How to Evaluate, Optimize and Minimize Waste Generation Comprehensive Energy, Water and Waste Evaluation Program Emily Wendel Pacific Northwest National Laboratory UNCLASSIFIED / FOUO 1 Leadership. Energy. Execution. 04 OCT 2017
Facility Evaluation Program Directives Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007 Section 432 and the Army Comprehensive Energy and Water Evaluations (CEWE) Policy (23 Aug 2012) requires the Commands to: Evaluate 75% of installation’s energy and water every 4 years 1. (floor area may be used as a proxy) • At least 25% of facilities evaluated per year 2. Conduct comprehensive energy and water evaluations that must include: • Energy and water retrofit measures • Re- or retro-commissioning measures Army Reserve added Waste to facility evaluation program in FY16. UNCLASSIFIED / FOUO 2 Leadership. Energy. Execution. 04 OCT 2017
Site Selection • Create list of sites to evaluate at some level for the 4-year EISA cycle Which buildings to • Include all meeting high priority conditions evaluate? • Ensure sites comprise 75% of total energy use UNCLASSIFIED / FOUO 3 Leadership. Energy. Execution. 04 OCT 2017
5 Types of Facility Evaluations Net Zero CEWWE On-Site Controls Focused CEWWE Standard CEWWE Remote Controls Eval. Remote Desk Eval. UNCLASSIFIED / FOUO 4 Leadership. Energy. Execution. 04 OCT 2017
Waste and Recycling Audit Overview Step 1: What services should be occurring? • Review waste/recycling hauler and custodial contracts • Obtain building floor plans Step 2: What services and practices are occurring (site visit)? • What services are actually occurring • Observe waste and recycling infrastructure • Gather information on staff engagement in recycling Step 3: What opportunities exist for improvement? • Modifications to current recycling services or other options for the site • Recommend measures to improve recycling efforts UNCLASSIFIED / FOUO 5 Leadership. Energy. Execution. 04 OCT 2017
Step 1: What services should be occurring? Pre-visit Data Collection for Waste and Recycling Evaluation 1. Solid waste contracts • Availability of waste and recycling services to the site • Size and number of dumpsters provided • Pickup schedule 2. Custodial contracts • Custodial service scope (includes removal of recyclables?) 3. Obtain floorplans for all buildings evaluated 4. Pre-visit communication • Identify relevant FC • Relevant regulations? • Desired recycling? UNCLASSIFIED / FOUO 6 Leadership. Energy. Execution. 04 OCT 2017
Step 2: What services and practices are occurring? Site-visit Data Collection for Waste and Recycling Evaluation 1. Interview site staff • Comments, concerns, unique conditions? • Dumpsters pickup frequency and fullness prior to pickup • Staff recycling efforts/engagement? • Who takes recyclables from inside bins to outside containers? • Support needed for recycling? R M 2. Observe current waste management R conditions W • Dumpsters / outside collection areas • Interior recycling infrastructure • Recycling practices R R UNCLASSIFIED / FOUO 7 Leadership. Energy. Execution. 04 OCT 2017
Step 3: What do we report? Waste Generation and Recycling Recommendations 1. Present reviewed and observed waste and recycling resources and practices 2. Estimate MSW generation on-site 3. Recommend measures to increase recycling efforts (see examples below) Measure Number of Existing Condition Recommendations Category Units Lack of recycle bins Add clearly labeled bins for all Provide located in common materials in building entrances and adequate # of areas (only one exits, common administration areas, 12 bins recycle bins recycling bin observed assembly area and breakrooms so that in 1 classroom) all offices have convenient access. Increase recycle Building xyz has one Request additional recycle dumpster 1 recycle dumpster MSW dumpster but no to be placed next to MSW dumpsters dumpster coverage on-site recycle dumpster for Building xyz Lack of engagement in Increase staff and soldier awareness of recycling program; proper recycling (materials accepted, Increase staff cross contamination flatten boxes before disposing, etc.) by Quarterly engagement observed in recycle in-brief meetings, staff meetings, containers newsletters, e-letters, etc. UNCLASSIFIED / FOUO 8 Leadership. Energy. Execution. 04 OCT 2017
4 Region Recycling Summary (FY16&17) Service Yes No Unknown N/A 1 19 24 10 0 2 19 34 0 0 3 16 14 23 0 4 19 21 0 13 Site has a Site has Site has Janitorial Site has Recycling Hauling Service Transport of Collected Voluntary Contract Provided Recyclables Staff Recycling UNCLASSIFIED / FOUO 9 Leadership. Energy. Execution. 04 OCT 2017
FY16/17 Summary UNCLASSIFIED / FOUO 10 Leadership. Energy. Execution. 04 OCT 2017
FY16/17 Recycling Status Summary Janitorial Janitorial Hauling Hauling # of Sites Recycling Transport of Staff # of Sites Recycling Transport of Staff Region Service Region Service Contract Collected Recycling Contract Collected Recycling Provided Provided Recyclables Recyclables 1 5 5 7 5 3 5 5 7 4 1 5 5 5 4 1 5 5 7 4 1 5 5 7 4 3 7 5 7 5 63rd 2 5 5 3 5 1 7 5 7 4 1 5 5 3 4 1 7 5 3 4 88th 1 1 5 5 5 1 7 2 3 4 1 1 5 7 4 3 5 5 5 5 1 1 2 5 4 5 5 5 7 5 3 1 2 7 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 1 2 3 6 81st 1 5 5 7 4 3 1 2 3 4 2 7 5 3 5 3 1 2 5 6 1 7 5 3 4 99th 3 1 1 2 7 6 7 2 3 5 = Information was unable to be acquired N/A = Site-wide recycling precludes individual efforts UNCLASSIFIED / FOUO 11 Leadership. Energy. Execution. 04 OCT 2017
Waste and Recycling Highlights • 34 sites have local recycling options but did not have any recycling services at the time of the evaluation. • 19 sites were found to have staff-led initiatives for recycling with limited or no recycling services provided to the sites. • IN004 : The contractor corrected their service as a result of PNNL’s inquiry • NE023 : PNNL captured updates to the services after its site visit to both inform the site and recommend measures based on the latest services to the site • PA179 : The site used a recycling dumpster with an outdated label indicated cardboard only. PNNL discovered its hauler provides single-stream recycling for the site and informed the site to contact the hauler for a correct label. UNCLASSIFIED / FOUO 12 Leadership. Energy. Execution. 04 OCT 2017
Emily Wendel CEWWE Lead, ARIMD Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Emily.wendel@pnnl.gov (206) 528-3011 UNCLASSIFIED / FOUO 13 Leadership. Energy. Execution. 04 OCT 2017
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