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Tom Wildoner, an environmental protection specialist at Tobyhanna Army Depot, Pa., checksa drinking water leak detection sensor, part of the depots conservation efforts that helped itwin a Secretary of the Army Environment Award. U.S. Army photo. Page 14

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Awards 14

Installation Challengesand Successes 24

TechnicalSupport 32

Installations SymposiumReports 35

ProfessionalDevelopment 42

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Environment and Sustainability Management ___________________________________________ 3 Net-zero strategy ocuses on end state: Sustainable installations, by Katherine Hammack

4 Corps helps installations achieve net-zero goals, by Christine Godfrey

5 Army identiies net-zero pilot installations, by Kristine Kingery

6 Calculating sustainability, by Maj. John M. Evans and Lidia Berger

8 Implementing the Army Sustainability Campaign Plan, by Wanda Johnsen

9 Army issues tax deduction policy or energy-eicient building design, by John W. Wehmanen

10 Army energy-eiciency tax deduction policy, by Alan D. King

12 Geothermal heat pump and Pathinder well protocol advantages, by Donald P. Brown Sr.,Vincent A. Ravgiala, Gregory T. Buteau and Tracy H. Dorgan

Environment and Sustainability Awards __________________________________________________ 14 Tobyhanna Army Depot excels at recycling, reuse, by Cathy Kropp

15 Fort Bliss preserves culture so Soldiers can train as they ight, by Jean Skillman

16 Cleanup o remote Alaska site recognized or eiciencies, by Kristina Curley

17 Texas National Guard historians love o cultural resources shows, by Barry Napp

18 Exchange employs and markets sustainability practices, by Cathy Kropp

19 Army Research Lab scientists reduce air pollutants rom coatings, by TJae Gibson 20 Fort Drums natural resources conservation eorts shine, by Kristina Curley

21 What is daunting or some is doable at Graenwoehr, by Cathy Kropp

22 Joint Base Lewis-McChord has 20-20 vision, by Miriam Villacian 23 Army takes 4 in Deense environmental competition, by Cathy Kropp

Installation Challenges and Successes _____________________________________________________ 24 Fort Bragg celebrates 10 years o sustainability, by Jonelle Thompson

25 Schoields School Age Center exceeds standard with LEED Gold, by Vanessa Lynch

26 Building strong, building green on Americas military installations, by Tracy Robillard andRashida Banks

27 Fort Jacksons starship barracks get LEED makeover, by Joshua Mitchell

28 Fort McCoys telemetry monitoring provides data to manage wolves, by Rob Schuette

29 Fort Irwin tries eral burros as potential aquatic habitat solution, by Liana Aker

30 Hawaii conronts invasive superweed on Kahuku Training Area, by Jane R. Beachy

31 San Antonio Military Medical Center nearly complete in only 4 years, by Maj. Edwin H.Rodriguez

Technical Support________________________________________________________________________________32 Study weighs options or recycling tactical uel at Fort Bragg, by Gary Gerdes

33 Bulletin discusses regional agreements to manage species at risk, by Harold Balbach

34 Monitoring systems help Fort Hood meet Clean Air Act mandates, by Gary Gerdes

Installations Symposium Reports____________________________________________________________35 IMCOM names Directorate o Public Works awardees, by Gregg Chislett

38 Public Works proessionals gather in San Antonio, by Mary Beth Thompson

Professional Development ____________________________________________________________________42 Career Program 18 presents 2011 awards, by Julie Krebs

43 Career development: Breaking your own glass ceiling, by Jim Hearn

From the editorIt was reported in our March-April issue that the wind turbine recently installed at Fort Huachuca,

Ariz., was the Armys irst. In act, the Army has installed wind turbines at several other installations

and sites. Thanks go to Bill Stein o the Engineer Research and Development Centers Construction

Engineering Research Laboratory, or the inormation.

Mary Beth ThompsonManaging editor


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Army operations span a diverse rangeo operating environments andtasks, rom base inrastructure under

little threat to expeditionary operationsand sustained campaigns in hostile zones.

Today, the Army aces signiicant threatsto energy, water and other resourcerequirements both at home and abroad.

In addition to growing operationalchallenges, our military installations at

which Soldiers live and train are almostcompletely dependent on ragile, vulnerablecommercial power grids. Likewise, the

inrastructure o military communitiesand training centers relies upon complex

water and wastewater distribution systems.Price volatility and the risk o compliancepenalties present urther challenges orArmy commanders.

To ensure our Soldiers have the energyand resources they need to train, live in ahealthy environment and accomplish theirmission, the Army is taking signiicantsteps to reinorce sustainable practices andimprove energy security.

The cornerstone o our strategy orsustainability and energy security is theArmys Net-Zero Installation Strategy,designed to ensure the Army o tomorrowhas the same access to energy, water, landand natural resources as the Army o today.Net-zero is a orce multiplier guiding theArmy to appropriately steward availableresources, manage costs and provideSoldiers, Civilians and Families with asustainable uture.

This holistic approach will help us

address issues surrounding energy, waterand waste to preserve choice or the Armyo the uture. Net-zero seeks to bringthe overall consumption o resources oninstallations down to an eective rate ozero. To become eectively sel-suicientand insulate the Army rom potentialdisruptions in energy supply, installationsmust be able to generate, repurpose orrecycle power, water and waste.

The net-zero strategy comprises threemain building blocks:

Net-zero energy Net-zero energyinstallations produce as much energy asthey consume over the course o a year.

The energy is generated rom a varietyo means, such as reduction in total con-sumption, renewable energy projects onposts and the recapture o existing wasteenergy such as boiler stack exhaust.

Net-zero water Net-zero water instal-lations limit the consumption o resh

water resources and return water to the

originating aquier. Conservation andreduction strategies such as harvestingrainwater, recycling gray water, desalina-tion and puriication will reduce thedrawdown o major groundwater sources.

Net-zero waste Net-zero waste instal-lations center on reducing their yearlylandill to zero through a combinationo recycling, repurposing and reducingsolid waste streams. Additionally, lie-cycle waste management strategies aretaking the end state o procurement intoaccount to ensure that new products con-

tribute minimal solid waste throughoutthe lie cycle.

The Army is piloting six net-zero energy,six net-zero water and six net-zero wasteinstallations, along with two installationsthat are working or net-zero in all threeareas by 2020. All other installationscan learn rom the pilots and implementstrategies to chart their own progresstoward this important goal.

Recent policies rom the Army have

highlighted utilizing eicient lighting,incentivizing the installation o energy-eicient designs through the developmento a policy that allows contractors installingsuch measures to take a tax deduction asauthorized in Section 179D o the 2005Energy Policy Act and implementingthe American Society o Heating,Rerigerating, and Air ConditioningEngineers Standard 189.1, Standard for theDesign of High-Performance Green Buildingsas the baseline requirement or all utureArmy construction. This move sets the

Armys building standard as the highest inthe ederal government.

Technologies that support alternativeenergy and clean water generation,energy eiciency and waste reductionboth at the installation and in the theatero operations hold great promise. TheArmy has developed systems that run onalternative energy and employ uel-eicienttechnologies. Todays alternative energygeneration technology is advancing quicklyand is already able to provide reliableand secure power in many applications.Continued investment is needed to ensuregreater utility under a wider array ocircumstances.

We are taking bold steps towardsustainability and energy security. Our goalis clear: to ensure Soldiers have the energyand resources they need to train, live in ahealthy environment and accomplish theirmission today and tomorrow.

To address the challenges osustainability and energy security, theArmy believes that innovative solutionsare not only operationally necessary, theymust also be iscally prudent. To continueto accomplish our mission in service to thenation, the Army o tomorrow must havethe same access to energy, water, land andnatural resources as the Army o today.

Katherine Hammack is the assistant secretary ofthe Army for installations, energy andenvironment.

Katherine Hammack

U.S. Army photo

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Net-zero strategy focuses on end state: Sustainable installationsby Katherine Hammack


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Corps helps installations achieve net-zero goalsby Christine Godfrey

The Army is talking a lot these daysabout the net-zero hierarchy reduction, re-purpose, recycling and

composting, energy recovery and inallydisposal.

As the nations environmental engineer,the U.S. Army Corps o Engineers is parto that conversation. On April 19, theArmy announced the 20 installations thatmake up its pilot net-zero installations,six in each o the energy, water and wastecategories and two integrated installationsstriving toward net zero by 2020. The

Army also identiied the Oregon NationalGuard as a statewide pilot on net-zeroenergy.

The Corps o Engineers standscommitted to helping the Army achieve itsnet-zero goals by providing enhanced valuethrough several initiatives:

ensuring new buildings meet U.S. GreenBuilding Council Leadership in Energyand Environmental Design Silver orhigher standards;

encouraging low impact development;

ensuring a minimum of 50 percent of allMilitary Construction project waste isrecycled;

employing an enterprise approach tomaster planning and energy to cre-ate energy-eective, sustainablecommunities;

developing a climate and site specificnet-zero energy, water and waste areadevelopment plan design guide at FortLeonard Wood, Mo., which is the 2030USACE integration project; and

sharing approaches and technolo-gies developed by the Center or theAdvancement o Sustainability Innova-tions, a part o the U.S. Army EngineerResearch and Development Center.

These are not new initiatives. We havebeen working in these areas or some time.However, the dierence now is the ocus.

We are trying to be more holistic tolook at installations as a whole, not as acluster o independent buildings.

Just as our Strategic SustainabilityPerformancePlan helps us identiyoverarching strategies or achieving ourlong-term sustainability goals, bringing allo our capabilities to bear in a systematic

way is the right way to approach doingbusiness

USACE recently joined other ederalagencies in sharing our 2010 scorecardon sustainability and energy perormance.

While we have made some advances, thescorecard, which serves as a benchmark,shows that the Corps still has signiicantprogress to make in reducing waste andincreasing eiciency in our operations.

The SSPP and the scorecard havehelped us identiy those areas that needimprovement acility energy and wasteintensity, reducing nontactical vehiclepetroleum, ocusing more on sustainableacquisition and increasing our use orenewable energy.

Testing biouel in our motor vessel leet,increasing hybrid vehicles use, installingsolar electricity systems at some o our

recreational acilities and unveiling the irstCorps-owned LEED Gold building at ourERDC campus in Vicksburg, Miss., andconducting energy audits at several Corpsacilities are examples o our progresstoward sustainability.

We know that getting to green across theboard will be a challenge or USACE, andits going to take years. However, Corpsleadership is committed to making ouragency sustainable, and our personnel are

prepared to tackle the challenge.

This requires moving aggressivelyand increasing our ocus on makingmeasureable progress. It is not easy, but

very ew worthwhile things in lie comeeasy.

The same can be said or attaining net-zero capability. It will require commitment,hard work and vision all areas in which

we believe the Corps o Engineers excels.

The Armys eorts to achieve net-zerogoals on military installations will beneitrom several CASI studies and ERDCresearch projects. In 2008, CASI beganstudying long-term water supplies at Armyposts and recently published these studies.

Now, CASI is undertaking an analysis othe challenges and opportunities to achievenet-zero water. That report will be postedon the CASI website, https://casi.erdc.usace.army.mil, in the near uture.

Other CASI projects are looking at thethree essential approaches or technologiesor net-zero energy: energy conservation,renewable energy production andmicrogrids.

In iscal year 2010, ERDC began anet-zero energy research project thatinitially ocused on energy solutions atthe multiple building level. This eortis being expanded to include water and

waste. Although the primary emphasisis a modeling capability to examinenet-zero options at an installation, thisinitiative is also designed to examineregional issues that impact an installationsability to become net-zero capable. Theseissues include the type o uel providingelectricity, optimal locations or renewablesavailability o water in a watershed,

Christine GodfreyPhoto by John Hoffman

Acronyms and AbbreviationsCASI Center for the Application of Sustainable

Innovations

ERDC Engineer Research and Development Center

LEED Leadership in Energy and EnvironmentalDesign

SSPP Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan

USACE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers


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The Armys net-zero installationinitiative achieved a major milestonein April with the identiication opilot installations that each will strivetoward net-zero capability by 2020. Sixinstallations were identiied in each o threecategories: energy, water and waste; andtwo installations that will integrate all threeareas were also identiied.

The chart lists the net-zero pilotinstallations.

The identiication o the pilot

installations initiates the programmaticenvironmental analysis and planningprocess or the ArmysNet-Zero InstallationStrategy. Speciics or projects andinitiatives will be determined througha programmatic environmental analysisthat will include public engagement andstakeholder outreach.

Review panels identiied the participantsrom among the 100 sel-nominationsreceived rom 60 highly motivatedinstallations. These installations representedInstallation Management Command,

Army Materiel Command, NationalGuard, the Reserves, U.S. Army MedicalCommand and Space and Missile DeenseCommand acilities.

Striving toward net-zero

The ArmysNet-Zero Installation Strategyocuses on the end state sustainable

Army installations through establishinga ramework o reduction, repurposing,recycling, composting, energy recoveryand disposal to guide installations towardachieving net-zero capability. AssistantSecretary o the Army or Installations,Energy and Environment KatherineHammack announced the strategy lastOctober.

Pursuit o the net-zero end state guidesthe Army to improve energy security, iscalresponsibility and mission eectiveness.

A net-zero installation comprises threeinterrelated components: energy, waterand waste. A net-zero energy installationproduces as much energy on site as it uses

over the course o a year. A net-zero waterinstallation limits the consumption o resh

water resources and returns water to thesame watershed so as not to deplete thegroundwater and surace water resourceso that region in quantity and quality overthe course o a year. A net-zero wasteinstallation reduces, reuses and recovers

waste streams, converting them to resourcevalues with zero landill over the course o

a year.

Nomination process

The nomination process or the pilotprogram commenced in January bydeining the end state or energy, waterand waste. Next, nomination criteria weredeveloped, and installations were asked tosel-nominate.

The nomination criteria addressed: command support;

constraints or vulnerability of current

natural resources; impact on mission critical objectives;

energy security needs;

installation expertise;

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Acronyms and AbbreviationsASA-IE&E assistant secretary of the Army for

installations, energy and environment

regional constraints on water reuse,local markets or waste products and

potentials to combine with partners in waste-to-energy projects.

Research projects such as thesecoupled with our other ongoinginitiatives demonstrate that USACEis working hard to keep installationssustainable and ocused on attaining net-zero goals.

Christine Godfrey is acting chief, EnvironmentalCommunity of Practice, U.S. Army Corps ofEngineers.

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Army identifies net-zero pilot installationsby Kristine Kingery

Kristine KingeryPhoto by Lt. Col. William R.Martin

Aberdeen Proving Ground MD IMCOM X

Camp Rilea OR ARNG X

Fort Bliss TX IMCOM X X XFort Buchanan PR IMCOM X

Fort Carson CO IMCOM X X XFort Detrick MD MEDCOM X X

Fort Hood TX IMCOM X

Fort Hunter Liggett CA USARC X XFort Polk LA IMCOM X

Fort Riley KS IMCOM X

JB Lewis-McChord WA IMCOM X X

Kwajalein Atoll RMI SMDC XOR ARNG (statewide) OR ARNG O

Parks Reserve Forces TA CA USARC XSierra Army Depot CA AMC X

Tobyhanna Army Depot PA AMC XUSAG Grafenwoehr Germany IMCOM X

West Point NY IMCOM X

O = Separate Guard Initiative

WaterInstallation State Command Energy Waste

These installations were identified in April for the Armys Net-Zero Installation Initiative.Graphic by Kristine Kingery



installation cost-sharing capability;

resource costs;

project development capabilities acquiredrom past, current or programmed con-servation, eiciency, recycling, recoveryor generation projects; and

local regulatory climate.

The bottom-up approach o installationsel-nomination proved to be an essentialingredient to identiy potential pilotlocations and allowed installations toshowcase their past, present and uturestrategies or success.

A two-part review process o thenomination packages leveraged thetechnical expertise o the Departmento Energy, National Renewable EnergyLaboratory, Paciic Northwest NationalLaboratory and senior personnel romArmy commands, the U.S. Army Corps oEngineers and the Army sta to develop aslate o installations or consideration.

Ater the laboratory evaluation,the senior Army panel evaluated thenominations using these guidingprinciples: viable strategy that addressed net-zero

hierarchy;

net-zero definitions compliance;

demonstrated success;

multi-faceted approach to funding; and

diversity in size, mission and geographiclocation

The ASA-IE&E and the Senior

Working Group made the inalrecommendations in mid-April andannounced them April 19 at theInstallations Symposium in San Antonio.

Next steps

While the past seven months set thestage or the net zero installation initiative,the hard work is just beginning. Thepilot installations will become centers oenvironmental and energy excellence byshowcasing best management practices

and demonstrating eective resourcemanagement.

They will participate in a kickomeeting in June to receive training and toshowcase their net-zero strategies. Eachinstallation will participate in monthlyconerence calls, provide quarterly statusupdates, and share experiences and lessonslearned in newsletters and at military andindustry conerences.

All installations are encouraged tocontinue to strive toward the net-zero endstate, learning rom the pilot installations

journeys. In iscal 2014, another 25installations in each category will be askedto sel-nominate and commit to becomingnet-zero installations.

POC is Kristine Kingery, 703-614-5883, [email protected].

Kristine Kingery is the Net-Zero InstallationPortfolio manager, Office of the Deputy AssistantSecretary of the Army for Energy andSustainability.


Calculating sustainabilityby Maj. John M. Evans and Lidia Berger

The Sustainable Return onInvestment methodology allowsinstallations to be good stewards

o government resources by combining arigorous process and analytical review toidentiy, quantiy and evaluate a projectseconomic, environmental and social

variables.

In todays economic climate, anoverarching goal is to leverage availablebut limited resources to maximize returnsand sustainability. A number o ederalmandates challenge government agencies

to step up and lead by example. ExecutiveOrder 13514, or instance, sets high-levelperormance goals; it tasks agencies todevelop strategic sustainability plans, reportprogress transparently and ensure ullaccountability or reaching goals.

As a result, installations seeking undingare now required to articulate their casesusing metrics that provide ull accountingo all the relevant social, economic andenvironmental impacts o their projects.

This task is challenging because traditionallie-cycle cost tools look only at direct cashbeneits, ignoring social and environmentalbeneits.

The SROI process, however, monetizessocial and environmental impacts relatedto projects. It also provides the equivalento traditional lie-cycle cost metrics,called Financial Return on Investment, inits analysis. FROI accounts or internalcash costs and beneits only, while SROIaccounts or all internal and external costsand beneits o the triple bottom line in

dollar terms. For example, greenhouse gasemission impacts or the social cost o watersaved are measured.

Other relevant incremental social andenvironmental impacts include air quality,

water quality, waste reduction, humanhealth and labor or productivity costs.

The SROI process documentscompliance with ederal sustainabilitymandates. The process ollows atransparent methodology that obtains

data, validates alternatives, assigns risk andprobability, and communicates decisionrationale. The modeling rameworkcompares the social and inancial beneitso the alternatives in relation to their

costs or design, capital, replacement, andoperating and maintenance.

As an example, the SROI analysis orthe 1.1 million-square-oot, Leadershipin Energy and Environmental Design-registered Fort Bliss, Texas, replacementhospital created a decision-making toolthat evaluated and assessed sustainabledesign and evidence-based designalternatives during each design phase sothat only the most eicient, synergisticcombination o initiatives would be

Acronyms and AbbreviationsFROI financial return on investment


MEDCOM Medical Command

SROI Sustainable Return on Investment



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TheArmy Sustainability CampaignPlan was signed by Under Secretaryo the Army Joseph Westphal and

Vice Chie o Sta o the Army Gen. PeterChiarelli one year ago, and organizationsacross the Army have made signiicantprogress in implementing the plan.

Westphal and Chiarelli co-chair theSenior Energy and Sustainability Counciland monitor the Armys progress. Theprevious senior energy council wasrechartered as the SESC in February tobring senior leader ocus to meeting ederal

and Department o Deense sustainabilitygoals.

Strategic tasks

The strategic tasks in the ASCPssynchronization matrix are designed tointegrate sustainability into the Armysplans, policies and programs and acrossthe Armys core enterprises o humancapital, training and readiness, materiel,

and services and inrastructure. Those tasksinclude:

incorporating sustainability language intoappropriate Army regulations and ieldmanuals, and appropriate proessionalmilitary and civilian training;

revising acquisition policy to make sus-tainability and energy key perormanceparameters in acquisition decisions;

updating and fully implementing greenprocurement policies that enable thepurchase o sustainable products and ser-

vices; and incorporating sustainability into installa-tion plan updates.

Other ASCP strategic tasks ocus onreducing the Armys energy use, improving

water conservation and reducing toxic andhazardous chemicals use.

Direction

The ASCP was signed in May 2010,beore DoDs Strategic SustainabilityPerformance Plan was issued in June. TheSSPP is the DoDs plan or implementing

Executive Order 13514, Federal Leadershipin Environmental, Energy, and EconomicPerformance, which established new goalsor reducing greenhouse gases, increasinguse o renewable energy sources andincluding transportation and sustainabilityin uture acility planning.

To ensure the ASCP incorporates anynew ederal or DoD sustainability goals,

Westphal and Chiarelli issued an ASCPimplementation memo in March directing

annual updates o the strategic tasks inits synchronization matrix. Strategic tasktracking and reporting requirements wereincluded in the memo. The oice oprimary responsibility or each strategictask must develop an action plan with

associated goals, objectives and metrics orits tasks. Those action plans are enteredinto the Armys strategic managementsystem to enable the oice o primaryresponsibility to measure perormance. Thisystem also enables the SESC and coreenterprise boards to measure Armywideperormance.

Progress

One o the most visible achievements todate is the integration o sustainability andenergy security into the 2011 Army Posture

Statementand theArmy Campaign Planupdates. Now, the Armys core enterpriseleads are quantiying sustainability andenergy security resourcing requirementsor the iscal years 2013 to 2017 ProgramObjective Memorandum.

Within the materiel enterprise, theassistant secretary o the Army oracquisition, logistics and technology issuedupdated green procurement guidance,and the Army Materiel Command is

Implementing the Army Sustainability Campaign Planby Wanda Johnsen

Acronyms and AbbreviationsAMC Army Materiel Command

ASCP Army Sustainability Campaign Plan

DoD Department of Defense

SESC Senior Energy and Sustainability Council

SSPP Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan

Katherine Hammack, assistant secretary of the Armyfor installations, energy and environment, speaks atthe Installations Symposium in San Antonio, whereshe spent the week talking about Army sustainabilityefforts. Photo by Luke Elliott, Headquarters, Installation Management Command

level o thought that goes into the SROImodel. The model inputs require athorough level o thought that can exposethe ripple eects o decisions, positiveand negative. For example, SROI couldidentiy the social beneits o decreasedcarbon emissions or a solar array. Or, asin the case at Fort Bliss, it could identiythe beneits as well as the potential risksrelated to a deep geothermal initiative.

As a steward o government resources,the Army has a responsibility to makedecisions in a deliberate and thoughtulmanner. All project elements sustainable design eatures and capabilities should be subjected to the same level oattention.

The SROI process monetizes cashand noncash beneits alike, allowing ora more holistic view o the sustainableelements being considered and replacing

emotional discussions with an objectiveand structured process that is quantifiableand transparent.

POC is Maj. John M. Evans, 915-569-8206,[email protected].

Maj. John M. Evans is a program manager,Southwest Region, U.S. Army Health FacilitiesPlanning Agency; and Lidia Berger is nationalsustainable director, Federal Program, HDR Inc.




Army issues tax deduction policy for energy-efficient building designby John W. Wehmanen

Since the inception o the EnergyEicient Commercial BuildingsDeduction, 26 U.S. Code Section

179D, persons who own or lease acommercial building in the United Stateshave been able to claim a tax deductionor part or all o the cost o energy-eicient commercial building property.

The property must be placed in serviceater Dec. 31, 2005, and beore Jan. 1,2014, and it must meet the energy savingsrequirements under Section 179D.

The tax deduction has proven to be a

valuable business incentive. However, itis not well known that or government,buildings, the government may allocate thetax deduction to the designers o qualiyingprojects, providing incentive to include thelatest techniques in the designs.

The Army became the irst in theDepartment o Deense to have oiciallyencouraged energy savings and have aprocess or getting allowable deductionsallocated to designers who qualiy.

(The General Services Administration

had earlier published guidance, settingprecedence or public-private sectorrelationships or the tax deduction.)

The Assistant Secretary o the Armyor Installations, Energy and EnvironmentKatherine Hammack took the irststep and published her policy Dec. 17.Following a short trial period, the AssistantChie o Sta or Installation ManagementLt. Gen. Rick Lynch issued detailedimplementing instructions in his letter

dated April 5. Distribution o the policyand the letter is under way, and training isbeing developed by the U.S. Army Corpso Engineers in conjunction with theInstallation Management Command.

The Policy for Allocation of Tax Deductionsfor Design of Energy Efficient Buildingsand the letter give responsibilities topersons named as authorized governmentrepresentatives and project managers.It is expected that there soon will be anincrease in the number o applications orallotment o this tax deduction. Oicials

who have been or are currently working onprojects in the United States with energy-eicient designs are encouraged to reviewthe inormation on the web site, http://army-energy.hqda.pentagon.mil/.

POC is John W. Wehmanen, 571-256-9773,[email protected].

John W. Wehmanen, PMP, is a program analyst,Facilities Policy Division, Office of the AssistantChief of Staff for Installation Management.

John W. WehmanenPhoto by Philip Columbus

reducing trichloroethylene and methylenechloride use. AMC and the ArmyNational Guard are on track to meet thetarget reduction or hexavalent chromium-containing epoxy primers.

The human capital enterprise isincorporating sustainability into Army

War College curricula. In addition, theInstallation Management Commandintegrated sustainability into its springInstallation Management Symposium,

and the Army National Guard includedsustainability in its chie acilitiesmanagement oicer training and nationalenvironmental symposium.

The Services and Inrastructure CoreEnterprise is incorporating sustainabilityinto its policies and operations as well asits monthly board meetings. In October,an updated sustainable design anddevelopment policy was issued that set thehighest energy-eiciency standard or new

construction in DoD. An energy-eicientlighting policy was also issued in October.

More visible to Army installations isthe inclusion o sustainability throughouttheInstallation Management CampaignPlan. Most installations are incorporatingsustainability into their installationstrategic plans. Many installations are alsoupdating their master plans to includesustainability considerations per ArmyRegulation 210-20, Real Property MasterPlanning for Army Installations.

In the training and readinessenterprise, the Tactical Fuel and Energy

Implementation Plan was issued, anda sustainable base camps policy isin development. Energy-eicientcontingency operations use less uel, whichreduces the Armys logistics tail. Thebase camp policy will also ocus on solidand hazardous waste minimization andmanagement to prevent adverse healtheects on Soldiers or long-term liabilities

as base camps are closed.

Next steps

The Army is developing an ASCPstrategic communications plan, which willinclude Armywide and enterprise-speciicmessages and identiy key events at whichsustainability and energy security shouldbe highlighted. The irst update o theASCP synchronization matrix is also inprogress. The update will incorporate theSSPPs goals or greenhouse gas reductions

and Council on Environmental Qualityguidance or climate change adaptationand mitigation planning. Future ASCPupdates will ollow the annual updates othe SSPP.

POC is Wanda Johnsen, 703-697-5433, [email protected].

Wanda Johnsen is a Sustainability Programmanager, Office of the Deputy AssistantSecretary of the Army for Energy andSustainability.




On Dec. 17, the Army issuedthe BuildingEnergy EfficiencyTax Deduction Policy, which

assists Army contractors in obtainingtax deductions or the costs o installingcertain energy-eicient systems in Armybuildings. This policy extends the tax creditto the contracting community, encouraginginstallations and industry partners toimplement cutting-edge technologies andnovel approaches to save energy.

The tax deductions were authorized inthe 2005 Energy Policy Act and enacted

as Internal Revenue Code Section 179Dor qualiied energy-eicient buildinginvestments made by a building owner. Thededuction may be taken in the year thatqualiied energy-eicient improvements areplaced in service.

Policy

For government-owned buildings ederal, state or local the governmentmay allocate the tax deduction to theperson or persons responsible or creatingthe technical speciications o the qualiied

improvements, i.e., the designer, who mayinclude architects, engineers, contractors,environmental consultants or energy serviceproviders. The Army does not consider aperson who installs, repairs or maintainsthe property to be a designer.

Army policy states that only the primecontractor may request tax deductionallocation, on behal o one or moredesigners, rom the authorized governmentrepresentative. The maximum deductionor the cost o energy-eicient commercial

building property installed on or in abuilding cannot exceed $1.80 per squareoot.

Three categories o improvements mayeach qualiy or one-third o the deductionor 60 cents per square oot:

building envelope;

heating, ventilation, air conditioning andhot water systems; and

lighting.

I two or more building contractors

install energy-eicient commercial buildingproperty on or in the same building, thetotal amount o the deductions allowed toall shall not exceed $1.80 per square oot.

Implementation

The Army needs energy savingopportunities or existing buildings. Withthe average age o Army acilities at 42

years, the current inventory necessitatesenergy improvements ocused onrestoration and modernization projects.

The tax deduction applies to propertyplaced in service between Jan. 1, 2006,and Dec. 31, 2013. The Army is alsoencouraging the contracting community tolook or energy enhancement opportunitiesin existing projects, even those currentlyunder construction. Enhancementsthat save energy and money are easilyimplemented. The U.S. Army Corps oEngineers has processes to review energyenhancements that may require additionalunding. In advance o iscal 2012 budgetdevelopment, USACE is examining the

Armys standard design speciications toexpand square ootage to allow space orenergy enhancements. In FY 2013 andbeyond, the Army is evaluating design andconstruction options and is committed toincreasing Military Construction projectsenergy eiciency.

The Army will provide veriication o thedesigners activity on the project and thatthe project was completed. Certiicationrequired by the IRS, including that the

improvements were successul in achievingthe required energy and power savings,must be completed by the designer anddoes not require Army approval.

Verification

The Army is developing an eicientprocess in which the contractor is

responsible or preparing the certiicationpackage to claim the deduction. The Armyproject manager certiies the package andorwards it to the Installation ManagementCommand or approval.

The veriication process ollows severalmain steps.

Step 1 The contractor lets the Armyproject manager know it is interested inobtaining the deduction or a buildingand provides a certiication rom anindependent third party, which states that

the project qualiies or the deduction. Thiscertiication must contain:

A statement that a site inspection, by aqualiied individual, was made conirm-ing that the energy-eicient propertyhas been installed. The statement mustinclude the inspectors qualiying cre-dentials, including appropriate licensingin the jurisdiction in which the prop-erty is located and that the inspectoris not related to the taxpayer claimingthe deduction. The statement must be

accompanied by a certiicate o compli-ance using the standard ormat developedby the National Electrical ManuacturersAssociation; it can be ound at http://www.lightingtaxdeduction.org/certification-letters.html.

A statement describing the methodol-ogy used in determining the deduction,i.e., whole building or space-by-space.Section 179D requires that when thededuction is being claimed or HVAC orbuilding envelope property placed in

Army energy-efficiency tax deduction policyby Alan D. King

Acronyms and AbbreviationsFY fiscal year

HVAC heating, ventilation and air conditioning

IMCOM Installation Management Command


Alan D. KingU.S. Army photo



service or in conjunction with more thanone system, certain sotware programsmust be used to identiy energy savingsor the purposes o the deduction. TheDepartment o Energy published a list othe sotware at http://www1.eere.energy.

gov/buildings/qualified_software.html.When the deduction is being claimedsolely or interior lighting systems, ei-ciency savings can be demonstrated via aspreadsheet.

A statement and description of eligibleenergy-eicient property systemcounts, descriptions, energy use orinterior lighting systems, HVAC and hot

water systems, or building envelope.

A statement of whom the contractor isdesignating as the designer and why.

A statement of the system cost. Thisstatement must prove that the deductiondoes not exceed the cost o the prop-erty placed in service. Cost can includelabor, demolition o the previous systemand project management in addition to

materials.

A statement of applicable square footage

accompanied by drawings showing thebuilding and square ootage.

A statement and calculation of projectedannual energy costs or the energy-ei-cient property placed in service.

A statement and calculation of theamount o deduction requested and theentity or entities to which the assignmentis to be made and the distribution amongentities.

A draft assignment letter in the form andormat provided in the policy template.

Step 2 The Armys project managerreviews the certiication and validates thedata. The garrison commander reviews thecertiication and concurs.

Step 3 The IMCOM region designeesigns o on the tax deduction and notiiesthe Army contract oicer representative.

Step 4 A certiication letter andassignment letter are provided to thesubmitter, and copies are kept at thegarrison.

Assistance

USACE is developing guidance andtraining to support the tax deduction

initiative.Contractors may be able to earn

deductions, but the Army is notanticipating lower bid prices due tothis policy. More complicated energyenhancements, like updates to HVACsystems and the building envelope, mayrequire increased cost. The Army plans tocontract or the best value, not necessarilythe least cost, to improve the energyeiciency o its acility inventory.

The Army does intend to pursue energyimprovements to existing contracts througha collaborative process that negotiateschanges with the contractor. Generally,the contracts that can provide the mostsigniicant energy savings to the Armyare design-build, rather than design-bid-build, and provide the contractor theopportunity to negotiate any signiicantnew energy-saving requirements.

While retroactive tax deductions maybe diicult or the contractor or Army tocertiy, the IRS does allow a three-year

window to apply or the deduction.

Creating energy security,sustainability culture

The Army seeks to derive greatest valuerom energy-eicient systems developedand implemented by its contractors. Armyconstruction programs are committedto assigning the deduction to qualiiedcontractors who are supporting the Armysenergy-eiciency goals. Army contractorsare encouraged to pursue the tax deductionand work with their respective contractoicer representatives.

POCs are Harold Sanborn, energy programmanager, Construction Engineering ResearchLaboratory, USACE, 217-373-7288, [email protected]; and Gregg Chislett,chief, Public Works Division, Headquarters,IMCOM, 210-424-8626, [email protected].

Alan D. King is the director, Energy Partnerships,Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of theArmy for Energy and Sustainability.


Graphic by Ned Shepherd, USACE, and Cari Weakland, Concurrent Technologies Corp.



Geothermal heat pump and Pathfinder well protocol advantagesby Donald P. Brown Sr., Vincent A. Ravgiala, Gregory T. Buteau and Tracy H. Dorgan

The 99th U.S. Army ReserveCommand has embarked on anaggressive implementation o

alternative renewable energy projects thatincludes geothermal heat pump heatingand cooling systems.

Why use ground-source heatpumps?

Geothermal energy rom low-temperature ground-source heat pumps isnatures most renewable and reliable energysource or several reasons.

It is the most flexible. Unlike solar,wind or biomass, geothermal energy is notrestricted to ideal locations; it is oundeverywhere in the world.

It is the most reliable. Ground-sourceheating and cooling does not vary withtime, day, season or changes in nature.

It is the ultimate renewable fuel.Underground cooling and heat rom theEarths core will last as long as the Earthlasts.

It is the most secure. Geothermal

power can be emplaced on any militaryinstallation, no matter how large or small,and situated entirely below ground withlittle or no equipment exposed to naturalor manmade hazards a truly securealternative to easy-to-target inrastructuresuch as gas pipelines, wind turbines,solar panels, transormers and powertransmission lines.

It is a proven technology. Commerciallyavailable ground-source heat pumps are inan advanced and mature design evolution.

Advances in design capitalize on more than30 years o development and improvement.

It is a scalable technology. Geothermalplants can be built to support singlebuildings or large installations.

It produces multiple energy types. Theprocess produces cooling, heating and hot

water. Thermal energy applications such aselectrical production can now be producedrom 175 degrees Fahrenheit energy wells.

It is available today. Older, less-eicient

ground-source heat pump systems are inoperation today on several installations;new systems can be sited, permitted,designed, built and operating in 12 months.

It has the longest life span. Geothermalwell ields have useul lives in excess o50 years, compared to eight to12 years ortypical conventional heating, ventilationand air conditioning outside equipment.

It produces no carbon emissions.Geothermal energy requires no ossil uel.Using heating and cooling rom the Earths

interior instead o burning ossil uelssigniicantly reduces the release o carboninto the atmosphere.

It involves no noise pollution ordisruptive visuals. Below-ground wellseliminate power plant equipment noisinessand unsightly boiler plants, enclosures and

vulnerable uel storage tanks.

It reduces costs. Replacing conventionalHVAC equipment eliminates the need orcostly chillers, boilers, cooling towers andtheir emissions, and signiicantly reducesoperations, maintenance and lie-cycle costissues. It also reduces electricity costs byeliminating the need or power or heatingand cooling. The only electricity requiredoperates the well pump and heat pumpsystem, reducing the load on the boiler andchiller systems about 40 percent.

What is Pathfinder?

Considering the paucity o guidance,the 99th USARC, in collaboration

with the New England District othe Corps o Engineers, established ageothermal well-testing protocol calledPathinder. The protocol provides site-speciic hydrogeologic, regulatory andgeothermal data at speciic sites that resultin a preliminary concept plan or uturegeothermal conversion or use at that site.

Prior to drilling a test well, a preliminaryassessment report is prepared using existingdata and preliminary heating and coolingrequirements to recommend whether thePathinder test well should be an open wellsystem based on a standing column well

design or a closed loop geothermal welldesign. Standing column well systems areused in geographic areas where shallowbedrock has negated the use o closed-loopgeothermal heat pump systems, such asin the Northeastern United States. Theseopen geothermal heat pump systems usegroundwater as the heat transer media.

They are also typically more eicient thanclosed-loop systems and may be used atsites with limited available property. Theusual purpose o the standing columngeothermal test well is to provide site-speciic data on the depth and compositiono overburden soils, the depth tobedrock and bedrock characteristics, andhydrogeologic conditions that aect criticalgeothermal heat pump design criteria.

The major tasks or the test well are: drill and log geologic conditions at a

1,500 oot deep standing column well;

conduct drawdown and discharge teststo evaluate hydraulic perormance o the

well;

collect and chemically test groundwatersamples to establish the groundwaterquality;

conduct a thermal evaluation of the testwell to determine the thermal conductiv-ity and diusivity o the geologic orma-tions present;

perform a geophysical assessment of thewell to provide data on bedrock racture

spacing, orientation and transmissivity,groundwater low, groundwater chemis-try including temperature and physicalproperties that aect long-term scalingand ouling potential, borehole deviationand bedrock physical properties aectingborehole stability as well as thermal prop-erties; and

prepare a final report.

The inal report analyzes, evaluates andintegrates all the data obtained rom the

Acronyms and AbbreviationsHVAC heating, ventilation and air conditioning


USARC U.S. Army Reserve Command



Pathinder well and presents a preliminarydesign recommendation or geothermalconversion or the speciic site.

Why use Pathfinder?

The Pathinder protocol is critical toadequately evaluate the technical easibilityo geothermal heat pump conversion oruse at a site. The geology speciic to thesite becomes the substitute oil tank or gasline or the heating and cooling needs.

Without characterization o the geology

rom the Pathinder protocol, the site maynot be technically appropriate or opentype geothermal heat pump systems, whichare dependent on local groundwater as theheat transer luid, due to:

poor or unstable rock quality leading towell integrity problems,

highly aggressive water quality thatrequires special operational needs thatimpact initial and long-term operationsand maintenance costs,

contaminated groundwater, and

insufficient energy budget obtained fromthe thermal value o the rock and the

water yield.

This geothermal predesign datacollection protocol is the irst o threephases or successul geothermal conversionat these sites. The other two phases are thepreparation o plans and speciications, andthe request or proposals rom qualiiedcontractors based on the completed

plans and speciications. The request orproposals, versus unrestricted bidding, ispreerred to ensure qualiied geothermalcontractors submit cost proposals.

USARC example

A current project at the 99th RegionalSupport Commands Area MaintenanceSupport Activity in Londonderry, N.H.,provides an example o the beneitso ground-source heat pumps and thePathinder protocol. The project, supportedby USACEs New England District, was

permitted in about two weeks.Unlike other geothermal project

protocols, one Pathinder test well wasdrilled, rigged and tested to garner allnecessary engineering data. The same borebecame one o the wells supplying theselected ground-source heat pump design.

At Londonderry, one ground-sourceheat pump system will replace our heating,cooling or hot water systems. When ullyimplemented, the new low temperaturesystem will eliminate more than 1 millionpounds o carbon dioxide emissions romossil uel combustion.

What are the costs?

The setup costs or ground-sourceheat pumps are slightly higher than orconventional systems, but the dierence isusually returned in energy savings in threeto 10 years. System lie is estimated at 25

years or inside components and 50-plusyears or the ground loop. As o 2004, there

are over a million units installed worldwideproviding 12 gigawatts o thermal capacity.

Ground-source heat pumps arecharacterized by marginally higher capitalcosts and lower operational costs comparedto other HVAC systems based on recentprices. Their overall economic beneitdepends primarily on the relative costs oelectricity and uels, which are variable overtime and across the world.

Capital costs are known to beneit romeconomies o scale; they are more cost-eective or larger commercial buildingsand harsher climates.

Forty-six case studies o commercialground-source heat pump systems variedin capacity rom 30 to 4,700 tons. Theaverage annual energy savings rangedrom 40 to 72 percent, and savingsranged rom 31to 56 percent. Drilling isabout 50 to 60 percent o the cost, so theoverall installation expense and return oninvestment are very sensitive to site drillingexpenses.

The use o rules o thumb or design

length, a common practice, oten leads tooversized, expensive systems or undersizedailures. In reality, there are no generallyapplicable rules o thumb that cover thediverse range o buildings and ground-heatexchanger scenarios.

Procedures based on building andground heat exchanger simulation,accompanied by measurement o groundthermal properties, will lead to successuldesigns. Though these procedures are moretime-consuming in the design phase, they

are a necessary prerequisite to successul,eicient systems.

POC is Donald P. Brown Sr., 978-796-2086,[email protected].

Donald P. Brown Sr. and Vincent A. Ravgiala arewith the Directorate of Public Works, 99thUSARC; Gregory T. Buteau and Tracy H. Dorganare with the New England District, USACE.


Through the geothermal well test program, the 99th USARC expects to show that boilers, chillers andsmokestacks are no longer cost-effective or desirable methods of energy production and no longer provide anassured energy posture for the Army Reserve. Graphic courtesy of Donald P. Brown Sr.


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Fort Bliss preserves culture so Soldiers can train as they fightby Jean Skillman

Selless service, a qualiied, passionateteam and committed partnershipsacross state borders was the winning

combination that landed the Fort BlissCultural Resources Management Team the2010 Secretary of the Army Environmental

Awardin the Installation category.

This means a lot to us. But it alsomeans that we are doing our job right,said Brian Knight, acting ConservationBranch chie, Fort Bliss. Our leaders puta great deal o aith in us. They gave usthe tools and reedom that we needed in

order to come up with unique solutions toprotect our cultural sites while working tomaximize the land available or training.

Knight led a team o seven archeologistsand one historical architect to inalize thesurvey and inventory o about 85 percento the installations 1.2 million acres tomeet ederal and state standards. Thededicated team manages more than 19,000archeological sites with more than 550historic buildings, structures and landscapesranging rom Paleo-Indian campsites

dating back to about 10,000 B.C.E. tomodern day consultations with ive NativeAmerican tribes.

Fort Bliss has the challenge oconducting an intense training missionin an area rich in historic properties,particularly prehistoric archeology, saidKatharine Kerr, program analyst, AdvisoryCouncil on Historic Preservation.

When training requirements areidentiied, trainers and environmentalmanagers must work together to identiynew training ground. CR managers areexperts in the historical nature o FortBliss lands, an area long identiied byregional experts as having huge cultural andhistorical potential.

Environmental managers and trainerscan sometimes be seen as having opposingmissions, but Knight explained that histeam ocuses on enabling the Army tocomplete its mission while preserving the

installations unique and rich heritage. TheCR team accomplishes this by thinkingoutside the box and developing meaningulrelationships based on trust.

We owe much o our success to thecooperative nature o our ederal and stateregulators, said Knight. We consult withthe Texas and New Mexico state historicpreservation oicers on many signiicantprojects. Its important or state agenciesand military installations to understandeach other and partner together.

One example is the Red Zone concepto mitigation. Negotiations with staterepresentatives led to the identiicationo potentially signiicant areas that havebeen set aside or uture research. Thesesites serve as mitigation areas that are olimits to military training. They make upless than 1 percent o the available trainingland and serve as examples o the types o

sites ound on Fort Bliss. Inexchange, units are allowedree maneuver in the areasoutside o the Red Zoneseven though they may holdsome cultural signiicance.

The installation annuallytrains thousands o active andreserve military personnelrom all the armed services.

One o the mostimportant things we cando at Fort Bliss is to allowour Soldiers to train as theyight, said Command Sgt.

Maj. William A. Green IV, Fort Blissgarrison command sergeant major. Thisallows Soldiers real boots on the groundcapabilities and realistic training. We alsohave the capability to ire any weaponssystem in the military arsenal, which makesFort Bliss unlike any other post in the

world.

Fort Bliss also has one o the largest andmost extensive CR programs in the Army,

reaching across Texas and New Mexicoborders. The restricted nature o themilitary installation helps ensure historicalproperty is protected and preservedor uture generations and researchopportunities.

With these capabilities also comesthe responsibility or our environment,explained Green. Fort Bliss is at theleading edge o taking care o our land,

water and air. Our environmental teamswork continuously with leaders not only

on post but with city, state and ederalleaders. This ensures that we not only trainour Soldiers to guard our nations reedombut that we preserve our environment oruture generations.

The installation opens its doors to thepublic and to local schools when possibleto tour excavation projects. Soldiers andFamily members have hands-on learningopportunities, and oicers go throughspecialized CR awareness training.

This approach has been known tohave real-lie meaning when Soldiers aredeployed overseas, because they have beentaught to respect other cultures and protecthistorically signiicant properties andstructures.

POC is Brian Knight, 915-568-6746,[email protected].

Jean Skillman is an environmental public affairsspecialist, U.S. Army Installation ManagementCommand Headquarters.Archeological workers excavate at the Madera Quemada prehistoric

pueblo site on Fort Bliss. Photo courtesy of Fort Bliss

Acronyms and AbbreviationsCR cultural resources



Cleanup of remote Alaska site recognized for efficienciesby Kristina Curley

They planned or polar bears, butbears turned out to be a nonissue.Finding more than three times

the number o old uel and oil drumsthan were expected proved to be the realchallenge aced by the U.S. Army Corpso Engineers as it cleaned up the ManningPoint Formerly Used Deense Site in theremote Alaskan tundra.

Despite the surprise, the CorpsAlaska District FUDS Team successullycompleted the removal action during a28-day window, battling oggy conditions

and some daunting logistics a eatrecognized with the iscal year 2010Secretary of the Army Environmental

Awardin the Environmental Restoration,Installation category.

The Manning Point distant earlywarning line radar station, located innorthern Alaska on the Jago River deltanear the native village o Kaktovik, wasoperational during the Cold War. Thedrums, which once contained petroleum,oil and lubricant products, were scattered

across the river delta during storms overthe past 50 years. The cleanup, whicheliminated potential uture releases opetroleum product into the Arctic Ocean,included removing 1,400 drums, collectingsoil samples and, i necessary, excavatingand disposing o contaminated soil.

The project aced many challenges, RonPlum, Manning Point cleanup projectmanager, said. The site is located in theArctic National Wildlie Reuge, so apermit rom the U.S. Fish and WildlieService was needed to access the site, andthe permit required the Corps to develop aPolar Bear Awareness and Interaction Plan.

In addition, the area is reachable onlyby helicopter or barge. Equipment wastransported more than 800 miles anddelivered in large steel storage containersby barge. Workers were lown to androm the site daily. Slings containing eightto 10 recovered drums were removedusing helicopters. The additional drumsdiscovered meant planning at least 100

more helicopter trips.The contractor and crews really stepped

up, said Ron Broyles, Alaska Districtenvironmental engineer. As soonas the three-old increase in drumquantity was realized, the contractormobilized a second helicopter. For asolid week, two helicopters were usedto sling loads o drums retrieved romthe sand bars.

The crews, mostly hired locally,worked 12-hour days, oten startingater 10 a.m. due to persistent ogpreventing earlier lights or mosto the month. The helicopter pilotsalso helped mitigate several days ostandby time by making runs in theevening when there were breaks in theog.

The weather was a huge actorbecause o the schedule. The project

was started Aug. 3, 2010, and had to becompleted prior to the start o whalingseason Sept. 1.

Although only 15 to 20 percent o thedrums were buried in the river delta silt,the buried drums presented another hurdle,according to Aaron Shewman, FUDSproject engineer. Because use o heavyequipment was restricted on the reuge,each buried drum had to be dug out byhand. The drums also had to be removedrom their locations and staged or thehelicopter transport by hand.

As the drums were removed, the soilbeneath was visually evaluated and ieldscreened with a photoionization detector.

I readings were detected, an analyticalsample was collected or screening at ano-site laboratory.

None o the soil samples showedcontaminant levels above regulatory levels,so no soil removal was necessary, Shewmansaid.

Ater removal, the drums were opened,cleaned, crushed and placed in containersor transport to Fairbanks. Any POLsdiscovered in the drums were transerred

into new drums or transportation to aPOL recycling acility in Palmer, Alaska.

The project removed both aneyesore and an exposure concern or thesubsistence hunters and ishers in the Jago

River area, Shewman said. The residentso Kaktovik have been concerned about oilproducts getting into the water and intothe ish they eat, so that will no longer bea concern.

Another beneit o the project was asavings o nearly $500,000 or the FUDSprogram, Plum said. The ManningPoint removal action, originally scheduledor 2011, was conducted concurrently

with another nearby FUDS project atBrownlow Point on the North Slope

o Alaska. Joint execution resulted insavings rom minimized mobilizationand demobilization requirements, sharedlogistics planning, comprehensive workplanning documents and combined lodgingarrangements.

POC is Kenneth R. Andraschko, 907-753-5647,[email protected].

Kristina Curley is a public affairs specialist, U.S.Army Environmental Command.

Sam Widmer (left), Weston Solutions, works with Eric Jenks(center) and Mike Flisk (right) of Marsh Creek LLC toretrieve a buried drum from a sand bar in the Jago Riverdelta in Alaska. Photo courtesy of Alaska District

Acronyms and AbbreviationsFUDS Formerly Used Defense Site

POL petroleum, oil and lubricant (products)



Old houses were always special toChantal McKenzie. Now, in hercareer as an architectural historian

and cultural resource specialist with theTexas National Guard, old structures havetaken on an even more important role.

McKenzies love o balancing historicbuilding preservation with sustainabilityand mission readiness led to recognitionas the winner o the 2010 Secretary of the

Army Environmental Awardin the CulturalManagement Team or Individual category.

These environmental awards represent the

highest honors and toughest standardsin environmental and sustainabilityprogram achievements in the U.S. Army.McKenzie, along with winners in eightother categories, also competed against

winners rom the other military services inthe Department o Deense EnvironmentalAwards.

Words cannot express how honoredI am to have won this award, saidMcKenzie. I am so thankul orhaving a great manager and working

or an organization that recognizes howimportant it is to ind a balance betweenhistoric and cultural preservation, andmission operational sensitivity.

Winning this award was a teameort and is a tangible indicationour organization really cares about

sustainability, natural resources andcompliance, while preserving our heritageand training our Soldiers.

McKenzie takes a rigorous, hands-on approach to program managementthat blends project oversight withinter-oice coordination, cross-training,communications and attention to costsavings, according to her supervisor,Kristen MtJoy, cultural resource manager,

Texas Army National Guard.

Recent program successes and

milestones include assistance witha successul grant project to installsolar panels, supervision o a historiclandscape study and evaluation report,and completion o extensive permittingand clearance documentation or bothhistoric building rehabilitations and newconstructions, said MtJoy.

McKenzie is working on all o theseprojects while striving to become a culturalresources manager.

I have always loved old houses, so Ibegan to look at how I could translatemy love o old houses into a career, saidMcKenzie. I discovered the ield ohistoric preservation and thought, Thisis what I want to do with my lie. In2006, I earned my masters o science inhistoric preservation rom the University o

Texas, Austin, and I continue to learn newthings on the job every day.

That keeps me inspired andmotivated.

In addition tonumerous other duties,

McKenzie helped a TexasArmy National Guardsustainability managerdevelop a Department oDeense-wide recruiting

video produced by highschool and college studentsinterested in ilmmaking.

The video ocused on history,sustainability and ways obringing the interests ohistoric preservation together

with the need to minimize energy costsand maximize sustainability o preciousresources.

Ms. McKenzie is a highly valued,multi-talented member o our staand continually demonstrates positiveachievement in every aspect o culturalresources management or the TexasNational Guard, said Lt. Col. Richard

Jordan, director o Facilities, Texas NationalGuard. As our architectural historian andcultural resources specialist, Ms. McKenzie

works very hard to develop an innovativeprogram including several major projectscritical to our training mission.

McKenzie is excited by the currentrecognition and about being a part o the

Texas National Guard team.

I love the diversity and ever-evolvingnature o my job, said McKenzie. No twodays are the same.

I work or a great manager who isallowing me to continue my educational

opportunities within cultural resources,along with providing opportunities to learnmore about related environmental ieldssuch as sustainability, natural resources andcompliance.

POC is Chantal McKenzie, 512-782-6727,[email protected].

Barry Napp is an environmental public affairsspecialist, U.S. Army Installation ManagementCommand.

Chantal McKenzie assesses exterior mortar removaltechniques performed by a masonry subcontractor toensure protection of historic bricks. Photos courtesyof Texas National Guard

Texas National Guard historians love of cultural resources showsby Barry Napp

Chantal McKenzie determines if crawlspace clearance meets applicablebuilding codes in a historic building undergoing major rehabilitationat Camp Mabry, Texas.


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Its not just about implementing Earth-riendly practices at the Exchange; itsalso about promoting those practices at

its 3,100 retail and ast-ood acilities andamong its 12.2 million customers.

Actions toward ulilling that goal haveearned the Army and Air Force ExchangeService, known as the Exchange, the 2010Secretary of the Army Environmental Awardin the Sustainability Team category.

Similar to the Armys triple bottom linestrategy or the environment, the Exchange

identiied People Planet Beneit asits ocus. Reducing energy by requiringenergy-eicient equipment, reducing

waste through a corporatewide Trash-4-Cash recycling program, requiring allnew construction to be Silver certiiable byU.S. Green Building Council standards orLeadership in Energy and EnvironmentalDesign, and modiying its logistics leetto be more eco-riendly and, in turn,decreasing petroleum-based product useare a ew o the actions the Exchange hastaken.

The Exchange leadership emphasizesits sustainability vision and goals through

worldwide distribution o inormationproducts that publicize how the company,its associates and its customers impact theenvironment.

To encourage Earth-riendly initiatives,the Exchange established a sustainabilityawards program to recognize superiorsustainability perormance, said Maj. Gen.Bruce Casella, commander, Army and AirForce Exchange Service. Reducing energy,

water consumption and waste generationis a win-win situation or all, makingpartnerships between the Exchange andinstallations crucial.

However, what truly impressed theenvironmental awards judges was how theExchange shares the actions and successes

that demonstrate their commitment withranchisees, customers and others.

By collaborating with their ranchisepartners, the Exchange is able to havea major inluence on the ood industry

worldwide. Batch broilers at BurgerKing, dry lines at Taco Bell to prepareood without electrically heated steam,energy-eicient ovens at AnthonysPizza and menu boards that use LEDlights at Charleys Grilled Subs have ahuge impact. The Exchange also makesenergy-eicient equipment standard at its

acilities and promotes the same with oodservice equipment.

These standards were part o the reasonthe Exchange won the 2010 Federal

Energy and Water Management Award, inaddition to the Army award.

The Exchange uses printadvertisements and brochures, couponbooks, catalogs and signage to remind itsshoppers to use Earth-riendly productsand practice recycling. Exchange acilitiesalso provide cash incentives or the use o

recycled and reusable canvas shopping bags.

The Army award recognizes theExchange leaderships willingness toparticipate in numerous pilot projectstesting new technologies. One pilot,

which began with replacing high-intensitydischarge lighting on gas pump canopies

with LED technology, resulted in 46 gascanopy LED retroits at Army installations.

The lights are 75 percent more eicient,last up to 10 times longer, pay back inthree to ive years and, as an unexpected

beneit, have improved product marketingand security while reducing nighttime skypollution. As a ollow-on program, theExchange is replacing luorescent lights inreach-in coolers with LED technology andinstalling occupancy sensors.

Exchange leadership has tasked itssubordinates to surpass sustainability goalsby incorporating sustainability actions andobjectives into normal business practices.

Just as the Exchange is committed to

providing the best shopping experience orour military customers, we are determinedto set the standard or exceptionalenvironmental stewardship in the militaryretail community, said Michael Howard,

the Exchanges chie operating oicer.The Exchange continues to participate in

pilot projects such as the USGBCs LEEDor Retail program, an energy managementand control system or a convenience storeat Fort Hood, and oices and restauranttrial o energy-eicient equipment.

Even simple changes made by theExchange have a big impact whenimplemented across a large corporation.Installing 154 automatic aucets inrestrooms reduces water use by 70 percent

compared to traditional ixtures. Sellingused cooking oil and grease rom 290Army installation ood acilities removestwo million pounds o vegetable oilrom the waste stream and recycles itinto valuable resources such as animaleed. Changing to automatic paper toweldispensers and compact toilet tissue withno core, wrapper or corrugated case reducesmanuacturing and shipping uels anddecreases landill waste by an estimated363,000 pounds per year.

PUBLIC WORKS DIGEST MAY/JUNE 201118

The landscaping and irrigation systems at theExchange at Fort Bliss are designed to reduce potablewater consumption by using native plants that requireless water. Photo courtesy of the Exchange

Exchange employs and markets sustainability practicesby Cathy Kropp

Acronyms and Abbreviations


USGBC United States Green Building Council



Army Research Lab scientists reduce air pollutants from coatingsby TJae Gibson

Ateam o U.S. Army ResearchLaboratory scientists rom the

Weapons and Materials ResearchDirectorate won the Secretary of the Army

Environmental Awardin the WeaponAcquisition, Small Program category.

The ARL team was part o the Research,Development and Engineering CommandsSustainable Painting Operations or the

Total Army program.

The Sustainable Painting Operations orthe Total Army program was establishedto eliminate hazardous air pollutants

generated by Army coatings operations.Technical researchers and engineersworked to develop and provide alternativepaints and strippers, solvents, thinners andcleaners, coatings and rubber-to-metalbonding adhesives without sacriicingcombat readiness.

WMRDs Materials and ManuacturingDivision had leading technical andleadership roles in the area o coatings,sealants and adhesives, solvents andalternative paint removal, said JohnEscarsega, Department o Deense

chemical agent resistant coatingscommodity manager, Coatings,Camoulage and Corrosion Team, whoserved as a principal investigator on thiseort.

The division also had signiicant rolesin reormulating coatings or ammunitions

working with Picatinny Arsenal, N.J.,and pretreatments working with theArmy Aviation and Missile Lie CycleManagement Command, RedstoneArsenal, Ala., Escarsega said.

ARL is and continues to be aleader in technology development andimplementation, he said. This eortcultivated those strengths and led tonumerous enhancements or many products[or which] ARL has direct responsibility.These include our coatings and solvents,which DoD uses in most o our depots andacilities.

The recognition is signiicant becauseit is product-oriented, Escarsega said.Products are now available to DoD

and its contractors that greatly reduceenvironmental emissions.

While ARL is research-based, we canand continue to guide particular marketareas with our in-house capabilities andexpertise, he said. For research to besuccessul, we must be creative and providenew and novel solutions. This eortrequired ARL to be creative and redeinethe current technology.

Each year, the Army recognizes

excellence or the development,management and transerability oenvironmental programs that increaseenvironmental quality, enhance the

mission and help make the Armysustainable through the Secretary of the

Army Environmental Awards, the highestenvironmental science and sustainabilityhonors conerred by the Army.

The award-winning team included ARLprincipal investigators Fred Laerman,

Wayne Ziegler, John La Scala and JackKelley; WMRD employees Kes Chesonis,Dawn Craword, Bernard Hart, WilliamLum, Pauline Smith and Chris Miller; andcontractors F. Raven Toulan, Alicia Farrell,

Nichols Nesteruk, Dan Pope, StaceyThomas and Thomas Considine.

POC is ARL Public Affairs Office, 301-394-3590,[email protected].

TJae Gibson is a public affairs specialist, ARLPublic Affairs Office.

A handheld laser is used to remove the topcoat froma helicopter component at Fort Rucker, Ala.Photos courtesy of ARL


Acronyms and AbbreviationsARL Army Research Laboratory

DoD Department of Defense

WMRD Weapons and Materials ResearchDirectorate

An ARL investigator formulates the next generationof chemical agent resistant coating materialsfor improved performance and environmentalsustainability.

The Exchanges across-the-boardcommitment to sustainability andimplementation o innovative techniquesand technologies has made them a

winner.

POC is Mike Smietana, 214-312-6579,[email protected].

Cathy Kropp is an environmental public affairsspecialist, U.S. Army Installation ManagementCommand Headquarters.



Fort Drum, N.Y., known as theArmys premier installation in theNortheast, can also lay claim to

being the premier Army installation ornatural resources conservation based on itsselection or a 2010 Secretary of the Army

Environmental Award.

Fort Drums 107,265 acres supportReserve and active duty orces, Civiliansand Family members, as well as NationalGuard units rom 11 states. Sustaining FortDrums lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, orests,grasslands and developed areas alls to the

18-person Natural Resources ConservationBranch.

With the ever-increasing demand ornew acilities and Soldier housing, andchanging training mission requirements,the natural resources sta has creativelyand eectively met the challenges otimelines, changing ootprints andederal and state legal requirements whileprotecting the environment and ensuringmission sustainability, said Col. Noel T.Nicolle, Fort Drum garrison commander.

Fort DrumsIntegrated Natural ResourcesManagement Plan is ully incorporated intoits environmental management system andused as a source document or all naturalresources and National EnvironmentalPolicy Act activities.

The natural resources team cites itsintegrated team approach, cooperative

working relationships with internal andexternal stakeholders, and partnerships orits success. Interactions with regulatorsregarding endangered species, ish and

wildlie management, constructionpermitting or stream and wetland impacts,and orest management are conducted

with understanding and respect or eachorganizations mission and requirements.Regular coordination meetings acilitatetraining and construction-related projectsand activities, and address the complexarray o environmental regulations, natural

resources conservation issues, constructionactivities and mission requirements.

This team approach also increaseseiciency through shared resources, as seenin the Geographic Inormation SystemOice, run by one sta member undedby the Directorate o Public Works andanother unded by the Directorate o Plans,

Training, Mobilization and Security. Thisshared operation produced a 107,265-acremapping project with 93 dierent land-cover types and unmatched accuracy andresolution.

Coordination with eight state, localand tribal government agencies and otherstakeholders also resulted in the 10thMountain Divisions irst major o-posttraining mission. The 10th CombatAviation Brigade was able to conducthigh-altitude helicopter light trainingcritical to its Aghanistan deployment atone o New Yorks highest mountains.NEPA coordination involved establishingtraining locations, dates and times toavoid a geographically unique migratory

bird species and conducting long-termmigratory bird monitoring during training.

The Natural Resources sta created theElectronic Environmental Review andCoordination System, which, in most cases,reduces approval time or post projects andmilitary training missions rom 14 daysto two days. Other team eorts includedselecting native seed mixes or constructionprojects revegetation, planting 1,400trees in wetland mitigation bank sites andstoring willow cuttings or uture plantingsusing rerigerators slated or disposal.

These actions saved more than $150,000an acre in project construction costs.

Fort Drum also boasts the onlyestablished maple syrup processor withinthe Department o Deense. Maple syrupprocessing allows sustainable managemento an alternative orest product without treeremoval.

During the past two years, much o FortDrums Fish and Wildlie ManagementPrograms resources has been devoted to

endangered species management o theederally listed Indiana bat,Myotis sodalis.

The installation is an important ocal areaor bat community research, includingeorts involving white-nose syndrome. TheFish and Wildlie Management Program

is an integral partner in ongoing researchon this unprecedented wildlie healthcrisis responsible or killing more than onemillion hibernating bats in the Northeast.

Research by Fort Drums naturalresources sta, done in conjunction withother state and ederal agencies, has clearlydemonstrated the enormous impact white-nose syndrome has on bat communitiesand subsequently on the ecologicalintegrity o military installations, said

Jason E. Wagner, Fort Drum Natural

Resources Branch chie.Creation o a 2,200-acre Bat

Conservation Area preserved knownhabitat and minimized the amount oland restricted or development, militarytraining and recreation. Forest stands inthe area were inventoried, concentrating onknown Indiana bat maternity colonies, todevelop predictive models or potential bathabitat use in the Northeast.

These and its many other activities

Fort Drums natural resources conservation efforts shineby Kristina Curley


NEPA National Environmental Policy Act

Wildlife biologist Chris Dobony inspects a littlebrown bat, captured during a mist net survey atFort Drum, for white-nose syndrome. Photo courtesyof Fort Drum


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Some might consider supporting thestationing o six additional battalions,a population increase o 8,000 and

construction o 50 new acilities daunting,but or the Environmental ManagementDivision sta o U.S. Army GarrisonGraenwoehr, Germany, these tasks were

just part o its ongoing commitment toenvironmental stewardship.

The sta s ability to successullymeet the garrisons expansion-relatedchallenges as well as other environmentalgoals has earned them the 2010 Secretary

of the Army Environmental Awardinthe Environmental Quality, OverseasInstallation category.

Graenwoehr Training Areademonstrated outstanding stewardshipcommitment in managing hundredso endangered lora and auna species,protecting soil, surace and groundwater,

while supporting a world-class trainingarea, said Brig. Gen. Steven L. Salazar,commanding general, Joint Multinational

Training Command.

Cooperation and collaboration withstakeholders, a lot o hard work rom adedicated team o proessionals, includingthe German Federal Forest Service,and a well-balanced and comprehensiveenvironmental program is what led to

success, said Manred Rieck, Graenwoehrsenvironmental chie.

The garrisons environmental programis ully incorporated into its strategicsustainability plan with 25-year milestones,

which were established by a joint U.S.and German working group. The plansgoals include optimizing sustainability,partnering with German authorities toprovide stateo-the-art training acilities,preserving natural resources and meetingthe U.S. Green Building CouncilsLeadership in Energy and Environmental

Design Platinum standards.

Achieving those goals takes morethan the work o one division. A cross-unctional team annually evaluatesmore than 200 garrison activities, theirenvironmental aspects and impacts.

Two noteworthy actions contributedto USAG Graenwoehrs ability to meetenvironmental goals while supportingmilitary training mission. A comprehensiveerosion control program developed by thegarrisons Environmental Management

Division, the Integrated Training AreaManagement team and the German ForestService reduced training land aected byerosion rom 5,000 acres to almost zero.Another initiative removed more than500 pounds o ozone-depleting substancesrom 78 acilities. Under this program,an interactive database tracked asbestos,lead-based paint and other toxic substances

within acilities to make working and livingenvironments saer. Additional remediationprojects are ongoing or seven buildingsidentiied by this system as having highrisk ratings.

The results o the garrisons wastereduction eorts were also noted. In spiteo the increasing population, the wastestream diversion rate improved rom 29percent to 65 percent, and a comprehensiveprogram reduced hazardous materialprocurement and thus hazardous wastedisposal.

The garrison enjoys a reputation orenvironmental success among German

authorities, a situation airmed whenit won the 2010Environmental County

Award.

About 90 percent o the training areahas been designated a European Natura2000 sanctuary, which requires additionalmaintenance and special approvals orconstruction projects. The training area

provides habitats or more than 3,000 plantand animal species, among which 1,272 arethreatened, endangered or legally protectedGraenwoehr boasts one o the largestpopulations o red deer in Germany. Reddeer are managed through a cooperativepartnership with the German ForestService.

Graenwoehrs environmental stacoordinates all actions with the GermanForest Service and Nature ConservationBoard.

To learn rom Graenwoehrs abilityto partner and collaborate is one reasonorganizations request visits. The TanzaniaPeoples Deense Force and Arican

Wildlie Fund visited GraenwoehrTraining Area to adapt the U.S. Armysapproach or a coexistence o dense wildliepopulations in a high-use military trainingarea. Environmental Management Divisionsta have also provided presentationsand environmental tours or German,Bulgarian, Albanian and Georgian

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What is daunting for some is doable at Grafenwoehrby Cathy Kropp


USAG U.S. Army Garrison

A white-tailed eagle nestling, one of the rarest speciein Bavaria, is banded at Grafenwoehr TrainingArea. Photo courtesy of USAG Grafenwoehr

have made the Fort Drum sta leadersin natural resources conservation. The

team continually demonstrates theimportance o sustaining Fort Drumscurrent training land capacity andcapability along with its commitment tosustaining those training lands throughmanagement, monitoring and research.

POC is Jason E. Wagner, 315-772-5974,[email protected].

Kristina Curley is a public affairs specialist, U.S.Army Environmental Command.


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