Executive

Materiel
Materiel consists of all items “necessary to equip, operate, maintain, and support military activities without
distinction as to its application for administrative or combat purposes.” It includes such items as tanks, selfpropelled
weapons, and aircraft, as well as support equipment, but it does not include real property, installations,
and utilities. 11 To be sustainable, the Army must “develop, produce, field, and sustain materiel that is more energyefficient,
that minimizes the use of hazardous materials, and that minimizes waste and other negative impacts to
the welfare of Soldiers, workers, and the environment.” 12
Sustainability requires planning for the long term—
to maintain mission capability, decrease future constraints,
and decrease total ownership costs. It includes reducing the
logistics footprint while improving operational security
and putting fewer Soldiers at risk. The Army is minimizing
impacts and total ownership costs through integration
of sustainable practices into the entire materiel life cycle,
from production and fielding through operation and
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• Reduce petroleum consumption.
• Minimize acquisition, use, and disposal
of toxic and hazardous chemicals.
• Implement source reduction to
reduce waste and pollutants.
• Decrease use of chemicals directly
associated with GHG emissions.
• Report in conformance with
sections 301–313 of EPCRA.
• Procure ENERGY STAR and FEMPdesignated
electrical equipment.
• Ensure new contracts require
environmentally preferable
products and services.
• Ensure procurement preference for
EPEAT-registered electronic products.
• Procure recycled paper.
• Reduce vehicle petroleum use.
• Reduce releases of toxic chemicals.
• Reduce GHG emissions.
• Procure sustainably.
ultimate disposal. Table 2 identifies some of the sustainability
requirements associated with materiel that applied in
2010-11 and which will continue to guide the Army.
The following subsections describe FY10 and FY11
Army activities and accomplishments related to integrating
sustainability into the materiel life cycle through reduction of
toxics, hazardous waste reduction, and green procurement (GP).
Table 2. Materiel-Related Sustainability Requirements
• Implement the AESIS.
• Implement the Toxic and Hazardous
Chemicals Reduction Plan for materiel.
• Review and evaluate additional
chemicals for the Army’s Toxic and
Hazardous Chemicals Reduction Plan.
Establish new baselines and targets.
• Revise acquisition and procurement
policy and practices to instill
sustainability; establish a KPP.
• Utilize the sustainability KPP and
life-cycle costing in all acquisition
and procurement decisions.
• Develop and fully implement GP policies.
1. AESIS = Army Energy Security Implementation Strategy; EPCRA = Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-know Act; EPEAT = Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool;
FEMP = Federal Energy Management Program; GP = green procurement; KPP = key performance parameter.
2. The requirements have been summarized; consult the three source documents for exact language.
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