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July 30, 2010
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Government leaders are counting on education, communication, cooperation, technology and public/private partnerships to be the clean fuels powering the Greening of Government. The final additive—and the most important ingredient for success—is you being involved ”on the frontlines".

 

Read "The Greening of Government: Getting To Net-Zero Using Energy Efficient Technologiesthe 5th in a series of “On The FrontLines” digital magazines.

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The Greening of Government
Getting To Net-Zero Using Energy Efficient Technologies

In this edition of On The FrontLines --The Greening of Government: Getting To Net-Zero Using Energy Efficient Technologies -- read, watch and hear firsthand how government leaders from Energy, FAA, State and GSA are reducing the footprint of Data Centers nationwide.
 
Learn how with the help of industry, these on the frontlines leaders are aggressively pursuing construction projects such as the renovation of GSA Headquarters in DC and the new National Renewable Energy Laboratory Research Support Center (NREL RSF) in Golden, Colorado. 

Those interviewed include:
Martha Johnson - GSA Administrator
Stephen Leeds - GSA Senior Sustainability Executive

Will Lintner - DOE Project Leader for the Laboratories for the 21st Century program
Paul Scheihing - DOE Technology Manager
Chuck Powers - NREL RSF IT Operations Manager
Kevin Eber - EERE Network News Editor

View videos from:
Gary Albert - FAA
Charles Wisecarver - State Department

Plus read about the renovation of GSA Headquarters in an interview with GSA's Kevin Kampschroer.


Articles include:

Green Is Busting Out All Over

Using a combination of high tech, low tech and no tech, government is accelerating its efforts to reduce the energy footprint of Data Centers and the buildings they inhabit, ushering in a new era of workplace flexibility says GSA's Stephen Leeds.

 

Challenge Yourself

Don’t sit on the sidelines, participate and challenge yourself and your organization to be more energy efficient. That's what GSA Administrator Martha Johnson is.

 

Diagnosis Green

DOE's Paul Scheihing and Will Linter provide agencies with Data Center assessment tools and help guide them to use funding more effectively in meeting their energy management objectives.

 

Green Chronicles

Helping chronicle energy efficiency and renewable energy is longtime EERE Network News editor Kevin Eber. Read what Eber says is trending Green in the near future.

 

The Lean Green Data Center Machine

Chuck Powers, IT Operations Director at NREL RSF shows how the new Data Center is consuming and providing energy as a part of the lab’s new net-zero sustainable green building.

 

Green Proving Ground—Interview with GSA’s Kevin Kampschroer

The High Performance Buildings director describes why the renovation of the GSA HQ in DC will be a test bed for net-zero design and workplace flexibility.

 

Resource Center

Links to Green Websites, White Papers, Events and Videos

 

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Whitepapers/Documents
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Energy Efficiency for Network Equipment: Two Steps Beyond Greenwashing (Juniper Networks)

A How To Guide for Greening IT In Government (Symantec)
Going Green with Data Management Solutions (Commvault)

Blueprint for Reducing Energy in the Data Center (HP)

The Green Data Center Business Value Analysis Study (Symantec)
Report-Go Green Power PC (HP)

DoD Green Procurement Strategy

Greening Federal Facilities-(DOE)

Quick Start Guide to Data Center Efficiency (DOE)
Framework for Smart Grid Interoperability (NIST)

Green Procurement (AQD)

2009 Report To Congress: Status of Telework in the Federal Government (OPM)

Federal Leadership in High Performance And Sustainable Buildings Memorandum Of Understanding

Executive Order 13514 (White House Press Release, October 5, 2009) 

Executive Order 13514 Analysis

 EPA 2007 Data Center Report To Congress

5 Steps to Successful IT Consolidation & Virtualization (Riverbed Technology) 

Creating Models For Performance Analysis on Existing Buildings (Autodesk)

Green Networking in The Data Center (HP)

GreenGov Challenge Final Report (White House) 

GSA Building Issues & Priorities (GSA) 

National Renewable Energy Laboratory RSF Fast Facts (NREL)

Quick Start Guide To Energy Efficiency (GSA & DOE FEMP) 

Reduce Consumption & Go Green (VMware)

Reduce Power Consumption (VMware)

The 3 Barriers to IT Infrastructure Consolidation in Government (Riverbed Technology) 

The Advantages of BIM for Government Building Performance Analysis (Autodesk) 

Why IT Should Lead an Organization's Green Movement (CA) 

Net-Zero High Performance Green Buildings Design Agenda (White House) 
NREL Green Building Presentation  
Greening Federal Facilities (DOE) 

Online Resources 

Green Grid Consortium
The US Green Building Council
EPA
GSA
Department of Energy
Department of Interior 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
GSA Advantage
Government Energy
Acquisition Service Directorate
Power IT Down Day
Green Electronics Council

Energy Star

Federal Energy Management Program

High Performance Buildings

GSA-High Performance Green Buildings

DHS Headquarters – St. Elizabeths West Campus

Telework  

EPEAT – Green Electronics Made Easy

Federal Electronics Challenge 

Yellowstone National Park   
Yellowstone Park Foundation 

Smart Grid: NIST 

Smart Grid: Energy   

Executive Order 13514

Federal Leadership In Environmental, Energy and Economic Performance

 

The order says: “to establish an integrated strategy towards sustainability in the Federal Government and to make reduction of greenhouse gas emissions a priority for Federal agencies, the Federal Government must lead by example. It requires agencies to measure, manage, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions toward agency-defined targets and describes a process by which agency goals will be set and reported.

The Executive Order also requires agencies to meet a number of energy, water, and waste reduction targets, including:

 

·         30% reduction in vehicle fleet petroleum use by 2020;

·         26% improvement in water efficiency by 2020;

·         50% recycling and waste diversion by 2015;

·         95% of all applicable contracts will meet sustainability requirements;

·         Implementation of the 2030 net-zero-energy building requirement;

·         Implementation of the storm water provisions of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, section 438; and

·         Development of guidance for sustainable Federal building locations in alignment with the Livability Principles put forward by the HUS, DOT and EPA.

 
Download Executive Order 13514

Profiles In Green

Greening Where It Is Urban:
DHS HQ at St. Elizabeths in DC


At St. Elizabeths in Washington DC, the site of the new DHS headquarters campus, DHS is proving homeland security can be Green, historic – and secure.
Read More


Conversation: Where New Construction and Historic Rehabilitation Meet

The St. Elizabeths DHS headquarters is the largest project that GSA has ever undertaken says GSA’s Bart Bush. 
Read More

More Green Reading

A Sustainable Strategy

Executive Order 13514 sets the goals. Leaders from EPA, DOE, GSA and DHS talk about what they are doing.

 

Buying Green Saves Green

The emphasis on buying Green products for government use and buying from suppliers who are Green themselves is only going to grow.


Embrace Telework

Telework today! Reduce your agency’s carbon footprint. Visit www.telework.gov to start now!

 

Your Green Advantage

GSA’s Emile Monette tells you how to use GSA Advantage to your (green) advantage. 

 

Who Certifies The Certifiers?
Who ensures that if a company says their product is Green, it truly is?

 

Greening Via Virtualization

Go Green, boost performance and spend less in the process with virtualization technologies.


Follow My Example

Many in Industry are Greening themselves because it is not only good for the environment, it’s good for business.
 

Viewpoint -- Jim Flyzik

When you think about it --- it really is a “no-brainer” since there really are very little downsides to the so called “Green” initiatives.

 "On The Frontlines" Videos

 
Bill Kosik -HP

 
Bob Dix - Juniper Networks

 
Jake Wooley - DOE


John Frey - HP 

 
Kevin Kampschroer - GSA

 
Tom Simmons - Citrix

Greening In Action

 

Turning Destroyers Into Priuses

 

Far-fetched? Sounds impossible? But that’s exactly what the Navy is doing according to RADM Philip Cullom, Director, Fleet Readiness Division and Task Force Energy, USN.

 

“The Navy is planning to sail the ‘Great Green Fleet’,” RADM Cullom said, “in effect we are turning destroyers into Priuses.” The Navy will demonstrate a Green Strike Group in local operations by 2012 and sail it by 2016.   Read More

National Park Service Rewards "French Fried Heat"

The next time you eat French Fries at Yellowstone National Park, you don't have to feel guilty about the calories. Feel good that you will also be helping heat many of Yellowstone's buildings. 

Xanterra Parks and Recreation -- a 2009 NPS Environmental Achievement Award winner -- cuts emissions of greenhouse gases and conserves energy by supplying used cooking oil from the company’s eateries to run boilers at its hotels. Read More

Profiles In Green

Greening Where It Is Green:
Yellowstone National Park


With the Yellowstone Environmental Stewardship or YES! Initiative, the Park is demonstrating that the world’s first national park is also a world leader in its sustainability programs. Read More

View Yellowstone Gallery


Download Yellowstone Slideshow
 





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