Sustainability in Washington State

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Sustainability in Washington State

• Robert Reuter, PE
• Washington State Department of Ecology

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Executive Order 05-01Superseding 04-06

• Agencies incorporate green building practices in
  all new construction projects, and in major
  remodels that cost over 60 of the facilitys
  assessed value.
• Agencies take all reasonable actions to achieve a
  target of a 20 reduction in petroleum use in the
  operation of state vehicles and privately owned
  vehicles used for state business by September 1,
  2009.

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Executive Order Continued

• Agencies include the following information in
  their Sustainability Plan Progress Reports,
  required under Executive Order 02-03
• A. Annual petroleum use, vehicle miles traveled
  on state business, and the number and type of
  state vehicles owned (by model year).
• B. Number of exception purchases of
  four-wheel-drive sport utility vehicles made
  under Section 2 of this Executive Order.
• C. Amount and type of office paper and janitorial
  paper products purchased.
• D. Quantity of office paper recycled.
• E. Justification for any virgin office paper
  purchased.

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2003 Sustainability Plans Submitted by WA State
Agencies

• Administrative Hearings, Office of
• Agriculture, Department of
• Blind, Washington State School for the
• Conservation Commission, Washington
• Corrections, Department of
• Community, Trade and Economic Development ,
  Department of
• Deaf, Washington School for the
• Ecology, Department of
• Economic Forecast Council
• Employment Security, Washington State
• Financial Institutions, Department of
• Financial Management, Office of
• Fish and Wildlife, Department of
• General Administration, Department of
• Growth Management Hearing Board
• Health, Department of
• Health Care Authority, Washington State
• Home Care Quality Authority

• Lottery, Washington State
• Marine Employees Commission
• Military Department
• Parks and Recreation Commission, Washington State
  
• Personnel, Department of
• Pollution Liability Insurance Agency
• Printing, Department of
• Public Disclosure Commission
• Puget Sound Water Quality Action Team
• Retirement Systems, Department of
• Revenue, Department of
• Social and Health Services, Department of
• State Patrol, Washington
• Traffic Safety Commission, Washington
• Transportation, Washington State Department of
• Utilities and Transportation Commission,
  Washington
• Veterans Affairs, Washington State Department of
• Workforce Training and Education Coordinating
  Board
• Privacy NoticeIntended Use

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Commitment to Biofuels HB 2424

• This bill requires fuel suppliers to ensure that
  2 percent of the diesel and 2 percent of the
  gasoline they provide for sale in Washington is
  biodiesel and ethanol, beginning in December
  2008.

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Renewable Energy SB 5101 and SB 5111

• SB 5101 - establishes a renewable energy
  "feed-in" production incentive.
• SB 5111 - would take care of the supply side by
  nurturing new, high-tech manufacturing of
  renewable energy components.
• WA has one of the largest wind energy generating
  capacity in the United States (1,568-2,059 MW).
• Actively working with FERC on 10 Ocean Energy
  Proposals

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Sustainability Resources

• Annual Reports/Success Srories on the
  Sustainability Website http//www.ofm.wa.gov/susta
  inability/
• Sustainability Plan Template
• Sustainability Listserve
• Interagency Network
• Working with EPP under GA (our GSA)
• Cooperative Partnership with DOD, locals,
  Tribes, and Others to bring down prices on
  materials, equipment or projects.

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Obstacles/Lesson Learned

• Funding (Biennial Cycle)
• Performance Metrics (Different for each Agency)
• Economic Savings (Difficult to Quantify)
• Overall Environmental Impact of Agency (What is
  our most critical issue to work on)
• Data Management and Reporting costs a lot of
  money!