FEMP Year in Review 2003 - EERE - U.S. Department of Energy

Completed ahead of
schedule and under
budget, the new
Nathaniel R. Jones
Federal Building
and U.S. Courthouse
in Youngstown,
Ohio was designed
and constructed to
incorporate many
sustainable design
principles: to
increase efficiency,
reduce construction
costs, and improve
building value.
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TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
Renewable Power
In response to E.O. 13123, federal agencies are making huge strides to purchase
2.5 percent of their electricity use from renewable sources by 2005. Federal renewable
energy use increased from 362 gigawatt-hours (GWH) in September 2002 to
800 gigawatt-hours in September 2003. A large portion of this increase (167 GWH)
was in renewable energy purchases or renewable energy credits. Improved counting
of ground source heat pumps and biomass fuels such as ethanol and biodiesel
accounted for 150 GWH. One large landfill gas plant by NASA added 108 GWH.
Dyess Air Force Base in Texas won a Presidential Award for Leadership in Federal
Energy Management for achieving a 100 percent wind energy purchase of electricity
(80 GWH).
FEMP also worked with the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) to publish a report identifying renewable energy potential on
public lands in the U.S. The study concludes that there is significant potential to
develop solar, wind, biomass, and geothermal resources. The BLM will use the
findings to prioritize land-use planning activities and increase development and
use of renewables on public lands.
Sustainable Buildings
Executive Orders 13101 and 13123 direct federal agencies to apply the principles
of sustainability to the siting, design, and construction of new facilities to improve
energy efficiency, reduce consumption of non-renewable resources, minimize the
waste of materials and water, and create livable, healthy, and productive environments.
In FY 2003, FEMP assisted in running two charrettes for the development of new,
sustainable facilities. One project is planned for the Institute for American Indian
Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and the other at Mesa Verde National Park in
southwestern Colorado.