Carbon Footprint and the New Facilities Vocabulary

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Carbon Footprint and the New Facilities Vocabulary

• Peter OKonski PE, PMP, LEED AP
• Director, Facility Policy
• Office of Management
• Department of Energy

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Agenda

• Secretarys comments and the global warming
  challenge
• What constitutes a green house gas
• Introduction to carbon footprint calculation
• Impact on facilities management real estate
• Conclusions

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1. Secretarys comments and the global warming
challenge
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NY Times
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The Secretary on Global Warming

• We're in the great ship Titanic, the Earth is,
  and it's going to take a half century to really
  turn the ship. But that doesn't mean we can't
  start doing it today, and we must

Secretary Chu Newsweek 4/11/09
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Continued

• I urge everyone to do this Google the IPCC
  report. The 100-year trend is unmistakable

Secretary Chu Newsweek 4/11/09
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Variations of the Earths surface temperature
for the past 140 years
SPM 1a
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Variations of the Earths surface temperature
for the past 1,000 years
SPM 1b
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Projections This Century
No Adaption Strategy
Tipping Points
Could Adapt
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Main climate impacts

• Sea levels rise
• Higher temperatures - especially on land
• Hydrological cycle more intense
• Changes at regional level

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2. What constitutes a green house gas (GHG)
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SPM 3
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Green House Gases (Counted in a Carbon Footprint)

• Carbon dioxide, CO2
• Methane, CH4
• Nitrous Oxide, N2O
• Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and Chlorofuorocarbons
  (CFCs) (covers 13 chemicals)
• Perfluorocarbons, PFCs (covers 7 chemicals)
• Sulfur Hexafluoride, SF6

Not all GHGs contain carbon
ANSI/ISO/NSF 14064-1 Greenhouse Gases- Part 1
Specification with Guidance at the Organizational
Level for Quantification and Reporting of GHG
Emissions and Removals
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Not All GHGs are Equal
All GHGs Converted to a CO 2 Equivalent
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Example GHG Calculation
Example Calculation- Converting to CO2-e
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Combustion Emission Factors
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3. What is a Carbon Footprint
calculation?Carbon Footprint has three aliases
Carbon Inventory Green House Gas Inventory
Climate Change Footprint
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Carbon Footprint 3 Scopes
Remember there are three levels (scopes) to a
green house gas/carbon footprint calculation.
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Scope 1 Direct Emissions

• Relatively easy
• Combustion Sources
• Site owned vehicles
• On site electrical generation
• CFC and HFC losses from refrigeration equipment
• Sulfur hexafluoride losses from electrical
  equipment

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Scope 2 Indirect Emissions Purchased Energy

• Relatively easy
• Emissions from consumption of purchased
  utilities
• Typically electricity
• Could be steam or high temperature hot water
• Could be negative (ex electricity from landfill
  gas)

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Scope 3 Other Indirect Emissions

• Can be very difficult
• Transportation of purchased material or goods
• Employee business travel
• Employee commuting impacts
• Outsourced work
• Emissions from finished products
• Transportation of waste
• Vegetation Trees
• Scope 3 has various challenges
• Boundary issues
• Can be a magnitude higher than Scope 1 and 2
• Costly value chain analysis

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Carbon Footprint 3 Scopes
Carbon footprint calculations must include at
least Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions.
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Two Additional Terms of Art1. Carbon neutral

• The word of the year in the new Oxford
  Dictionary
• Adj. emitting no net carbon dioxide into the
  atmosphere
• Dictionary.com
• Adj emitting no carbon dioxide into the
  atmosphere. Also, employing a technique to
  absorb carbon dioxide so it is not emitted.

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2. Cap and Trade

• A regulatory process
• Cap - limits emissions from a designated group,
  such as power plants, to a certain level
• Capped emissions are divided up into individual
  permits
• Trade - businesses buy and sell emission credits
  within the overall cap

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4. Impact on Facilities Management and Real Estate
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Facilities and Real Estate

• Recognize that fundamental change is happening
• GHG, carbon neutrality, energy conservation are
  all part of a new facilities vocabulary
• GHG and carbon management need to be part of the
  facilities value-chain decision making
• Construction and Major Renovation
• Operations and Maintenance and Repair
• Disposition

The most carbon neutral building is the building
you dont have.
June 2, 2009
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Facilities and Real Estate

• Potential new E.O. for carbon management
• Measure, manage, reduce
• Probably based on a scope 1 and 2 analysis
• I expect each site will be required to know their
  carbon footprint
• 70 of which can be a direct result of the
  building and OSF inventory
• A phase I2 carbon footprint at the building
  level draws heavily from operating cost and
  sustainability
• Can FIMS capture carbon footprint at the real
  property asset level?

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5. Conclusions
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Conclusions

• Get familiar with your facilities carbon
  footprint
• Think carbon footprint reduction as a matter of
  good business
• Think about where the source data lies for a
  phase 12 calculation
• Help to forward lean we need to be a leader not
  a follower

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Thank you

• Peter OKonski PE, PMP, LEED AP
• Director, Facility Policy
• Office of Management
• Department of Energy
• peter.okonski_at_hq.doe.gov
• 202.586.4502

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