEASE
USE THE BUTTON THAT SAYS SEND
LIVE FEEDBACK AND A POP UP BOX
SHOULD AND UP ON YOUR SCREEN AND
WE'LL COLLECT THE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWER AS MANY AS WE CAN AT THE
END OF OUR SESSION TODAY SO
PRESENTATION SLIDES, FOR ANY OF
THE PRESENTATIONS SLIDES WHERE
THEY'RE MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE
YOU SHOULD ALREADY SEE THEM
POSTED ON THE WEBSITE AND ON THE
SIM POSE YOUR WEB PAGE UNDER A
CAB CALLED 2022 PRESENTATIONS
AND PROCEEDINGS SO IF YOU NEED
ANY OF THE SLIDES YOU CAN FIND
THEM THERE.
SO, WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED
WITH OUR NEXT SESSION ON FEDERAL
SUSTAINABILITY PURCHASES I CAN
ADVANCE MY SLIDE, SO WHAT WE'RE
GOING TO COVER TODAY, I'M GOING
TO GIVE AN INTRO TO THE FEDERAL
SUSTAINABILITY PURCHASING
DIRECTORS WITHIN THE LATEST
EXECUTIVE ORDER 1.057 AND SO IS
THAT INCLUDES THE PREFERRED
PROGRAMS AND EPA ENERGY AND IT'S
NOT ON THE PANEL TODAY AND
THEY'VE BEEN PRESENTING ON OTHER
PANELS THROUGHOUT THE SYMPOSIUM
AND THEY HAVE ENERGY STAR WITH
US TODAY AND THAT CAN EXPLAIN IT
A LITTLE BIT MORE AND WE HAVE
EPA COMPREHENSIVE PROCUREMENT
GUIDELINE AND WE HAVE EPA SNAP
PROGRAMS AND I JUST WANTED --
EASTERN TIME SO MAKE SURE TO BE
THERE AS WELL AND THAT WILL
COVER ALL OF THE EQUAL LABEL
PROGRAMS AND IT INCLUDES WATER
SENSE SMART WAY AND EPA
ENVIRONMENT PURCHASING PROGRAM.
GYM TO GO TOO SET THE STAGE WHY
IS IT IMPORTANT FORT FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO ADDRESS IT'S NO
SURPRISE WE HAVE AN EXTREMELY
LARGE FEDERAL FOOTPRINT AND WE
ARE THE SINGLE LARGEST PURCHASER
IN THE WORLD SPENDING AROUND
$650 BILLION ANNUALLY ON GOODS
AND SERVICES AND OUR PROCUREMENT
ROUGHLY 2.5% GDP AND THEY MANAGE
OVER 350,000 BUILDINGS AND
600,000 VEHICLES AND ONE OF
EVERY FIVE ACRES IN THE U.S. AND
WE SPEND $90 BILLION ON IT. AND
THE LARGEST ENERGY CONSUMER IN
THE NATION SPENDING AROUND
$18.3 BILLION ANNUALLY.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE A HUGE
OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE
WHEN IT COMES TO SUSTAINABLE
PROCUREMENT AND WE ALSO ACT AS
THE FORCE MULTIPLIER WHERE ANY
TIME WE DO IN THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IS OFTEN ADAPTED IN
STATE PROCUREMENT, MUNICIPAL
PROCUREMENT AND THE PRIVATE
SECTOR AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT
THEY LED BY EXAMPLE AND
SUBSTANCE STRONG POLICIES AND
PROGRAMS AS IT RELATES TO
SUSTAINABLE PURCHASING AND
PRODUCTS.
I'M SURE TODAY WE'VE BEEN
HEARING A LOT ABOUT EXECUTIVE
WHICH IS CALLED CLEAN ENERGY
INDUSTRY THROUGH FEDERAL
SUSTAINABILITY AND THERE'S ALSO
AN FEDERAL SUSTAINABILITY PLAN
AND OMB THAT ALL CAME OUT AT THE
SAME TIME.
THERE'S LOTS OF AMAZING THINGS
IN THERE BUT I WANT TO PULL OUT
FOR YOU ALL THE SUSTAINABILITY
PURCHASING ELEMENTS THAT ARE
COVERED WITHIN THESE DIRECTIVES.
IT'S NET-ZERO PROCUREMENT GOALS
FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT BY 2050.
EVERYTHING WE ARE DOING RELATED
TO SUSTAINABILITY PURCHASING IS
WORKING TOWARDS THIS GOAL OF
NET-ZERO PROCUREMENT.
THE MAIN THING IS WHAT WE'RE
GOING TO FOCUS ON ON TODAY'S
PANEL AND TOMORROW IS FEDERAL
PURCHASING AFTER MOVING
STATUTORY MANDATES AND YOU WILL
HEAR FROM TODAY AND PURCHASES
MUST MAXIMIZE THE PROCUREMENT OF
SUSTAINABILITY PRODUCT AND
SERVICES AND IDENTIFIED OR
RECOMMENDED BY EPA AND THEY'RE
AND I MENTIONED BEFORE AND THOSE
PROGRAMS WILL BE COVERED IN
TOMORROW'S SESSION.
WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE
SUBSTITUTES FOR PRODUCTS THAT
CONTAIN POLICY FLOORAL OTHERWISE
KNOWN AS PFAX AND MAJOR FEDERAL
SUPPLIERS FOR GREENHOUSE GAS AND
CLIMATE RISKS AND SCIENCE BASED
TARGETS AND MEMBERSHIP HIGHS THE
RISK OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND
MAXIMIZE INCLUDING FACTORING IN
THE SOCIAL COSTS OF GREENHOUSE
GASES IN PROCUREMENT DECISIONS
AND THE FEDERAL LEADERS WORKING
GROUP INCLUDING A BUY CLEAN TASK
FORCED TO DRIVE STRATEGY AND
IMPLEMENTATION FOR LOW CARBON
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS.
SO, THERE'S A LOT OF NEW
SUSTAINABLE PURCHASE BEING
EXECUTIVES IPURCHASING.THEY'RE WORKING TOG ETHER AND
TODAY WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON
THAT PIECE OF THE EXECUTIVE
ORDER ABOUT MEETING STATUTORY
MANDATES.
I'M GOING TO PASS IT OFF TO SOME
OF THE STATUTORY PROGRAMS AND
FIRST UP WE'LL HAVE ANDY FROM
THE BIOPREFERRED PROGRAM.
>> THANK YOU, JENNA.
CAN I GET THE CONTROL AND SHARE
MY SCREEN?
WE ARE SEEING IT.
THANK YOU, GOOD AFTERNOON, MY
NAME IS ANDY JERMOLOWICZ AND I
WORK AT OVERSEERS OF THE
BIOPREFERRED PROGRAM.
IT'S A PROGRAM MANAGED BY USDA
WITH THE GOAL OF INCREASING THE
PURCHASE AND USE OF BIO-BASED
PRODUCTS.
THE PROGRAM WAS CREATED UNDER
THE 2002 FORM AND SUBSEQUENTLY
REAUTHORIZED AND EXPANDED MOST
RECENTLY BY THE 2018 FARM BILL
THE PROGRAMS' PURPOSE IS TO SPUR
ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT, CREATE
JOBS AND PROVIDE MARKETS FOR
FARM COMMODITIES.
THE INCREASE DEVELOPMENT
PURCHASE AND USE OF BIO BASED
PRODUCTS REDUCES OUR NATION'S
RELIANCE ON PETROLEUM AND
INCREASES RENEWABLE AGRICULTURE
RESOURCES AND CONTRIBUTES TO
REDUCING EFFORTS AND
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH IMPACTS.
WE'RE HAPPY TO CELEBRATE THE
20th YEAR OF THIS PROGRAM THIS
YEAR.
WHAT IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU,
AGAIN, FEDERAL LAW AND THE
FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS
AND PRESIDENTIAL EXECUTIVE
ORDERS DIRECT AT ALL FEDERAL
AGENCIES PURCHASE BIO BASED
PRODUCTS AND CATEGORIES
IDENTIFIED BY USDA.
TO DATE, WE HAVE 139 CATEGORIES
OF BIO BASED PRODUCTS FOR WHICH
AGENCY AND THEIR CONTRACTORS
HAVE PURCHASING REQUIREMENTS.
EACH PURCHASING CATEGORY
SPECIFIES THE MINIMUM BIO BASED
CONTENT FOR PRODUCTS WITHIN THE
CATEGORY AND ACTUAL PURCHASING
DATA AVAILABLE FROM FEDERAL
CONTRACTORS INDICATES THAT
CONSTRUCTION AND CLEAN PRODUCTS
ARE THE MOST WHAT IS MOST OFTEN
PRODUCED.
AND HERE WE ARE WITH THE
PROVISIONS.
THE PURCHASING REQUIREMENTS THAT
SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN ALL
CONTRACTS.
THE CONTRACTOR REPORT OF
BIO-BASED PRODUCTS AND ALSO
REPORT THROUGH THE SYSTEM OF
AWARDS MANAGEMENT, SAM, WE'VE
SEEN OVER ALL CONTRACTOR REPORT
OF BIO BASED PRODUCTS PURCHASING
INCREASING OVER LAST YEAR'S THAT
WE THINK THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT
A MINIMAL AMOUNT OF 5 MILLION IN
2019 AND IT GREW TO 6.9 AND IN
2019 OR 6.9 IN 2020.
WE WERE UP AT $75 MILLION IN
2021 AND WE'VE SEEN A
SIGNIFICANT INCREASE AND SOME OF
IT IS EDUCATION AND AWARENESS OF
THIS PROGRAM AND GETTING
PROCUREMENT AND TO GET THE
CLAUSE INCLUDED IN SATURDAY AND
ALSO DOING THE FOLLOW-UP WORK TO
REPORT THROUGH THESE SYSTEM
AWARDS MANAGEMENT.
THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN USED
EXTENSIVELY BY SOME USD IS ALSO
OUT THERE.
OUR OWN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
SERVICE USING BIO-BASED OILS,
MOTOR OILS OR ANTIFREEZE AND
SOME OF THEIR EQUIPMENT ON SOME
OF THE TEST FARMS.
WE'VE SEEN THE NATIONAL PARK
SERVICE USING BIO-BASED GRAFFITI
REMOVERS AND SOME OF THE
NATIONAL PARKS TO KEEP THEM
LOOKING GOOD AND ALSO THE NASA
THROUGH THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
AND OTHERS AND THEY HAVE BEEN
STRONG PROPONENTS AND
PARTICIPANTS IN THIS PROGRAM.
IN ADDITION TO THE PROCUREMENT
REQUIREMENT, OF THIS PROGRAM, WE
ALSO SUPPORT THE CERTIFIED
BIO-BASED PRODUCTS LABEL AS
CONSUMERS CONSIDER PURCHASING
OPTIONS, WITH SUSTAINABILITY
ATTRIBUTES, USDA WANTS TO MAKE
IT EASIER FOR CONSUMERS TO
IDENTIFY BIO-BASED PRODUCTS IN
THE MARKETPLACE AND THE USDA
CERTIFIED BIO BASED LABEL
DISPLAYED HERE AND IS DESIGNED
TO PROVE PROVIDE USEFUL
INFORMATION TO CONSUMERS AND
ABOUT THE BIO BASED CONTENT OF
THE PRODUCTS.
A BUSINESS WITH . BASED PRODUCT
THAT MEETS -- LABELS ON THE
PRODUCTS.
I WANT TO GO BACK.
THIS LABEL ASSURES TO CONSUMERS
THAT THE PRODUCT CONTAINS A
VERIFIABLE AMOUNT OF RENEWABLE
BIOLOGICAL INGREDIENTS REFERRED
TO AS BIO BASED CONTENT.
CONSUMERS CAN TRUST THE LABEL TO
MEAN IT SAYS WHAT IT IS BECAUSE
MANUFACTURERS' CLAIMS CONCERNING
THE BIO-BASED CONTENT ARE A
THIRD PARTY CERTIFIED AND
STRICTLY MONITORED BY USDA AND
IN THIS EXAMPLE HERE OF OF SOME
GENERATION, EARNED THE USDA
CERTIFIED BIO BASED PRODUCT
LABEL.
AS YOU CAN SEE UP ON HERE, IT
HAS 90% BIO BASED CONTENT AND
THE FP REFERS TO THE FEDERAL
PURCHASING INDICATING THAT THE
PRODUCT QUALIFIED FOR FEDERAL
PURCHASING BECAUSE IT FALLS INTO
ONE OF THE USDA DING NATURED
CATEGORIES AND NEEDS THE MINIMUM
CONTENT PERCENTAGE FOR THIS
PARTICULAR PRODUCT.
AGAIN, WHY ARE WE DOING THIS?
THIS PROGRAM IS OUT THERE TO
HELP COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE.
AGAIN, JUST THROUGH THE PLANT
PRODUCTION.
THERE'S A BIG OPPORTUNITY AT THE
FARM LEVEL TO SEQUESTER CARBON.
AGAIN, LOOKING AT BIO BASED FEED
STACKS SUCH AS CORN, SOY, HEMP.
IT'S A WAY TO CREATE NEW
PRODUCTS.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FROM OUR
FARMERS TO EXPAND THEIR
MARKETPLACE LOOKING AT SOMETHING
FOR SOME OF THESE COMMODITIES
AND CORN, SO I, WHATEVER, CAN BE
USED FOR SOMETHING OTHER THAN
JUST WHETHER IT'S FEED, AND
FOOD.
AND IT PROVIDES THEM WITH AN
ADDITIONAL MARKET, HOPEFULLY
ALLOWING THEM SOME ADDITIONAL
CASH INFLUENCE TO IT AND MAKING
FARMING MORE PROFITABILITY AND
KEEPING THIS CYCLE GOING OF
GROWING PLANTS AND PROVIDING
PRODUCTS AND BUILDING STRONG
RURAL ECONOMIES.
CONTINUING FORWARD, AGAIN, WHILE
OUR LABEL DOES NOT REPRESENT ANY
SPECIFIC CARBON CAPTURE
SUSTAINABILITY ELEMENTS THAT
LABELS DOES REFLECT THE BIO BASE
CONTENT, WE HAVE SUPPORT OF
MULTIPLE STUDIES ON THE ECONOMIC
IMPACT OF THE U.S. BIO-BASED
PRODUCT SECTOR AND BASED ON THE
VOLUME OF PRODUCTS, CROPS EVERY
WEEK AND MAKES SOME ESTIMATES OR
SOME INFERENCES ON WHAT BIO
BASED PRODUCTS DO IN TERMS OF
CLIMATE MITIGATION AND AS YOU
CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE HERE, THERE
IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR BIO-BASED
PRODUCTS TO ELIMINATE OR REDUCE
THE 2CO2 ADMITTED INTO THE
ATMOSPHERE AND WE HAVE A AN
ESTIMATE OF THE CO3 THROUGH
USING MORE BIO BASED PRODUCTS
AND O SAME THING WITH GREENHOUSE
GAS EMISSIONS AND THIS REPORT IS
AVAILABLE ON THE PROGRAM WEBSITE
FOR ANYBODY WHO IS INTERESTED IN
IT.
AGAIN, WE'RE CURRENT INITIATIVES
AND TO CONTINUE WORKING ON THIS
PROGRAM AND ONE OF THE BIG
PIECES WE HAVE TO CHANGE IN THE
FARM BILL THAT SO WE'RE WORKING
ON STREAMLINING THE PROGRAM
REGULATION AND THERE ARE TWO
REGULATIONS FOR THIS PROGRAM AND
WE ARE STREAMLINING IT TO A
SINGLE PROGRAM REGULATION WE
WILL LOOK TO UPSTREAM LINE THE
PROCESS FOR PREFERRED ON GOING
PROCESS AND ALLOWING FOR FEDERAL
PROCUREMENT CATEGORIES TO BE
ADDED OR REVISED WHEN NEEDED AND
ALL PRODUCTS BECOMING QUALIFIED
FOR FEDERAL PROCUREMENT AND
ELIGIBLE TO USE USDA CERTIFIED
LABEL THROUGH A SINGLE
APPLICATION PROJECT RIGHT NOW
AND WE HAVE MULTIPLE AND THERE
ARE MORE THINGS WE'RE DOING
THROUGH HERE.
WE'RE ALSO AWARE OF A ANOTHER
EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT WILL BUILD
ON SOME OF THE EXISTING WORKING
WITH BIOTECHNOLOGY AND FROM WHAT
WE'RE AWARE OF THERE, WE ARE
ANTICIPATING INCREASING
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FROM THE
FEDERAL AGENCIES AND ON BIO
BASED PRODUCT PURCHASEING AND
MEETING SOME OF THE CLIMATE
TOOLS AND ADMINISTRATION.
HERE IS JUST IF YOU WANT TO KNOW
EVERYTHING THAW WANT TO KNOW
ABOUT THE PROGRAM IS AT
BIOPREFERRED.GOV AND ANYBODY
INTERESTED CALL BIO.GOV AND YOU
CAN SIGN UP FOR IT HERE AND WE
HAVE FACILITATED SOME OF THE
SAMPLE CONTRACT LANGUAGE THAT
CAN BE IN AND RESOURCES ON HOW
TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE
GOVERNMENT AND HOW TO GET THIS
IN AND GETTING TRAINING AND MOST
IMPORTANTLY, IS THE CATALOG OF
THE WE WILL BE STICKING AROUND
TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU.
>> NO PARTICULAR QUESTION FOR
YOU RIGHT NOW AND SO WE'RE GOING
TO MOVE INTO OUR NEXT PRESENTER
WHICH IS CATHERINE WITH THE
ENERGY STAR PROGRAM.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE CAN MY DECK UP HERE.
I GOT THAT.
ENERGY STAR SAY PUBLIC-PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT, MANUFACTURERS AND
UTILITIES AND BUSINESSES AND
CONSUMERS AND WHICH PRODUCTS,
HOMES AND BUILDINGS SAFE ENERGY
AND REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS.
SO IT ALL STARTED WITH JUST
COMPUTERS AND MONITORS AND NOW
YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE, THAT
WE HAVEN'T NUMEROUS ABLEN'T PRODUCTS THAT COVER
75 PRODUCT TYPES THAT ARE
ELIGIBLE FOR LEARNING THE ENERGY
STAR LABEL.
HERE IS THE LEFT OF OUR
RESIDENTIAL CATEGORIES.
WE COVER A NICE COLLECTION AND
EVER GROWING SWAP OF COMMERCIAL
PRODUCTS.
COMMERCIAL APPLIANCE SUCH AS
VENDING MACHINES, WATER COOLERS,
CLOTHES WASHERS, OFFICE
EQUIPMENT SUCH AS ENTERPRISE
SERVERS ENERGY EQUIPMENT AND
COMMERCIAL FOOD SERVICE AND LIKE
OFFENSE, COMMERCIAL
REFRIGERATION AND ICE MAKERS.
ENERGY STAR ADDS A LOT OF VALUE
FOR ALL PURCHASERS AND ALL OF
THE ENERGY WE HAVE PRO TUFT AND
UPDATED PRODUCT FINDER FOR
CONSUMERS AS WELL AS LARGE
PURCHASERS AND WE ALSO HAVE A
NICE SELECTION OF CONSUMER
EDUCATION AND CAMPAIGN MATERIALS
THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC
INCLUDING ALL OF OUR PURCHASING
PARTNERS.
ENERGY STAR HAS BEEN IN THE
BUSINESS FOR 30 YEARS NOW AND A
LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THE LABEL AND
THE PURCHASING REQUIREMENTS AND
SO I WANTED TO DIVE INTO DEEPER
TODAY ON A COUPLE OF NEW THINGS
FOR ENERGY STAR AND INCLUDING A
NEW PRODUCT CATEGORY FOR US
WHICH IS ELECTRIC VEHICLE
CHARGING EQUIPMENT AND THEN I'LL
ALSO TALK ABOUT A NEW
INITIATIVE.
I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF
EXCITEMENT AND INTEREST AND
ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND THERE WERE
655,000 ELECTRIC VEHICLES SOLD
IN 2021 AND IN FACT IN DECEMBER
OF 2021, THERE WAS A RECORD,
71,000 ELECTRIC VOLKSWAGEN SOLD.
AND THIS SHOWS THE CONTINUED
GROWTFOR WIDESPREAD AVAILABILITYOF EFFICIE NT CHARGERS AND
CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE.
IT SHOWS THE LEVEL 2 AND DC FAST
CHARGERS AND THE NUMBERS ARE
GROWING.
WE WILL SEE A LOT MORE GROWTH.
THERE'S INCREASED CONSUMER
DEMAND AND ALSO MANY STATES,
INCLUDING CALIFORNIA, COLORADO,
MASSACHUSETTS, NEW YORK, AND NEW
JERSEY AS WELL AS PRIVATE
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE AMAZON, LYFT
AND FEDEX HAVE COMMITTED TO
TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFICATION
GOALS THAT RESUSCITATE
WIDESPREAD AVAILABILITY OF
CHARGERS.
I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT THIS LATER BUT OF
COURSE, THERE'S ALSO THE
BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL
THAT WILL SUPPORT THE
DEVELOPMENT OF CHARGING
INFRASTRUCTURE BOTH ALONG
FEDERAL HIGHWAYS AND AT THE
STATE LEVEL.
SO, BOTTOM LINE IS THIS IS A
RAPID GROWTH AREA AND A HUGE
OPPORTUNITY FOR ENERGY SAVINGS.
IN 2021, THEY ADOPTED STARS
PROCUREMENT PRIORMENTS FOR EVSE
PURCHASERS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE
CHARGING PURCHASES.
WHICH IS REALLY GREAT AND WHERE
THEY ARE THANKFUL FOR THE
COLLABORATION.
UNDER PRESIDENT BIDEN'S
BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW,
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, ANNOUNCED
THE NATIONAL ELECTRIC VEHICLE
INFRASTRUCTURE FORMULA PROGRAM
TO ASSIST WITH BUILDING OUT
NATIONAL EV CHARGING
INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE PLAN ALLOCATES ROUGHLY
$5 BILLION OVER FIVE YEARS TO
HELP STATES CREATE A NETWORK OF
EV CHARGING STATIONS ALONG
DESIGNATED ALTERNATIVE CORRIDORS
AND PARTICULARLY THE FOCUS IS ON
THE ENTER STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM.
WE'RE EXPECTED INFORM SE TO SEE MORE
DETAILS IN MAY.
THE ENERGY STAR TEAM HAS SAMPLE
PROCUREMENT LANGUAGE AVAILABLE
AT THIS LINK HERE AND WILL BE
HELPFUL TO ALL OF OUR FEDERAL
PURCHASING PARTNERS.
AND THE TEMPLATE THAT WE'VE
CREATED IS CUSTOMIZABLE WITH
ORGANIZATIONS SPECIFIC LANGUAGE
AND IT INCLUDES SOME HIGH LEVEL
DETAILS ON THE BENEFITS OF
CHOOSING AND A VEHICLE CHARGER.
THE NEXT NEW INITIATIVE I WANTED
TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE ENERGY STAR
HOME UPGRADE.
AND IN ORDER TO AVOID THE WORSE
EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, WE
HAVE TO DECARBONIZE BUILDINGS
AND SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASE
EFFICIENCY.
BY 2050, ALMOST EVERY HOME IN
AMERICA WILL NEED AN UPGRADE OF
SOME KIND.
AND THE HOME UPGRADE IS A NEW
INITIATIVE THAT WILL LEVERAGE
THE MARKET POWER OF ENERGY STAR
TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCE ENERGY
USE ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXISTING
HOMES IN A TIME FRAME CONSISTENT
WITH US CLEAN ENERGY OBJECTIVES.
80 MILLION SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES
WILL NEED AN UPGRADE BY 2050.
THE HOME UPGRADE IS A
SELF-SERVICE PACKAGE OF ENERGY
RELATED HOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT
CAN BE MADE WHEN SOMEONE, A HOME
IS REPLACING A CERTAIN EQUIPMENT
AND WE FOCUSED IN ON THE BIG
OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDING CLEAN
HEAT, THROUGH ENERGY STAR
CERTIFIED AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMPS,
CLEANING WATER HEATING WITH
ENERGY STARS CERTIFIED HEAT PUMP
WATER HEATERS, SMART CONTROLS
WITH ENERGY START THERMOSTATS
AND HIGH PERFORMING ENERGY STAR
WINDOWS AND STORM WINDOWS,
ENERGY STAR RECOGNIZED
INSTALLATION AND ENERGY STAR
CERTIFIED ELECTRIC VEHICLE
CHARGER READY.
THE FEDERAL PURCHASERS, THE
ENERGY STAR HOME GRADE IS
DESIGNED TO BE USED AS A
FLEXIBLE FRAMEWORK.
FEDS CAN HIGHLIGHT THE IMPACTFUL
UPGRADES FOR A HOME AND ALSO CAN
LEVERAGE OUR EXTENSIVE
EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION.
AND THE HOME UPGRADE CAN OFFER
SOME ENORMOUS SAVINGS.
ON AVERAGE, A HOUSEHOLD CAN SAVE
$500 A YEAR ON UTILITY BILLS IF
INSTALLING ALL OF THE MEASURES
AND IT'S A WIN-WIN FOR THE
ENVIRONMENT AND CONSUMERS.
I'D LIKE TO SPEND A MOMENT
UPDATING YOU ON SOME OF OUR
TOOLS.
THE ENERGY STAR PRODUCT FINDER.
AS WELL AS OUR QUALIFIED PRODUCT
LIST.
EPA HOST ENERGY STAR AND PRODUCT
FINDERS AND DYNAMIC SEARCHABLE
AND INFORMATION AND PERFORMANCE
AND FUNCTIONALITY WE'VE MADE
SOME UPDATES IN THE SOME WHICH
IS REALLY EXCITING AND IN 2021,
WE ADDED UPC CODES AND WE ALSO
COLLABORATED WITH OUR TEAMMATES
ATEAMMATESAT SNAP AND YOU WILL HEAR FROM
BELL A SHORTLY ABOUT THE WORK
THEY'RE DOING AND WE WORK
TOGETHER TO ADD REFRIGERANTS
DATA IN 2022 SO WE'RE FLAGGING
LOWER GWP OPTIONS FOR NEARLY ALL
OF THE ENERGY STAR PRODUCTS THAT
CONTAIN RE FRIDGER ANTS.
WE INTEGRATED OUR ENERGY STAR
PRODUCT LIST SO PURCHASERS CAN
FIND ONE LIST AND CONSOLIDATED
LIST OF ENERGY STAR CERTIFIED
PRODUCTS.
THE PURCHASERS CAN ACCESS ALL OF
THIS ENERGY STAR DATA THROUGH
OUR APPLICATION PROGRAMMING
INTERFACE.
SUCH AS ENERGY FACTORS AND UNIT
SIZES.
THIS API IS UPDATED DAILY AND
IT'S CUSTOMIZABLE AND THE
DATASETS CAN BE EXPORTED IN
EXCEL, CSV AND APIs AND I'LL
NOTE THE GSA IS USING OUR API
FOR THEIR SFT TOOL AND WE'RE
REALLY GRATEFUL TO HAVE THAT
COLLABORATION.
YOU CAN ACCESS THE API AT
DATA.ENERGYSTAR.GOV AND I THINK
YOU WILL BE ABLE TO CLICK THIS
LITTLE API LINK AT BOTTOM OF THE
SLIDE FROM OUR PRESENTATION.
LASTLIES THERE'S ANOTHER TOOL
THAT COULD BE A REALLY GREAT
ASSET WITH EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS
IT'S NOT A STATIC TOOL.
IT'S A CONSTANTLY REFRESHED TOOL
AND WE WILL AUTOMATICALLY UPDATE
THIS THROUGH A CONTENT FEED AND
SO THERE'S NO EFFORT FOR THE
ERGIZATIONATION HOSTING THIS
WIDGET AND WE'LL UPDATE WITH A
FRESH NUMBER OF TIPS WHICH IS
GREAT BECAUSE IT PROVIDES A
SEARCH SURGERY ENGINE
OPTIMIZATION FOR THOSE WHO HOST
IT AND IT'S NOT JUST FOR WEB
SITES, IT'S ALSO FOR NEWS
LETTERS AND SOCIAL MEDIA
APPROVALS AND OR ANY OTHER WAY
THAT YOU INTERACT WITH YOUR
CUSTOMERS OR YOUR EMPLOYEES.
AND THIS TOO IS CUSTOMIZABLE.
CAN YOU CHOSE WHICH PRODUCTS OR
TIPS YOU WANT TO FOCUS ON.
THAT IS IT FOR ME.
I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
INTEREST IN ENERGY STAR AND I
LOOK FORWARD TO ANY QUESTIONS
THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
>> THANK YOU, CATHERINE.
WORE GOING TO EPA COMPREHENSIVE
PROCUREMENT GUIDELINES AND I
WANT A QUICK REMINDER TO
ATTENDEES IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS,
USE THE FEEDBACK BUTTON AND
WE'LL ANSWER THEM AT END IF WE
CAN.
>> THANK YOU.
SO, MY NAME IS KSENIJA JANJIC
AND I WORK WITH RESEARCH
CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY AND
I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY AND I
AM GOING TO BE SPEAKING ABOUT
THE USE OF PROTECTION AGENCIES
COMPREHENSIVE PROCUREMENT GUIDE
LINE PROGRAM WHICH IS A PROGRAM
THAT IS MANDATORY FOR THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
SO, FIRST I WILL PROVIDE CONTEXT
AROUND WHY BUYING PRODUCTS MEET
WITH YOUR RECOVERS FROM WASTE
AND IT'S IMPORTANT AND WE ALL
KNOW MATERIAL RECOVERY, WHICH
INCLUDES RECYCLING THE USE HAS
THE POTENTIAL TO RESULT IN
NUMEROUS BENEFITS SO FOR
EXAMPLE, IT CAN REDUCE THE
AMOUNT OF WASTE SEND TO
LANDFILLS AND IT CAN SERVE
NATURAL RESOURCES SUCH AS
MINERALS AND INCREASE ECONOMIC
SECURITY BY TAPPING A DOMESTIC
SOURCE OF MATERIALS AND IT CAN
ALSO SAVE ENERGY AND REUSE AND
RECYCLE SHALL IN THEMSELVES
ENOUGH TO FULLY REALIZE THIS
POTENTIAL AND IT'S PROTEASOME PROCUREMENT
THE LAST REMAINING LINK AND IT
CLOSES THE PROCUREMENT CLOSES
THE RECYCLING LOOP AND INCREASES
ECONOMIC VI A LOT OF THE
RECYCLING SYSTEM AND CIRCULAR
ECONOMY AND HELPS US REALIZE ALL
THOSE POTENTIAL BENEFITS THAT
ARE ASSOCIATED WITH MATERIAL ASK
RECOVERY.
PART ONE OF A CIRCULAR ECONOMY
FOR ALL AND IN NA DOCUMENT, LAID
OUT CERTAIN OBJECTIVES TO
ADVANCE CIRCULAR ECONOMY.
SO, OVER ALL, THERE ARE FIVE
OBJECTIVES ONE OF WHICH IS AIMED
AT IMPROVING MARKETS FOR RECYCLE
COMMODITIES AND TO BUILD FOR
RECYCLED PRODUCTS, VIA BY
RECYCLED PROGRAMS AND POLICIES.
SO, THE COMPREHENSIVE
PROCUREMENT GUIDELINES ARE ONE
EXAMPLE BUY RECYCLED PROGRAM.
THIS PROGRAM IS AUTHORIZED BY
THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND
AND RECOVERY ACT.
IT'S FOCUSED ON HARNESSING
FEDERAL PURCHASING POWER TO
STIMULATE MARKETS FOR RECYCLED
COMMODITIES AND IT'S MANDATED
FOR PROCURING AGENCIES THAT ARE
USING A APPROPRIATED FEDERAL
FUNDS SO AGENCIES THAT ARE SUING
FEDERAL FUNDS, MUST COMPLY WITH
THE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS AND IN
THE CONTEXT OF THE NATIONAL
RECYCLING STRATEGY, IT'S
IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE COM' HENCE
I HAVE GUIDE LAN PROGRAM AND
FEDERAL AGENCIES ALSO LEAD BY
EXAMPLE AND IN BUILDING DEMAND
AND CREATING MARKETS FOR
COMMODITIES WHICH INSURES THE
NATIONAL RECYCLING SYSTEM WORKS
AND IT ACHIEVES CIRCULAR
ECONOMY.
SO, NOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
THE PROGRAM ITSELF.
BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS MANDATED
BY FEDERAL LAW, EPA USES LEGAL
FORMAL PROCESSES TO DESIGNATE
IMS THAT ARE OR CAN BE MADE WITH
RECOVERED MATERIALS AND TO ISSUE
PRE CUREMENT RECOMMENDATIONS TO
PURCHASE WITH RECOVERED
MATERIALS AND TO HELP WITH THE
PURCHASING OF THE DESIGNATED
ITEMS EPA ISSUES THE PURCHASING
RECOMMENDATIONS AND THESE
PURCHASING RECOMMENDATIONS ARE
RECYCLE CONTENT LEVELS,
REFERENCES, AND PRODUCT SPECIFIC
INDICATIONS FOR THE DESIGNATED
ITEMS.
OVER THE YEARS, EPA HAS
PUBLISHED DOCUMENTS WHICH ARE
THEMSELVES CALLED COMPREHENSIVE
PROCUREMENT GUIDELINES OR CPGs
FOR SHORT IN WHICH THE AGENCY
DESIGNATED 61 ITEMS WITH
RECOVERED MATERIALS CONTENT
THROUGH OUR GOVERNMENT
PROCUREMENT AND EP ALSO
PUBLISHED A SERIES OF RECOVERED
MATERIALS ADVISORY NOTICES IN
WITT AGENCY ISSUED THE
RECOMMENDED RECYCLE CONTENT
LEVELS REFERENCES AND PRODUCT
SPECIFIC FOR THE PURCHASING OF
THOSE 61 ITEMS.
INFORMATION ABOUT THESE 61 ITEMS
IS SUMMARIZED ON-LINE.
EPA DESIGNATES ITEMS USING A
VARIETY OF CRITERIA.
ONE OF THEM CPA PROGRAM GOALS IS
TO HELP REDUCE THE OVER ALL
AMOUNT OF SOLID WASTE AND SO THE
THREE DESIGNATIONS THAT ARE THE
THREE DESIGNATION CRITERIA
HIGHLIGHTED ON THIS SLIDE, IS
SURE THE BUY RECYCLED PURCHASING
UNDER THE PROGRAM WILL RESULT IN
A REDUCTION OF THE OVER ALL
SOLID WASTE.
SO, FIRST, BEFORE DESIGNATING AN
ITEM, EPA CONSIDERS WHETHER A
RECOVERED MATERIAL THAT IS USED
IN THE ITEM REPRESENTS A
SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE WASTE
TREATMENT AND ISTREAM, IF IT DOES, DES IGN ITING
THAT ITEM FOR PROCUREMENT IS
MEANINGFUL FOR THE OVER ALL
REDUCTION OF WASTE.
THEN, EPA ALSO CREDITS I CONSIDERS IF AN
ITEM IS ONE THAT THE GOVERNMENT
PRPROCURES.
SO FOR AN EXAMPLE HERE, IF THE
GOVERNMENT HAS NO NEED FOR THE
GADGET AND IS NOT PROCURING IT
IN QUANTITIES IT WILL NOT IMPACT
THE SOLID WASTE IN A WAY THE
PROGRAM INTENDS TO IRRESPECTIVE
OF HOW MUCH RECYCLED CONTENT IS
IN THE GADGET.
AND JUST TO NOTE IN RESPECT TO
THIS SPECIFIC GOVERNMENT
PROCUREMENT CRITERION, I WOULD
JUST LIKE TO MENTION THAT
EVALUATION AGAINST THIS TECH
CRITERION IS SOMEWHAT CHARGING
BECAUSE OF A GENERAL ABSENCE OF
GOVERNMENT-WIDE DATA WHILE THE
PROCUREMENT OF SPECIFIC PRODUCTS
AND WE HOPE THAT GOING FORWARD,
TOGETHER WE CAN DO MORE TO
IMPROVE EACH AGENCY'S TRACKING
OF PRODUCT LEVELS RECYCLED
CONTENT PURCHASES.
AND SO NOW BACK TO THESE
CRITERIA, THE THIRD ONE THAT IS
REALLY CRITICAL FOR THE
REDUCTION OF SOLID WASTE IS THE
OTHER USES FOR RECOVERED
MATERIALS SO EPA WILL CONSIDER
THESE OTHER USES AND THE GOAL IS
TO ELIMINATE THE SCENARIO OF
CONCERN WHERE DESIGNATING AN
ITEM WILL SHIFT FROM AN ITEM
THAT HAS USED IT HISTORICALLY TO
A NEW ITEM HAVING TO ACHIEVE IN
THAT REDUCTION IN THE AMOUNT OF
WASTE SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT
WE LOOK TO AVOID.
AND SO THESE THREE CRITERIA
IMPACT THE OVER ALL AMOUNT OF
WASTE AND THEN THERE ARE OTHER
CRITERIA THAT WE INCLUDE THAT
ARE MEANT TO ASSURE THAT THE
PRODUCTS WILL WORK.
SO THE FOLLOWING SEVERAL SLIDES
WILL ILLUSTRATE THE TYPES OF
PRODUCT THAT EPA HAS DESIGNATED
AND PROVIDED RECOMMENDED
RECYCLED CONTENT LEVELS FOR AND
THESE PRODUCTS FALL IN EIGHT
PRODUCT CATEGORIES WHICH ARE
BOLDED OUT SO WE GO TO THE
SLIDES.
AND I'M GOING TO READ OFF A FEW
PRODUCTS IN ONLY A FEW
CATEGORIES JUST FOR ILLUSTRATION
PURPOSES.
FOR EXAMPLE, ON THIS FIRST
SLIDE, WE SEE THAT EPA HAS
INCLUDED A VARIETY OF OFFICE
PRODUCTS, A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES
IN NON PAPER OFFICE PRODUCTS
CATEGORIES ARE RECYCLING
CONTAINERS AND PLASTIC TRASH
BAGS.
CONSTRUCTION AND LANDSCAPING
IMPLICATIONS CAN SHIFT LARGE
QUANTITIES OF WHAT WAS DESTIN
FOR DISPOSAL INTO NEW PRODUCTS
AND IT MAKES EPA INCLUDES
CONSTRUCTION IN LANDSCAPING
PRODUCTS CATEGORIES AND CPGs
AND EXAMPLE ITEM IN THE
CONSTRUCTION PRODUCT CATEGORY
THAT EPA HAS INCLUDED IS FLOOR
TILES AND ROOFING MATERIALS.
THEY HAVE INCLUDED BIKE RACKS.
OK, SO, I AM GOING TO NOW SPEAK
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW
WHICH IS PASSED ON
NOVEMBER 15th, 2021 BECAUSE IT
IS DRIVING NEAR TERM ACTIVITIES
FOR THE CPG PROGRAM AND SO THE
BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LA
CALLS FOR INCREASED FREQUENCY BY
WHICH EPMS REVIEW CPGs AND IT
ALSO CALLS FOR INCREASED
COORDINATION AT THE FEDERAL
LEVEL REGARDING CPG PROGRAM SO
AS THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE
LAW DIRECTS EPC A REVIEWING AND
DECIDING WHICH NEW PRODUCTS TO
DESIGNATE FOR PROCUREMENT AND SO
KEEP ATTUNED TO UPCOMING UPDATES
AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT EPA
IS LOOKING FOR CONTEXT IN
FEDERAL AGENCIES TO ENGAGE WITH
ON THE PCG PROGRAM AND THE
TRACKING OF RECYCLE CONTENT
PURCHASES SO I'M JUST GOING TO
PUT OUT A CALL TO ACTION OUT
THERE AND TO ASK THAT IF YOU ARE
AWARE TO E-MAIL US POINTS OF
CONTACTS IN YOUR AGENCIES WHO
CAN DISCUSS THIS TOPICS AND YOU
CAN USE THE E-MAIL ADDRESS WHICH
IS EPA RECYCLES AT EPA.GOV.
IN THIS LAST SLIDE, I JUST
WANTED PROVIDE A COUP OF LINKS
TO RESOURCE AND THE FIRST ONE IS
FOR THE CPG PROGRAM AND THE NEXT
ONE IS A SERIES OF PUBLICATIONS
THAT GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE
PROGRAM AND SUMMARIZE THIS
DESIGNATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
FOR THE PURCHASING OF PRODUCTS.
THE NEXT ONE IS FOR THE CPG
PRODUCT SUPPLIER DIRECTORY THAT
ARE DESIGNATED IN CPGs AND THE
FINAL ONE IS LINKED TO GSAs
ON-LINE CATALOG THAT WAS
ESPECIALLY DEVELOPED FOR FEDERAL
PURCHASES TO HELP IDENTIFY
PRODUCTS THAT MEET ENVIRONMENTAL
GOALS OF VARIOUS FEDERAL
PROGRAMS AND GSA AND EPA WILL
BEGIN WORKING TO EXPAND THE
LISTINGS TO INCLUDE A MORE
ROBUST RECYCLED CONTENT PRODUCTS
DATABASE GOING FORWARD.
SO, THAT IS IT FOR MY
PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
INTEREST AND I AM NOW GOING TO
TURN IT OVER TO BELLA.
>> GREAT.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
WE'VE HAD ON THIS PANEL.
I WANTED TO SORT OF PROVIDE A
LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE AND JUST
SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN
TERMS OF THE FEDERAL
REQUIREMENTS FOR PROCUREMENT
RELATED TO THOSE SUBSTANCES AS
WELL AS THEIR SUBSTITUTES AND
THE HYDRO FLOOR OWE CARBONS OR
HFCs.
AND VARIOUS SECTORS OF USE AND
SUBSTANCE ALTERNATIVES AND THE
AMERICAN INNOVATION AND
MANUFACTURING ACT WHERE WE HAVE
AUTHORITY TO CONTROL THE
POTENTIAL HFCs AND REVIEW THE
EXISTING REQUIREMENTS ACTUALLY
FOR ODS AND HFCs THAT EXIST.
JUST AS AN OVERVIEW, SO THE
OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES ARE
USED AS REFRIGERANTS AND A
NUMBER OF DIFFERENT
APPLICATIONS.
THEY HAVE BEEN USED IN
AIR-CONDITIONING, BUILDINGS,
AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT,
MICHELLE AND RETAIL FOOD COOLING
EQUIPMENT AND FREEZERS AND
ALLIANCES AND WE KNOW THAT
THEY'VE BEEN USED IN INSULATION
FOR BUILDINGS AND A NUMBER OF
AEROSOL PRODUCTS AND CLEANING
SOLVENTS AND WE KNOW THERE ARE
NATIONAL SECURITY MILITARY AND
AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS.
THEIR SUBSTITUTES IN HCFs AS
WELL.
THE REQUIREMENTS FOR OZONE LAYER
PROTECTION ARE CAPTURED UNDER
THE CLEAN AIR ACT TITLE 6 AND
THEY'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE
AND I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON THE
SIGNIFICANT APARTMENT
ALTERNATIVES POLICY PROGRAM THAT
PROGRAM IS SECTION 612 OF THE
CLEAN AIR ACT AND IT'S BEEN
ESTABLISHED SINCE 1994 TO LOOK
AT ALTERNATIVES AND EVALUATE
THEM FOR OZONE DEPLETING
SUBSTANCES.
THE PROGRAM' EVALUATES THE
ALTERNATIVES, FROZEN DEFLEETING
SUBSTANCES AND CAN LIST THEM
THROUGH REGULATION AS
ACCEPTABLE, ACCEPTABLE WITH
CERTAIN USE CONDITIONS TO
ADDRESS SAFE USE AND OR
UNACCEPTABLE.
AND THE SECTORS COVERED UNDER
SNAP INCLUDE ALL OF THE SECTORS
I MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS
SLIDE WHERE OZONE DEPLETING
SUBSTANCE HAVE BEEN USED AND THE
OTHER SECTORS.
AND THE THERE ARE SPECIFIC
CRITERIA UNDER OUR REGULATIONS
FOR SNAP TO EVALUATE AND THESE
ARE FOR THE ALTERNATIVES, SNAP
CONSIDERS THE OZONE DEFLATION
POTENTIAL OF THE NEW
ALTERNATIVES THE GLOBAL WARMING
AND TOXICITY AND LOCAL AIR AND IT
CAN BE USED AS SORT OF AN
ALTERNATIVE.
A LOT OF THE ALTERNATIVES THAT
WE REVIEW UNDER SNAP DON'T
NECESSARILY MAKE IT INTO
SPECIALIZED PRODUCTS AND ONE OF
THE SNAP CRITERIA IS NOT
EFFICACY SO THOSE TESTING AND
THE REQUIRED PERFORMANCE
PARAMETERS HAVE TO BE PROVEN FOR
THE SNAP ALTERNATIVES TO
ACTUALLY BE USED IN COMMERCIAL
PRODUCTS.
SO WE HAVE INFORMATION OF THE
ACCEPTABLE AND UNACCEPTABLE
SUBSTITUTES AS A REFERENCE ON
OUR WEB PAGE.
CATHERINE MENTIONED THE ENERGY
STAR PRODUCTS TOOL AND I THINK
IT'S A HELPFUL TOOL AND I'M
HAPPY FOR THAT COORDINATION
BECAUSE IT HAS INFORMATION OF
THOSE SNAP ALTERNATIVES IN THE
REFRIGERATION AND
AIR-CONDITIONING SECTOR THAT
HAVE MADE IT TO COMMERCIAL
MARKET AND ARE AVAILABLE SO FOR
PURCHASE WITH EITHER NON OZONE
DEPLETING REFRIGERANTS OR LOW
GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL
REFRIGERANTS.
AND I MENTIONED THAT HFCs ARE
OF CONCERN BECAUSE OF THE
CONTRIBUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE
AND IN 2020, THE AMERICAN
INNOVATION AND MANUFACTURING ACT
WAS ENACTED AND IT GAVE THE
AUTHORITY TO ADDRESS HFCs AND
HOPES A PHASE-DOWN OF
CONSUMPTION IN THE U.S. BY 85%
BY 2036.
EPA IS ADDRESSING HFCs IN
THREE MAIN PILLARS TO PHASE DOWN
THE CONSUMPTION IN THE U.S.
THROUGH AN ALLOWANCE EDUCATION
PROGRAM TO SUPPORT THE
SECTOR-BASED TRANSITION TO
ALTERNATIVES AND NEXT GENERATION
TECHNOLOGIES AND ALSO TO SET UP
A PROGRAM TO MAXIMIZE THE
RECLAIM AND MINIMIZE THE
RELEASES OF HFCs.
AS OF LAST FALL, WE PROMULGATED
OUR FIRST FINAL RULE AND THIS
WAS SETTING UP THE BASELINE FOR
THE U.S. AS WELL AS A NEW
ALLOWANCE ALLOCATION AND TRADING
PROGRAM.
THE TABLE ON THE RIDE SHOWS THE
SCHEDULE THAT THE U.S. IS ON IN
TERMS OF THE PHASED DOWN STEPS
TO REDUCE OUR PRODUCTION AND
CONSUMPTION OF HFCs IN THE
U.S. GETTING TO A 15% LEVEL BY
2036.
AND IN THAT FINAL RULE, WE SAW
THE SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL
BENEFITS AS WELL AS A COST
SAVINGS BY TAKING THE RULE ON TO
HFCs.
ANOTHER PILLAR OF THE EMAC
ALLOWS US TO SUPPORT THE
TRANSITION AND WE CAN BE
PETITIONS TO TAKE ACTION TO
RESTRICT HFCs IN CERTAIN
SUBSECTORS AND THERE ARE
PROVISIONS WITHIN SUBSECTION I
OF THE AIM ACT THAT TELLS US WE
NEED TO MAKE IT PUBLICLY
AVAILABLE AND HAVING TO EVALUATE
AND DECIDE WHETHER TO GRANTOR
DENY THE PETITIONS.
FOR PETITIONS WE GRANT WE HAVE
UP TO TWO YEARS TO FINALIZE
RULEMAKING ESTABLISHING THOSE
RESTRICTIONS ON HFCs.
I WANTED TO NOTE THE FALL
REQUIREMENTS TRANSITION OVER TO
THAT BECAUSE THERE ARE EXISTING
REQUIREMENTS WITHIN THE FAR FOR
THE PROCUREMENT OF MATERIALS AND
SERVICES USING OZONE DEFLEETING
SUBSTANCES AND THEY'VE BEEN IN
PLACE FOR A WHILE.
BUT IN 2016, THE REQUIREMENTS
FOR HFCs WERE ADDED INTO THE
FAR.
IN THE POLICY SECTION THERE ARE
REQUIREMENTS IN THERE FOR
AGENCIES TO PROCURE MATERIALS
AND SUBSTANCES TO THE POSSIBLE
THAT DON'T USE OZONE-DEFLEETING
SUBSTANCE AND THERE ARE NEW
REQUIREMENT TO AVOID MATERIALS
AND SUBSTANCES WHERE THEY CAN
RELEASE HYDRO GENE HFCs AND
THE SAME REQUIREMENTS AND
SECTION AS WELL AND THERE'S A
REFERENCE TO TITLE 6 THE OZONE
LAYER REGULATIONS AND CLEAN AIR
ACT AND TO OZONE DEFLEETING AND
THE REFERENCE TO USING LOW
ENERGY AND THE INFORMATION
CONTAINED IN THE SNAP WEBSITE.
AND THERE ARE SPECIFIC CONTRACT
CLAUSES FOR SPECIFIC CONTRACTS
THAT COVER THE USE OF OZONE
DEPLETING SUBSTANCES AS WELL AS
HFCs AND THEY ALSO ADDRESS THE
USE OF MAINTENANCE, SERVICE AND
ROW PAIR OF REFRIGERATION AND
AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT AND
COVER REQUIREMENTS FOR AEROSOL
AND SUPPLIES AND SERVICES.
ON THE GSA GREEN PLATFORM WHEN
WE LIST LOOKING FOR INFORMATION
ON ROON REFRIGERATION REQUIREMENTS
AND THERE ARE LINKS TO THE SNAP
REQUIREMENTS AS WELL.
WE ALSO HAVE ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE BOTH
ON THE SNAP PROGRAM AND THE
ACTIVITIES THAT WE'RE DOING
UNDER THE AIM ACT.
WE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF
DEVELOPING SOME ADDITIONAL FACT
SHEETS COVERING THE VARIOUS
SECTORS OF HFC USE AND THE
GLOBAL WARMING TO THE USE OF
HFCs.
WITH THAT I CONCLUDE MY
PRESENTATION, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
ADDRESSING ANY QUESTIONS THAT
YOU MIGHT HAVE.
BACK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU, BEALE AND THANK
YOU EVERYONE FOR PROVIDING AN
OVERVIEW OF YOUR PROGRAM.
WE DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THAT
HAVE COME IN DURING THE
PRESENTATION.
CONTINUE TO SUBMIT YOUR
QUESTIONS BUT WE'LL GET STARTED
HERE WITH ONE OF THEM.
THIS QUESTION IS FOR ANDY
THROUGH THE BIO-PREFERRED
PROGRAM.
THEY ASK, HOW DOES THE BIO-BASED
CERTIFICATION PROCESS WORK?
WHO ARE THE THIRD PARTY
PARTNERS, HOW IS THE TESTING
DONE TO CONFIRM THE PRODUCTS
MEET REQUIREMENTS AND IF THE
LABS ARE USED?
WHO A PROVES THEM?
>> GOOD QUESTION.
THE PATH TO ACHIEVING
CERTIFICATION, YOU KNOW,
INVOLVES WHAT THE PRODUCT
MANAGER FIRST COMPLETING AN
APPLICATION AND SUBMITTING A
SAMPLE TO UNWITH OF THE THIRD
PARTY LABORATORIES.
THE STANDARD WE USE IS THE ASTM
FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS AND
ASTMD6866 WHICH IS A METHOD FOR
DETERMINING THE BIO-BASED CARBON
CONTENT USING RADIOACTIVE --
EXCUSE ME, RADIO CARBON
ANALYSIS.
WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF LABS THAT
WE CERTIFY ONE BEING BETA
ANALYTICS AND THE OTHER BEING
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND
THEY'VE BEEN APPROVED BY THE
AGENCY AND THEY ARE THE TWO
EXISTING LABS WE USE.
THERE'S A SECTION ON OUR WEBSITE
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED WHEN YOU
GO THERE, THERE'S A LITTLE TAB
ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE ON HOW TO
PARTICIPATE WHICH GIVES YOU A
BIT MORE DETAIL THAN WHAT I JUST
PROVIDED HERE SO HOPEFULLY THAT
ANSWERED THE QUESTION.
>> YEAH.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION THAT
CAME IN AND I THINK I WILL TAKE
ON.
IS THERE DISCUSSIONS AT EPA
MAKING INDIVIDUAL DoD
INSTALLATIONS NOT JUST ARMY,
NAVY MARINES, ET CETERA, STAY ON
THE LINE AND LISTEN TO THE
PRESENTATION COMING AFTER THIS
AND IT'S SPECIFICALLY ON DoD'S
SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVE AND SO
I THEME THERE WILL BE ABLE TO
ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
>> DO ENVIRONMENT HAVE BIO
PRODUCT CERTIFICATION.
>> I WOULDN'T SAY NECESSARILY IN
THE CERTIFICATION.
THEY COULD BE ON THE PART OF
JUST THE PRODUCTION OF THE BIO
BASED CONTENT, BUT THERE IS
NOTHING SPECIFIC IN THESE
CERTIFICATION OR WHATEVER ON
BEING ORGANIC.
>> WE ARE LOOKING AT THE BIO
PROGRAM.
IS THERE ANY PLANS IS THERE ONE
FOR CONSUMERS AND THE ONE FOR
FEDS INTO ONE?
AND THEY CAN REQUIRE THIRD PARTY
CERTIFICATION FOR ALL BIO
PREFERRED LABELED PRODUCTS
MOVING FORWARD.
IF SO, IS THE TIMEFRAME FOR WHEN
THIS WOULD HAPPEN?
>> UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE
OF A PLAN FOR THAT NOW.
RIGHT NOW, THE LABEL IS
VOLUNTARY AND THAT MANUFACTURERS
CAN GET, WE LOOK THE THE
PROCUREMENT SIDE IS WE WOULD
WAIT THE DIRECTION ON THE HILL
HOW THE PROGRAM WILL EVOLVE AND
COULD IT BE, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
BUT AT THIS TIME, I THINK WE'RE
JUST ONLY FOCUSING ON WHAT WE'RE
AUTHORIZED TO DO.
WE'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BREAK.
WE HAVE A QUESTION UPG PROGRAM.
SO, THE PERSON SAYS, I'VE NEVER
HEARD OF ANY FOLLOW-UP AUDIT OR
REPORTING OF PURCHASES MADE OF
RECYCLED CONTENT/PRODUCTS SINCE
MOST PROCEDURES ARE VIA GSA OR
ABILITY ONE, WOULDN'T THEY
LIKELY BE A MUCH BETTER SOURCE
OF DATA FOR FEDERAL AGENCIES
RECYCLING PURCHASES AND MADE
WITH RECYCLED CONTENT?
>> YES.
SO THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF IDEAS
THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT.
WE ARE ALSO IN OUR CONVERSATIONS
WITH CQ AND OMB.
WE ARE NOT -- BASED ON THOSE
CONVERSATIONS, WE ARE NOT REALLY
AWARE OF ANY CONSISTENT
REPORTING WHEN IT COMES TO THE
RECYCLED PRODUCTS AND THE IDEAS
SUCH AS THIS ONE ARE THE ONES WE
WITH LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT SO IF
YOU HAVE IDEAS OR KNOW MORE,
PLEASE E-MAIL US.
THAT WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED.
THANK YOU.
>> AWESOME.
THANK YOU.
WE HAVE A QUESTION FOR BELLA AND
CATHERINE.
WHAT OUTREACH HAS BEEN BUN TO
REFRIGERATOR MANUFACTURERS ABOUT
SHIFTING AWAY FROM HFCs IN
ENERGY STAR CERTIFIED
REFRIGERATORS AND RESELLERS SUCH
AS FISHER SCIENTIFIC?
>> WE CAN START BELLA AND
CERTAINLY YOU GUYS HAVE THE LEAD
AND WE JUST HAD THIS ADD ERR ON
OUR PRODUCT FINDER.
OUR THOUGHT IS MAKING IT REALLY
OBVIOUS TO PURCHASERS OF ALL
SORTS WHICH PRODUCTS CONTAIN THE
LOWER GWT RE FRIDGE RANTS AND WE
CAN MOTEL VOWED SOME OTHER
MANUFACTURERS TO ENSURE THAT
THEIR PRODUCTS TOO ARE
HIGHLIGHTED.
NOT ONLY ARE WE JUST ASSOCIATING
OR ALLOWING FOR SORT ON LOW GWP
BUT WE ARE DOING CONSUMER
EDUCATION AND INCLUDING THAT ON
OUR WEBSITE AND WE'LL DO SOME
COMPANION PIECES AND I CAN ASK
THE EXPERT AND LATER SOCIAL
MEDIA.
>> SO THE HFC WORK IS FAIRLY NEW
SO WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF
STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS AND WE'LL
CONTINUE TO HAVE STAKEHOLDER
MEETINGS AND PARTICIPATE IN
THOSE RELEVANT INDUSTRY SORT OF
MEETINGS.
WE'VE ATTENDED MEETINGS WITH THE
ASSOCIATIONS THAT ARE COVERING
HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE AND
PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT
ALTERNATIVES FOR HFCs AND WHAT
WORE DOING UNDER THE AIM ACT TO
ADDRESS IT SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO
DO THAT AND DEVELOP MORE TOOLS
AND MATERIALS AND WEB CONTENT AS
WELL AS WORKING WITH CATHERINE'S
GROUP.
ONE LAST QUESTION AND SO, A
QUESTION ABOUT (INAUDIBLE) AND
I'M NOT SURE IF WE CAN ANSWER
IT.
THEY SAY THE GOVERNMENT PROVIDED
FOR EV CHARGING STATIONS IS NOT
AVAILABLE FOR DoD BASIS AND
THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE BEEN TOLD.
DO YOU KNOW OF ANY FUNDING
VEHICLE THAT IS IN PLACE OR WILL
BE IN PLACE FOR A DoD BASIS TO
INSTALL EV STATIONS?
THE INFORMATION I HAVE, STAY ON
THE LINE AND LISTEN TO THE DoD
PRESENTATION HAPPENING AFTER
THIS AND WE ALSO HAVE TWO EV
SESSIONS THAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY
DURING THE SUSTAINABILITY TRACT
SO IF YOU WANT THEIR NAMES ON
THE AGENDA, I'M SURE THEY CAN
HELP ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
CATHERINE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING
ELSE TO ADD?
>> JUST THAT I SAW THE QUESTION
AND I SHOT A NOTE TO MY
COLLEAGUES PETER WHO IS OUR LEAD
FOR PUSHING THE EFFICIENT
CHARGING OUT INTO THE MARKET AND
HE WOULD BE THE BEST PERSON TO
ANSWER.
I'LL RESPOND WITH ANYTHING I
COME UP WITH.
>> OK, AWESOME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU TO OUR PRESENTERS AND
THE ATTEND'S FOR SUBMITTING
AWESOME QUESTIONS.
WE ARE GOING TO TACK A SHORT
BREAK AND WE'LL BE BACK AT 1:30
FOR THE NEXT SESSION.
>> I WANT TO WELCOME BACK
EVERYONE TO THE SUSTAINABILITY
TRACT SO WE ARE ON TO OUR NEXT
SESSION.
IT BY SUSTAINABILITY IN PRACTICE
WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE.
JUST A REMINDER MUCH HOW TO
SUBMIT QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT THE
PRESENTATION.
YOU WILL SEE A BUTTON THAT SAYS
"SUBMIT LIVE FEEDBACK" AND IF
YOU CLICK ON THAT BUT TH BUTTON, YOU
CAN SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS AND WE
WILL MONITOR THE QUESTIONS
THROUGHOUT THE SESSION AND WE'LL
MAKE SURE THAT THE PRESENTERS
SEE THEM AS WELL AND THEY WILL
ANSWER AS MANY AS THEY CAN AT
THE END OF THE SESSION.
FOR OUR PRESENTATION SLIDES, IF
THE PRESENTER HAS SAID YES TO
MAKING THEM PUBLICLY AVAILABLE
YOU WILL BE ABLE TO FIND THEM ON
THE WEBSITE AND UNDER THE TAB
CALLED 2022 PROCEEDINGS AND
PRESENTATIONS.
SOMETIMES THE PRESENTER IS NOT
OK WITH MAKING THEM PUBLICLY
AVAILABLE SO THAT IS WHY YOU
DON'T SEE THEM THERE.
I'LL PASS IT OFF TO OUR NEXT
SESSION.
GO AHEAD, MICHAEL.
>> HELLO, EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS MICHAEL BUCKNER AND
I'M THE SESSION MODERATOR FOR
SUSTAINABILITY AND PRACTICE
WITHIN THE DoD.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 1457 IDENTIFY
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS THE
SINGLE LARGEST LANDOWNER, ENERGY
CONSUMER AND EMPLOYER IN THE
NATION AND DISTRICTS AGENCIES TO
TRANSFORM HOW WE ABOUT THE BY
AND MANAGE VEHICLES, AND OTHER
OPERATIONS TO BE CLEAN AND
SUSTAINABLE WITHIN A COMPRESSED
TIMEFRAME.
THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT IS
PROACTIVELY UNDERTAKING A NUMBER
OF SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES TO
BOTH ADVANCE OUR NATIONAL
DEFENSE MISSION AND ACHIEVE
THESE EXECUTIVE ORDER 1457
GOALS.
TODAY'S PRESENTATIONS WILL
DISCUSS SUSTAINABILITY AND
PRACTICE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE AND I'M EXCITED TO
PRESENT TO YOU OUR TWO
PRESENTERS.
Mr. DAVID ASIELO CURRENTLY
LEADS TECHNOLOGY AND POLICY
SUPPORT TEAMS IN THE OFFICE OF
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
FOR ENERGY, INSTALLATIONS AND
ENVIRONMENT.
THE AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITIED
INCLUDE OVERSEEING DoD,
ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY
PROGRAMS AND LEADING DEVELOPMENT
AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DoD
SUN STABILITY PLAN, INTEGRATING
SUSTAINABILITY AND MAXIMIZING
GREEN PRODUCTS AT DoD AND
ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY AND
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
CONSIDERATIONS INTO WEAPONS
SYSTEMS ACQUISITION PROGRAMS.
HE HAS BEEN WITH THE OFFICE OF
THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE SINCE
2000.
PRIOR TO COMING TO OSD, HE HELD
A VARIETY OF LOGISTICS,
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE AND
ENVIRONMENTAL POSITIONS FOR THE
CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS AND
THE COMMANDER OF NAVAL AIR
SYSTEMS COMMAND.
WE ALSO HAVE Mr. MICHAEL
McGEE, WITH US TODAY.
WHO IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
FOR CLIMATE RESILIENCE AT THE
OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY ASSISTANCE
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ENVIRONMENT
AND ENERGY RESILIENCE.
AND HE IS A MEMBER OF THE SENIOR
EXECUTIVEXECUTIVE SERVICE.
HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR IN
STALLATION ENERGY AND CLIMATE
CHANGE PROGRAMS.
HE WAS THE DIRECTOR FOR CLEAN
ENERGY AT THE WHITE HOUSE
COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
ACTING DEPUTY ASSISTANT
SECRETARY OF THE ARMY FOR ENERGY
AND SUSTAINABILITY AND EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF ARMY OFFICE OF THE
ENERGY INITIATIVES AND ACTING
DEPUTY SECRETARY OF THE AIR
FORCE FOR ENERGY AND SAFETY AND
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH.
I'M EXCITED TO HAVE EACH ONE OF
THEM BRIEF TO YOU ON THEIR
TOPICS TODAY.
THE SESSION AGENDA WILL BEGIN
WITH Mr. DAVID ASIELO AND
ORDER 1457 WITHIN DoD AND
TRANSITION TO MIKE McGEE WHO
WILL DISCUSS DEPARTMENT
INITIATIVES ON GREENHOUSE GAS
REDUCTION, CARBON FREE ELECTION
AND ZEBs AND BACK TO DAVID WHO
WILL DISCUSS THE DoD STENT
PROGRAM.
>> THANK YOU, MICHAEL, WHO HAVE
A LOT OF TIME TO TALK AND IT
WILL BE QUICK.
MICHAEL, CAN YOU HEAR ME OK?
>> YES, WE HEAR YOU FINE.
YOU CAN GO TO SLIDE 4, PLEASE.
JUST TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE.
THE BIG PIG TOQUE OF THE DoD
WE'RE AT 3 MILLION EMPLOYEES
INCLUDING MEN AND WOMEN IN
UNIFORM AS WELL AS ART SINCE IN
THE FIELD AND GOVERNMENT
CIVILIANS, NATIONAL GUARD, AND
RESERVISTS.
WE MANAGE A GLOBAL REAL PROPERTY
PORTFOLIO OF ABOUT 600,000
FACILITIES AND OVER
$1.2 TRILLION AND WE'RE LOCATED
ALL OVER THE WORLD.
ABOUT 4600 SITES WORLDWIDE.
ON OUR PORTFOLIO, WE ALSO HAVE
ABOUT 275,000 BUILDINGS AND
COVERS OVER 2.2 MILLION --
BILLION SQUARE FEET AND OUR
INSTALLATIONS ACCOUNT FOR 33% OF
THE DEPARTMENT'S TOTAL ENERGY
USE.
WE MANAGE 26.8 MILLION LAKERS OF
LAND WITH 500 THREATEN AND
ENDANGERED ON THESE LANDS.
WE NEED TO BE PROTECTORS AS FAR
AS THAT AS WELL.
AS FAR AS CLEAN UP, WE'RE
RESPONSIBLE FOR ABOUT 40,000 OF
OUR CLEAN UP SITES AND WE ALSO
HAVE 575 FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED
TRIBES WITH 300 PLUS
INSTALLATIONS YOU CAN MANAGE THE
DEPARTMENT'S PORTFOLIO IS LARGE
AND YOU CAN GO TO SLIDE 5,
PLEASE, MICHAEL.
SO, TO HELP MANAGE THIS, WE
REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON OUR
SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES AND
I'LL GET INTO THE EXECUTIVE
ORDER IN A SECOND.
YOU SAW THE SIZE OF THE
DEPARTMENT.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
HAVE THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO
US AND IT'S NOT JUST FOR BEING
GOOD STEWARD OF THE ENVIRONMENT
WHICH WE CHOSE TO WANT TO DO BUT
IT'S REALLY ABOUT OUR MISSION.
WE NEED TO HAVE RESOURCES
AVAILABLE TO US AND IT INCLUDES
WATER RESOURCES AND IF WE CAN
MINIMIZE THE NEED FOR POT ABLE
WATER WE DON'T WORRY ABOUT
DELIVERING WATER TO FRONT LINES
AND IT'S AN INGREDIENT FOR
OPERATIONS AND HUMAN HEALTH AND
IT COULD HELP WITH CLIMATE CHANGE.
WE NEED TO ADAPTED TO CLIMATE
CHANGE.
IF WE DON'T, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
IMPACTS OF OUR TRAINING, WE CAN
EFFECT INFRASTRUCTURE WITH SEA
LEVEL AND INCREASE WEATHER
EVENTS AND DAMAGING THE
ECOSYSTEM AND PROPEL INTO
FURTHER HARM AND ON THE
INCREASING OF THE FREQUENCY AND
INTENSITY OF WILD FIRES AND
OTHER THINGS ASSOCIATED LIKE
TOXIC CHEMICAL REDUCTIONS AND WE
DON'T WANT THEM TO BE EXPOSED TO
CHEMICALS AND HAZARDS AND ALSO
FUEL AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT ENERGY
OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND THE
SYMPOSIUM BUT SAME WITH WATER,
WE WANT TO MINIMIZE THE NEED TO
DELIVER FUEL TO THE FRONTLINES
AND WE DON'T NEED AND CAN'T
HANDLE THE VULNERABILITY OF THE
ELECTRIC GRID AND WE KNOW THAT
THERE'S INSECURITY INVOLVED.
SO IF YOU GO TO SLIDE 6, PLEASE,
SO, THIS IS A VISION THAT WE'VE
HAD IN THE DEPARTMENT FOR QUITE
A WHILE.
IT'S TO MAINTAIN THE ABILITY TO
OPERATE INTO THE FUTURE WITHOUT
DECLINE IN THE MISSION OR IN THE
NATURAL MAN MADE SYSTEMS THAT
SUPPORT IT.
SO BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE SAYING
IS WE HAVE TO HAVE OUR AIR,
WATER, LAND AND ENERGY RESOURCES
AVAILABLE TO US WHEN AND WHERE
WE NEED IT TO DO OUR MISSION AND
THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE
FOCUSING ON OUR SUSTAINABILITY
ACTIVITIES.
IF YOU GO TO SLIDE 7, PLEASE,
SOME OF YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN THIS
PREVIOUSLY.
IT'S BASICALLY THE PRESIDENT'S
OR THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL'S
SUSTAINABILITY GOALS.
SORRY, GUYS.
MY COMPUTER IS MESSED UP.
ALL RIGHT.
LET ME JUST GO OUT OF THIS
SCREEN.
SO WE CAN SEE THAT THE GOALS
THAT ARE LAID ACROSS THE TOP,
THEY ARE VERY AMBITIOUS AND THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION PUT FORWARD
TO US.
100% CARBON POLLUTION-FREE AND
NET-ZERO EMISSIONS AND NET-ZERO
EMISSIONS PROCUREMENT AND
OPERATIONS.
YOU CAN SEE THAT'S WHAT THE JOE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS ASKING
THE FEDERAL FAMILY TO ACHIEVE
AND WE LOOK AT THE CROSS CUTTING
ACTIVITIES BELOW THAT AND THAT'S
HOW WE'LL GET THERE AND SO IF
YOU CAN SEE THE CLIMATE
RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE,
DEVELOPING CLIMATE-FRIENDLY
SUSTAINABILITY FOCUS WORKFORCE,
ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
AND ACCELERATE PROGRESS THROUGH
DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL
PARTNERSHIPS.
WE'RE ADDRESSING THOSE AND THIS
EXECUTIVE ORDER IS GOING TO HELP
FACILITATE THAT AND THE
DEPARTMENT IS SUPPORTING THAT IN
MANY WAYS.
IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE.
SO, IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD, OR
DON'T KNOW, EACH AGENCY WAS
REQUIRED TO ESTABLISH A CHIEF
SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER.
OURS IS Mr. JOE BRIAN, THE
SENIOR ADVICE TORE THE SECRETARY
OF DEFENSE ON CLIMATE.
SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING,
SUPPORTING THE ADMINISTRATION IS
GOING TO BE SETTING TARGETS
INCLUDING ANNUAL PROGRESS
TARGETS AS APPLICABLE TO MEET
THE REQUIREMENTS AND THE
EXECUTIVE ORDER.
INCLUDING GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS AND YOU
WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT SOME OF THE
TEASE FROM Mr. McGEE AND
TRANSITION IN 24/7CFE,
TRANSITION TO ZERO EMISSIONS
VEHICLE FLEETS.
I BELIEVE THERE ARE SOME
QUESTIONS IN THE LAST
PRESENTATION ON THAT AND WE'LL
HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO ADDRESS.
ACHIEVING NET-ZERO QUOTE
BUILDINGS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT INSTALLATIONS,
NET-ZERO INSTALLATIONS OR
NET-ZERO CAMPUSES AS PART OF THE
DEPARTMENT'S ACTIVITIES.
AND OUR VISION IS REALLY TO HAVE
ENTERPRISE WIDE, THIS IS A CHIEF
SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER'S VISION.
ENTERPRISE WIDE AND VISIBILITY
OF ALLOWABLE WASTE, GENERATION
AND NEAR TERM DEMAND FOR
ELECTION AND NATURAL GAS AND WATER
AND Mr. BRINE'S ASK IS WE NEED
TO KNOW HOW WE MEASURE IT AND
KNOW WHAT THE GAPS ARE.
IF WE CAN REALLY ACHIEVE
REDUCTIONS OR INCREASE OUR
EFFICIENCIES OR WHATEVER THE
CASE MIGHT BE, WE NODE TO KNOW.
THOSE METRICS AND DELIVERABLES
WILL BE - SO WE HAVE A WORKING
GROUP TO HELP CONTRIBUTE TO THE
INTERIM TARGETS.
IT'S MADE UP OF THE MILITARY
SERVICES, DoD COMPONENTS AND
WE ARE CHARGED TO SUPPORT THE
CHIEF SUSTAINABILITY OFFICERS.
PRIMARILY MADE UP OF LIKE I
SAID, ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT AND
IT CONSISTS OF A DoD
COMPONENTS AS WELL SO SUBJECT
MATTER EXPERTS FROM ACROSS THE
DEPARTMENT TO HELP US EXECUTE
THE VARIETY OF GOALS BECAUSE
THERE ARE DESPERATE AND THEY'LL
HAVE COMPLIANCE SUSTAINABILITY
PLANS.
SO, WE'RE GOING TO ALIGN OUR
SUSTAINABILITY PLANNING AND
PLANNING WITH THE GOALS
ACHIEVING A LONG-TERM STRATEGY.
GOAL TO MITIGATE, ADAPT AND ALSO
AS PART OF THAT REDUCE
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND THE
NATIONAL DEFENSE STRATEGY WAS
JUST PROPOSED OVER CONGRESS I
BELIEVE IT WAS TODAY.
IT'S NOT OUT YET, BUT WE'RE
GOING TO ALIGN WITH THE NATIONAL
DEFENSE STRATEGY AS WELL AND
ENSURE THAT OUR CLIMATE
ADAPTATION PLAN AND OUR
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE STRATEGY
ARE ALL IN SYNCH.
SO MUR DISTRICTER HAS CAMPAIGNS
AND GOALS AND QUANTITIVE
PERFORMANCE DATA AND A FAIRLY
PRIMARY FOCUS ON CLIMATE CHANGE
AND MITIGATION AND GREENHOUSE
GAS REDUCTION.
SO, SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES
THAT WERE ON GOING RIGHT NOW AND
I I DON'T HAVE THE TIME SO I'M
GOING TO QUICKLY GO THROUGH
THESE.
WE JUST ISSUED FOR GREENHOUSE
GAS EMISSIONS RFRs TO INDUSTRY
AND OTHERS AND ASKING OUR
SUPPLIERS WHAT THEY DO AS PART
OF THEIR GREENHOUSE GAS
REPORTING.
AND VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE AND WE
HAVE SUBMITTED ANOTHER RFR AND
SOURCES SOUGHT FOR DoD TO HELP
INQUIRE SERVICES, CONSULTING
SERVICES AND CONTRACTUAL SUPPORT
TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHERE OUR
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS OR
WATER, WASTE AND THOSE THINGS
THAT Mr. BRYAN IS INTERESTED
IN ADDRESSING ARE.
HOW WE DISCLOSE THAT AND THEN
PUTTING IN PLAY OPPORTUNITIES
FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO ADDRESS
THOSE ISSUES.
Mr. McGEE AND OTHERS HAVE
ISSUED PRIVATE PROJECTS FOR COR
BON POLLUTION FOR ELECTRICITY
AND THERE'S A STRATEGY UNDER
DEVELOPMENT NOW FOR DEPARTMENT
WIDE ZEVs AND WE'RE LOOKING IN
HOW WE CAN MODIFY AND UPDATE OUR
UNIFY FACILITIES CRITERIA FOR
NET-ZERO INSTALLATION AND WE'RE
PART OF A LARGER FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT WORKING ON FAR CASES
FOR DISCLOSURE OF GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS AND CLIMATE RELATED
RISK AND MINIMIZING THE RISK OF
CLIMATE CHANGE AND FEDERAL
ACQUISITIONS SO ALL THESE ARE
PART OF ACTIVITIES THAT THE
DEPARTMENT OF PARTICIPATING IN,
NOT JUST ALONE BUT WITH OUR
OTHER FEDERAL PARTNERS.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, CLIMATE
RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE CLIMB ADAPTATION PLAN WAS
ISSUED SOME TIME AGO AND IT'S AN
EXCELLENT DOCUMENT FOR
UNDERSTANDING HOW WE'RE BEING
RESILIENT TO THE EFFECTS OF
CLIMATE AND THE ACTIVITIES WIRE
TAKING TO ENSURE WE CAN OPERATE
AS WE NEED TO AND WE'RE WORKING
ON A DEPARTMENT WIDE
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE STRATEGY
AND A LOT OF THESE THINGS ARE
INTER RELATED.
IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND
I'M ALMOST OUT OF TIME.
AND SO LEADING BY EXAMPLE.
HERE ARE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES.
Mr. MAYOK TALKED ABOUT THESE
ON THE OPENING REMARKS, I WOULD
LIKE TO SAY YOU CAN FIND THESE
EXAMPLES ON SUSTAINABILITY.GOV.
IF YOU GO TO THAT IT WILL GIVE
YOU MUCH MORE INPUT ON WHAT THEY
ARE, AND SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF
THEM.
YOU CAN SEE BOTH THAT THE
PROJECT AT EDWARDS AIR FORCE
BASE AND THE ADVANCING
SUSTAINABILITY AT ARMY GARRISON
FORT POLK HAVE RECEIVED BENEFITS
NOT JUST IN COSTS AND SAVING,
YOU KNOW, IMPACTING THE
ENVIRONMENT BUT AS WE LOOK AT
THIS BEING MORE RESILIENT AND
THAT'S WHERE WE'RE PLAN TO GO
GO.
IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE,
THIS IS MY LAST ONE BEFORE WE
CAN TURN IT OVER TO QUESTIONS.
THERE'S A COUPLE MORE EXAMPLES,
AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE AMOUNT OF
GHG EMISSIONS WE'RE REDUCING.
THESE TWO ACTIVITIES AND THESE
ARE A VARIETY OF OTHERS THAT THE
MILITARY SERVICES ARE
UNDERTAKING AND GETTING STRONG
RECOGNITION FOR AND SHOULD BE
APPLAUDED FOR THEIR PROACTIVE
INNOVATION AND HOW THEY'RE
ADDRESSING THESE.
SO WITH THAT, I KNOW I'M PAST MY
TIME, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO STOP
HERE AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY
QUICK QUESTIONS IF NOT I WOULD
BE HAPPY TO TAKE THEM AT END OF
THE PRESENTATION.
>> DAVE AND JENNA, I'M GOING TO
PROPOSE THAT WE CONTINUE ON TO
Mr. McGEE'S PRESENTATION TO
KEEP WITH THE SCHEDULE AND THEN
TAKE QUESTIONS AT THE END.
>> THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
NEXT WE HAVE Mr. MIKE McGEE
WHO IS GOING TO DISCUSS
TRANSLATING THE ADMINISTRATION'S
OBJECTIVES FOR GREENHOUSE GAS
REDUCTION AND CARBON POLLUTION
FREE ELECTRICITY FLEETS INTO
ACTION AT THE DEFENSE
DEPARTMENT.
SO, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO
Mr. McGEE NOW.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU, THIS IS MIKE McGEE.
CAN YOU HEAR ME OK?
MY APOLOGIES FOR NOT BEING ON
CAMERA.
I HAD TO DO A WORK AROUND ON MY
END.
MY APOLOGIES BUT HOPEFULLY THE
PHONE WILL WORK JUST FINE.
SO IF YOU CAN GO TO SLIDE 2,
PLEASE.
CLIMATE CHANGE NATIONAL CONTEXT.
SO FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH TODAY FOR SETTING THE STAGE
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
AND OUR SPECIAL ROLE IN ALL
THINGS SUSTAINABILITY AND ALL
THINGS CLIMATE.
AS I REFER TO IT CASUALLY,
WHATEVER YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT
IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, HALF
OF IT IS THE DEFENDANT OF
DEFENSE SO WE HAVE A SPECIAL
ROLE TO PLAY WHEN THE PRESIDENT
OR COUNTRY CALLS FOR ACTION ON
OUR PART AND WE HAVE TO
DEMONSTRATE, ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
ROLE AND DEMONSTRATE LEADERSHIP
IN THAT ROLE ZOO.
ALSO, WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE OUR
MISSION AND IF YOU'VE BEEN
ANYWHERE AROUND THE DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE, YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE
ALL ABOUT MISSION AND THE
IMPORTANCE OF THAT MISSION NOT
JUST FOR OURSELVES BUT FOR OUR
INTEREST ABROAD AND INCLUDING
SUPPORT FOR OUR ALLIES AROUND
THE GLOBE.
SO, CLIMATE CHANGE TO GIVE YOU
THAT NATIONAL CONTEXT, AND DRILL
IT DOWN FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE, WE HAVE SEVERAL WAYS WE
INCORPORATE CLIMATE CHANGE
CONSIDERATIONS INTO OUR OWN
DIRECTIVES TO OURSELVES AND INTO
OUR OWN SENSE OF OUR PLACE IN
THE NATIONAL STAGE AND ALSO
UNTIL THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
RE RECOGNIZE AND ADDRESS THE
NEED TO TAKE URGENT ACTION AND
WE APPRECIATE THE SCIENCE IS
CLEAR AND WE'RE HEADED TOWARDS A
CLIMATE DISASTER UNLESS WE
ACHIEVE A NET-ZERO GLOBAL
EMISSIONS BY MID SENT TREE SO
THE DEPARTMENT IS TAKING SERIOUS
STEPS TOWARDS MITIGATING OUR
GREENHOUSE GAS CONTRIBUTIONS BUT
ALSO, IN PREPARING FOR CLIMATE
CHANGE TO ADAPT TO THOSE CHANGES
THAT CAN HAVE CONSEQUENCES TO
OUR MISSION AND OUR ABILITY TO
DELIVER OUR MISSION.
WE TAKE THE LONG-TERM AND WE
HAVE A LOT OF MATERIAL AND WAR
MATERIAL THAT WE HAVE ACQUIRED
THAT NEEDS TO BE READY TO GO AND
IS MEANT TO HAVE A LIFE CYCLE OF
DECADES AND IT SHOULD BE 30 AND
50 YEARS SO EVEN IT'S LONG LIVED
WE RECOGNIZE THESE TIME HORIZONS
GIVE US PRECIOUS TIME TO TAKE
ACTION NOW TO ADDRESS THE SENSE
OF URGENCY SO ORB NATIONAL
INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RECOGNIZES
THE PHYSICAL IMPACTS OF CLIMATE
CHANGCLIMATECHANGE AND HOW THIS MAKES THE
MISSION EVEN HARDER NOT JUST IN
THE SENSE OF OUR ABILITY TO
OPERATE DAY-TO-DAY BUT THE KINDS
OF EVENTS WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO
RESPOND TO.
THOSE ARE GOING TO INCREASE IN
THEIR SEVERITY AND THEIR
FREQUENCY WHILE WE ALSO
EXPERIENCE PHYSICAL PHENOMENONS
ASSOCIATED WITH CLIMATE CHANGE
THAT IS SCARCITY, DROUGHT,
MIGRATION OF POPULATIONS,
SPECIES IMPACTSERS SCARCITY OF
FOOD, THESE THINGS ARE ALL
GENERATE INSTABILITY AND LACK OF
SECURITY WHICH TYPICALLY CAN
EVOLVE INTO A CRISIS THAT
WARRANTS MILITARY ACTION OR
MILITARY ENGAGEMENT, TO SUPPORT
WHATEVER RESPONSE THERE IS TO
THAT EVENT.
THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE HAS
ALSO RECOGNIZED THAT THERE IS A
OPPORTUNITY, IF YOU WILL, IN
THIS CRISIS AS WELL, WHICH IS
THAT WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO OPERATE
MORE SUSTAINABLY, WE CAN ALSO BE
BETTER ABLE TO DO OUR MISSION
IRRESPECTIVE OF CLIMATE CHANGE,
IF WE'RE LIGHTER, LEANER, MORE
AGILE, THAT IS SUSTAINABILITY
DELIVERS THOSE ASSOCIATED
BENEFITS AS WELL.
WE BECOME A MORE EFFECTIVE FORCE
AND IN TERMS OF HOW THE
PRESIDENT CHOSES TO EMPLOY US TO
MEET THE MISSION BEFORE THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
AND SO STATED THERE, THAT IS AN
EXAMPLE OF WHERE WE'RE
INSTALLING SOME SOLAR TO PROVIDE
ON SIGHT GENERATION FOR SOME OF
OUR OPERATIONS AT ONE OF OUR
MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.
WE HOPE TO INCREASE THIS KIND OF
OPPORTUNITIES AT OUR
INSTALLATIONS WHERE WE HAVE
UNDER UTILIZED LAND THAT IS ABLE
TO BE SUCCESSFULLY DEPLOYED FOR
A NEW ASSET THAT DON'T REQUIRE
LONG SUPPLY CHAIN AND DON'T
RESULT IN GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS AS WELL.
SO WE SHOULD BE ON SLIDE 4,
WHICH IS TITLED "HIGH LEVEL
SUSTAINABILITY GOALS."
I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON TWO OF
THOSE.
YOU HEARD FROM CDQ FEDERAL CSO
MAYOK AND DAVE AND WE HAVE A
NUMBER OF AREAS THAT WE ARE
CHALLENGED TO ADDRESS THE WAY WE
DO BUSINESS NOW.
WE HAVE BEEN ADDRESSING SEVERAL
OF THESE OVER THE YEARS.
NOW WITH MUCH GREATER SENSE OF
URGENCY AND A MUCH GREATER LEVEL
OF ENGAGEMENT.
I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON TWO OF
THOSE.
THE TOP TWO, CARBON POLLUTION
FREE ELECTRICITY WHICH IS I
THINK YOU ARE AWARE IS BEYOND
ENOUGJUST RENEWABLE ENERGY AND MAYBE
FOSSIL FUEL GENERATION OF
ELECTRICITY WHERE THERE'S CARBON
CAPTURE AND SEQUESTRATION AND
OTHERWISE THAT RESULTS IN ZERO
EMISSIONS OF GREENHOUSE GASES OR
CARBON.
SO CARBON POLLUTION FREE
ELECTRICITY RECOGNIZES THAT
RENEWABLE ENERGY CERTAINLY HAS A
PLACE AND ALSO ANY OTHER FORM OF
ELECTRICITY GENERATION THAT CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO OUR NATION'S NEEDS
AND OUR DEFENSE NEEDS AND YET DO
NOT FURTHER CONTRIBUTE TO
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, OUR
GOAL IS 100% ON A NET ANNUAL
BASIS OF CLEAN, CARBON POLLUTION
FREE ELECTRICITY FOR OUR
MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AND ALSO
SOMETHING CALLED 24/7 MATCHING
WHICH I'LL GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS
ON THAT IN JUST A MOMENT.
I THINK YOU'VE GOT AN
INTRODUCTION TO THAT AS WELL.
WE'RE REQUIRED TO MATCH 50% OF
OUR DEMAND WITH SUPPLY THAT IS
CLEAN AROUND-THE-CLOCK.
AND THE SECOND ITEM THAT I WILL
SPEAK TO IS ZERO EMISSIONS
VEHICLE IN OUR FLEET.
WE HAVE A SIZABLE FLEET IN THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND AGAIN
IF YOU ARE TALKING TO THE
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT YOU TALK
ABOUT THE MAJORITY OF A LOT
WHATEVER YOU TALK ABOUT IN THIS
CASE THE POSTAL SERVICE HAS A
NUMBER OF THE VEHICLES INSIDE
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S
PORTFOLIO BUT THE DEFENSE
DEPARTMENT HAS A NUMBER OF AS
WELL.
IN TERMS OF ELECTRICITY, WE ARE
THE MAGNITUDE OF 50% OR SO OF
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S
CONSUMPTION OF ELECTRICITY AND
SO AGAIN, SPECIAL ROLE GOES TO
US TO LEAD IN THESE TWO AREAS.
ZERO EMISSIONS VEHICLES, AS YOU
MAY HAVE BEEN INFORMED, IS
SIMILAR TO CARBON POLLUTION-FREE
ELECTRICITY.
IT'S NOT PICKING AND CHOOSING A
TECHNOLOGY, SAY AN ELECTRIC
VEHICLE, AS YOU SPECIFIC
TECHNOLOGY, BUT IT'S OPEN TO
RECOGNIZE THERE MAY BE OTHER
FORMS OF A ZERO EMISSION VEHICLE
THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND VIABLE
AND CAN MEET OUR MISSION
REQUIREMENTS, WHATEVER THEY CAN
BE.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR NON
TACTICAL FLEET, NOT OUR TANKS OR
OUR MILITARY GROUND VEHICLES
THAT TYPICALLY ARE ARMOURED THAT
SORT OF THING.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE STANDARD
PEDESTRIAN SAID AN.
LIGHT DUTY TRUCK AND ZERO
EMISSIONS VEHICLE FLEET AND IF
ANOTHER TECHNOLOGY LET'S SAY
HYDROGEN FUELED VEHICLES ARE
WIDELY AVAILABLE AND VIABLE AND
FITS OUR PURPOSE IT'S WELCOME AT
THE TABLE AS WELL BUT CHANCES
ARE YOU ARE GOING TO SEE
ELECTRIC VEHICLES BASED ON
SIGNALING FROM THE MARKET AND
THE EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS WHO
HAVE ALMOST ACROSS THE BOARD
SIGNALED THEIR CONVERTING THEIR
SUPPLY CHAIN TO PROVIDE ELECTRIC
VEHICLES EXCLUSIVELY IN SHORT
ORDER AND SOME CASES IT'S A
BRIDGE AND PARTIAL FLEET BUT
IT'S ELECTRIC VEHICLES WHICH
THEN SUGGEST THAT THE
INFRASTRUCTURE ASSOCIATED WITH
THAT, THE CHARGING
INFRASTRUCTURE WOULD ALSO FOLLOW
IN THAT DIRECTION FOR AN
ELECTRIC VOLKSWAGEN FLEET.
VEHICLE FREQUENT.
I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON THOSE TWO
AND IT'S SHOWN THERE BUT THOSE
WHO ALSO REPRESENT WHAT IS THE
TWO GREATEST SOURCES OF
GREENHOUSE GASES WHICH
ELECTRICITY GENERATION AND
TRANSPORTATION SEX TO BE AS THE SECTION.
IT MAKES SENSE THE DEFENSE
DEPARTMENT WOULD FOCUS IN THAT
DIRECTION.
SO, SLIDE 5 IS WHAT YOU SHOULD
BE TITLE WHICH IS TITLED
GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS REDUCTION
EFFORTS.
OF THOSE VARYING ISSUES, THAT
WERE ON THAT SLIDE PREVIOUSLY,
TALKED ABOUT THE VARIOUS
OPPORTUNITIES TO REDUCE
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION AND WHAT
WE EXPECT ON GOALS OVER TIME.
THESE LINES SORT OF REPRESENT
THAT.
FIRST OF ALL, TO THE LOWER LEFT
ARE SCOPE 2 EMISSIONS, GREAT
PROGRESS CAN BE MADE THERE
REDUCING OUR ELECTRICITY
CONSUMPTION FROM CLEAN ENERGY
SOURCE 0203 2030 AND YOU DETHE DARK
BLUE-LINE OUT TO 2035 WHICH IS
THE NON TACTICAL VEHICLE FLEET
TO REDUCE THAT DEPENDENCY ON
FOSSIL FUEL VEHICLES BY
SWITCHING TO ZERO EMISSION
VEHICLES AND OVER TIME AND THEN
YOU SEE SOME OTHER LINES THERE
THAT HOW THEY WOULD CONTRIBUTE
ALSO TO THE ADDITIONAL BARS FOR
SCOPE 3 EMISSIONS WHO ARE
BUILDING GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS BUT I'M GOING TO FOCUS
ON THIS SCOPE WHICH IS THAT
DASHED GRAY LINE THAT STARTS IN
THE UPPER-LEFT AND DROPS TO 2030
AND THAT NON TACTICAL VEHICLE
FLEET WHICH DROPS OFF TO 2035.
THIS IS A CHALLENGE OF THE
SOURCES WE HAVE AND HOW MUCH
TIME IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO
ADDRESS EACH ONE OF THESE OVER
ALL.
SO YOU SHOULD SEE A LITTLE BIT
OF AN EYE CHART.
THIS IS A REP SEN STATION THAT
IS MEANT TO SHOW WHAT IS THE
IDEA BEHIND CARBON POLLUTION-FRO
ELECTRICITY, CFE AND THEN ALSO
THE 24/7 MATCHING.
IT WAS RECOGNIZED OVER THE PAST
FEW YEARS THAT A COUPLE THINGS
DON'T EXACTLY KREJCI WITH THE
IMPACT EXPECTED FOR OUR
ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION AND USE
OF RENEWABLE ENERGY.
ONE OF THOSE WAS INSPITE OF THE
FACT WE'VE INCREASED RENEWABLE
ENERGY AVAILABLE, MUCH OF IT IS
ONLY AVAILABLE AT CERTAIN TIMES.
IT'S THE SOLAR POWER AVAILABLE
WHEN THERE'S LIGHT, DAYLIGHT TO
BE HAD AND TO GENERATE THE
ENERGY AND WIND POWER THE SAME
THING WHEN THE WIND BLOWS YOU
GET THE POWER.
ONE THAT WAS SUGGESTIONING THAT
AT A LATER TIME AND
ANAND IT SO HAPPENS THAT STORAGE
CAN BE EXPENSIVE AND THE COST
ARE COMING DOWN AND THERE IS A
RACE TO DEVELOP MORE ROBUST
GENERATION STORAGE AND
CAPABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE
GENERATION AND TO BE ABLE TO USE
THE POWER WHEN IT'S MOST NEEDED.
OTHERWISE, WHAT RESULTS IS IT'S
2:00 A.M. ON A TUESDAY AND YOU
NEED POWER AND THERE'S NO SOLAR
POWER IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE AND
MAYBE IT'S A LULL IN WIND OR
THERE'S NOT GEOTHERMAL NEARBY IT
WOULD BE TO DEMAND ELECTRICITY
THAT WOULD BE GENERATED PROBABLY
FROM NATURAL GAS AND
DECREASINGLY COAL AND SO YOU
WOULD STILL BE GETTING FOSSIL
GENERATED ELECTRICITY IN SPITE
OF THE FACT THAT YOU ARE BUYING
FROM CLEAN POWER SOURCES WITH
EVERY INTENTION SO TO MATCH YOUR
SUPPLY TO YOUR DEMAND WITH
SPECIFICITY REQUIRES KNOWLEDGE,
IT REQUIRES DATA AND IT REQUIRES
GENERATION SOURCES THAT ARE MORE
FLEXIBLE THAT CAN BE ACTIVATED
AND TO MATCH YOUR DEMAND WHEN
YOUR DEMAND OCCURS AT 2:00 A.M.
ON A TUESDAY.
THIS REN SENSATION HERE IS MEANT
TO SHOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN
THE DIFFERENT MONTHS OF THE
YEAR, BASED ON SOLAR AND WIND
PHENOMENON AND THE SEASONS, YOU
HAVE DIFFERENT AVAILABILITY OF
CLEAN POWER AS A RESULT OF THAT.
BUT THIS SLIDE SHOWS YOU FOR THE
MONTHS ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE
GOING TOP TO BOTTOM AND JANUARY
AND FEBRUARY AND MARCH AND SO
ON.
ACROSS THE TOP OF THE SLIDE IS
THE HOUR OF THE DAY AND AS CAN
SEE, AS YOU GOT TOWARDS SPRING
TIME, YOU START TO GET A HIGH
AMOUNT OF AVAILABLE AND THE NOON
TIMEFRAME OF CLEAN ELECTRICITY
AND AS YOU GET INTO THE FALL
MONTHS AND AIR-CONDITIONING, IS
STARTING TO HAVE A LATE SUMMER
MONTHS, AIR CONDITIONING HAS AN
IMPACT AND THERE IS LESS SOLAR
POWER AVAILABLE.
YOU ARE GETTING A DECREASE IN
WIND POWER AND YOU GET IN THE
EVENINGS, A LOT OF DIRTY FOSSIL
FUEL GENERATED ELECTRICITY
STARTS TO OVERTAKE.
SO, THIS IS MEANT TO HELP SHOW
THERE'S A PRETTY WIDELY VARYING
DISTRIBUTION OF CLEAN ENERGY
SOURCES TO DEMAND OVER TIME AND
ACROSS THE SEASONS AS WELL.
THE 24/7 MATCH ASKING TO BETTER MATCHING I S TO BETTER
ALIGN AT SPECIFIED HOURS OF THE
DAY.
ENERGY STORAGE IS ONE WAY TO
GREATLY IMPROVE THAT AND
UTILIZATION OF A BROADER
SPECTRUM OF GENERATIONAL
TECHNOLOGIES AVAILABLE AT
DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY IS
ANOTHER WAY TO SOLVE THE RIDDLE
HERE AS WELL.
SO OUR TASK IS TO GET TO NOT
JUST 100% CLEAN ENERGY BUT ALSO
TO MATCH 50% OF THAT ON A 24/7
BASIS THAT IS SET THE BAR HIGHER
TO MAKE SURE THAT AT LEAST 50ER 50%
OF OUR POWER IS COMING FROM TRUE
ENERGY THAT WE DEMAND AT 2:00
A.M. ON A TUESDAY IS THE WAY I
REFERRED TO IT.
IT SO HAPPENS SLIDE 7 THERE'S A
REPRESENTATION OF A REQUEST FOR
INFORMATION THAT THE DLA IN
COLLABORATION WITH -- THE
DEFENSE OF LOGISTICS AGENCY
ENERGY, HERE IN THE LOCAL AREA
IN VIRGINIA AND WAS RESPONSIBLE
FOR A LARGE NUMBER OF ENERGY
SUPPLY CHAIN FOR THE DEFENSE
DEPARTMENT AND ALSO FOR OTHER
FEDERAL AGENCIES AND THEN GSA
ALSO HAS A POWERFUL ROLE TO PLAY
IN ELECTRICITY CONTRACTS FOR THE
FEDERAL AGENCIES ACROSS THE LAND
AND GSA AND DLA WORK TOGETHER
COLLABORATIVELY ON AN RFI IN THE
COCOMPETITIVE MARKETS.
IN SOME STATES YOU CHOSE WHO
GENERATES YOUR ELECTRICITY.
YOU CAN CHOSE WHO DELIVERS IT
BUT WHO GENERATES IT.
BECAUSE THE WIRES IT MAKES SENSE
>> SO YOU CAN CHOOSE WHO YOUR
GENERATOR IS IN SOME STATES BUT
MANY STATES YOU CANNOT. YOU ARE
TOLD WHO YOU GENERATOR IS AND
YOU DON'T HAVE COMPETITION IN
THOSE STATES. BUT WHERE WE DO
HAVE COMPETITION IN WHAT IS
CALLED THE PENNSYLVANIA JERSEY
MARYLAND MARKET, PJM STATE OF
TEXAS AND PARTS OF THE
NORTHEAST, THERE IS SUBSTANTIAL
IN SOME OF THE MIDWEST AS WELL,
SUBSTANTIAL COMPETITIVE
OPPORTUNITY WHERE IT WOULD BE
EXPECTED TO FIND AVAILABILITY OF
A PORTFOLIO APPROACH THAT COULD
MEET OUR REQUIREMENTS FOR 24/7
CLEAN ELECTRICITY AND NOT
RENEWABLE ENERGY COMING FROM THE
MIDWEST OR PLACES WHERE SUN
SHINES OR RAIN IS. SO OUR RFI
SEEKS TO HEAR FROM INDUSTRY WHAT
COULD YOU DO, HOW COULD YOU HELP
SOLVE THIS, WHAT PROPOSALS MIGHT
YOU HAVE, WHAT ARE THE PRICING
STRUCTURES THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT
TO BE ABLE TO OFFER. TO ALLOW US
TO DEVELOP ROBUST RFP, REQUEST
FOR PROPOSALS, ON BEHALF OF A
MULTI-TUESDAY OF FEDERAL
AGENCIES MANY THE MARKET, WHAT
WE LIKE TO DO IS BAN TOGETHER,
LEVERAGE PURCHASING POWER OF THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO BUY AS
MUCH CLEAN ENERGY MAX 24/7 AS
MUCH AS POSSIBLE FOR THE BEST
PRICE FOR THE TAXPAYER AND FOR
OUR FEDERAL AGENCIES AS WELL. BY
WORKING TOGETHER WE CAN PRESENT
A MORE ATTRACTIVE LARGER DEMAND
SIGNAL AND MOVE THESE MARKETS
FASTER NOT JUST FOR OUR PURPOSES
BUT THE PURPOSES OF THE
EXECUTIVE ORDER ARE TO
TRANSITION VARIOUS SECTORS TO
INCLUDE LEK AT THIS SHY SECTOR,
TO KICK START THAT, NOT IS MUCH
ABOUT WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE, IT IS
ABOUT WHAT THE NATION NEEDS ARE
AND HOW WE CONTRIBUTE TO THAT AS
FEDERAL AGENCIES. NEXT SLIDE
PLEASE. SO NOW COUPLE OF SLIDES
QUICKLY ABOUT OUR ZERO EMISSIONS
FLEET. INITIATIVES. WE HAVE
SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER DEPICTED ON
SLIDE 8 WE HAVE SUBSTANTIAL
NUMBER OF VEHICLES THE COLOR
BREAK DOWN IS LIGHT DUTY, MEDIUM
AND HEAVY DUTY, THERE IS A
NUMBER OF LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES,
THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE SEEING ARE
AVAILABLE TO BE PURCHASED AS
ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN THE
MARKETPLACE GETTING TO MEDIAN
DUTY VEHICLES AND SOME POINT
HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES BUT FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT START TO PURCHASE
LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES AS ZERO
EMISSIONS VEHICLES OR ELECTRIC
VEHICLES AND THAT IS WHAT THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IS DOING.
OUR ASK OF OURSELVES, WE HAVE
STARTED IMPLEMENTING THIS, TO
THE TUNE OF SOME THOUSANDS OF
VEHICLES, IS AS WE NEED A NEW
VEHICLE, WHERE THERE IS ELECTRIC
OR ZERO EMISSION VEHICLE
AVAILABLE, THEN WE WILL MAKE THE
DECISION TO CHOOSE THE ELECTRIC
VEHICLE OVER A STANDARD INTERNAL
COMBUSTION ENGINE VEHICLE THAT
PERFORM THE SAME MISSION. TWO
THINGS THAT MAKE THIS MORE
DIFFICULT THAN OTHERWISE MIGHT
BE IS ELECTRIC VEHICLES ZERO
EMISSION VEHICLES TEND TO COST
MORE, AND THAT ADD AS PRICE
PREMIUM TO THE SITUATION SO WE
DEAL WITH THAT AS OUR BUDGET
ALLOWS APPROPRIATED BY CONGRESS
OR MAKING GOOD PROGRESS THERE.
AND THE SECOND ISSUE IS THE
AVAILABILITY OF THE CHARGING
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT CAN MAKE
THOSE VEHICLES CONVENIENT TO USE
RATHER THAN HAVING TO GO OFF
INSTALLATIONS TO A CHARGING
SOURCE SO WE ARE TRYING TO HAVE
AN INFRASTRUCTURE LED STRATEGY
AND AS WE NEED TO REPLACE OUR
EXISTING VEHICLES WITH NEW
VEHICLES EITHER PURCHASE OR
UNDER LEASE, TYPICALLY BY GSA,
WE LOOK AT AVAILABILITY OF
INFRASTRUCTURE TO MAKE SURE WE
HAVE A INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTION
TO CHARGE THOSE VEHICLES AS THEY
MAY REQUIRE WITH THOSE VEHICLES
ARE BROUGHT INTO THE FLEET.
SUBSTANTIAL TRANSITION TO
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BUT NUMBER
OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR
DRIVERS OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES WHO
MAY HAVE NEVER HAD A CHARGE ONE
BEFORE AND HAVE COMMENSURATE
TRAINING PROGRAM FOR THAT AS
WELL. BUT A BIG OPPORTUNITY HERE
TO AGAIN LEVERAGE THE BUYING
POWER OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO
SEND STRONG DEMAND SIGNAL TO
TYPICALLY US-BASED AUTOMOBILE
AND VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS THAT
WE ARE LOOKING TO HELP MAKE THAT
TRANSITION AND LOOKING TO
LEVERAGE THE BUYING POWER
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. NEXT
SLIDE, NUMBER 9. SOMEWHAT
NOTIONALLY OVER TIME THIS GIVES
YOU THE IDEA HOW TO PHASE THIS
IN, YOU CAN SEE FISCAL YEARS
ACROSS THE BOTTOM SO NOT AN
IMMEDIATE REPLACEMENT OF OUR
FLEET AND ALSO NOT A E
PHRASEMENT OF OUR FLEET EXACTLY,
IF YOU REPLACE NUMBER OF
ACQUISITION OF NEW VEHICLES WITH
ZERO EMISSIONS VEHICLES OVER
TIME TO RESPONSIBLY AND AT PACE
WITH OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE
INFRASTRUCTURE BUT ALSO LATELY
THANKS TO COVID AND FEW OTHER
MATTERS, THAT PACE WITH INDUSTRY
ABILITY TO DELIVER THOSE
VEHICLE, SUPPLY CHAIN
CONSTRAINTS AS WELL THAT ARE NO
SMALL MATTER IN THIS EQUATION.
THIS GIVES YOU THE MAGNITUDE OF
THE EFFORT AND OUR APPROACH, WE
WILL START WITH THE LIGHT DUTY
VEHICLES AND THEN AT THE MEDIUM
DUTY AND HEAVY DUTY BECOME
AVAILABLE AND PHASING OUT NONEV
ACQUISITIONS AS WELL. SO THAT
IS ALL I HAVE, I'M A COUPLE OF
MINUTES OVER, I HOPE I HAVEN'T
STRETCHED THE AGENDA TOO FAR,
HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS NOW
IF TIME BUT P WE NEED TO ROLL I
UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR YOUR ATTENTION, HAVE A GOOD
DAY.
>> THANK YOU, MR. MCGHEE FOR
YOUR PRESENTATION. I WILL
PROPOSE WE MOVE ON TO THE
SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY VALUATION
DEMONSTRATION BRIEF AND THEN
TAKE QUESTIONS AT THE END.
>> OKAY. I'M UP AGAIN. THANKS,
MR. MCGHEE, EXCELLENT
PRESENTATION. JUST MOVING ON I
WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT OUR SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY
EVALUATION DEMONSTRATION
PROGRAM, I THINK GOOD TIMING
BECAUSE PRIOR TO THIS TALK WE
TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE VARIOUS
EPA APPROVED PROGRAMS LIKE
ENERGY STAR BIOPREFERRED SNAP
APPROVED. WITH THIS PROGRAM DOES
-- NEXT SLIDE. IS TRY TO HELP
US UNDERSTAND WHAT GOODS AND
SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO US,
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, AND
REALLY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND
HELP IMPLEMENT THEM. SO THIS
PROGRAM CALLED STEAD, TECHNOLOGY
EVALUATION DEMONSTRATION
PROGRAM, IT IS KIND OF LIKE WHAT
IT SOUNDS LIKE, IT IS EVALUATING
SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES OR
PRODUCTS IN THE FIELD. AND TO ME
GOVERNMENT REQUIREMENTS ASSURE
TO VALIDATE THEY PERFORM THE WAY
THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO PERFORM AND
THAT THEY ARE COST EFFECTIVE.
AND AT THE SAME TIME TRY TO
INCREASE AWARENESS OF
SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVES ACROSS
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. PROGRAM
IS NOT THAT NEW, WE PILOTED BACK
IN 2009 AND WE DEVELOPED A DOD
INSTRUCTION FOR THOSE THAT ARE
FAMILIAR WITH THE DEPARTMENT, WE
LIVE AND BREATHE BY INSTRUCTIONS
AND DIRECTIVES AND SO REALLY
CODIFY THAT IN 2016 WITH
INSTRUCTION OF THE CHAIRMAN OF
SUSTAINABLE GOODS AND SERVICES.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO WHY DO WE
DO THIS? WE SEE A LOT OF
BENEFITS IN SUSTAINABILITY
PRODUCTS FRANKLY. WE ARE SEEING
AS WE WENT THROUGH TIME THEY
INCREASE OPERATIONAL
PERFORMANCE, WE ARE FINDING FOR
REASONS THAT THEY DO THAT. THEY
REDUCE PRODUCT RELATED CLIMATE
IMPACT. WE TALK I THINK EARLIER
BIOPREFERRED PROGRAM TALKED
ABOUT BIOBASED PRODUCTS REDUCING
GHG EMISSIONS AND HOW THAT CAN
OCCUR BUT WE ARE ALSO LOOKING TO
REDUCE PETROLEUM CONSUMPTION AN
EMBEDDED CARBON PROCURING
WHETHER CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
OR OTHER THINGS. NEED TO
INCREASE SUPPLY CHAIN SECURITY
IN USE OF DOMESTIC MATERIAL, WE
TALK CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS AND
SUPPLY CHAIN, OTHER IMPACTS
AFFECT SUPPLY CHAIN SO IF WE
NEED CHEMICALS AN MATERIALS FROM
COUNTRIES MAY NOT BE BUSINESS
WITH, THAT COULDN'T AN ISSUE. OR
MOVE TO CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY WE
NEED RARE ELEMENTS THAT MAYBE WE
DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO. SO MAKING
SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT SUPPLY
CHAIN SECURITY BY REDUCING LESS
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS IS
SOMETHING WE WANT TO PURSUE.
REDUCING LIFE CYCLE COST, WHICH
IS ALWAYS A LIMB FOR ALL
AGENCIES, MINIMIZING BACK TO
HUMAN HEALTH AND THE
ENVIRONMENT, PREVIOUS TALK WE DO
NOT NEED TO EXPOSE MEN AND WOMEN
IN UNIFORM ANY PEOPLE SUPPORTING
TO DEPARTMENT TO HAZARDOUS
CHEMICALS IF POSSIBLE. THEN AS
PARTS OF THIS WE NEED TO
DEMONSTRATE OR EDUCATE STAFF,
MR. MCGHEE TALKED EDUCATING
STAFF ON CHARGING VEHICLES BUT
WE NEED TO EDUCATE STAFF ON WHAT
IS AVAILABLE TO THEM AND HOW
THEY CAN GET THESE SUSTAINABLE
PRODUCTS AND IMPLEMENT THEM
ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT. WE NEED
DO THAT TOGETHER, WE DON'T WANT
REDUNDANT EFFORTS ACROSS
MILITARY INSTALLATIONS OR WITHIN
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THIS IS
A PARTNERSHIP ACROSS FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT HOW WE CAN BETTER
IMPLEMENT SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS
SERVICES IN OUR DAY-TO-DAY
OPERATIONS. SLIDE 29. THIS IS
JUST AN EXAMPLE, I'M GOING TO --
NOT GOING TO GET INTO ALL BE AN
EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE PRODUCTS
THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY DEMON
INVESTIGATES SO WE HAVE ONGOING
DEMONSTRATES NOW, THEY VARY FROM
BIOBASE, TO ENERGY EFFICIENT
ACTIVITIES TO EVEN PFAS FREE
WHICH IS VERY BIG FOR THE
DEPARTMENT AND ELIMINATING
MINIMIZING PFAS AND ALL OUR
GOODS AND SERVICES WHERE WE CAN.
THERE IS BACK UP INFORMATION FOR
EACH OF THESE IN THE
PRESENTATION WHICH ARE AVAILABLE
FOR LATER. SO YOU CAN LOOK AT
THEM LATER. SO I GO THROUGH A
COUPLE OF THESE QUICKLY AND
HOPEFULLY GENERATE INTEREST FOR
FOLLOW ON DISCUSSION. THIS IS
ONE THAT WE CURRENTLY
DEMONSTRATE ON SUSTAINABLE DOORS
AN LOCK SYSTEMS AND THE IDEA
HERE IS HOW CAN WE REDUCE ENERGY
CONSUMPTION OR ENERGY THROUGH
eTRANSMISSION. SO THESE DOORS
AS DEMONSTRATING NOW HAVE A
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT REDUCING
ENERGY LOSS LOSS. WE HAVE DONE AN
ANALYSIS OF THIS AND REDUCING
ENERGY CONSUMPTION BY
1.3 MILLION METRIC WATTS AND
THEN REDUCING ELECTRICITY COSTS
BY $99 MILLION ON AN ANNUAL
BASIS. SO YOU CAN SEE THE
SIGNIFICANT COST SAVINGS AS WELL
BUT ALSO THE GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS THAT WERE NOT EMITTING
BECAUSE OF THE ENERGY SAVINGS IS
VERY SIGNIFICANT. YOU CAN SEE
RIGHT NOW ONGOING JOINT BASE SAN
ANTONIO FORT BRAGG QUANTITY
CO-ARSENAL AND ALABAMA. NEXT
SLIDE PLEASE. THIS WAS BIOBASED
TIRE DEMONSTRATION, BASE TIRES
THIS IS WHERE PARTNERING WITH
GOOD YEAR LOOKING AT BIOBASE
TIRES FOR OUR TACTICAL VEHICLES.
A LOT OF BENEFITS WE SEE
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS ARE NOT
JUST ENVIRONMENTAL OR ENERGY,
THEY ALSO HAVE OPERATIONAL
BENEFITS AS WE TRY TO BE MORE
RESILIENT WE WANT TO ALWAYS LOOK
TO SEE IF WE CAN IMPROVE
OPERATIONS. THESE TIRES ARE
PROVING TO DO THAT FOR US.
INCREASING HANDLING OF THESE
VEHICLES IN WET AND DRY, HE CAN
WE CAN USE IN BOTH SUMMERTIME
AND WINTER CONDITIONS SO WE
DON'T HAVE TO HAVE MOST CASES
MULTIPLE TIRES LIKE SNOW TIRES
TO TRACTION IS BETTER REDUCES
TREAD WARE SO NOT REPLACING AS
MUCH HAVING THAT TREAD WITH
CHEMICALS THAT COME OFF THE
TREAD GOING INTO OUR WATER
SYSTEMS. REDUCING PETROLEUM USE
ABOUT 600,000 GALLONS PER YEAR
IS ESTIMATE IF WE MOVE TO MORE
BIOBASE TIRE. SO TAKING THAT OFF
OUT OF OUR SUPPLY SYSTEM AND
NEED FOR PETROLEUM IS
SIGNIFICANT TO THE DEPARTMENT.
BIOBASE ORGANS THIS IS FLAGSHIP
DEMONSTRATIONS THAT WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON FOR QUITE A WHILE
NOW. I WANT TO HIGH LIGHT A FEW
THINGS HERE, THERE IS A
SIGNIFICANT WASTE REDUCTION IN
ABSORBENTS THAT WORK WAY BETTER
THAN PLAY BASE ABSORBENTS DO AND
FRANKLY MADE LIFE EASIER ON THE
MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM AND
ARTISANS AND DEPOTS TO B ASORB
SPILLS WHETHER HYDRAULIC FLUID
OILS, WHATEVER THE CASE MIGHT
BE. THE KICKER FOR ME IS THE
FACT IT REDUCES HEALTH RISK TO
FOLKS THAT ARE USING THESE
MATERIALS. PREVIOUSLY WE USE
CLAY BASED, WHICH HAS SILICON
BASED CLAY ABSORBENTS WHICH HAVE
PROVEN SILICOSIS EFFECTS OVER
LONG TERM USE SO GETTING THAT
NASTY CHEMICAL, NASTY OUT OF
SYSTEM AND HAVING OUR MEN AND
WOMEN NOT BE EXPOSED TO THAT,
AND IS REALLY IS A WIN FOR
EVERYBODY INVOLVED. SO IT IS ON
THE USDA BIOPREFERRED PROGRAM
AND WE ARE CONTINUING THESE
DEMONSTRATIONS BUT JUST AS OF
LAST WEEKEND THEY NOW LISTED ON
GSA CATALOG AND AVAILABLE, WE
WILL SEE A BIGGER UPTICK IN
PROCURING THESE KINDS OF
PRODUCTS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
THIS IS A BIOBASE STANDS FOR
CLEANER PRESERVATIVE WE USE ON
WEAPONS AN WEAPON SYSTEMS, IT IS
BASICALLY ONE THAT WE HAVE BEEN
DEMONSTRATING FOR A WHILE, THERE
IS A MILITARY SPECIFICATION SO A
LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED SOME OF
THE OFF SHELF TECHNOLOGIES WE
ARE DEMONSTRATING THAT MIGHT BE
USED IN COMMERCIAL APPLICATION
SO WE HAVE HAD TO DO SOME LIVE
FIRE TESTING AND MAKING SURE
THAT WE CAN QUALIFY TO THE
MILITARY SPECIFICATION, WE HAVE
TWO NOW TWO PRODUCTS THAT HAVE
QUALIFIED AND THEY ARE ON THE
SCHEDULE BUT WHEN WE FOUND TOO
IS WE CONTINUE TO DO THESE
DEMONSTRATES WILL IS BENEFIT NOT
ONLY DOES IT WORK BETTER WHY BUT
IMPROVES OPERATIONS, WE FIND
USERS ARE ABLE TO MAINTAIN RATE
OF FIRE WITHOUT HAVING TO STOP
AND CLEAN WEAPONS MORE OFTEN
LIKE THEY USED TO.FUL IT REDUCE
FREQUENCY LUBECATION SO THERE'S
NO MAINTENANCE NOT NEARLY AS
MUCH MAINTENANCE DOWN TIME,
CLEANING IS MORE EFFICIENT.
REDUCES SMOKE, WE SAY OKAY
GREAT, AS YOU ARE IN TRAINING
GOING THROUGH TRAINING THERE IS
A LOT OF SMOKE THAT CAUSE
PROBLEMS FOR THE USER BUT ALSO
WHEN IN THE FIELD YOU DON'T WANT
THE BAD GUYS TO SEE YOU WHILE
FIRING FILM SO REDUCTION IN
SMOKE THEY WON'T LOCATE YOU.
THERE IS OPERATIONAL BENEFITS
THAT GO WITH SUSTAINABLE
PRODUCTS AND IN SOME CASES COULD
BE MASSIVE STRATEGIC PART OF THE
STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITY FOR THE
DEPARTMENT, RELIABILITY OF
SYSTEMS ARE BETTER, WORK BETTER
IN SAND AND SALT WATER WHICH IS
WHERE SPECIAL FORCES OPERATE.
JUST IN GENERAL YOU CAN SEE
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS LIKE A
BIOBASE CLP, NOT TO MENTION YES
REDUCTION PETROLEUM USE, IS
BENEFIT FOR THE WORLD FIGHT. WE
ARE DEMONSTRATING VARIETY OF
(INAUDIBLE) IN TRAINING
CURRENTLY. THIS IS ANOTHER
OPERATIONAL PRODUCT THAT I -- IS
NOT IS COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE
BUT BASICALLY AN ALTERNATIVE TO
THE SINGLE USE CHEM LIGHTS IF
FAMILIAR, THE KIDS THAT BREAK
GLOW STICKS THOSE ARE CHEM
LIGHTS. THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE USES MILLIONS OF THOSE
OVER AND THEN THEY GO TO LAND
FILL OR LEFT ON THE TRAINING
GROUNDS OR IF THEY ARE IN A
COMBAT THEATER, JUST HIDDEN AND
BURIED, WHATEVER THE CASE MIGHT
BE. MOVING TO LED ALTERNATIVE,
IS VERY POSITIVE OPPORTUNITIES
FOR THE DEPARTMENT, ONE LEL
ALTERNATIVE REPLACES 36 CHEM
LIGHTS TO YOU CAN SEE THE AMOUNT
OF WASTE BE REDUCED BY GOING TO
A LED ALTERNATIVE AND MUCH MORE
FUNCTIONAL. IT CAN IMPROVE
OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE WITH
BRIGHTNESS DIRECTIONAL FOCUS
LIGHT, THEIR ABILITY TO USE
FLASHLIGHTS, THEY DON'T NEED TO
CARRY FLASHLIGHT, YOU CAN TURN
THEM OFF SO IF IN THEATER AND
DON'T WANT SOMEONE TO SEE YOU,
YOU DON'T HAVE TO HIDE OR BURY A
CHEM LIGHT, YOU JUST TURN IT
OFF. IT CAN BE USED FOR RESCUE,
IT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
SIGNALING THAT YOU MAY BE IN
TROUBLE SO A VARIETY OF
OPERATIONAL BENEFITS ASSOCIATED
WITH THESE LED ALTERNATIVES. IT
ALSO TAKES APPROXIMATELY 148
TONS PER YEAR OUT OF WASTE
STREAM. AGAIN COMMERCIALLY
AVAILABLE WE ARE STARTING TO
CURE THEM AND MARINE CORPS JOINT
BASE MARINE CORPS 29 PALMS LOVE
THESE ALTERNATIVES. YOU WILL SEE
A MUCH BIGGER IN THESE IN THE
FUTURE. NEXT SLID LEASE. SO
THOSE WERE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES
WE HAVE A BUNCH MORE AND THERE'S
SOME IN THE BACK WITH
INFORMATION BUT I WANTED TO
LEAVE TIME FOR QUESTIONS, BUT
THE OTHER THING THAT WE DO IS
PART OF THIS PROGRAM, WE WILL
CONTINUE TO DO IN ALL OUR
SUSTAINABILITY ACTIVITIES IS
WORK OUTREACH AN COMMUNICATIONS.
ONE WAY THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING
IT, WE HAVE DERAILED BY COVID
BUT PRIOR TO COVID WE HAD BUNCH
OF SUCCESSFUL EXPOES AT DOD
INSTALLATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
AND WE I CAN SITE THE
SURROUNDING COMMUNITY AS WELL AS
THE FOLKS ON THE INSTALLATIONS
TO PARTICIPATE. THE IDEA IS TO
EXPAND RELATIONSHIPS STIMULATE
FUTURE SUSTAINABILITY TECHNOLOGY
DEMONSTRATIONS AND SHARE WITH
PEOPLE THESE SUSTAINABLE
PROGRAMS AN PRODUCTS WORK, GIVEN
THE INFORMATION IT WASN'T TO
SELL ANYTHING JUST TO PROVIDE
OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATION AND
DO TRAINING AS PART OF THIS. WE
WILL CONTINUE, STARTING TO
SCHEDULE EXPOES AGAIN, AS WE
MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION,
FROM THE PANDEMIC. WE ARE
EXCITED WILL SHARE MORE
INFORMATION WITH YOU IN THE
COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS MONTHS. WE ARE
GETTING FEEDBACK. WE WANT TO
HEAR FROM THE FOLKS IN THE FIELD
AND SO WHEN I GET A COMMANDER,
29 PALMS MARINE CORPS OR
COMMANDER FORT CARSON TELL US
DIRECTLY THIS IS IMPORTANT, THIS
IS GREAT FOR THEM, THEIR
READINESS, YOU NOTICE A LOT OF
THIS IS NOT JUST ENVIRONMENTAL,
IT IS MISSION TRAINING, AND
READINESS AND LESSENING
OPERATIONAL COST REDUCING
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND
PROTECTING HEALTH AND WELL BEING
OF THE COMMUNITY WE LIVE AND
OPERATE IN. THESE -- WE ARE
GETTING MORE FEEDBACK AND THAT
IS WHY THIS TO ME THIS PROGRAM
IS CONTINUING TO BE A SUCCESS AS
WE MOVE TO DIFFERENT
DEMONSTRATION. I THINK THE LAST
SLIDE FOR ME ANYWAY, SO WHERE
DOES THIS INFORMATION AVAILABLE
PUBLIC FACING PART OF THE
DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL NETWORK
INFORMATION EXCHANGE SYSTEM.
WHERE YOU CAN GET INFORMATION ON
THE PROGRAM ITSELF. SOME OF THE
SUCCESS AND THOSE MAY BE THAT
DON'T WORK AS WE WOULD LIKE, WE
ALSO WANT TO KNOW THAT TOO, YOU
CAN SEE INFORMATION ON RETURN ON
INVESTMENT, ACTIVITY SOME OF THE
TRAINING AND TOOLS THAT ARE
AVAILABLE TO YOU AND OTHERS, SO
I RECOMMEND IF YOU HAVE TIME TO
TAKE A LOOK AT THAT THERE'S ALSO
FORMS AND I GUESS THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK
AND GET MORE INFORMATION IF YOU
HAVE QUESTIONS ASK THROUGH DENX
AND THE SPC. WITH THAT, I KNOW
WE DIDN'T HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE
FIRST TWO PRESENTATIONS OR THIS
ONE SO I BELIEVE NOW MICHAEL AND
MR. MCGHEE WILL JUST END IT HERE
AND SEE I GUESS IF THERE E TIME
FOR QUESTIONS.
>> WE WILL START TO RELAY
QUESTIONS.
>> SO THE FIRST QUESTION I'M
SEEING IS IF EVERYONE
CONCENTRATED ON RESILIENCE
THERE'S NO MITIGATION. WHAT ARE
YOUR THOUGHTS ON MITIGATION?
>> I CAN GIVE MY THOUGHTS BUT
MR. MCGHEE IF AVAILABLE, WOULD
YOU LIKE TO ANSWER THAT ONE SIR?
>> INTERESTING IDEA. SO MIKE
HERE, EVERYONE CONCENTRATED ON
RESILIENCE THERE'S NO
MITIGATION. YOU ARE NOT SAYING
NO NEED FOR MITIGATION, THERE
WOULD BE NO MITIGATION. SO THE
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT LIKE SOME OF
THE OTHER AGENCIES OR MANY
OTHERS IS ASKED TO FOCUS ON BOTH
SIMULTANEOUSLY WE ARE ASKED OR
DIRECTED BY STATUTE TO ENSURE
RESYSTEM CENT MILITARY
INSTALLATIONSES, ALSO DIRECTED
BY LAW TO INCREASE USE OF
RENEWABLE ENERGY AND AS WE
DESCRIBED MANY THE EXECUTIVE
ORDER WE ARE NOW DIRECTED BY THE
PRESIDENT TO ALSO INCREASE USE
OF CLEAN ENERGY, KEY
CONTRIBUTORS TO OUR GREENHOUSE
GAS EMISSIONS AND WE HAVE TO
MITIGATE AGAINST THAT. OUR
BELIEF IS YES THERE IS A WAY TO
APPROACH BOTH OF THOSE. HERE IS
A COUPLE OF REASONS WHY. ONE,
RESILIENCE MIGHT NOT MEAN THAT I
HAVE TO BE OPERATING RESILIENT
MODE IF YOU WILL, 100% OF THE
TIME, THAT IS I HAVE TO HAVE THE
ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO TRANSITION
TO MAYBE OTHER FORMS OF SUPPLY
IN EVENT OF CONTINGENCY, THAT IS
RESILIENCE, I HAVE OPTIONS, THAT
DOESN'T MEAN I HAVE TO OPERATE
ON MY RESILIENCE POSTURE ALL THE
TIME, IT IS CONTRARY TO THAT
WHOLE IDEA. OUR ADVERSARYRIES
IN THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
RECOGNIZE A FORCE ON FORCE MASS
ON MASS LARGE SCALE CONFLICT
PROBABLY DOESN'T SERVE EITHER
PARTY WELL IN THE END. AS I PUT
IT THERE'S STIPICALLY ONLY
LOSERS AND THERE'S NO WINNER. SO
MASS FORCE ON FORCE IS NOT
SOMETHING ENVISIONED BY SOME OF
OUR PEER COMPETITORS WHO MAY BE
CONSIDERED ADVERSARIAL. SO
INSTEAD THEIR KNOWN STRATEGY
WHICH IS ADVERTISE PUBLICLY IS
TO REDUCE ABILITY TO RESPOND.
ACHE US OUT BEFORE WE CAN DEPLOY
FORCES WHO MAYBE HERE IN THE
UNITED STATES BEFORE THEY ARE
ABLE TO GET OFF THE GROUND AND
GO FORWARD. IF YOU CAN STOP THEM
HERE, YOU CAN ACHIEVE THE
ADVANTAGE YOU MAY BE LOOKING
FOR. SO OUR RESILIENCE POSTURE
NEEDS TO CONSIDER THAT. P WHAT
IF SOMEBODY TRIES TO TAKE OUT MY
POWER SUPPLY TO DISABLE ABILITY
TO DEPLOY? WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS? I DON'T NE ED JUST CLEAN POWER TO
SOLVE, I NEED OPTIONS SO I CAN
OPERATE ON CLEAN POWER GRID ALL
DAY LONG BUT I NEED THE OPTION
IF SOMEBODY TAKES THAT OFFLINE.
THAT'S RESILIENCE, HOW WE CAN
HAVE RESILIENCE AND ALSO BE
MITIGATED. BECAUSE I DON'T
INTEND TO EXERCISE THAT
RESILIENCE OPTION ALL THE TIME,
I RARELY HAVE TO EXERCISE, MAYBE
JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE IT WORKS
FROM TIME TO TIME BUT HOPE TO
NEVER EMPLOY. THAT IS HOW WE SEE
ABILITY TO INTEGRATE RESILIENCE
WITH MITIGATION. REDUCE OUR USE
ON FOSSIL FUEL DRIVEN ENERGY
SOURCES SAY FOR ELECTRICITY,
HAVE A ROBUST SET OF ACTIONS
THERE, WE ARE GOING TO 100%
CLEAN ENERGY BUT THEN WE NEED AN
OPTION THAT IS RESILIENCE
BENEFIT TO SWITCH OFF OF THAT.
MAYBE THAT IS CLEAN, MAYBE SOME
IS FOSSIL, I'M SUGGESTING THAT
THESE POINTS IN TIME, YOU ARE
NOT GOING TO PRIORITIZE THAT
DISTINCTION SO MUCH. AND YET WE
ARE INCORPORATING CLEAN ENERGY
INTO THOSE CONTINGENCY
SITUATIONS AS WELL. WHY? I DON'T
WANT MY FUEL SUPPLY DISRUPTED TO
THAT CONTINGENCY SOLUTION. THAT
IS WHY BACK UP POWER SOLUTION, I
DON'T WANT SOMEBODY TO TERMINATE
THE FUEL SUPPLY THIS OR THAT. SO
ON SITE RENEWABLE ENERGY,
COUPLED WITH MAYBE SOME FOSSIL
IS PROBABLY A REALLY GOOD
RESILIENCE SOLUTION. THAT IS
INCORPORATING ADDITIONAL
MITIGATION BACK UP POWER
SOLUTION. SO I BELIEVE IT IS
POSSIBLE TO IMAGINE RESILIENCE
SITUATION FOR ENERGY ASSURANCE
ANYWAY, WHERE WE ARE DEFINITELY
ABLE TO MAKE MAJOR ADVANCES IN
MITIGATING OUR USE OF FOSSIL
FUELS AND ALSO HAVE RESILIENCE
OPTIONS. HOPE THAT ADDRESSES
WHERE YOU ARE TRYING TO GO
THROUGH QUESTION, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MR. MCGHEE, THE
NEXT QUESTION IS ALSO FOR YOU.
THERE ARE MANY INSTALLATIONS
WITH LIMITED OPEN SPACE AND MANY
BUILDING ROOFS NOT DESIGNED FOR
THE ADDITIONAL WEIGHT OF SOLAR
PANEL SYSTEMS. IS DOD OR ANY
OTHER AGENCY WORKING ON
DEVELOPMENT OF IMPROVE VERTICAL
ACCESS WIND TURBINES THAT BETTER
FIT ON SITES WITH LIMITED AREA?
>> TO THE FIRST POINT OF THE
QUESTIONS WE ARE DEFINITELY
WORKING TOWARD THAT FIRST
QUESTION, SPECIFIC TECHNOLOGY OF
VERTICAL WIND TURBINES, THERE'S
AT LEAST SOME AREA WE ARE LOOK
AT THAT, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S
TERRIBLY ROBUST LOOK TO BE
CANDID, BUT ANY TECHNOLOGY IS
WELCOME. SOME OF THE ISSUES WITH
WIND POWER HAVE TO DO WITH THE
VERTICAL TOWER. MANY MILL STAIR
INSTALLATIONS ARE HOSTING FLYING
OPERATIONS. AND SPENDING WIND
TURBINES DOES TWO THINGS,
INTERFERE SAFETY BUT ALSO
INTERFERE WITH RADAR OPERATIONS
IN THE VERY LOCAL AREA. THAT'S
IMPROVED OVER TIME, WE HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO MITIGATE INTERFERENCE
WITH LONG RANGE RADAR CAUSED BY
LARGE WIND FARMS, WE HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO WORK BE THAT IN MANY
CASES AN MITIGATE CONCERNS BUT
CLOSE IN, I WOULD SAY THAT
SPINNING WIND TURBINES PRESENT A
PROBLEM. THE VERTICAL KIND I'M
IMAGINING YOU ARE SPEAKING OF,
NOT CURRENT ON HOW THOSE WORK
WITH RADAR SYSTEMS BUT YOU NEED
ACTIVE RADAR ONE FOR DEFENSIVE
PURPOSES BUT TWO SAFE NAVIGATION
OF CARE AIRCRAFT AROUND
AIRFIELD. SO WIND IS
PROBLEMATIC. I ADMIT THAT. BUT
FIRST PART OF YOUR QUESTION
MAYBE INCOMPATIBLE BECAUSE WE
DON'T HAVE ENOUGH LAND, WE ARE
LOOKING AT OTHER TECHNOLOGIES
THAT ADDRESS THAT DIFFERENTLY
THAN ONE YOU MENTION. THERE IS
REAL PROMISE FOR ADVANCE
GEOTHERMAL POWER, OR GEOTHERMAL
HEAT TO HEAT OR COOL FACILITIES.
BUT ALSO POWER PRODUCTION SO
RATHER THAN HAVING A FIELD
DEDICATED TO SOLAR ARRAY, OR
VERY LARGE FIELD DEDICATED TO
WIND TURBINE FARM, YOU CAN HAVE
SMALLER FOOTPRINT WITH ADVANCED
GEOTHERMAL TAKES ADVANTAGE NEWER
TECHNOLOGIES AND MAKES THE
ECONOMICS LOOK MORE ATTRACTIVE
SOMEWHAT THEORETICALLY I WOULD
SAY BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING TO
SEE IF TECHNOLOGIES CAN BE
DEPLOYED. IN FACT, THE SAME
ORGANIZATION DEFENSE LOGISTICS
AGENCY DLA ENERGY HAS ISSUED A
SECOND RFI SEEKING INPUT FOR
POTENTIAL OFFERERS TO CONSIDER
ADVANCE GEOTHERMAL AT LIST OF
ARMY NAVY -- AIR POSE AND I
BELIEVE YES NAVY INSTALLATIONS
AND SIMILAR AGAIN TO COME BACK
AND SAY IF WE WERE TO OFFER OUR
LAND, AND TO OFFER TO PURCHASE
ELECTRICITY FROM THE POWER PLANT
WHAT COULD YOU DO IN TERMS OF
GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANT, CLEAN
ENERGY, WOULD BE A SMALLER
FOOTPRINT, IT IS CALLED BASE
LOAD POWER, THAT IS NOT
INTERMITTENT, AND IT IS VERY
ATTRACTIVE FROM RESILIENCE
STANDPOINT AS WE TALKED EARLIER.
SECOND THERE IS ANOTHER
TECHNOLOGY SOLAR FILM, AND THIS
IS VERY INTRIGUING, LIGHT
WEIGHT, SO TO YOUR POINT ABOUT
HAVING TO DO ENGINEERING
ANALYSES FROM ROOF TOP OR HAVING
ROOF PENETRATION THAT MAKE IT
DIFFICULT TO PLACE SILVER PANELS
ON ROOF P TO, FOR EXISTING
CONSTRUCTION RETROFIT, SOLAR IS
PROBLEMATIC. THE FILM IS A VERY
LIGHT WEIGHT TECHNOLOGY THAT
RIGHT NOW IN A MORE OF A --
BEYOND THEORETICAL BUT IN A USE
CASE IT IS BEING LOOKED AT AS
POTENTIALLY A WINDOW COVERING
WALL COVERING ANY SERVICE
FRANKLY. AND IF THE COST POINT
GETS TO THE COST POINT THEY ARE
HOPING FOR, IT MAKES THE ABILITY
TO UTILIZE EVEN INEFFICIENT
SURFACES NOT DIRECTLY OR YENNED
TOWARD THE SUN ECONOMICALLY
ATTRACTIVE. YOU CAN GET ENOUGH
POWER OUT EVEN IF NOT OPTIMALLY
SUITED, FOR SOLAR FILM
TECHNOLOGY COULD MAKE SENSE. WE
ARE LOOKING AT THAT TECHNOLOGY
AS WELL TO SEE WHERE THAT IS
GOING THAT MAY HAVE GOOD
APPLICATION. FINALLY WITH
RESPECT TO NEW BUILD, NEW
CONSTRUCTION, WE ARE WORKING ON
POLICY THAT WOULD MAKE
POTENTIALLY REQUIREMENT, WE ARE
NOT THERE YET DON'T QUOTE ME,
BUT ESSENTIALLY A REQUIREMENT
THAT YOU MUST DESIGN AS
PRACTICALLY AVAILABLE AS
POSSIBLE YOUR STRUCTURE SO THAT
IT CAN INCORPORATE SOLAR ON THE
ROOF AND BATTERY STORAGE
COMPONENT ALONG THE WAY,
ECONOMICALLY MAKES SENSE IN MOST
LOCATIONS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION.
RETROFITTING TO NEW CONSTRUCTION
WHERE IT GETS MORE DIFFICULT BUT
I APPRECIATE THE INTEND OF YOUR
QUESTION, THERE'S SOME PLACES I
WON'T WORK BUT THERE'S DIFFERENT
TECHNOLOGIES THAT COULD WORK AND
THE REAL THING DO THEY CROSS
RESPECTABLE ECONOMIC TIPPING
POINT THAT MAKE THEM MAKE SENSE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MR. MCGHEE. NEXT
QUESTION IS FOR YOU, DAVE. YOU
MENTIONED HIRING A GREENHOUSE
GAS CONSULTANT. ARE YOU DOING
BROADER ACCOUNTING THAN WHAT IS
ALREADY REQUIRED BY CDQ?
INCLUDING SCOPE 3 GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS?
>> EXACTLY. SO THAT IS THE
INTENT OF THAT TO BEGIN W HOW DO
WE HANDLE SCOPE 3 GHG EMISSION
WHICH IS IS OUR MAJOR SUPPLIERS
1 AND 2 EMISSIONS BUT YEAH, THAT
WAS THE INTENT AND EVEN I DON'T
WANT GET INTO TOO MUCH BECAUSE
IT HASN'T GONE OUT YET, BUT MOST
LIKELY LOOKING FOR BROADER
METRICS BEYOND EMISSIONS SOLID
WASTE AS WELL AS OUR ENERGY
NATURAL GAS AND WATER. BUT YEAH.
THE INTENT TO THIS IS TO HELP US
GET HANDLE ON SCOPE 3 GREENHOUSE
GAS EMISSIONS.
>> WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FOR
YOU TOO AS WELL, DAVE. CAN YOU
SHARE SOME IDEAS WHAT INTERNAL
METRICS DOD IS DEVELOPING
THROUGH THE SUSTAINABILITY
WORKING GROUP TO ACHIEVE
EXECUTIVE ORDER 1457
SUSTAINABILITY GOALS?
>> IT IS STILL WORK IN PROGRESS.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT NOW
AND SOME OF THOSE GOALS ARE SET
OUT PREVIOUSLY AND WE HAD SOME
TARGETS, THE PRESIDENT'S --
PRESIDENT BIDENS AGENDA IS MORE
AMBITIOUS THAN WE HAVE SEEN IN
THE PAST SO WE WORK THROUGH
THIS, THE ONE THING THAT --
MR. MCGHEE HAD A CHART WITH
VARIOUS CURVES, YOU CAN SEE THEY
ARE NOT STRAIGHT LINES SOME MAY
BE BUT MOST NOT. SO ONE THING
THAT I REALLY GLAD WE HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO DO IS NOT HAVE TO
STRAIGHT LINE ON ANNUAL 2%
ANNUAL OR 1% WHATEVER THE CASE
MIGHT BE SO AS WE MAKE
INVESTMENTS WHEN WE HAVE
RESOURCES AN INVESTMENTS KICK
IN, WE SEE REDUCTION TARGETS, WE
ANTICIPATE THAT, WE DON'T -- WE
WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE A BETTER
IDEA ON IT. AND ANNUAL BASIS
WHAT WE CAN ACHIEVE OR MAYBE
EVEN OUT SEVERAL YEARS SO
COMINGS SO TO SOLID WASTE
WORKING GROUP AND OTHER DOD
ACTIVITIES ARE LOOKING AT THAT
CAN BE OUR GREENHOUSE GAS
GETTING HANDLE ON THAT, WHAT ARE
WE LOOKING FOR SCOPE 1, 2, 3,
YOU SAW MR. MCGHEE, IT IS A
LITTLE COMPLICATED BECAUSE
THERE'S VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES TO
GET TO THOSE TARGETS SO IT IS A
WORK IN PROGRESS, WE WILL
ESTABLISH THAT AND PROBABLY BE
MODIFYING OVER TIME AS WE -- AS
TECHNOLOGY IMPROVES AS WELL AS
RELEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT WE CAN
DO. CURRENTLY AND HAS MARKET
FORCES CHANGE A LITTLE BIT, YOU
WILL SEE HOPEFULLY ACCELERATED
TARGETS SET IN STAGE NOW MAY BE
IMPROVED UPON. WE HAVE THE END
STATE. THE PRESIDENT SAYS 50 TO
52% REDUCTION BY X AND 1.5
CELSIUS WE HAVE TO KEEP TO THAT.
SO HOW WE GET THERE IS A
COUNTRY, HOW WE GET THERE Z A
WORLD, AS A PLANET, WITHIN THE
DEPARTMENT AN FEDERAL FAMILY
NEED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT. SO I
THINK THAT CAME IN FROM DAWN. BE
HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU MORE ABOUT
THAT PARTNERING WITH YOU GUYS ON
SOME OF THE DISCUSSION IN THE
FUTURE.
>> WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION
EITHER OF YOU MAY ANSWER, DOES
DOD INCLUDE NUCLEAR ENERGY
SOURCES IN THEIR ENERGY FUTURE?
>> MIKE MCGHEE, I WILL ANSWER
THAT. I THINK PART OF THAT STORY
HAS TO BE APPRECIATED IS THERE
WAS A FOCUS ON STRICTLY
RENEWABLE ENERGY AS DESIRABLE
FORM OF ENERGY GENERATION AS
COMPARED TO THE OTHERS. OTHERS
MAY HAVE BEEN PROBLEMATIC. THE
ADMINISTRATION VERY SHARP FOCUS
ON THE URGENCY OF DECARBONIZING
THE SYSTEM IN SHORT ORDER CAUSES
US TO SEE THAT DIFFERENTLY. THE
CURRENT UNITED STATES ENERGY
ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION MIX
IS ROUGHLY 20% NUCLEAR. THAT
FROM A GREENHOUSE GAS
PERSPECTIVE IS CARBON FREE
ENERGY. IF YOU WERE TO DECIDE
YOU DON'T LIKE THAT, TAKE IT
OFFLINE, YOU HAVE A 20% HIGHER
LIFT TO GO TO GET TOWARD 100%.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS MY READ OF
THE EXECUTIVE ORDER AND
CONVERSATIONS WITH CEQ ARE SUCH
THAT CANNOT BE A WAY FORWARD.
THERE IS A STRONG ENCOURAGEMENT
AND ACCEPTANCE OF NUCLEAR POWER
AS CONTRIBUTOR TO DECARBONIZING
THE SYSTEM AND SUSTAINING THE
NUCLEAR POWER ON THE SYSTEM IS
VERY MUCH DESIRED BUT ALSO
SUPPORTING THE ADVENT OF
ADDITIONAL ADVANCE NUCLEAR AND
TERMS SMALL MODULAR REACTORS,
MICROREACTORS, VERY SMALL
MODULAR REACTORS THERE'S NEW
TECHNOLOGIES THAT HAVE THE HOPE
BASED ON TECHNOLOGY, THAT THEY
COULD PROVIDE NUCLEAR POWER IN A
MANNER THAT GENERATES LESS
WASTE, HAS LOWER PROBABILITY OF
SAFETY RISK REDUCES NUCLEAR
NON-PROLIFERATION CONCERNS
ASSOCIATED WITH OTHER FORMS OF
NUCLEAR POWER ADMINISTRATION IS
SUPPORTIVE OF CONTINUING
EXISTING NUCLEAR MIX AND ALSO
ENCOURAGING DEVELOPMENT OF
ADVANCE NUCLEAR POWER TECHNOLOGY
AS AN AMERICAN INDUSTRY TO
ENSURE THAT WE HAVE STRONG
ENGAGEMENT AND PARTICIPATION IN
DEVELOPMENT OF THAT TECHNOLOGY
AND HELP SECURE THE ABILITY TO
DELIVER THAT TECHNOLOGY TO SOME
OF OUR ALLIES WHO MAY NOT DO
THAT ON THEIR OWN. THAT'S WHAT I
HAVE SEEN FROM THE EXECUTIVE
ORDERS AS NUCLEAR POWER VERY
MUCH IN THE MIX BECAUSE IT IS A
GREENHOUSE GAS LESS FORM OF
POWER GENERATION AND MUST BE
RETAINED IF WE ARE TO HOPE TO
RENEW MASS DECARBONIZATION IN
THE SYSTEM THAT NEEDS TOK OCCUR
OVER THE NEXT DECADE.
>> THANK YOU, MR. MCGHEE, WE ARE
OVER TIME BUT WE HAVE TIME FOR
ONE OR TWO MORE QUESTIONS. THIS
NEXT ONE IS FOR DAVE FROM EPA.
DO BIOBASED TIRES INCLUDE SIX
PPD? THIS IS A CHEMICAL NOW
KNOWN TO KILL SALMON, EPA CAN
PROVIDE FURTHER DATA ON THIS IF
HELPFUL.
>> I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO
THAT. I AM FAMILIAR WITH THE
TIRES IN GENERAL. AND NOT THAT
LONG AGO, PRE-COVID JOINT BASE
IN WASHINGTON STATE O TO SEE --
WE ARE -- THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO
SPAWN BECAUSE OF THE RUN OFF
FROM THE ROADS TO THE
TRIBUTARIES AN STREAMS AND THAT
CAME FROM TIRES. SO I DON'T KNOW
THE ANSWER TO THAT SPECIFIC
QUESTION. I JUST KNOW -- THAT
CAME UP RECENTLY AND I WILL TALK
TO THE MANUFACTURERS, AND TRY
THE GET THAT ANSWER FOR YOU
SPECIFICALLY. ON THAT. SO
WHOEVER ASKED THAT IF YOU CAN
REACH TO ME OFFLINE, WITH EMAIL
OR SOMETHING I WILL BE HAPPY TO
FOLLOW-UP.
>> TIME MORE ONE LAST QUESTION.
WE JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF
MINUTES, THIS ONE IS FOR
MR. MCGHEE, WAS MOVE FORWARD
WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR CHARGING
INFRASTRUCTURE AND INSTALLATIONS
FOR GS ASH VEHICLES AND CIVILIAN
CONTRACTOR WORK FORCE.
>> INTERESTK TWIST ABOUT
CONTRACTOR WORK FORCE. SO THE
MAIN STRATEGY IS AS I MENTION IN
INFRASTRUCTURE LED STRATEGY,
THAT IS A DESIRE TO BRING IN AS
SOON AS AVAILABLE I WOULD SAY AS
QUICK AS POSSIBLE, THAT MIGHT
GIVE THE WRONG IDEA, SOON AS
THEY ARE AVAILABLE ZERO EMISSION
VEHICLES WHERE IT MAKES SENSE TO
DO SO. BUT AGAIN AS SOON AS CAN
REASONABLY BE DONE. THE
INFRASTRUCTURE LED STRATEGY SAYS
IT WOULDN'T MAKE SENSE TO PLACE
VEHICLES THAT NEED TO BE CHARGED
PLACES THERE IS NOT A CHARGING
CAPABILITY, YOU ARE FORCING
PEOPLE TO CHOOSE NOT TO USE THE
VEHICLE OR GO OFF BASE. AS YOUR
AUDIENCE MAY KNOW, THERE ARE
HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES WHICH
HAVE A GASOLINE ENGINE AND
ELECTRIC MOTOR AND BATTERY BUT
NOT ABLE TO CHARGE IT, ONLY
CHARGE ITSELF USING REGENERATIVE
BRAKE, IT IS A CLOSED SYSTEM IN
TERMS OF ELECTRICAL SIDE.
HYDROGEN VEHICLES ARE NOT SO
COMMON, YOU DON'T SEE THEM MUCH.
THOSE ARE TARGETED IMPROVING THE
GAS EFFICIENCY OF THE GASOLINE
ENGINE THE WAY I VIEW THAT
TECHNOLOGY. THEN CAME PLUG IN
HYBRIDS. WHICH ALLOWED FOR TO BE
AGAIN TO DRIVE GASOLINE ONE AND
ELECTRICAL ONE BUT YOU COULD
PLUG IN AND ALSO CHARGE AS WELL
AS USE REGENERATIVE BRAKE IN,
THAT IS A TECHNOLOGY OUT THERE
TODAY, WIDELY USED. THEN THERE
IS BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLES
WHERE THERE IS NO GASOLINE
ENGINE, ONLY ELECTRIC MOTOR AND
BATTERY, YOU MUST PLUG IN AND
CHARGE TO USE IT. THERE IS
REGENERATIVE ALSO BUT AT THE END
OF THE DAY EVENTUALLY YOU ARE
GOING TO HAVE TO PLUG IN TO
CHARGE THE BATTERY FOR REUSE. SO
WITH THAT SPECTRUM OF
TECHNOLOGIES, YOU ALSO HAVE A
SPECTRUM OF CHARGING YOU HAVE
LEVEL 1 CHARGERS WHICH ARE
BASICALLY WALL OUTLET YOU CAN
PLUG VEHICLE IN AND IT WILL
CHARGE BUT NOT MUCH. TAKE A LONG
TIME AND YOU WON'T BE SO HAPPY
WITH IT BUT THAT MIGHT BE A
REASONABLE SOLUTION FOR PLUG IN
HYBRID VEHICLE THAT DRIVES IN PA
CIRCLE 20-MILE AS DAY MAYBE.
CHARGE OVER NIGHT, RESPECTFULLY
CHARGE IT BACK UP, RESPECTIVELY
CHARGE IT BACK UP. BATTERY, YOU
PROBABLY NEED LEVEL 2 CHARGERS,
A 240-VOLT OUTTH OUTLET LICK A
DRYER. AND REQUIRED TO DO SOME
WORK THERE. I HAVE A BATTERY
ELECTRIC VEHICLE YOU WANT A
LEVEL 3 CHARGER AVAILABLE TO YOU
SOMEWHERE WHEN OUT ON THE ROAD.
THAT IS A HIGH VOLTAGE DC
CHARGER, VERY SUBSTANTIAL
INVESTMENT, A MUCH MORE ROBUST
CHARGING CAPABILITY YOU CAN
CHARGE FROM EMPTY TO FULL IN 20
TO 30 MINUTES AND HALFWAY WHICH
IS MAYBE ALL YOU NEED AND LESS
THAN TEN MINUTES. SO YOU HAVE
SPECTRUM THERE TOO. SO OUR
STRATEGY IS, AS WE LOOK TO
INCORPORATE MORE AND MORE
ELECTRIC VEHICLES OR ZERO
EMISSIONS VEHICLE, THE MAJORITY
OF THOSE ARE GOING TO BE PLUG IN
HYBRID. THEY ARE GOING TO FLOW
TOWARD PLACES WE MAY HAVE
CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE PROBABLY
LEVEL 2 THAT IS CURRENTLY
UNDERUTILIZED. NOT MAXIMIZE,
FLOW IN THAT DIRECTION WHERE
INFRASTRUCTURE ALREADY
AVAILABLE. THEN WE WILL
CONTINUE TO FLOW THOSE
VEHICLESES IN PLACES WHERE THERE
MAY HAVE BEEN SOME PRE-WORK
DONE, INITIAL ELECTRICAL WORK
BUT MAYBE ABILITY TO ADD
ADDITIONAL CHARGES ON TO THAT
EXISTING ELECTRICAL WORK, GO
THERE AS SECOND PRIORITY, THAT
TAKES MORE TIME MAYBE THAN THE
FIRST WAVE. BUT THEN THERE IS A
THIRD WAY WHERE YOU HAVE TO
INSTALL NEW CHARGING
INFRASTRUCTURE, DO THAT MORE
SELECTIVELY OVER TIME AND THEN
FINALLY WHILE THIS IS GOING ON
ANTICIPATE WHERE YOU ARE GOING
TO NEED LEVEL 3 CHARGERS AND
BUILD THAT OUT SO AS BATTERY
VEHICLES ARRIVE IN THE SYSTEM
YOU HAVE LEVEL 3 HIGH VOLTAGE
CHARGING FAST CHARGING STARTING
TO COME ONLINE. HOPEFULLY THAT
MAKES SENSE, A FLOW STRATEGY.
AND THAT'S WHY WE SAY
INFRASTRUCTURE LED ACQUISITION
OF VEHICLES. IN OTHER WORDS
DON'T FLOW BATTERY ELECTRIC
VEHICLES TO PLACE YOU DON'T HAVE
CHARGER CAPABILITY. DO THE
OPPOSITE BUT IT WILL TAKE TIME
TO PHASE IN AND VEHICLES ARE NOT
100% AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE NOW
ANYWAY SO AS YOU REQUIRE THEM IN
FOLLOW THE FLOW STRATEGY AND
HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE LEADING
THE WAY OUT IN FRONT OF VEHICLES
AS THEY ARRIVE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU MR. MCGHEE,
CONCLUDES OUR TIME FOR QUESTIONS
TODAY TO THOSE WHO ASK QUESTIONS
WE ARE KEEPING TRACK AND WE WILL
RESPOND WITH ANSWERS. I WANT TO
PUT IN A PLUG FOR OTHER DOD
SESSIONS, AS 3:45 WE WILL HAVE A
BRIEF ON CIRCULAR ECONOMY
EFFORTS AT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
AND TOMORROW THERE IS A DOD
SESSION ON CHARTING COURSE FOR
NET ZERO PROCUREMENT AND DOD
SUPPLY CHAIN GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS SO THOSE INTERESTED IN
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION
REDUCTION INITIATIVE, I URGE YOU
TO ATTEND THAT SESSION TOMORROW
AT 12:15.
>> THANK YOU, EVERYONE, THANKS
FOR YOUR GREAT PRESENTATION. THE
GREAT AUDIENCE QUESTIONS FROM
EVERYONE. WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A
VERY SHORT BREAK AROUND 4
MINUTES AND WE WILL BE BACK AT
2:45 EASTERN TIME, WE ARE
SWITCHING TOPICS WE WILL BE BACK
WITH A SESSION CALLED STRATEGIES
FOR PREVENTING AND REDUCING
GOVERNMENT WIDE FOOD WASTE. SEE
YOU BACK IN A FEW MINUTES.
NEXT SESSION ON WASTE IN THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. I WANT TO
GIVE SOME WEBINAR LOGISTICS
REMINDERS FOR ANYONE NEW JOINING
US FOR THIS SESSION. IF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT QUESTIONS
FOR PRESENTERS YOU CAN SUBMIT
ANY TIME WHILE THEY ARE
PRESENTING THROUGH THE BUTTON
THAT SAYS SEND LIVE FEEDBACK. A
BOX WILL APPEAR ON YOUR SCREEN
AND YOU CAN TYPE IN YOUR
QUESTION WE WILL COLLECT AND
MAKE SURE PRESENTERS SEE THEM
AND THEY WILL ANSWER AS MANY AS
THEY CAN AT THE END OF THE
SESSION. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED
IN PRESENTATION SLIDES, THE ONES
THAT ARE ABLE TO BE MADE
PUBLICLY AVAILABLE YOU WILL SEE
ON THE FED CENTER SYMPOSIUM
WEBSITE UNDER THE TAB 2022
PROCEEDINGS AND PRESENTATIONS.
SOME SLIDES ARE UNFORTUNATELY
NOT ABLE TO BE MADE PUBLICLY
AVAILABLE SO WHY YOU MAY NOT SEE
ALL OF THEM THERE. BUT THAT IS
IT FROM ME AND I WILL PASS IT
OVER TO JOE INTO GET STARTED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
INVITING ME TO PRESENT HERE. .
I'M -- MY NAME IS JEAN BUZBY,
USDA FOOD WASTE LIAISON FOR THE
OFFICE OF CHEST ECONOMIST. I
WANT TO SAY THAT GLOBALLY FOOD
LOSS AND WASTE ADDS UP
DOMESTICALLY AND
INTERNATIONALLY, ABOUT A THIRD
OF ALL FOOD PRODUCED. GLOBALLY
OVER $936 BILLION OF FOOD EACH
YEAR GOES TO WASTE. AND THIS
REPRESENTS ABOUT 8 TO 10%
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM
HUMAN ACTIVITY. AND ALSO IT
REPRESENTS ABOUT A QUARTER OF
ALL FRESHWATER USE BY
AGRICULTURE PER CROP PRODUCTION.
AS FAR AS EPA WILL GO NEXT AND
SHARE DATA FOR DOMESTIC FOOD
LOSS AND WASTE BUT I WANT TO SAY
REDUCING FOOD LOSS AN WASTE
GENERATES SEVERAL BENEFITS TO
SOCIETY. IN ADDITION TO REDUCING
THE RESOURCES THAT ARE USED TO
MAKE UNEATEN FOOD ALL THOSE
VALUABLE INPUTS THE LAND
FRESHWATER LABOR AND ENERGY THAT
COULD BE CONSERVED FOR MORE
PRODUCTIVE USES, IF UNEATEN FOOD
IS STILL WHOLESOME IT COULD
CURRENTLY HELP FAMILIES IN NEED
AND ADDITIONALLY IT IS IMPORTANT
TO RECOGNIZE FOOD WASTE
REPRESENTS REAL ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITY BY REDUCING FOOD
LOSS AND WASTE CAN SAVE MAKE
MONEY FOR BUSINESS AND
HOUSEHOLD. THE AVERAGE FAMILY OF
FOUR HAS -- SPENDS ABOUT $1,500
A YEAR ON FOOD THAT GOES
UNEATEN. ALSO REAL GREENHOUSE
GAS IMPLICATIONS WHICH LANA WILL
COVER AS WELL. I WANT TO
MENTION FOOD LOSS HAPPENS FROM
FARM TO TABLE. FOOD LOSS, MANY
DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS BUT IN
GENERAL WHERE WE ARE GOING
ENTERGNASH MILLIONLY IS FOOD --
INTERNATIONALLY IS FOOD LOSS
UNEATEN FOOD UNTIL RETAILGATE
AND THEN FOOD WASTE IS AT RETAIL
STORES FOOD SERVICE AND CONSUMER
HOUSEHOLDS.S. THERE ARE BOTH
DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL GOALS
TO REDUCE FOOD LOSS AND WASTE,
THE UNITED NATIONS SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT GOAL TARGET 12.3
CALLS FOR CUTTING FOOD WASTE IN
HALF BY 2030 AS WELL AS REDUCING
FOOD LOSS ALONG SUPPLY CHAINS.
EPA AND USDA SET INTERNATIONAL
GOAL BY CUTTING FOOD WASTE IN
HALF BY 2030. ACCORDING TO ONE
REPORT WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO
PARTICULARLY TRUE FROM EARLY
ESTIMATES OF THE UNITED STATES
WHERE WE HAVE BARELY MOVED THE
NEEDLE. I DO WANT TO MENTION
THAT WE HAVE A FEDERAL
INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION REDUCE
FOOD LOSS AND WASTE WITH U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, THE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
AND FOOD AND DRUG
ADMINISTRATION. WHICH IS
ACTIVE, WE BOTH INDIVIDUALLY
HAVE LOSS AND WASTE ACTIVITIES
AS WELL AS COLLECTIVELY SHARE
ACTIVITIES. WE HAVE SIX
PRIORITY AREAS UPDATED IN THE
NEAR FUTURE. THE 6TH ONE IS
ENCOURAGE FOOD WASTE BY AGENCIES
AND FACILITIES. WITH COVID AND
US GOING INTO OUR PLACE OF WORK
AND CAFETERIAS AND KITCHENS THAT
HAS BEEN MORE ON HOLD AND WE
HAVE BEEN FOCUSING MOSTLY ON
OTHER EFFORTS WITH TRUE FOR
USDA. USDA IS WELL-POSITIONED TO
ADDRESS PROBLEM OF GOOD LOSS
WASTE THROUGH AGRICULTURE FOOD
RURAL AMERICA PROGRAMS POLICIES
AND GUIDANCE. WE HAVE A DIVERSE
SET OF ACTIVITIES, WE DO
DIFFERENT RESEARCH SUCH AS THOSE
THAT CREATE NEW FOOD INNOVATION
TO TECHNOLOGIES TO REDUCE FOOD
LOSS AND WASTE AND EDUCATION AND
OUTREACH, FOOD KEEPER APP WHICH
TELLS CONSUMERS THE BEST WAYS TO
STORE AND HOW LONG FRESH FOODS
AND OTHER FOODS. WE ALSO HAVE
FUNDING SUCH AS FOOD WASTE
REDUCTION GRANTS AND STAKEHOLDER
ENGAGEMENT. OUR OWN USDA FOOD
NUTRITION SERVICE FMS IS A
RESOURCE THAT'S COMMITTED TO
REDUCING FOOD LOSS AND WASTE AND
NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
PARTICULARLY IN CHILD NUTRITION
PROGRAMS. THEY PROVIDE GUIDANCE
TO SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE
MANAGEMENT, BEST PRACTICES B
THAT CONDUCT RESEARCH SUCH AS
SCHOOL MEAL COST STUDY AND FUND
WORK TO REDUCE FOOD WASTE SUCH
AS FARM TO SCHOOL GRANT PROGRAM,
SOME OF THOSE FUNDED PROGRAMS
TOUCH ON FOOD WASTE AND MAYBE
SOME COULD BE COME POSING AND
SCHOOL GARDENS FOR EXAMPLE. HERE
ARE THREE EXAMPLES OF MATERIALS
THING WE DO WITH EPA US EPA HAVE
INITIATIVE CALLED THE U.S. FOOD
LOSS AND WASTE 2030 CHAMPIONS.
THIS IS WHERE BUSINESSES HAVE
MADE THE PUBLIC COMMITMENT TO ER
DEUCE FOOD LOSS AND WASTE IN
THEIR OWN U.S. OPERATIONS IN
HALF BY 2030. WE HAVE RECENTLY
HAD MAJOR BUSINESS JOIN SUCH AS
STARBUCKS AND TIE SON FOODS AND
WE ARE EXPANDING THE PROGRAM. WE
HOPE THAT THESE BUSINESS LEADERS
WILL INSPIRE OTHERS TO START
REDUCING FOOD LOSS AND WASTE IN
THEIR OWN US OPERATIONS. FOR
THOSE INTERESTED BUSINESSES
INTERESTED IN JOINING THEY CAN
FIND INFORMATION ON EITHER USDA
OR EPA WEB SITES. ONE OF THE
THINGS I DO AS THE LIAISON IS
FOR USDA ON FOOD LOSS AND WASTE
IS TO SPREAD THE WORD THAT THERE
ARE -- THERE IS LIABILITY
PROTECTION FOR DONATING FOOD FOR
THOSE WHO MAKE GOOD FAITH
DONATIONS TO NON-PROFITS THAT
FEED THE HUNGRY, WE PROVIDE A
LOT OF MATERIALS ON THAT. I WANT
TO SAY THERE ARE SUCCESS STORIES
THAT ARE BUILDING MOMENTUM
AROUND THE WORLD AND IN
PARTICULAR THE UNITED KINGDOM
WAS THE FIRST COUNTRY TO GET
PAST THAT HALFWAY MARK IN
REDUCING FOOD WASTE BY 50% BY
2030. THEY SURPASSED THE 27% AND
HAD EVEN 31% SPECIFICALLY FOR
HOUSEHOLDS. THEY USE DIFFERENT
MEASURES. I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A
SHOUT OUT THAT SEPTEMBER 14TH WE
ARE GOING TO HAVE SECOND EVER
USDA FOOD LOSS AND WASTE
INNOVATION FAIR, THAT WILL
HIGHLIGHT WHAT USDA AGENCIES ARE
WORKING ON. IN THEIR CAMPAIGN TO
REDUCE FOOD LOSS AND WASTE AS
WELL AS OUR USDA FUNDED
ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE MADE
REALLY COOL INNOVATIONS AND I
WILL ALSO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE
2030 CHAMPIONS. THIS IS A FREE
VIRTUAL EVENT. SO STAY TUNED FOR
THAT. SO SOME OF THE KEY TAKE
AWAYS IS U.S. AND GLOBALLY WE
HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO. SOME
COUNTRIES ARE LEADING THE WAY,
IT IS REALLY PA COMPLEX ISSUE
AND IS GOING TO TAKE MANY
DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS FROM FARM TO
TABLE. AND EVERYBODY HAS A ROLE
TO PLAY. USDA IS HELPING
PREVENT REDUCE REPURPOSE FOOD
LOSS AND WASTE BUT INVOLVEMENT
BY ALL FEDERAL AGENCIES CAN MOVE
THE NEEDLE TO THE 2030 GOAL,
LANA AND I AND OTHERS ON THE
FEDERAL INTERAGENCY
COLLABORATIONS REDUCE FOOD LOSS
AND WASTE CERTAINLY LOVE TO TALK
TO OTHER AGENCIES WHO MIGHT BE
INTERESTED IN JOINING OUR
COLLABORATION. I'M CURIOUS --
HERE IS MY CONTACT INFORMATION
AS WELL AS THE THREE MAIN WEB
SITES FOR USDA EP ASH AND FDA
AND OUR COLLABORATION. WITH THAT
I WILL STOP SHARING. MY SLIDES.
>> HELLO. SO MY NAME IS CAROL
MARS. I WILL BE MODERATING OUR
SESSION HERE ON INTRO TO
CIRCULAR ECONOMY, HOW -- CAN
LEAVES PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE.
WITH ME ARE KRISTINE SEDEY AND
BRENDA ADAMS. AND ELIZABETH
KEYSAR. THROUGH OUR THREE
PRESENTATIONPRESENTATIONS. SO I WILL BE
GOING AHEAD AND GETTING US START
WITH A LOOK AT CIRCULAR
ECONOMIES AT LARGE AND SOME OF
THE PIECES THAT WE ARE WORKING
ON AT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE,
FOLLOWED BY ELIZABETH SPEAKING
TO A EXAMPLE HOW CONCRETE IS
APPLIED AND ROUNDING OUT WITH
CHRISTINE AND BRENDA ON A
PARTICULAR LABELING CUP ACTUALLY
ENABLE RECYCLING WHICH WE WILL
BE ABLE TO SEE AS PART OF THE
BEGINNER PART AND WITH THE U.S.
POSTAL SERVICE. TO GET STARTED I
WILL GO AHEAD AND SHARE MY
PRESENTATION.
>> I'M CAROLE MARS, AAS SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGY FELLOW,
SUPPORTING OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT
ENERGY RESILIENCE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE. IF YOU HAD BEEN AT OUR
SESSIONS, YOU HAVE HEARD QUITE A
BIT MORE, IT IS EXCITING TO BE
IN AN ENVIRONMENT RIGHT NOW
WHERE THE WORK OF ENVIRONMENT
ENERGY RESILIENCE ARE REALLY
RELEVANT AND VERY MUCH PRIORITY
FOR THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.
PRIOR TO MY FELLOWSHIP I WAS AT
THE SUSTAINABILITY CONSORTIUM AS
DIRECTOR FOR TECHNICAL
DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION. I
WAS WORKING WITH MUCHING GOODS
SUPPLY CHAINS. SO CIRCULAR
ECONOMY HAS BEEN LONG TIME
INTEREST OF MINE VERY MUCH
PASSION OF MINE AND VERY EXCITED
TO BRING THAT WITH ME AS I HAVE
BEEN WORKING THROUGH MY
FELLOWSHIP.FELLOWSHIP.FELLOWSHIP . SO I WIL L START
OVERVIEW, WHAT IS CIRCULAR
ECONOMY? IT IS BIG TERM AND LOT
OF THINGS TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. SO
RIGHT NOW THE WORKING DOMESTIC
DEFINITION OF CIRCULAR ECONOMY
IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, IS HAS COME
TO US FROM THE SAVE OUR SEAS ACT
2.2 -- 2.0 PASSED IN DECEMBER OF
2020. KIND OF LANGUAGE YOU
EXPECT IN A ECONOMY THAT USES
SYSTEMS FOESED APPROACH AND
INVOLVES INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES
AND ACTIVITIES THAT ARE
RESTORATIVE OR REGENERATIVE BY
DESIGN, ENABLE RESOURCE USED, TO
MAINTAIN HIGHEST VALUES FOR AS
LONG AS POSSIBLE AND ELIMINATION
OF WASTE THROUGH SUPERIOR DESIGN
OF MATERIALS PRODUCTS AND
SYSTEMS. SO A LOT OF WORDS BUT
THE WAY I LIKE TO BE ABLE TO
DESCRIBE IT IS WHAT CIRCULAR
ECONOMY IS IS THE MOST RECENT
MANIFESTATION OF SOME OF US OLD
ENOUGH TO REMEMBER REDUCE REUSE
RECYCLE MOVEMENT BACK IN THE
'70s. IT IS REALLY THAT THESE
IDEAS REPACKAGED SO THE REUSE
RECYCLING ARE STILL CORE TO
CIRCUMSTANCE LAYERTY BECAUSE YOU
HAVE TO HAVE THESE IN PLACE TO
MAKE THINGS CIRCULAR MORE SO
THAN THAT, IT IS NOW COMBINED
ALONG WITH THE IDEA OF
COMPOSTING. AND THERE IS ORGANIC
CYCLE IN ADDITION TO TECHNICAL
CYCLE, THAT REALLY MAKE UP THE
MATERIALS THAT WE DO. WHEN I
FIND INTERESTING ABOUT CIRCULAR
ECONOMIES IT ACTS AS DESIGN, NO
LONGER GOOD ENOUGH TO HAVE
SOMEONE ELSE RECYCLE A BOTTLE AT
THE END OF LIFE BUT THAT SHOULD
BE DESIGNED TO BE RECYCLED OR
REUSED OR REFILLED AND THAT IT
IS A CONSCIOUS DESIGN NOT JUST
SOMETHING SOMEONE ELSE WILL
HANDLE AT THE END OF ITS USEFUL
LIFE. THAT IS WHAT BRINGS US TO
CIRCULAR ECONOMY THAT, IS VERY
INTERESTING. SO I WILL PAUSE AND
DO COUPLE OF DEFINITIONS. THAT
I KIND OF THROUGH OUT. SO A LOT
OF TIMES WHEN YOU TALK CIRCULAR
ECONOMY YOU WILL HEAR TWO PARTS,
THE TECHNO SPHERE, THE THINGS
YOU MAKE, THE MATERIAL IMPACTS
HUMANS HAVE, THE PRODUCTS WE
MAKE, AND THINGS THAT ARE NO
LONGER TIED TO ORIGINAL SOURCES.
THE FLIP SIDE IS BIOSPHERE.
THIS IS AGRICULTURE AND FOOD
SYSTEMS PACKAGING BASED ON
NATURAL MATERIALS LIKE CARDBOARD
OR OTHER FOREST OR FIBER LIKE
PRODUCTS, THIS HEARSAY THE
SPHERE WHERE COMPOSTING IS. JUST
AS A NOTE, THERE IS A REALLY
INTERESTING IN BETWEEN ROLE THAT
IS COMING, AND OR HAS ARRIVED,
AND THAT IS MAKING THINGS A
LITTLE LESS CLEAR CUT. IN A LOT
OF THE SYSTEMS WHETHER REUSE
ESPECIALLY IN RECYCLE, CYCLE
PLASTIC BOTTLE CAN BE OIL
DERIVED PET OR MIGHT BE PLANT
BASED PLA. THEY CAN'T GO THROUGH
THE SAME STREAM THOUGH BOTH
CLEAR BOTTLES. SO THIS
RECOGNITION THAT WE BLURRED INTO
THIS SPACE, IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP
IN MIND WHEN THINKING ABOUT HOW
YOUR ORGANIZATION MIGHT BE ABLE
TO GET INTO REUSE RECYCLING.
SECULAR WOULD BE LACKING WITHOUT
THE BUTTERFLY DIAGRAM. THIS IS
THE ORIGINAL INSTRUCTION OF WHAT
CIRCULAR ECONOMY IS. THAT WAS
PUT TOGETHER BY ELLEN MCARTHUR
FOUNDATION AND HAS BEEN
RESLIDESSED REFINED OVER THE
YEARS, BUT THIS HAPPEN VISUAL
IMAGE WHAT IS CIRCULAR ECONOMY
IT SHOWINGS THE CIRCLES AN
CASCADES OF MATERIALS. THE
CLOSER IN YOU ARE, THAT IS --
THAT REPRESENTS HIGHEST VALUE
MATERIAL, IF YOU REPAIR
SOMETHING, THAT'S BETTER THAN
HAVING SEND THE PART OFF FOR
REMANUFACTURERRED OR COMPONENTS
BROKEN DOWN AND REUSED IN OTHER
PRODUCTS OR THEN AT THE END OF
LIFE RECYCLE. ED FROM THEY
DEFINE BIOSPHERE ON THE GREEN
SIDE AND TECHNOSPHERE ON THE
BLUE SIDE. MOSTLY I WOULD LIKE
TO THINK ABOUT CIRCULAR ECONOMY
AS A TOOL, A MEANS TO AN END.
THESE ARE SUSTAINABILITY LIKE
CLEAN WATER REDUCE WASTE, LOWER
EMISSION HOW MATERIAL FLOWS WHEN
THOSE MATERIALS ARE FLOWING HOW
CAN YOU EITHER IMPACT SYSTEMS OR
IMPACT THOSE MATERIALS. OFFER
IMPACT SYSTEMS THEY ARE MOVING
THROUGH, TO FIND A MORE
SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION. SO IT IS
AN INTERESTING SPACE TO WATCH
EVOLVE OVER TIME. HOW DOES THIS
IMPACT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE? IT IS PARTS OF THE SO
MANY PROGRAMS THAT DEFENSE HAS
UNDERWAY. I HAVE ENJOYED
LEARNING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT
PIECES THAT THEY -- THAT ARE
UNDERWAY AND DIFFERENT
ACTIVITIES THAT ARE HAVE ALREADY
ADOPTED OR INSTITUTIONALIZED
THIS CIRCULAR MIND SET. SO THE
FIRST ORGANIZATION ORERS TO GIVE
A CALL DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY,
THEIR DISPOSITION SERVICES
BRANCH, THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
REUTILIZING RECYCLING AND
DISPOSING OF ALL THE MATERIALS
THOSE IN THE DEPARTMENT. THIS
AGENCY WAS FORMED IN 1970s,
REALLY TO SERVE AS SINGLE POINT
FOR THIS. SO NOT ONLY FOR
MANAGING PROCUREMENT AND
ACQUISITION MATERIALS COMING IN
BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THOSE
THINGS HAVE TO LEAVE DEFENSE
ENTERPRISE. THIS PART OF WHAT
HAVE THIS DISPOSITION SERVICES
DOES IS PROGRAM THAT WE ARE VERY
GLAD TO SHARE AS ELECTRONIC
STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM. THIS IS
GIVES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
ABILITY TO CAPTURE USE THE
ELECTRONIC REPAIR THEM REUSE
INTERNALLY, IF THAT IS NOT GOING
TO WORK TRANSFER THEM TO OTHER
AGENCIES OR DONATION AND MAKE
SURE THE MATERIALS ARE SCRAPPED.
NOT ONLY SCRAPPED BUT SCRAPPED
RESPONSIBLY, DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE IS REQUIRED TO USE
CONTRACTED TWO CERTIFIED
RECYCLERS FOR THOSE FAMILIAR
WITH ELECTRONICS RECYCLING
SPACE. WE ARE PROCESSING
APPROXIMATELY 39, 40 MILLION
POUNDS OF END OF LIFE EQUIPMENT
GENERATED ANNUALLY, AND THIS
BRINGS IN AN APPROXIMATE $7
MILLION IN REVENUE BETWEEN
MATERIALS SALES AND SELLING
EQUIPMENT TO RECYCLER AND
PROFITS THAT ARE THEN BROUGHT
BACK TO DEPARTMENT OFTEN THAT.
SO NOT NECESSARILY WITH A HUGE
LINE ITEM IN CONTEXT OF DEFENSE
BUT HOLDING ITS OWN. ONE THING
FUNDAMENTAL TO ELECTRONIC
STEWARDSHIPS PROGRAM IS THE EP
CERTIFICATION. FOR THOSE NOT
FAMILIAR WITH IT, THIS IS A
CERTIFICATION FOR ELECTRONIC
PRODUCTS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO
BE ENVIRONMENTALLY AND SOCIALLY
RESPONSIBLE IN THEIR PRODUCTION
MATERIALS CHOICES. RIGHT NOW EP
IS UNDERGOING MAJOR RENOVATION
OF THESE STANDARDS REVISION OF
THE STANDARDS, AND SO IT IS
EXCITING BECAUSE ONE OF THE
THINGS BEING INCORPORATED IN
REVISION IS A MUCH MORE CIRCULAR
VIEW SO PUTTING EMPHASIS ON NOT
JUST YOUR TRADITIONAL -- DOES
YOUR COMPANY HAVE A WAY TO
RECYCLE ITS EQUIPMENT AT THE END
OF LIFE, BUT IT IS ALSO ARE YOU
DESIGNING FOR REUSING, DESIGNING
RECYCLING, THINKING ABOUT THE
MATERIALS AND THAT ARE GOING IN
AND ENERGY THE PRODUCT IS GOING
TO USE DURING LIFETIME, TO
IMPROVE ENVIRONMENTAL
PERFORMANCE OF THESE GOODS. AND
FOR US, SO NOW YOU HAVE MORE
CIRCULAR PRODUCTS WE CAN FEED
INTO CIRCULAR PROCESSES AT THE
END. SO THESE NESTED CIRCLES
THAT I THINK ARE REALLY EXITING
WITH CIRCULAR ECONOMY. AND THEN
CLOSELY RELATED PROGRAM IS OUR
PRECIOUS METALS RECOVERY, AND
THIS IS REALLY EARLY EXAMPLE OF
CLOSE LOOP SYSTEM WHICH IS AN
EXTREME MODEL OF CIRCULAR
ECONOMY WHERE YOU -- THAT ONE
LOOP SOMETHING IS MOVING THROUGH
IS ENTIRELY ALMOST ENTIRELY
CONTAINED WITHIN ONE
ORGANIZATION. OUR RECESS WHEN
PRODUCTS THAT WOULD HAVE
PRECIOUS METALS, GOLD SILVER
PLATINUM PALLADIUM, WHEN THOSE
PRODUCTS COME INTO THE SYSTEM
THEY ARE MARKED. DLA WILL TAG
THEM, WHEN THOSE PRODUCTS THEN
REACH END OF LIFE DLA KNOWS THEY
CAN PULL THOSE CIRCUIT BOARDS
PULL COMPONENTS THAT HAVE
PRECIOUS METALS TO RECOVER. THIS
IS INCREDIBLY EFFECTIVE. SOME IS
GOING BACK O THE MARKET THROUGH
RECYCLER BUT THERE'S ALSO SOME
DOD BRINGS BACK IN AS PART OF
STOCK PILE THAT CAN BE BE
DIRECTLY REUSED BY FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT SUPPLY CHAIN. AND
THIS IS NOT ONLY DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE BUT OTHER FEDERAL
CIVILIAN AGENCIES LIKE FBI WHO
ARE PROCURING THESE -- THIS
RECYCLE MATERIAL TO GO BACK INTO
THE PRODUCTS THEY ARE HAVING
MANUFACTURED. CURRENTLY WE HAVE
1.8 MILLION IN REVENUE RELATED
TO RECOVERED METALS, IT IS NOT
BIG AND IN A WAY DROPPING OVER
TIME, BECAUSE THERE IS LESS
MATERIALS IN PRODUCTS, IT IS
EXPENSIVE FOR MANUFACTURERS BUT
PUT THEM IN THERE, IT IS NOT
WITHOUT COST TO GET THEM BACK
OUT. THIS IS A REALLY
IMPORTANT, REALLY NICE VIEW OF
WHAT CAN BE DONE. RIGHT NOW
BEYOND JUST PRECIOUS METALS,
THIS PROGRAM IS BEING LOOKED AT
AS A TEMPLATE FOR BROADER
CRITICAL STRATEGIC MINERALS
RECOVERY. HOPEFULLY WHEN
TECHNOLOGY AND ABILITY TO
RECOVER RARE EARTH, ARE OUT
THERE WE WILL SLOT THEM INTO A
PROGRAM LIKE THIS AND BE ABLE TO
START ADDRESSING SOME OF THESE
STRATEGIC MATERIAL ISSUES THAT
ARE COMING UP. BOTH IN MISSION
READINESS NATIONAL SECURITY FOR
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. THIRD
PROGRAM THAT I WOULD LIKE TO
TOUCH ON, IS REALLY SPEAKING
ABOUT HOW DO YOU GET -- THE TWO
PROGRAMS SO FAR HAVE BEEN
DEPARTMENT LEVEL DEPARTMENT WIDE
PROGRAMS THAT ARE MANAGING
MATERIALS IN BULK BUT THAT IS
NOT THE ONLY PLACE. WITH THE
INSTALLATIONS LEVEL WHAT WE HAVE
IS THE QUALIFIED RECYCLING
PROGRAMS THAT ARE PART OF DOD
INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE
MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. SO THESE
ARE PARTICULARLY GOAL IS TO
REDUCE WASTE GENERATION AND
MINIMIZE VOLUMES OF HAZARDOUS
WASTE MANAGE BEINGED. THE
QUALIFIED RECYCLING PROGRAMS ARE
INCENTIVIZING INSTALLATIONS TO
IMPLEMENT THEIR OWN RECYCLING
PROGRAMS WAS PROCEEDS ARE SHARED
BACK TO THE BASE. BASES ARE ABLE
TO SET UP THEIR RECYCLING
PROGRAMS JOIN QUALIFIED
RECYCLING PROGRAMS MANAGE THOSE
MATERIALS THEY COLLECT ON BASE
OR WITH LOCAL RECYCLER, SO THEY
-- THOSE MATERIALS ARE GETTING
BACK INTO THE SYSTEM AND THEN
ANY PROFIT MADE OFF OF THOSE
SOME PART COMES BACK TO THE
INSTALLATIONS SO THERE IS A
TANGIBLE SHOW HOW YES MATERIALS
ARE GETTING OUT AND THAT IS
GREAT BUT IT IS ALSO IN
PARTICIPATING IN THAT CYCLE
PEOPLE ARE SEEING WELLNESS
BENEFITS MANY THEIR OWN
COMMUNITIES. SO IT IS A LOT OF
THESE PROGRAMS ACROSS THE
DEPARTMENT, FREQUENTLY RECOGNIZE
AS PART OF THE SECRETARY OF
DEFENSE, ENVIRONMENTAL AWARDS
PROGRAMS. MANY OF THOSE ARE
AVAILABLE. THOSE THREE SPECIFIC
THINGS WE HAVE BEEN TALKING MORE
ABOUT THE TECHNO SPHERE THESE
ARE PRODUCT MANUFACTURED
PRODUCTS THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
WAYS TO RECOVER MATERIALS
MANUFACTURED INTO THEM. ON THE
BIOSPHERE SIDE IT IS A BIT
DIFFERENT. PREVIOUS PRESENTATION
IS ABOUT COMPOSTING. SO THAT IS
CERTAINLY ONE PLACE. WHAT I WENT
TO LOOK FOR THEN LIKE OTHER WAYS
THAT ORGANICS CIRCUMSTANCE
LAYERTY OR PARTICIPATING IN THIS
IDEA OF REGENERATIVE OFFER
RESTORATIVE BY DESIGN. AND THIS
IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE EXAMPLES,
FIRST HEARD ABOUT THIS THROUGH
OUR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
ENVIRONMENTAL AWARDS. WHERE FORT
POLK IS TAKING CHRISTMAS TREES
AND RECYCLING THEM INTO HABITAT
RESTORATION. NONE OF THESE
PICTURES SPECIFICALLY ARE FORT
POLK BUT THEY ARE ALWAYS PEOPLE
ARE TAKING CHRISTMAS TREES
PUTTING THEM BACK INTO THE
ENVIRONMENT AND USING THEM TO
RESTORE SOME NATURAL FEATURE
BEING DEGRADED WHETHER BUILDING
UP BANKS ALONG RIVERS, THEY HAVE
BEEN USED TO BUILD UP SAND DUNES
AND OTHER NATURAL FEATURES ON
THE COASTLINE THEN JUST MORE
GENERAL SORT OF HABITAT AND
GROUND COVER RESTORATION FOR
BIRDS OR OTHER ANIMALS. THIS --
IT IS A DIFFERENT WAY OF
THINKING ABOUT CIRCUMSTANCE
LAYERTY AT AN EVEN BIGGER CIRCLE
BECAUSE YOU ARE TALKING FULL
ECOSYSTEMS AT THIS POINT, BUT
THAT IS ANOTHER WAY. ONE LAST
DOD PROGRAM TO HIGHLIGHT IS
SUSTAIN TECHNOLOGY EVALUATION
AND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. WHICH
AS THE TITLE IMPLIES, IS REALLY
LOOKING AT THE HOW CAN WE GET
MORE PRODUCTS INTO DEFENSE
PROCUREMENT SYSTEM THAT ARE
GOING TO BE MORE ENVIRONMENTAL
LIVE PREFERABLE AND COUNT
DENTALLY SHOWING OR NOT SHOWING
BUT ARE PART OF CIRCULAR MIND
SET OF WHAT IS IT TO BE
REGENERATIVE AND RESTORATIVE. SO
THE EXAMPLE THAT WE HAVE RIGHT
NOW IS BIOBASED ABSORBENTS SO
MACHINE SHOPS, REMANUFACTURING
SHOPS, THERE'S GOING TO BE OIL
SPILLS GREASE SPILLS, FLUIDS OF
ALL SORTS THAT WILL NEED TO BE
ABSORBED SO THE TOP TWO PICTURES
ARE TRADITIONAL TECHNOLOGIES. ON
THE GRANULAR SOLVENT, THESE TEND
TO BE CLAY BASED SO WHEN YOU GO
TO SWEEP UP THEY PRODUCE QUITE A
BIT OF DUST. SO NOT ONLY ARE YOU
DEALING WITH THE MINING ISSUES,
AND THE IMPACT OF THE CLAY YOU
HAVE DUST ISSUE WHICH IS A
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH ISSUE WITH
WORKERS BEING EXPOSED TO THAT
DUST. YOU HAVE PATHS THAT ARE
NORMALLY BEEN MADE FROM VIRGIN
PLASTIC AND OTHER MATERIALS. AT
THE BOTTOM IS A LIVE
DEMONSTRATION AT 29 POEMS MARINE
CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER
29 POEMS IN CALIFORNIA LOOKING
AT BIOBASED SOLUTION. IT IS MORE
ABSORBENT, IT IS NOT -- DOESN'T
HAVE DUST ISSUES THAT CLAY DOES,
AND IT WAS REDUCES THE WASTE
STREAM IS ACTUALLY MADE FROM
AGRICULTURE WASTE SO GIVING
MATERIAL ANOTHER MOOT IN ITS
COURSE BEFORE IT ENDS IN LAND
FILL THAT IS ALSO PROVIDING
OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS.
ONE OTHER THING TO KNOW
CIRCUMSTANCE LAYERTY AND CLIMATE
CHANGE, WE ARE GOING TO BE
HEARING MORE ABOUT THIS FOR
THOSE THAT ARE FOLLOWING THE
BICLEAN PROGRAM. THESE -- THIS
IS -- CIRCUMSTANCE LAYERTY GIVES
WAY TO THINK ABOUT WHAT MORE CAN
BE DONE WHEN TALKING ABOUT
EMBEDDED RESOURCES. A LOT OF
WHAT YOU ARE HEARING WHEN
TALKING ABOUT PROCUREMENT AND
HOW THAT CAN BE USED TO MITIGATE
CLIMATE CHANGE ABOUT EMBEDDED
RESOURCES. EMBED CARBON WHICH
COMES FROM ENERGY WATER
RESOURCES, LABOR THAT WERE USED
TO MAKE A GOOD IN THIS CASE BAG
OF CEMENT. AND SO THE WAY THIS
IS FORMED IS THAT THAT BAG OF
CEMENT CARRIES THE IMPACTS WITH
IT FORWARD. AND SO EVERYTHING
THAT IS MADE OF THAT CEMENT HAS
SOME PORTION OF IMPACT FROM THAT
ENERGY OR THE WATER OR MATERIALS
USED. AS PART OF ITS OWN
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT. SO IT GETS
VERY CONFUSING QUICKLY. BUT THE
UPSHOT FOR CIRCUMSTANCE LAYERTY
IS THAT THIS CEMENT WOULD BE
USED IN MAYBE INFRASTRUCTURE
PROJECTS. WHICH ARE OBVIOUSLY
MUCH LONGER TERM THAN A SODA
BOTTLE OR LAPTOP OR TELEVISION.
BUT WHAT CIRCUMSTANCE LAYERTY
GIVES YOU IS WAY TO THINK ABOUT
HOW YOU STRETCH OUT BEYOND. JUST
GETTING TO THE BUILDING AND
FORGETTING ABOUT IT FOR 30 YEARS
UNTIL IT NEEDS TO BE TOWN DOWN
AND SOMETHING ELSE. SO CIRCULAR
ECONOMY IN THIS SENSE GIVES
OPPORTUNITY TO THINK ABOUT WHEN
YOU BUILD THE BUILDING WHAT ARE
YOU GOING TO DO WITH IT IN 30
YEARS. YOU HAVE TO TEAR IT DOWN,
IF YOU GET TO THOSE MATERIALS
AND KEEP THEM MOVING RATHER THAN
JUST JUST FILLING UP A LAND
FILL. THIS IS A PLACE WE WILL
SEE MORE ABOUT. AS A FOOD FOR
THOUGHT ON THE WAY OUT, THIS
FINAL SLIDE AT THE END OF THE
DAY CIRCULAR ECONOMY CIRCULAR
PRINCIPLES ARE TOOL FOR
ANSWERING BIG QUESTIONS ABOUT
MATERIALS AND SYSTEMS SO THAT'S
MATERIAL SOURCES MATERIAL
SELECTION, OPPOSITION
PROCUREMENT WHEN YOU ARE
THINKING HOW TO BIND MORE
SUSTAINABLE OPTIONS TO WHAT
EXTENT CAN WE SELECT MATERIALS
THAT ENABLE US TO WE USE OR
RECYCLE THIS AND THEN OBVIOUSLY
REUSE AND THEN RECYCLING. IT
ALSO UNDERSCORES NO ONE
ORGANIZATION CAN DO THIS ALONE.
IT TAKES PARTNERS AND
COLLABORATION. I AM REALLY
OPTIMISTIC AND LOOKING FORWARD
TO SEE HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO
BUILD ON WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN
PLAY AT DEFENSE AND BUILD OUT
FURTHER TO GET MORE OF THESE
IDEAS INTO OUR OPPOSITION
PROCUREMENT AND THEN SELECTION
SOURCING DECISIONS. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. I WILL END MY SLIDE
SHOW. AND WE ARE BACK. OKAY. SO
WHAT I WILL BE DOING SO
ELIZABETH, ARE YOU READY?
>> HI, QUICK SOUND CHECK.
EXCELLENT. THIS IS DR. ELIZABETH
KEYSAR, WORKING WITH THE UNITED
STATES MEDICAL ARMY COMMAND AND
DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY ON
TECHNIQUES AND INITIATIVES TO
IMPROVE SUSTAINABLE --
SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE
OUTCOMES. HEALTHCARE IS A
CHALLENGING SETTING FOR
SUSTAINABILITY BUT NOT ONE
WITHOUT OPPORTUNITIES. HER
PRESENTATION TODAY IS COVERS A
HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY BEST
PRACTICE IN THE AREA OF CIRCULAR
ECONOMY THE REUSE OF CERTAIN
MEDICAL DEVICES THAT THOUGH
CALLED SINGLE USE CAN BE
REPROCESSED AND USED AGAIN. SO I
WILL BE TURNING OFF MY VIDEO.
AND SHARING THE PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU, CAROLE FOR OUR
SESSION TODAY. THANK YOU ALL TO
THOSE PARTICIPATING IN THIS
AFTERNOON SESSION ON CIRCULAR
ECONOMY. I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A
SHOUT OUT TO THE ENTIRE
SUSTAINABILITY TEAM WE WORK TO
SUPPORT THE MEDICAL TREATMENT
FACILITIES, THROUGHOUT ARMY
MEDCOM AND DOD SO THIS IS ALWAYS
A TEAM EFFORT. I DON'T SEE THE
SLIDES CAROLE. THERE WE ARE.
OKAY. I'M UP. ALL RIGHT. SO
NEXT SLIDE. SO TODAY I WOULD
LIKE TO JUST SPEND A LITTLE BIT
OF TIMESHARING HOW A PROGRAM FOR
THE REPROCESSING OF SINGLE USE
DEVICES AND HEALTHCARE IS
ACTUALLY IN A GOOD SUSTAINABLE
PROCUREMENT EXAMPLE AND EXAMPLE
OF CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND
PRACTICE. IT IS PROBABLY NOT
SOMETHING YOU WOULD INTUITIVELY
THINK OF THIS INDUSTRY WHERE
THINGS CAN BE USED AGAIN, IT IS
KIND OF UNUSUAL. BUT ACTUALLY
VERY LARGE AREA FOR OPPORTUNITY
AND WE HAVE ONE PARTICULAR BEST
-- ONE OF OUR FACILITIES DOING
QUITE SUCCESSFUL AT THIS AND
THEY ARE THE FOUNDATION OF THIS
ROAD MAP THAT I'M SHARING WITH
YOU TODAY. WE SPENT SOME TIME
WITH THEM AND LEARNED HOW THEY
IMPLEMENTED THEIR PROGRAM AND
MAPPED THAT INTO WHAT WE CALL
OUR ROADMAP AND WE HAVE SINCE
LET OTHERS IN ON SECRET SO MORE
OF OUR NTFs CAN BE SUCCESSFUL
IN THIS PARTICULAR -- I WILL
START OFF WITH A LITTLE
EXPLANATION ABOUT WHAT SINGLE
USE DI VICES ARE, AND WHY WE
ENCOURAGE THIS AND THEN TAKE
THAT -- THE ROADMAP AND WALK YOU
THROUGH HOW IT IS APPLIED AT OUR
FACILITIES. NEXT SLIDE. I
THINK THIS ROADMAP APPLY
UNIVERSALLY IF YOU ARE TRYING TO
CHANGE CULTURE AT YOUR
ORGANIZATION AND CHANGE HOW
THINGS ARE PROCURED AND USED. SO
THIS YOU NEED A LOT OF
STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED, IT IS NOT
OFTEN EASY TO DO TO CONVINCE
PEOPLE TO USE SOMETHING
DIFFERENT. SO THE WHOLE PROCESS
INVOLVES UNDERSTANDING YOUR
DATA, BUILDING THAT TEAM
CONTINUAL EDUCATION OF
STAKEHOLDERS MANY THE MILITARY
WHERE WE HAVE CONSTANT TURN OVER
PERSONNEL AND THEN LOGISTICS OF
DOING THE PROCURING AND USING
AND SUSTAINING YOUR PROGRAMS
OVER TIME AND THEN AGAIN AT THE
END MEASURING THE DATA,
MEASURING YOUR PROGRESS AND
USING THAT TO HELP SUPPORT
CONTINUED SUCCESS. THAT IS
ROADMAP WE FOUND WORKED FOR
WOMAC AND CONTINUING TO WORK AT
OTHER OF OUR NTFs. NEXT SLIDE.
WHAT IS SINGLE USE DEVICE? IT IS
SOMETHING USED ON ONE PATIENT,
ONE TIME AND THEN DISCARDED.
THAT IS INTENDED FOR ONE TIME
USE. THERE ARE INVASIVE FORMS
OF THIS THAT ACTUALLY USED IN
SURGERIES, THEY ARE QUITE A FEW
THINGS PULSE OX SIMILAR TEARS
FOR ONE THAT ARE NON-INVASIVE
AND IT IS THE SAME CONCEPT ONCE
USED ON PATIENT IT CAN'T BE
REUSED ON ANOTHER PATIENT,
THAT'S THE IDEA BEHIND IT. NEXT
SLIDE. THERE IS ACTUALLY AN
ENTIRE INDUSTRY THAT HAS GROWN
UP AND INCREASED IN ITS CAPACITY
AND REACH OVER THE LAST DECADE
OR SO THAT REPROCESSES THESE
SINGLE USE DEVICES. THEY TAKE
THAT DEVICE THAT ARE COLLECTED
AT THE MEDICAL TREATMENT
FACILITY THEY PICK THEM UP THEY
TAKE THEM TO THEIR FACILITY,
THEY INSPECT THEM, CLEAN THEM,
REPAIR THEM, REPACKAGE,
STERILIZE, CONDUCT FUNCTION
TESTING ALL THESE ACTIVITIES TO
PUT THAT DEVICE BACK INTO THE
MARKET AND SOLD AGAIN. IT IS FDA
APPROVED PROCESS AND THEY FOLLOW
VERY CAREFUL VERY DETAILED
PROCEDURES, AND ACTUALLY HAVE TO
BE EQUIVALENT TO ORIGINAL
EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER AND
SPECIFY CASES FOR ALL PHYSICAL
QUALITIES AND CHARACTERISTICS
AND PERFORMANCE. EACH DEVICE IS
FUNCTIONALLY TESTED BEFORE IT IS
RESOLD. AND SO THIS PRETTY MUCH
INDUSTRY WIDE HEALTHCARE RIGHT
NOW. NEXT SLIDE. SO WE HAVE
ALREADY HEARD CAROLE SHARED WITH
US QUITE THOROUGHLY WHY IT IS WE
WANT TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS,
WE WANT TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE
ECONOMY THAT ASSUMES WE CAN
CONTINUE TAKE RESOURCE THE
PLANET, MAKE THINGS USE THEM AND
THROW THEM OUT. WE NEED TO MOVE
TOWARDS THIS CIRCULAR ECONOMY
WHERE WE ACTUALLY DON'T THROW
THINGS OUT AND TRY TO REUSE THE
MATERIALSES THAT WE TAKE OUT OF
THE EARTH AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
BEFORE THEY ARE AT END OF LIFE.
SO THAT IS THE REASON WE ARE
HERE TODAY, THE OTHER REASON WE
ARE HERE TODAY NEXT SLIDE, IT
MAKES SENSE, IF IT MAKES SENSE
FINANCIALLY IT IS EVEN BIGGER
WIN, THE OTHER GREEN SO TO
SPEAK. THAT IS THE NICE THING
ABOUT SINGLE USE DEVICE
REPROCESSING AND WHY THIS IS
ACTUALLY AN EASIER SELL THAN
OTHER SUSTAINABILITY
INITIATIVES, IT SAVES MONEY. AND
THAT IS ON THE PROCUREMENT SIDE.
SO THE DEVICES CAN BE COLLECTED
AND REMOVED FROM THE WASTE
STREAM SO THE MTFs SAVE ON
WASTE DIVERSION END BUT THAT
AMOUNT OF MONEY AND SAVING ON
THE REGULATED MEDICAL WASTE
DISPOSAL IS MINOR COMPARED TO
THE SAVINGS ON THE PROCUREMENT
SIDE. THE DEVICES ARE 40 TO
SOMETIMES 60% LOWER COST THAN
ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. DEVICE. SO
CONCERTED AND ATTENTIVE EFFORT
TO BUY MORE REPROCESS DEVICE IS
WHERE MOST SAVINGS COME FROM. SO
FOR OUR EXAMPLE HERE, AS I SAID
WOMC ARMY MEDICAL CENTER FORT
BRAGG NORTH CAROLINA HAS BEEN
DOING THIS PROGRAM SINCE 2008
AND HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY
GROWING THE PROGRAM PARTLY
BECAUSE OF THE GREAT NEWS STORY
THAT IT IS, IT DOES SAVE THE
FACILITY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF
DOLLARS. SO KNOWING THAT, AND
PROMOTING THAT IS STEP ONE. LIKE
THE WHY IS STEP ONE IN OUR
ROADMAP HERE. NEXT SLIDE. THIS
IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF
THOSE AREAS WHERE GREATEST COST
SAVING OPPORTUNITIES WERE, THIS
IS 18 DATA SO I DON'T HAVE
SOMETHING MORE CURRENT BUT IT
SHOWS THE GENERAL TYPE OF SINGLE
USE DEVICE, AND TWO DIFFERENT
OPTIONS YOU GET, AGAIN
UNDERSTANDING THAT ORDERING CODE
AND KNOWING WHICH IS WHICH.
BEING ABLE TO PROCURE REPROCESS
AND YOU CAN SEE OVER ON THE
RIGHT SAVINGS PER DEVICE. SOME
OF THESE AS YOU CAN SEE HERE
SOME OF THESE DEVICES ARE VERY
PRICEY PER UNIT YOU PROVIDE
HUNDREDS OF USE YOU CAN SEE HOW
THIS ADDS UP TO SIGNIFICANT COST
SAVINGS. NEXT SLIDE. ARMED
WITH THAT INFORMATION YOU START
YOUR PROGRAM YOU START TO BUILD
YOUR TEAM AND LIKE ANYTHING IN
SUSTAINABILITY IT IS CROSS
FUNCTIONAL, YOU GET ENON YOUR
TEAM THAT CLINICAL LEADERSHIP
FROM THE DEPARTMENTS SO THEY
HAVE TO BE ON BOARD WITH THE
PURCHASE WITH THE USE OF
REPROCESS DEVICE. FIRST YOU
HAVE TO GET ON BOARD, TO BE ABLE
TO DIVERT DEVICES INSTEAD OF
THROWING IN THE WASTE STREAM
THEY PUT NEM IN A SEPARATE
CONTAINER AND THERE'S LOTS OF
CONTAINERS FOR COLLECTING WASTE
IN A HOSPITAL SO IT IS A LITTLE
BIT OF TRAINING LIKE OKAY THIS
ONE GOES HERE, THAT'S THE FIRST
STEP LIKE I SAID, SECOND STEP IS
THEN GETTING THEIR SUPPORT FOR
THE USE OF REPROCESS DEVICES.
YOU ALSO HAVE TO WORK VERY
CLOSELY WITH YOUR LOGISTICS
SUPPLY CHAIN AND UNDERSTANDING
IMPACT ON THEIR PROCEDURES AND
AGAIN DIFFERENT ITEMS COMING TO
THE HOSPITAL, DIFFERENT PLACES
DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE
SET UP TO COLLECT DIFFERENT
VENDORS THAT WILL BE COMING IN
OUT OF FACILITY, ALL THESE
THINGS HAVE TO BE COORDINATED.
YOUR PARTNER IS THE VENDOR THAT
WILL BE REPRESENTING THE
REPROCESSING SIDE SO THEY ARE
PART OF YOUR TEAM AND ARE
PROVIDING THAT ESSENTIAL SERVICE
OF COLLECTING -- COLLECTING AND
PROCESSING THOSE CONTAINERS AND
GETTING THEM EMPTIED ON THE
TIMELY FASHION SO THEY ARE AN
IMPORTANT PART OF THE TEAM. AND
I HAVE ALSO HIGHLIGHTED A IN RED
SYSTEM ANALYST SO SOME DETAILS
THAT YOU MIGHT NOT CATCH THE
FIRST TIME AROUND, IS THE ACTUAL
MECHANISMS OF ORDERING AND CAN
YOUR CUSTOMERS ACTUALLY FIND
THIS WHEN TRYING TO ORDER A
SUPPLY OR CAN YOUR SUPPLY SYSTEM
ANALYSTS DO THEY EVEN KNOW OUT
OF THIS MANY, MANY HUNDREDS OF
ITEMS THEY HAVE TO ORDER AND
SUPPLY, WHICH ONE IS THE
REPROCESS WHICH ONE ISN'T. HUGE
PIECE OF THE PUZZLE THAT CAN
EASILY BE OVERLOOKED. WITH THE
GOOD TEAM NEXT SLIDE. I MENTION
THE VENDOR, SO IN THE CASE OF
REPROCESS DEVICES, THIS IS AN
INDUSTRY THAT IS PROFITABLE. IT
IS PROFITABLE FOR THE AMOUNT OF
DEVICE USE DEVICES THEY CAN
COLLECT AND THEN RESELL. THEY
ARE DEFINITELY YOUR PARTNER AND
MANY H IN MOST CASES THOSE
VENDORS YOU WORK WITH THAT ARE
PROVIDING REPROCESS DEVICES ARE
GOING TO BE YOUR PART OF YOUR
TEAM AND LEVERAGE THAT, NOTHING
WRONG WITH SAYING HEY COME IN
AND HELP ME, THEY WILL. AND THEY
WILL MAKE SURE YOU HAVE
EVERYTHING YOU NEED AS FAR AS
SUPPLIES AND DATA. ONE OF THE
IMPORTANT THINGS YOU WANT TO
UNDERSTAND AND HAVING THAT
STRONG SUPPORT IS CRITICAL PART
OF THE TEAM AS WELL. NEXT
SLIDE. NEXT AREA IS EDUCATION,
LIKE ANYTHING. YOU ARE ASKING
FOLKS TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT
AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT A LOT OF
TRAINING IS REQUIRED. AT WOMAC
THEY DO IN SERVICE TRAINING SO
THEY WORK ON ALL STAFF COMING IN
TO ENSURE THEY UNDERSTAND HOW
THE PROCESS WORKS. THEY ALSO
HAVE TO WORK TO ABOLISH RUMORS
THAT THESE PRODUCTS AREN'T AS
GOOD AS THE OEM SO THAT'S A BIG
PART OF THE IN SERVICES
TRAINING. ADD TO MANDATORY
TRAINING FOR ALL DIFFERENT TYPES
OF STOCKING AND TURNING IN AND
WASTE HANDLING IN THAT FACILITY.
ANNUAL TRAINING ON ALL SORTS OF
WASTE STREAMS, THIS IS INCLUDED
IN THAT AS WELL. NEXT SLIDE.
WE HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF OTHER
FACILITIES ARMY MEDICAL CENTER
FORT HOOD THAT IS WORKING TO
CATCH UP TO THE WOMAC SUCCESS
AND REPEAT IT THERE YOU CAN SEE
HERE SOME IN SERVICE TRAINING
THAT IS BEING CONDUCTED. NEXT
SLIDE. SO THE NEXT STEP WOULD
BE EXCUSE. MAKING IT EASY AS I
GUESS IS PROBABLY OBVIOUS. BUT
THE ABILITY TO HAVE YOUR SUPPLY
TEAM ON BOARD SO THAT IT IS EASY
FOR THEM TO FIND AND ORDER ITEMS
IS IMPORTANT. WHAT THEY DID TO
INCREASE THEIR SUCCESS, THEY
HAVE A MEMO THAT WAS ISSUED THAT
THEIR POLICY AS AN ORGANIZATION
IS TO BUY 75% REPROCESSED, 25%
OEM. SO THIS MEMO ALLOWS THEM TO
HOLD SUPPLY FOLKS ACCOUNTABLE
AND THEIR OVERALL PROCUREMENT
THEY ARE TRACKING REPROCESS
VERSUS OEM WHICH IS A IMPORTANT
PART OF THE DATA YOU TALKED
ABOUT EARLIER UNDERSTANDING WHAT
YOU ARE CURRENTLY BUYING BECAUSE
IT HELPS IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES
FOR MORE REPROCESS DEVICES THAT
MAYBE YOU DIDN'T REALIZE BUT
ALSO HELPS YOU EXECUTE OVER TIME
BECAUSE YOU ARE LOOKING AT THAT
DATA AND SHARING THAT AND
HOLDING FOLKS ACCOUNTABLE FOR
WHAT YOUR GOALS ARE AS AN
ORGANIZATION. THE OTHER THING
THEY DO IS MAKE IT MORE
CHALLENGING TO BUY THE ORIGINAL
EQUIPMENT, THE OEM PRODUCTS BY
HAVING A DEFAULT IN THE SYSTEM
FOR -- TO REPROCESS SO MAKING
EASIER TO BUY REPROCESS THAN TO
BUY OEM. NEXT SLIDE. EDUCATION
BUT ALSO EXECUTION,
COMMUNICATING EXACTLY WHAT IS
EXPECT AND HOW TO DO IT. THESE
ARE EXAMPLES, POSTERS THAT ARE
INCLUDED THAT ARE POSTED NEAR
THE IN THE OR OR NEAR THE
DIFFERENT WASTE ROOMS, SOILED
LIVING ROOMS SO PEOPLE CAN SEE
CLEARLY WHAT THE DEVICE IS
THAT'S INTENDED TO BE COLLECTED.
AND WHICH OF THE MANY BUCKETS
THAT IT SHOULD GO INTO. SO
SUSTAINING A PROGRAM IS ALSO
PART OF THE ROADMAP TO SUCCESS.
AND THAT IS LIKE ANYTHING JUST
GOT TO BECOME PART OF ROUTINE,
THERE'S WAYS TO MAKE IT PART OF
ROUTINE, YOU OBVIOUSLY GET EVERY
NEW COMER COMING IN BUT RANDOM
CHECKS ON THIS IS ACTUALLY
ORDERING SYSTEM, THEY ARE HE CAN
CANNING BY DEPARTMENT, THROUGH
THE ORDERING SYSTEM, A LOT OF
DIALOGUE AND EMAILS AND JUST
CONSTANTLY BEING THE ONE TO
ENCOURAGE YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE
TO DO WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE THEM
TO DO. THERE ARE CHALLENGES,
THERE ARE THERE WILL BE
CHALLENGES ANY TIME YOU ARE
TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT HAS
MONEY ON THE LINE ESPECIALLY IN
HEALTHCARE, VERY -- THERE IS
DOLLARS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
SELLING OF THIS -- OF THE
ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT YOU MAY HAVE
VENDORS TELLING YOUR COMING IN
AND SHARING STORIES. WITH STAFF
SO YOU HAVE TO BE VERY DILIGENT
ABOUT YOUR COMPETITOR WHOEVER IS
COMPETING WITH THE REPROCESSED
VENDOR VERSUS YOUR OEM.
SOMETIMES THEY JUST WORK THE
CONTRACTS, SO CERTAIN FINANCIAL
BENEFITS TO CHOOSING THEIRS OR
PURCHASING CERTAIN AMOUNT OF
EQUIPMENT, ET CETERA, SO YOU ARE
CONSTANTLY DEALING WITH THAT,
AGAIN IF YOU ARE SEEKING TO SAVE
MONEY IT SOMETIMES CAN BE
CHALLENGING IF THE DIFFERENCE IN
PRICE BETWEEN THE REPROCESSED
AND ORIGINAL IS NOT AS MUCH AS
YOU WOULD HOPE OR MAYBE VERY
LITTLE. AGAIN, THIS IS A
COMPETITIVE INDUSTRY, SO IT WILL
HELP, IN THE END WE HOPE
REPROCESS OPTIONS ARE BRINGING
DOWN THE COST ACROSS THE BOARD.
YOU HAVE TO PHASE FACE SOME OF
THAT CHALLENGE WITH THE
COMPETING VENDORS. NEXT SLIDE.
SO I WANT TO CLOSE THE LOOP SO
THE LAST STEP IN THE ROADMAP TO
SUNG SYCES IS IN DATA. WE
STARTED OFF WITH DATA, BECAUSE
WE KNOW WE CAN TELL THIS GOOD
NEW STORY, AND THEN YOU CONTINUE
TO SHARE THAT DATA AT WOMAC THEY
HAVE A MONTHLY SAVINGS REPORT,
THEY ARE ABLE TO GET THAT BY
WORKING VENDOR, THE VENDOR
SUPPLIES THEM WITH THE DATA,
ABLE TO SHARE THAT. THEY ARE
ALWAYS LOOKING AT WHAT PRODUCTS
ARE BEING COLLECTED AND WHAT
PRODUCTS PURCHASING, THIS IS A
CONSTANT MANAGEMENT OF
INFORMATION USING THAT TO GUIDE
THE PROGRAM AND INCREASE SUCCESS
SUCCESS. DATA IS DEFINITELY THE
STARTING POINT BUT ALSO THE
CONSTANT CLOSING POINT AS WELL
AS YOU CONTINUE TO GROW THE
PROGRAM AND MAKE T MORE
SUCCESSFUL OVER TIME. SO THAT
IS THE SINGLE USE DEVICE
REPROCESSING STORY, I THINK I'M
ACTUALLY -- AM I ON TIME? MAYBE
A LITTLE EARLY. I TAKE MY TIME.
SO THAT'S MY BRIEF. I WILL LOOK
FORWARD TO QUESTIONS LATER.
>>I WILL
MOVE ON TO THE
QUESTION-AND-ANSWER PERIOD OF
PORTION OF OUR PRESENTATION THIS
AFTERNOON. WE WILL START WITH A
COMPLIMENT. VERY MUCH ENJOY DR.
ASSERT'S INFORMATIVE PRACTICAL
APPLICATION BRIEF. DR. KEYSAR'S
BRIEF. THANK YOU FOR THAT. A
NOTE FROM THE US EPA THAT
EXECUTIVE ORDER 14057 THAT WAS
RELEASED JUST THE END OF LAST
YEAR. REQUIRES ALL FEDERAL
AGENCIES TO PROCURE PRODUCTS AND
SERVICES THAT MEET THE EPA
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
SPECIFICATIONS STANDARDS AND ECO
LABELS. AND SO THAT IS AND IN
PART PRETTY SURE HOW TO RECYCLE.
AS WELL AS PRODDERRING
ELECTRONICS RECYCLING SERVICES
THAT ARE CERTIFIED. THERE IS A
GREAT WEB RESOURCES LIEU THE EPA
AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTALLY
PREFERABLE PROCUREMENT PROGRAM
THAT YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT
WHAT THOSE STANDARDS OR WHAT
THOSE CERTIFICATIONS AND ECO
LABELS ARE. L SO TO START OFF
WITH SOME QUESTIONS, SO THIS ONE
STARTED WITH THE MY PRESENTATION
THOUGH 1.8 MILLION IN RECOVERED
METALS AS A FRACTION OF THE
HARDWARE BUDGET SEEMS VERY LOW
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN
PARTICULAR. I WOULD LIKE KNOW
MORE ABOUT METRICS OF CURRENT
RECOVERY TOTAL REPAIR OF TOTAL
ESTIMATED RECOVERY. THE ONE I
WILL MAKE ABOUT METALS RECOVERY
IS THAT THERE IS A INTERESTING
OR INTERESTING SOME CALL IT
INTERESTING, BUT ATTENTION
BETWEEN ELECTRONIC STEWARDSHIPS
PROGRAM WHERE GOAL IS TO GET
USED EQUIPMENT THAT CAN BE
REUSED OR GIVEN TO RECYCLER OR
PART OF CONTRACT, TO THE
RECYCLER CAN SELL OR REUSE.
VERSUS WIRING BOARDS AND OTHER
METAL INTO OUR PRECIOUS METAL
RECOVERY PROGRAM. SO THERE IS
ATTENTION ABOUT WHO GETS THAT
MATERIAL. AND SO THE WAY WHERE
WE ARE RIGHT NOW. THAT MAY BE
LOW BUT ALSO TO KEEP IN MIND
THERE IS A LOT OF EQUIPMENT IN
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WORKS
WITH THAT FUEL DESTRUCTION IS
THE OPTION AND THOSE MATERIALS
MAY O OR MAY NOT BE BEING
RECOVERED FULLY DEPENDING ON THE
SYSTEMS IN THE PLACES THAT THOSE
ARE REQUIRED TO GO. SO THEN WE
SHALL SO NEXT QUESTION FOR
ELIZABETH, HOW DO YOU
COMMUNICATE USE OF REPROCESS
ITEMS WITH PATIENTS? WAS
ACCEPTANCE FROM PATIENTS
DIFFICULT AND HOW DID YOU
OVERCOME IT AND THEN IS THERE A
CERTIFICATION OR INSPECTION
PROCESS TO ENSURE REPROCESSING
ITEMS REMAIN SAFE.
>> YES. SO WHERE TO START. IT
IS AN FDA REGULATED INDUSTRY. SO
ANY VENDORS THAT ARE SUPPLYING
THESE DEVICE HEALTHCARE HAS VERY
RIGOROUS REQUIREMENTS, SEE IF I
CAN SAY EXACTLY WHAT THOSE ARE
HERE. FOR THE INSPECTING
CLEANING FUNCTION TESTING AND
STERILIZATION. WHICH MAY GET
VIABLE FOR USE AGAIN. WHEN THEY
ARE RESOLD THEY ARE THE SAME --
TREATED THE SAME AS ANY OTHER
PRODUCT. THERE IS NOTHING UNIQUE
OR DIFFERENT THAT NEEDS TO BE
COMMUNICATED TO THE PATIENTS.
WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN IS THE
CLINICIANS, HAVE TO UNDERSTAND
THAT THERE IS DIFFERENT OPTIONS
BUT THERE'S NO RISK NO DIFFERENT
RISK, IN FACT THE REPROCESS HAVE
EACH INDIVIDUAL ITEM NEEDS TO BE
FUNCTION TESTED BEFORE IT IS
RELEASED FOR SALE. ORIGINAL
EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS ONLY
HAVE TO DO BATCH TESTING. SO IT
IS ACTUALLY MORE RIGOROUS
TESTING THAN ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT.
INFECTION CONTROL COMMITTEE PAT
EVERY SINGLE MEDICAL TREATMENT
FACILITY THERE IS, IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING DECISIONS
ABOUT ANYTHING THAT IS USED IN
THE CLINICAL ENVIRONMENT. SO ALL
THESE THINGS ARE APPROVED
THROUGH THAT PROCESS. IT IS AN
INDUSTRY STANDARD, I DON'T KNOW
-- I GUESS HOPE THAT ANSWERS THE
QUESTION. THE PATIENTS DOESN'T
GET TO PATIENTS, IT IS THAT NOT
DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER DEVICES
BEING USED IS THE ANSWER.
>> ALL RIGHT. I WILL TAKE
ANOTHER QUESTION FROM MY
PRESENTATION YOU MENTION THAT
TECHNOLOGY FOR EXTRACTING RARE
EARTH MINERALS FOR SCRAP
MATERIAL IS IN MATURE STATE,
THOUGHTS ABOUT WHEN PRIVATE
INDUSTRY WILL CATCH UP. WHAT
PERCENTAGE OF MATERIALS IS
CURRENTLY NOT ABLE TO BE
RECYCLED. AS FAR AS FIRST
QUESTION ON RARE EVERYBODIES,
INDUSTRY IS AHEAD OF WHERE WE
ARE WITHIN THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT. I THINK THAT'S
SPECIALLY WITH THE TRANSITION TO
CLEAN ENERGY AND THE ADVENT OF
MORE BATTERIES IN THE SYSTEM,
THE FIRST MATERIALS WILL BE SEE
RARE EARTH INVOLVED IN MAGNETS,
THERE IS A LOT OF EFFORT IN
ELECTRONICS SRI AS WELL AS
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY TO HI FIGURE
OUT TO REUSE RECOVER THOSE
MATERIALS, WITH LITHIUM ION
BATTERY AND COBALT AND OTHER
ELEMENTS INTO THOSE, AND HIGH
RECOVERY SPEARHEADED BY THE AUTO
MOTIVE INDUSTRY, SINCE THAT IS
WHERE BULK OF BATTERIES THAT ARE
WILL BE RECOVERED IN FIVE TO TEN
YEARS. COMPARED TO STATIONARY
ENERGY STORAGE SPACE THERE FOR
2030. SO I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY
WHICH PERCENTAGE OF MATERIALS
ARE CURRENTLY NOT ABLE TO BE
RECYCLED, A LOT ISN'T ABLE TO BE
RECYCLED. ABOUT WHAT WE CAN SAY,
ON THAT FRONT. NEXT QUESTION FOR
KRISTINE WHAT ABOUT RECYCLING
THE TYVEK ENVELOPES? THAT IS A
GREAT QUESTION, THANK YOU FOR
ASKING THAT THAT. THOSE ARE NOT
RECYCLABLE. THE FEDERAL TRADE
COMMISSION SAYS THAT RECYCLING
HAS TO BE AVAILABLE TO MORE THAN
60% OF HOUSEHOLDS AND
ESSENTIALLY WHAT THAT COMES DOWN
TO IS THAT I HAVE TO BE ABLE TO
PUT SOMETHING OUTSIDE IN MY BLUE
BIN FOR IT TO BE RECYCLABLE.
THAT AVAILABILITY HAS TO BE 60%
HOUSEHOLD. I WILL TELL YOU THERE
IS SOMETHING YOU CAN DO, IF YOU
DO HAVE A LOT OF TYVEC ENVELOPE
AND COMMITTED, YOU CAN ACTUALLY
CALL THE MANUFACTURE OF TYVEC,
THEY WILL SEND YOU A REALLY BIG
ENVELOPE THAT YOU CAN PUT YOUR
TYVEC ITEMS INTO AND YOU CAN PAY
THE POSTAGE BECAUSE THEY DON'T
PAY POSTAGE TO MAIL THIS BACK TO
THEM AND THEY WILL RECYCLE IT.
THAT SOMETHING FOR ONLY VERY
COMMITTED PEOPLE, BURDENSOME AND
THAT IS WHY FEDERAL TRADE
COMMISSION IS NOT CONSIDER TYVEC
TO BE RECYCLABLE SO ON OUR
POSTAL SERVICE TYVEC ENVELOPE
YOU WILL SEE THAT NON-RECYCLABLE
LABEL BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO
SEE THAT END UP TANGLED IN
AMENING AND PERSON HAS TO GO
WITH NICE CONVEYER BELT
POTENTIALLY GET HURT AND
UNTANGLE THROUGH RECYCLING
FACILITY. SO NOT A GREAT SORRY
WITH TYVEC SORRY TO SAY BUT
GREAT FOR OTHERS TO I THINK AND
SOMETIMES FOR PACKAGING SO WE
UNDERSTAND SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO
USE IT 678
>> DO YOU KNOW IF ARMY MEDICAL
COMMAND IS REQUIRING THIS FOR
ALL MEDICAL FACILITIES ON
INSTALLATIONS?
>> RIGHT NOW IT IS OPTION
AILING.
>> HOW DID YOUR ORGANIZATION
EVALUATE LIABILITY FOR THESE
DEVICES? VHA HAS A MEMO THAT
BANS REPROCESS SUVs AND
SENDING SUDs TO GET
REPROCESSED. WOULD LIKE TO BE
ABLE TO DO THIS.
>> IT IS NO DIFFERENT THAN LIKE
I SAID EARLIER THE FDA PROCESS
IN ALL THE REQUIREMENTS
ASSOCIATED WITH IT IS THE SAME
LIABILITY AS ANY OTHER DEVICE.
THAT IS NOT AN ISSUE. I THINK
MAYBE SOME CONFUSE ABOUT WHERE
THE REPROCESSING OCCURS, THE
POLICY IS THAT YOU DON'T
REPROCESS YOURSELF. SO THERE IS
NOT A DISINFECTION PROCESS ON
SITE. DONE BY THIRD PARTY
VENDOR REGULATED BY THE FDA. SO
MAYBE THAT MEMO, AGAIN I DON'T
KNOW WE CAN TALK OFFLINE, HAPPY
TO TALK MORE ABOUT THIS, AND WE
HAVE A LOT OF COMMON CHALLENGES.
IT USUALLY JUST FORD BYES BEING
DONE BY THE SITE. LIKE YOU CAN'T
COLLECT AND REPROCESS THEM
YOURSELF. BUT IT MAY NOT, THE
MEMO MAYBE ACTUALLY FOR THE
THIRD PARTY, MY GUESS IS IT IS
PROBABLY ABOUT ON SITE
REPROCESSING WHICH NO ONE DOES.
>> WE HAVE COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS
ABOUT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. WHY
ISN'T THERE A DIRECTIVE FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO ADOPT
RECYCLING OF FOOD GREASE AND
FOOD GRADE OIL OR GREASE TO
REDUCE FUEL AND USE IT IN DOD
VEHICLES. BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER
OF INSTALLATIONS THAT WE DO
HAVE. GOOD QUESTION. I THINK IT
IS ONE OF THESE IDEAS THAT IS
STILL TAKING OFF I DON'T KNOW IF
IT HAS BEEN MENTIONED SO FAR BUT
I HAVE BEEN -- SO I'M WITHIN THE
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF
DEFENSE SO OUR -- ON OUR SIDE OF
THE HOUSE I KNOW WE HAVE BEEN
DOING -- TALKING WITH THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE COORDINATING SOME OF THE
COMPOSTING OR SOME OF THE FOOD
WASTE PROGRAMS. I KNOW THIS YEAR
FOR THE FIRST TIME FOOD WASTE
AND COMPOSTING METRICS IN OUR
DEPARTMENTS ANNUAL SUSTAIN
SUSTAINABILITY REPORTS. THOSE
INSTALLATIONS THAT ARE
COMPOSTING ARE TAKING ACTION ON
FOOD WASTE GOING TO START
GETTING ROLLED UP INTO A BROADER
DEPARTMENT VIEW. RIGHT NOW WHAT
WE ARE LOOKING TO UNDERSTAND IS
HOW WITH THE NATIONAL RECYCLING
STRATEGY PUBLISHED BY THE USEPA,
WHEN THEY BRING OUT THEIR MODULE
ON FOOD WASTE IF THERE IS
SOMETHING TO LEVERAGE TO CHANGE
AND PUSH THIS FURTHER WITHIN THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. I THINK
THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF FOOD
AND IT IS NOT GETTING HANDLED IN
THE WAY THAT IT COULD. WE HAVE
MORE COME THROUGH SO WE WILL
TAKE THE LAST QUESTION. WHICH
NOTES NUMBER OF INSTALLATIONS
PARTICULARLY SMALL ONES ARE
CHOOSING TO SHUT DOWN THEIR
QUALIFIED RECYCLING PROGRAMS, DO
DUE IN PART TO DISPOSITION
SERVICES DISCONTINUE
REIMBURSEMENT. WILL DLA RESUME
PROVIDING REIMBURSEMENTS TO
INSTALLATIONS FOR QRP ELIGIBLE
RECYCLERS? WE ARE WORKING ON IT.
THIS HAS BEEN FLAGGED AND I KNOW
IT IS VERY MUCH PRIORITY TO GET
THESE PROGRAMS BACK UP AND
RUNNING AND FUNDED PROPERLY. I
THINK THIS -- WE ARE IN A UNIQUE
WINDOW RIGHT NOW WITH THE
CURRENT ADMINISTRATION, THAT
THERE IS MORE ABILITY TO
LEVERAGE THESE QUESTIONS. I ALSO
HAPPEN TO KNOW THAT METRICS ON
PROGRAMS LIKE THIS AND ON
RECYCLING AT THE INSTALLATIONS
ARE GETTING A MUCH HIGHER LEVEL
ATTENTION. THESE THINGS ARE
GOING TO NEED TO BECOME MORE
STANDARDIZED AND MORE WIDELY
REPORTED ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT.
HOPEFULLY THAT WILL GIVE ADDED
ABILITY GET THESE PROGRAMS BACK
UP AND RUNNING, BECAUSE THEY
REALLY ARE IMPORTANT, IT IS A
GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR
INSTALLATIONS AND THAT IS ABOUT
WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. WE HIT
TOP OF THE HOUR. I THINK WE HAVE
HIT ALL THE QUESTIONS. RARE
EARTH, METALS. WE COVERED THE
QUESTIONS WE HAVE: SO I WOULD
VERY MUCH LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL
FOR JOINING US. THANK MY
CO-PANELISTS FOR EXCELLENT
PRESENTATIONS, I REALLY ENJOYED
LEARNING TODAY. AND I HOPE Y'ALL
HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON. BACK TO
YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CAROLE,
THANK YOU REALLY ENJOYED YOUR
PREGNANT, HAPPY WE ARE ABLE TO
ANSWER ALL THE AUDIENCE
QUESTIONS, BEFORE WE CLOSE OUT
TODAY, I'M GOING TO GIVE A QUICK
PLUG TO COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY IS HOSTING A FEDERAL
SUSTAINABILITY SPEAKER SERIES.
SO THE NEXT ONE COMING UP REALLY
EXCITING ONE, WITH BILL NYE THE
SCIENCE GUY, DON'T MISS IT,
THURSDAY APRIL 28TH STARTING AT
11 A.M. AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD
APRIL 28TH IS ALSO BRING YOUR
CHILD TO WORK DAY. SO
ENCOURAGING THAT EVERYONE BRING
THEIR KID TO THE WEBCAST SO THEY
CAN ALSO HEAR FROM BILL NYE AND
ALL THE FUN EXCITING THINGS HE
HAS TO SAY. IF YOU WANT TO SIGN
UP, THE EASIEST WAY TO DO IT IS
TO GO TO SUSTAINABILITY.GOV AND
YOU SHOULD SEE THE BANNER THERE
TO SIGN UP. SO WITH THAT, I WILL
CLOSE OUT THE SUSTAINABILITY
TRACK FOR TODAY. THANK YOU SO
MUCH TO ALL OF OUR PRESENTERS,
NOT RAY TORR, AND TO THE
ATTENDEES FOR SUBMITTING YOUR --
MODERATORS AND ATTENDEES FOR THE
DAY. WE HAVE ONE MORE DAY,
TOMORROW WE'LL BEGIN AGAIN AT 11
A.M. EASTERN TIME, ANOTHER FULL
SET OF PRESENTATIONS FOR YOU
ALL. SO I HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL
THERE. THANKS, EVERYONE.