BioPreferred Champions: Sustainable Building and Design Randy Doyle, Fort Hood Part 2

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BioPreferred Champions Sustainable Building
and Design Randy Doyle, Fort Hood(Part
2)

• 2009 GSA International Products and Services Expo

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Sustainable SolutionsThe Fort Hood Story Randy
DoylePollution Prevention Program Manager

• 2009 GSA International Products and Services Expo

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Environmental Mission
Balanced Readiness Through Environmental
Stewardship
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FORT HOOD STATISTICS

• 214,968 acres 335 square miles
• - (5x the size of the District of Columbia)
• - Maneuver area 135,149 acres
• - Live fire impact area 62,611 acres
• 772 miles of paved roads
• 21 active access control points
• 471 miles of tank trails
• 7,238 active buildings
• - 33,050,584 square feet (5x the size of the
  pentagon)
• 1,991 miles of utility lines
• 2 airfields
• North Fort Hood mobilization site

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CHALLENGES OF FORT HOOD
265 ENLISTED BARRACKS
56 MOTOR POOLS
PHYSICAL PLANT
9 PHYSICAL FITNESS CENTERS
33 MIL SF OF FACILITIES (4 PENTAGONS)
772 MILES OF ROAD
9 CHAPELS
22 CEMETERIES
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CHALLENGES OF FORT HOOD
PERSONNEL
MILITARY ASSIGNED 57,317
ON POST FAMILY MEMBERS 17,903
CIVILIANS 17,333
DIVISIONS 2 CORPS SPT CMD 1 BRIGADES 14 GROUPS
3 BATTALIONS 53 COMPANIES 302 DETACHMENTS 28
SUPPORTED POPULATION OF 419,957
TOTAL YEARLY ECONOMIC IMPACT 10.852 BILLION
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CEN-TEX Sustainable Communities Partnership

• 5-year collaboration (extensions possible)
• Initial Team- Fort Hood, Harker Heights, Killeen,
  Copperas Cove, and Gatesville
• Achieve measurable benefits by creating
  sustainable baselines and goals
• Implement projects to contribute to the vitality
  of the Central Texas economy and quality of life
  for the regions citizens

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CEN-TEX Sustainable Communities PartnershipWhere
are we going?

• Promote Partnership across Region
• Ideas for positive regional changes
• Fundraising using grants
• Identify potential projects
• Solar and Wind Energy
• Mass Transit
• LEED for Neighborhood Development
• Watershed and Habitat Protection
• Regional Recycling
• Smart Growth Master Plan
• Ride Share Program
• Bio-Preferred Solutions

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Fort Hood Agriboard Buildings
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Future Environmental Office Designed with
Agriboard
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Fort Hood Straw Bale Grant Project

• Unique Approach to Building Sustainable
• Exemplifies EO 13423 High Performance Buildings
• Design and construct worlds largest straw bale
  facility
• Complies with Army SDD Policy and the Federal
  biobased procurement policy
• Eliminates WWII Wood
• Address a 5 million square foot deficit in
  administrative facilities.
• 27M Potential Grant Monies Available
• Federal and non-profit applicants
• Several federal agencies award grants to other
  federal agencies
• A very positive project to demonstrate that the
  federal government is committed to cost effective
  sustainable design and development

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Low Impact Development (LID)

• Bioswale in existing drainage ditch
• Captures first flow pollutants and retains water
  to prevent erosion down stream

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PV and Wind Demonstrations

• Fort Hood is evaluating renewable energy options
  for new construction and existing buildings
• Photovoltaics
• silicon monocrystalline
• thin film (most likely cadmium telluride)
• Demonstration will compare the different PV
  technologies to determine which one performs best
  in this environment and includes a small wind
  turbine to see which technology has the best
  output.

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Contact Information

• Randy Doyle
• Pollution Prevention Program Manager
• Fort Hood, Texas
• [phone]
• randy.doyle_at_us.army.mil