Energy and Sustainability Performance Management Report


The AOC is pleased to offer this annual update of key activities related to the agency’s energy and sustainability program. The AOC is required to meet reporting obligations identified within the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA2007). The EISA2007 requires that the AOC report on: (1) energy expenditures and savings estimates, (2) energy management and conservation projects and (3) future priorities.


Fiscal Year 2019 was a significant and rewarding year for the AOC’s energy and sustainability efforts. The AOC is three years into its ambitious performance requirements and trending ahead of its FY 2025 key energy reduction goal. The AOC reduced energy consumption by 48 percent from our FY 2003 baseline, a major achievement. The AOC sustainability strategy focuses on: energy, water, high performance buildings and sustainable waste management. Performance highlights included:


 Issued the Energy and Sustainability Policy in December 2018. The policy defines and implements sustainable initiative, guidance process and organizational goals and objectives for FY 2017–FY 2021


 Implemented cogeneration to increase AOC thermal production efficiency and decrease the related source emissions


 Awarded a new ESPC for the Library of Congress with projected annual energy and water savings of $5 million


 Achieved $6 million in annual energy and water savings through existing ESPCs


 Diverted 3,168 tons of building office materials from landfills


 Diverted 6,405 tons of construction and demolitions from landfills


 Reduced water usage and improved water metering at our facilities


 Reduced fossil fuel consumption by 11 percent through cogeneration at the Capitol Power Plant


 Enhanced products and identified new opportunities for future projects driven by renewable energy


 Enhanced use of data analytics for performance monitoring to ensure the persistence of existing energy conservation measures (ECMs) and to identify additional opportunities


 Established the Sustainability Community of Practice to provide for direct AOC employee participation and communication regarding the AOC’s sustainability program


 Completed draft guidance on the distribution of the Recycling Revolving Fund


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 Filled positions for an energy engineer and energy program manager, a Building Automation Network (BASnet) manager, and created a BASnet mechanic position


 Reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 37 percent through energy efficiency measures and improved operations


Energy Expenditures and Savings Estimates


The agency’s implementation of multiple ESPCs, a UESC and other infrastructure investments have saved the AOC more than $145 million in cost avoidance and reduced the agency’s long-term energy demand. From FY 2015 to FY 2019, the AOC voluntarily continued its partnership with stakeholders to manage one of the federal government’s most effective energy and sustainability programs. In FY 2019, the most impactful energy savings efforts included infrastructure and performance improvements. As detailed in Table 17, the AOC used approximately $2 million in direct appropriations toward efficiency improvements at the Capitol Power Plant and performance improvements such as building automation and lighting upgrades. The ESPCs implemented at the U.S. Capitol Building and the House and Senate office buildings, during previous years, are in their performance periods and continue to generate savings.


Energy Management and Conservation Projects


The AOC’s principal program areas are (1) reduce resource risks through agile fiscal and resource management, (2) transform the AOC’s culture, (3) protect and reinvest in the environment and (4) minimize the agency’s total life-cycle ownership costs of its facilities.


The AOC promotes energy, water and sustainability initiatives, with a focus on performance metrics, metering, commissioning, building automation, recycling and integrated design. The agency’s FY 2019 targets included:


 38 percent energy reduction (from FY 2003 baseline)  31 percent greenhouse gas reduction  24 percent water use reduction (from FY 2008 baseline)  46 percent diversion of building occupant waste  90 percent diversion of construction and demolition debris  8 percent of waste compostable by the end of FY 2021


 Enhanced energy and sustainability communications toward improved conservation, sustainable practices and health and wellness


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