Beyond BTU

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Beyond BTUsBuilding the Cultural Shift of
Sustainable Operations (Stories from the 3 year
learning lab)Anna J. Jones-Crabtree, PE PhD
Photo Gary Pollock
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Growing Our Sustainable Operations Effort
R5 / PSW Footprint 2006
R9 Walk the Talk Courageous Conservation
Energy Water Fleet / Transportation Waste
Prevention / Recycling Green Purchasing Sustainab
le Leadership
FY06 Report here and FY07 National Footprint
Report s
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1. Traditional Metrics of Sustainable Operations
2. Creating the Conditions for Cultural Change as a
   Measure of Success
3. Whats Next?

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Traditional Metrics
Creating Habits Today, Conserving Resources for
Tomorrow
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Energy Legislation An Example

• Energy Policy Act of 2005
• Renewable electricity consumption not less than
  3 in FY 2007-2009 5 in FY 2010-2012 7.5 in
  FY 2013
• Expand the use of renewable energy in activities
  purchasing electricity from renewable energy
  sources install 2,000 solar energy systems by
  2000 and 20,000 by 2010

BTUs/GSF Reduced(energy) Gallons/GSF Reduced
(water) Gallons Consumed (alt. fuels) Gallons
fuel reduced (petroleum) Purchases made Audits
completed

• Executive Order 13423
• 50 of current renewable energy purchases must
  come from new renewable sources.
• Reduce water use by 2 per year, 2008 2015 (or
  16 by end of 2015)
• Reduce petroleum use in vehicles by 2 per year
  through 2015, increase purchase of alternative
  fuel, hybrid, and plug-in vehicles when
  commercially avail
• Reduction of GHGs through reduction in energy
  intensity 3 annually through 2015
• Reduce purchase and use of hazardous and toxic
  chemicals

• Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007
• Solar Hot Water on new Federal Buildings (and
  major renovations)
• Reduce federal facility energy use per square
  foot by 3 per year, 2006 2015, relative to
  2003 (or 30 by end of 2015)
• Fossil fuel-generated energy use be reduced by
  55 in 2010, 65 in 2015, 80 in 2020 90 in
  2025 100 in 2030 (Zero Energy Buildings)
• Energy managers required, efficient and
  EnergyStar purchases, stormwater runoff
  reduction, sustainable demonstration projects
  (attaining highest avail rating)/yr, fleet
  conservation and efficiency (use of alt fuels),
  auditing of facilities

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Example ResultsVehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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The Challenge

• Metrics may not mean anything to the lower levels
  of the system
• Do we spend big , to have better tracking or on
  implementation?
• Metrics rarely tell the whole storythey dont
  capture the learning process

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Sustainability is a Process
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Cultural Change as a Measure of Success
Creating Habits Today, Conserving Resources for
Tomorrow
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The Continuous Process of Cultural Change
Creating a center develop a working core
Activate Design Celebrate success, replicate
Transform Memory shift behaviors, sponsor
experimentation
Dialogos, June 30, 2008 Taking Steps Towards
Change
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Conditions for Cultural Change

• Distributing Responsibility
• Learning in the Face of Difficulty
• Commitment to Operating in a New Way

Dialogos, June 30, 2008 Taking Steps Towards
Change
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How did we do?
Distributed Responsibility Empowering Place Based Actions Green Team, Summits, Micro-grants Grade A
Learning in the Face of Difficulty Strategic Use of Management Tools Environmental Footprint Reporting, Environmental Management System, Moving Forward on a Sustainable Ops Strategy Grade B-
Commitment to Operating in a New Way Fostering Connectivity and Collaboration Intra Inter Organizational Grade Incomplete



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The FutureWe need more then BTUs

• What mechanisms support cultural change?
• How to link traditional measure with cultural
  systemic support for success?
• What organizational differences do we need?
• How do we account for evolutionary development?

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What future do we want to create..
Not the future we think is do-able, or the one we
would settle for
but what do we really want? Donella Meadows
Creating Habits Today, Conserving Resources for
Tomorrow