APPENDIX A

EXECUTIVE ORDER 12902 SUMMARY

 

I. REQUIREMENTS UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER 12902

 

A. BACKGROUND

 

    1. On March 8, 1994, President Clinton signed Executive Order 12902, "Energy Efficiency and Water Conservation at Federal Facilities." The following summary of its requirements is taken from the GSA publication, "Water Management, A Comprehensive Approach for Facility Managers":

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    2. The order requires Federal facilities to assess and, where cost-effective, implement measures to improve the efficiency of Federal energy and water use. A cost-effective measure is defined as one having a payback period of 10 years or less, as determined by using the methods and procedures developed and pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 8254 and 10 CFR 436.

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    3. Each Federal agency is to develop and implement a program to reduce energy consumption in Federal buildings 30 percent by the end of the year 2005--relative to 1985 energy use--to the extent that measures are cost-effective. (For Federal industrial facilities, the goal is a 20 percent reduction, relative to a 1990 benchmark.) While no specific targets are set for reductions in water use, water-conservation measures are required where they are cost-effective.

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    4. The Department of Energy (DOE) will take the lead in implementing the Order through the Federal Energy Management Program. DOE must also make available by September 3, 1994, a national list of companies providing water services and a list of qualified energy service companies. The Interagency Energy Policy Committee (the 656 Committee) and the Interagency Energy Management Task Force (the Task Force) will coordinate the implementation of efficiency measures among federal agencies.

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    5. Each Federal agency responsible for managing Federal facilities must perform a prioritization survey by September 1995 on each facility that agency manages.

 

A prioritization survey is a rapid facility assessment "to identify those facilities with the highest priority projects based on the degree of cost effectiveness." The prioritization surveys will also establish priorities for conducting comprehensive facility audits. In other words, although all facilities must receive both a prioritization survey and a comprehensive facility audit, the prioritization surveys determine which facilities receive comprehensive facility audits first. A comprehensive facility audit must include the following information:

 

a. The type, size, energy use, and performance of the major energy-using systems and their interaction with the building envelope, climate and weather influences, usage patterns, and related environmental concerns.

b. Appropriate energy and water conservation maintenance and operating procedures.

c. Recommendations for the acquisition and installation of energy conservation measures, including solar and other renewable energy and water conservation measures.

d. A strategy to implement the recommendations.

 
    1. By March 8, 1995, agencies must identify, based on the prioritization surveys, their most high-priority facilities and complete at least 10 percent of the comprehensive facility audits on those facilities. Within 180 days after completion of the comprehensive facility audit, a facility must start to implement recommendations for energy efficiency, water conservation, and renewable water technologies. Thereafter, an agency must perform comprehensive facility audits on at least 10 percent of its facilities each year.

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    2. Each Federal agency must report annually to DOE and the Office of Management and Budget on progress toward meeting the goals of the order. Agencies are encouraged to use innovative funding mechanisms, including demand side management programs, shared energy savings performance contracts, and energy savings performance contracts. By September 3, 1994, GSA must prepare and make available to Federal

 

facility managers a list of all utilities that offer "no-cost" energy efficiency and water conservation audits and demand side management services and incentives.