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Mission: Secure the nation from the many threats we face
 Guarding against terrorism
 Securing our borders

Enforcing our immigration laws
 Improving our readiness for, response to and recovery from disasters
 Maturing and unifying the Department
Organization: Major Components
Customs Border Protection U.S. Coast Guard
National Protection and Programs Directorate U.S Secret Service
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Transportation Security Administration
Science and Technology Directorate
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 People: 194,607
 Vehicles: 47,428
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10,300 are alternative fuel vehicles
 280 are hybrid electric
 Number of Buildings: 14,100
 Gross Square Feet of Buildings: 91.5 million
 Owned – 60%
 GSA/Leased – 40%
 Energy Costs: $400 million
 Environmental Liabilities: $1028 million
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is the multidisciplinary integration of mission and environmental considerations, in which an activity and its phases are viewed on a full life-cycle basis. The sustainable approach balances economic and environmental performance, from beginning to end, and how they integrate with cost, schedule, operations, maintenance, and worker/employee considerations.
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 Carry out operations and actions in an environmentally, economically and fiscally sound manner. Smart Decisions
 Incorporate sustainable practices into day-to-day business processes and decision making to enhance mission performance.
Standard Business Practice
 Employees at all levels must be responsible and accountable for integrating environmental stewardship into day-to-day activities.
Not an Environmental Office Initiative
 Sustainability represents a value system embraced by DHS leadership, which guides mission operations and supporting projects as well as the business processes for contracting, acquisition, financial planning, information technology, and project/program execution. Senior Leadership Support
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Requirements

Executive Order 13514, Federal Leadership in Environmental,
Energy and Economic Performance
 DHS Directive 025-01 Sustainable Practices
 Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan
 Sustainability and Efficiency Task Force
Accomplishments
 Policy and guidance is in place.

Sustainability Manual in draft and planned for release late 2010
 Secretary policy memorandum planned for release late 2010
Challenges
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Department-wide computer system needed to manage, track and report sustainability and environmental issues
 Department-wide sustainability training needed
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Additional resources (FTEs and funding) are needed to move the program forward
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Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan:
 GOAL 1: Scope 1 & 2 Greenhouse Gas Reduction
 GOAL 2: Scope 3 Greenhouse Gas Reduction
 GOAL 3: Develop and Maintain Department Comprehensive Greenhouse Gas
Inventory
 GOAL 4: High-Performance Sustainable Design/Green Buildings
 GOAL 5: Regional and Local Planning
 GOAL 6: Improve Water Use Efficiency and Management
 GOAL 7: Pollution Prevention and Waste Elimination
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GOAL 8: Sustainable Acquisition
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GOAL 9: Electronic Stewardship and Data Centers
 GOAL 10: Institutionalize Sustainability into all Facets of the DHS Mission
Note: typically each goal has multiple sub goals
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 Senior Sustainability Officer (SSO): Deputy Under
Secretary for Management
 Sustainability Council: Chair SSO
Chief Administrative Officer
Chief Human Capital Officer
Chief Procurement Officer
Component Representation
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Information Officer
Chief Security Officer
 Sustainability Working Group: Chair Director Occupational Safety and Environmental Programs
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Representatives from Sustainability Council
 Occupational Safety and Environmental Programs
 Environmental Program Manager Energy Program Manager

Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation Program Manager
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 Goals are Department-wide and must be integrated throughout all mission functions, with support from environmental personnel
 Assigns tasks to multiple offices, not just the environmental office:
Financial Office Information Office Security Office
Human Resources Procurement Administration
 Participating offices establish tasks and milestones
 Include sustainability in new initiatives and budget requests – not environmental funding
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
13.6% energy consumption reduction from a 2003 baseline and on track to achieve 30% by 2015

125 individuals trained in US Green Building Council
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED ® )
 4.1% of electricity is from renewable energy sources
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Reduced water intensity 5.5% and on track for a 16% reduction by 2015
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4 LEED
® certified or higher buildings, 9 awaiting certification, 16 under construction, 12 in design and 45 in planning (86 total)
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Purchased125 hybrids electric vehicles and 800 alternate fuel vehicles in FY2009
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4.7% of building SF are sustainable and on target to achieve 15% by FY 2015
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EPEAT purchases in FY2010: 39,657 (90%) monitors and 141,866 (97%) PCs and laptops
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Headquarters Consolidation
Sustainability Concepts for St Elizabeths:
 Reuse 51 of 62 historic buildings (8 of the 11 remaining buildings to be demolished are dilapidated greenhouses with little reuse potential)
 Site new buildings to minimize impacts to landscapes and view sheds
 Walking campus design consistent with historic use. Parking is on the exterior
 Provide on-campus electric shuttle to assist employees if necessary
 30% energy savings of ASHRAE 90.1 per the Energy Act of 2005
 USGBC LEED ® Silver (minimum) for the campus, with target of LEED Gold.
 Solar and Solar Thermal on certain historic buildings and new construction.
 Create a co-generation Central Utility Plant (CUP) capable of providing up to 25% of electrical demand at full build-out. Waste heat from the CUP will provide 15% energy savings for building heating/cooling and boiler reduction
 Provide electric and natural gas fueling stations
 Purchase electric carts for on-campus security activities

Headquarters Consolidation
Key Considerations For Sustainability and Efficiency:
 Executive Order 13514- Federal Leadership in Environmental,
Economic Performance.
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Comply with sustainable solutions to products (Furniture)
Energy, and
 Presidential Memorandum - June 10, 2010, Disposing of Unneeded Federal Real
Estate
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Increasing occupancy rates in current facilities through innovative approaches to space management (flexible work spaces & telework)
 Secretary’s Efficiency Initiatives
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Leverage DHS buying power
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Outfitting for the HQ Consolidation was selected as an Efficiency Initiative

Headquarters Consolidation
Coast Guard HQ Building on St Elizabeths:
 1.2 million SF striving for USGBC LEED
®
Gold
 5-acre green roof bldg, 2-acre green roof garage
 Energy efficient lighting and day-lighting
 Demolition of existing concrete warehouse on project site crushed and reused concrete as a base for construction haul road
 All trees cleared from the site mulched and used on campus
 Harvest rainwater for irrigation
 Bio-retention of storm water for irrigation (2/3 of campus storm water drains through the USCG site)

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DHS – Dr. Teresa Pohlman
Director, Occupational Safety and Environmental Programs
(202) 821-9380 teresa.pohlman@dhs.gov
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