DOE O 436.1, Departmental Sustainability
Functional areas: Departmental Sustainability, Energy Management
The order defines requirements and responsibilities for managing sustainability DOE to ensure that the Department carries out its missions in a sustainable manner that addresses national energy security and global environmental challenges, and advances sustainable, efficient and reliable energy for the future; institute wholesale cultural change to factor sustainability and greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions into all DOE corporate management decisions; and ensure that DOE achieves the sustainability goals established in its Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan. Supersedes DOE O 450.1A and DOE O 430.2B. Canceled by DOE O 436.1A.
OPI changed to MA on 1/27/2016.
Related To:
Version history and related documents
Supersedes
Earlier documents this one replaced.
Related documents
- International Standards Organization's (ISO) 14001:2004(E), International Standard, Environmental Management Systems: Requirements with Guidance for Use
- P.L. 110-140
- Instructions for Implementing Executive Order 13423
- Department of Energy Organization Act of 1977
- 48 CFR 970.5204-2, Laws, Regulations and DOE Directives
- 42 U.S.C. 11001
- P.L. 109-58
- 48 CFR 970.5223-7, or 952.223-78, Sustainable Acquisition Program
- Guidelines for Establishing Criteria for Excluding Buildings from the Energy Performance Requirements of Section 543 of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act as amended by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 issued January 27, 2006
- Title XXXII of P.L. 106-65
- Executive Order 13514
- Executive Order 13423
- 2010 Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan
- P.L. 95-91
- P.L. 102-4866
- 48 CFR 970.5223-6, Executive Order 13423, Strengthening Federal Environmental. Energy, and Transportation Management
- Executive Order 12344
- BPA equivalency for DOE O 436.1
- DOE G 414.1-1CManagement and Independent Assessments Guide
- DOE G 436.1-1Federal Sustainable Print Management
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Section 1
AVAILABLE ONLINE AT: INITIATED BY:
www.directives.doe.gov Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
U.S. Department of Energy ORDER
Washington, D.C.
Approved: 5-2-2011
SUBJECT: DEPARTMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
1. PURPOSE. Provide requirements and responsibilities for managing sustainability within
the Department of Energy (DOE) to 1) ensure the Department carries out its missions in a
sustainable manner that addresses national energy security and global environmental
challenges, and advances sustainable, efficient and reliable energy for the future, 2)
institute wholesale cultural change to factor sustainability and greenhouse gas (GHG)
reductions into all DOE corporate management decisions, and 3) ensure DOE achieves
the sustainability goals established in its Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan
(SSPP) pursuant to applicable laws, regulations and Executive Orders (EO), related
performance scorecards, and sustainability initiatives.
2. CANCELLATIONS. DOE O 450.1A, Environmental Protection Program, dated 06-04-
08, and DOE O 430.2B, Departmental Energy, Renewable Energy and Transportation
Management, dated 2-27-08. Cancellation of these directives does not, by itself, modify
or otherwise affect any contractual or regulatory obligation to comply with these
directives. Contractor Requirements Documents that have been incorporated into a
contract remain in effect throughout the term of the contract unless and until the contract
is modified to either eliminate requirements that are no longer applicable or substitute a
new set of requirements.
3. APPLICABILITY.
a. All Departmental Elements.
(1) Except as noted in paragraph 3c, this Order applies to all Departmental
elements responsible for the management and operation of the Department’s
facilities, fleets, or facilities construction and demolition or facility
infrastructure improvements, including elements of the National Nuclear
Security Administration (NNSA).
(2) The Administrator of NNSA will ensure that NNSA employees comply with
the requirements and responsibilities under this directive. Nothing in this
Order will be construed to interfere with the NNSA Administrator’s
authority under section 3212(d) of Public Law (P.L.) 106-65 to establish
Administration-specific policies, unless disapproved by the Secretary.
b. DOE Contractors. The Contractor Requirements Document (CRD), Attachment 1,
sets forth requirements of this Order that will apply to contracts for the
management and operation (M&O) of the facilities and fleets or facilities
construction and demolition or facility infrastructure improvements, or other
contracts under which the contractor manages supply and service acquisitions for
Government facilities, fleets or mission operations.
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c. Equivalencies/Exemptions for DOE O 436.1.
(1) Equivalency. In accordance with Section 302 of the Department of Energy
Organization Act of 1977, Section 302, and consistent with Secretarial
memorandum of January 28, 2011, the Secretary operates and maintains the
Power Marketing Administrations (PMAs) electric power transmission
systems by and through the PMA Administrators. PMAs shall submit
requested information regarding resource use and emissions, and are
encouraged to work closely with the Sustainability Performance Office on
assisting the Department in achieving its sustainability goals.
(2) Equivalency. In accordance with the responsibilities and authorities
Section 2
assigned by Executive Order 12344, codified at 50 USC sections 2406 and
2511, and to ensure consistency throughout the joint Navy/DOE Naval
Nuclear Propulsion Program, the Deputy Administrator for Naval Reactors
(Director) will implement and oversee requirements and practices pertaining
to this directive for activities under the Director's cognizance, as deemed
appropriate. The Director shall submit requested information regarding
resource use and emissions.
4. REQUIREMENTS
a. Comply with the sustainability requirements contained in EO 13423
(Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management),
EO 13514 (Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic
Performance), the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (NECPA), the Energy
Policy Acts (EPAct) of 1992 and 2005, the Energy Independence and Security Act
(EISA) of 2007, and continue to adhere to the inventory and reporting
requirements of Section 301 through 313 (including implementing regulations) of
the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, the Pollution
Prevention Act of 1990 at DOE facilities, related statutory and administrative
requirements.
(1) Prepare and submit an annual Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan
(SSPP) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Council on
Environmental Quality (CEQ). The SSPP will describe the actions that the
Department will take to achieve its sustainability goals.
(a) Define specific goals and milestones in each annual DOE SSPP,
including updates of other related initiatives. The goals and
milestones will remain in effect unless a subsequent SSPP voids a
goal or milestone included in a previous annual submission.
b. Prepare and submit any other required reports supporting and related data as
requested pursuant to the EOs and laws listed above, including Federal agency
scorecards.
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c. Site Sustainability Plans (SSPs). Each site must develop and commit to
implementing an annual SSP that identifies its respective contribution toward
meeting the Department’s sustainability goals. SSPs must:
(1) Be completed and submitted to the Sustanability Performance Office (SPO)
through the appropriate line management per annual guidance.
(2) Account for each individual site’s contribution to meeting the sustainability
goals and commit appropriate personnel resources, an appropriate financing
plan, and establish a timeline for execution coupled with specific
performance measures and deliverables.
(3) Environmental Management System (EMS). DOE sites must use EMS(s) as
a platform for SSP implementation and programs with objectives and
measurable targets that contribute to the Department meeting its
sustainability goals. Sites must maintain their EMS(s) as being certified to
or conforming to the International Organization for Standardization’s (ISO)
14001:2004 in accordance with the accredited registrar provisions of the
International Standard or the self-declaration instructions found in
References 7.o and 7.p, respectively.
d. Financing. Use, to the maximum extent practicable, alternative financing for
energy saving projects, which includes renewable energy, energy efficiency, water-
efficiency, high performance sustainable building, pollution prevention, and other
sustainability projects.
(1) Sites must maintain an assessment of applicable alternative financing
mechanisms to be reviewed annually, and updated as appropriate.
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(2) Verified savings from all sustainability projects must be reinvested,
consistent with Federal regulations and DOE guidance, to further additional
sustainability projects at that site.
5. RESPONSIBILITIES.
a. Senior Sustainability Officer (SSO).
(1) Fulfills SSO duties as stated by EO 13514.
(2) Submits to the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Chair and the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) the Department’s
SSPP and the annual inventory of GHG emissions, as required by EO
13514.
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(3) Reports the Department’s sustainability performance and progress to the
CEQ Chair and the OMB Director and their staff on such schedule and in
such format as they require and reports to the Secretary on the adequacy and
effectiveness of the SSPP and other sustainability related goals and
initiatives.
(4) Chairs the DOE Senior Sustainability Steering Committee (SSSC) or
designates a representative. The SSSC establishes the strategic direction for
DOE’s sustainability efforts, makes related policy decisions and aligns
DOE’s business practices with sustainability goals and requirements.
(5) Participates in the Steering Committee on Federal Sustainability or
designates a representative.
b. Director, Sustainability Performance Office.
(1) Serves as the Department’s principal point of contact relating to
sustainability.
(2) Supports the SSO in the execution of duties regarding sustainability
including monitoring performance, developing instructions, reporting, data
collection and analysis, and implementing and updating the SSPP.
(3) Reports on DOE sustainability matters in coordination with other
Departmental elements, as appropriate.
(4) Serves on interagency workgroups, councils, boards, and in interactions
with other Federal agencies, including OMB and CEQ, or designates DOE’s
delegate, on sustainability matters.
(5) Works with the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to ensure sustainability is
considered and represented in Departmental budget guidance.
(6) Chairs the DOE Sustainability Working Group (SWG), which provides a
forum for sustainability discussions, strategies and best practice sharing in
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support of DOE’s sustainability efforts. The SWG sanctions all DOE
corporate sustainability related workgroups.
(7) Provides technical assistance to support Departmental elements on
sustainability issues, including providing data summaries, analysis and
projections.
(8) Assigns activities to appropriate corporate Departmental elements and
agreed to by that identified element.
c. Under Secretaries, and the Administrators of the Power Marketing Administrations
(PMAs).
(1) Support the SSO in meeting sustainability goals, the SSPP and this Order
through the Program Secretarial Offices (PSOs) and Field Managers, by
executing assigned sustainability duties, as applicable.
(2) Support the SSO in external reporting and communications.
(3) Plan, resource, implement, monitor, report and manage the achievement of
DOE’s sustainability goals. PMAs should plan, resource, implement and
manage as applicable.
(4) Ensure reinvestment of verified savings associated with sustainability
projects, consistent with Federal regulations and DOE guidance, to further
sustainability goal achievement. Reinvestment does not apply to PMAs.
(5) Ensure the development, review, submission and implementation of SSPs as
defined in the SSPP and SSP Guidance.
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(6) Annually develop and submit a composite sustainability plan, based on the
SSPs submitted by their respective PSOs (if applicable), including planned
actions and program budget allocations, as appropriate.
d. Program Secretarial Officers (PSOs).
(1) Support their Under Secretary in the implementation of sustainability goals,
targets, milestones, projects and this Order as appropriate and assigned by
PSO/NNSA management.
(2) Work with Field Managers to establish sustainability goals, targets, and
milestones.
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(3) Request through the annual internal budgetary processes funding and
resources needed to carry out these requirements that are not alternatively
funded through Energy Saving Performance Contracts (ESPC), Utility
Energy Service Contracts (UESC) or other alternative financing.
(a) Annually develop and submit to the Under Secretary a composite
sustainability plan, based on the SSPs submitted by their Field
Managers, including planned actions and program budget
allocations, as appropriate.
(4) Ensure all personnel whose actions are affected by this Order receive proper
awareness training on its requirements.
e. Field Managers.
(1) Prepare, submit and implement the SSP and associated required data.
Ensure appropriate quantifiable sustainability and energy goals/targets are
integrated into contracting documents, such as the Performance Evaluation
and Measurement Plans (or equivalent).
(2) Ensure that EMSs covering all site activities are certified to or conform with
the International Organization for Standardization’s (ISO) 14001:2004 (E)
in accordance with the accredited registrar provisions of the International
Standard or the self-declaration instructions found in References 7.o and 7.p,
respectively, are maintained at sites under their purview.
(a) At sites with multiple contracts, where appropriate, designate a lead
coordinating contractor to maintain a site-wide EMS that accounts
for all site operations.
(b) At sites with multiple EMSs, ensure the sustainability objectives and
targets established in each are provided for in a consolidated SSP.
(3) Monitor site performance in implementing the requirements of this Order
and make such information available annually to their PSO/Associate
Administrator.
(4) Request through the annual internal budgetary processes funding and
resources needed to carry out these requirements that are not otherwise
financed.
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(5) Seek opportunities at multi-program sites to team to achieve synergistic and
beneficial results towards meeting sustainability goals.
(6) Ensure that sites under their purview provide the DOE Federal Energy
Management Program (FEMP) all contracts for utilities services and
modifications to such contracts (excluding administrative or incremental
funding modifications) prior to execution for review and concurrence by
FEMP and the Office of General Counsel (OGC). For NNSA utility
services contracts, FEMP provides expert analysis to NNSA, including their
opinion on the acceptability of the contract action. Utilities services must be
awarded via DOE prime contract and DOE elements must ensure that all
applicable Federal, State, and local laws and regulations are followed. Sites
shall communicate to FEMP notice of any forthcoming regulatory actions
on the part of their utility service providers. It is the responsibility of the
OGC jointly with FEMP to represent all DOE consumer interests by
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intervening, or otherwise participating in, hearings or proceedings before
regulatory bodies for utilities when these proceedings affect DOE
operations. Site personnel will support OGC and FEMP in these
intervention activities.
(7) Notify Contracting Officers of those contracts that must include the
Contractor Requirements Document (CRD).
f. DOE Corporate Partners. The SPO will coordinate and collaborate with
corporate partners. The SPO will also assign and delegate activities as appropriate
in agreement with that partner, based on partner mission, expertise and experience.
(1) Director Office of Management partners with the SPO, and
(a) Develops and maintains policies and directives for fleet, real
property acquisition, maintenance, operations, disposition, and
personal property.
(b) Develops and maintains a professional development program for
Departmental facility managers that includes resource conservation
requirements and sustainability practices.
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(2) Chief Health, Safety and Security Officer partners with the SPO, and
(a) Develops and maintains policies and directives for environmental
protection, including the conservation and preservation of natural
and cultural resources.
(b) Provides technical assistance in the implementation and maintenance
of sites’ EMS.
(3) Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and FEMP
partner with the SPO and provide technical assistance. FEMP manages the
Department’s utility acquisition and management in coordination with the
appropriate line management organizations.
(4) Chief Information Officer partners with the SPO, and
(a) Serves as the Department’s lead on the Federal Data Center
Consolidation Initiative (FDCCI).
(b) Establishes policies and directives that support electronics
stewardship, data energy efficiency, and related information
technology (IT) sustainability best practices.
(5) Chief Financial Officer partners with the SPO, and
(a) Ensures requests for funding to carry out the requirements of this
Order are prioritized during the formulation of DOE’s annual budget
request, to include the social cost of carbon.
(b) Develops and implements cost savings reinvestment guidance with
assistance with the SPO.
(c) Coordinates budget data calls related to sustainability with the
assistance of the SPO.
g. Contracting Officers. Incorporate the CRD, in a timely fashion, into all site
contracts for the management and operation (M&O) of the facilities and fleets or
facilities construction and demolition or facility infrastructure improvements, or
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other contracts under which the contractor manages supply and service
acquisitions for Government facilities, fleets or mission operations.
6. DEFINITIONS.
a. DOE site: For purposes of this Order, Site refers to the DOE entity which
conducts operational activities including contractor operated DOE owned or leased
facilities as discrete locations across the U.S. In the case of Government Owned
Government Operated (GOGO) facilities (including Power Administrations), it
refers to the DOE operating organization.
b. Environmental Management System (EMS): An EMS is a management tool
enabling an organization of any size or type to:
Identify and control the environmental impact of its activities,
products or services,
Improve its environmental performance continually, and to
Implement a systematic approach to setting environmental
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objectives and targets, to achieving these and to demonstrating that
they have been achieved.
c. Field Managers: The terms “field office” and “field office managers” are used
interchangeably to indicate the DOE field office with direct management and
oversight of operational activities. “Field” may have various other designations,
including operations office, site office, service centers, and project office.
d. Sustainability: “…to create and maintain conditions, under which humans and
nature can exist in productive harmony, that permit fulfilling the social, economic,
and other requirements of present and future generations.” (EO 13514). For
purposes of this Order, sustainability is broadly defined as those actions taken to
maximize energy and water efficiency; minimize chemical toxicity and harmful
environmental releases, particularly GHG; promote renewable and other clean
energy development; and conserve natural resources while sustaining assigned
mission activities
e. Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan: An annual plan that prioritizes DOE
actions pursuant to Section 8 of EO 13514. The SSPP outlines how the Deparment
will implement its energy and environmental sustainability goals.
f. Exemptions in paragraph 3(c) of this Order refer to exemptions per DOE Order
251.1C.
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7. REFERENCES.
a. Executive Order 13514, Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy and
Economic Performance, October 9, 2009.
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/femp/pdfs/eo13514.pdf
b. Executive Order 13423, Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy and
Transportation Management, January 24, 2007.
http://www.hss.doe.gov/pp/epp/EO_13423.pdf
c. Executive Order 12344, Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program.
http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/codification/executive-order/12344.html
d. Instructions for Implementing Executive Order 13423, Strengthening Federal
Environmental, Energy and Transportation Management, March 28, 2007.
http://www.fedcenter.gov/_kd/Items/actions.cfm?action=Show&item_id=6825&de
stination=ShowItem
e. Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan, Department of Energy, September
2010. http://www.energy.gov/media/DOE_Sustainability_Plan_2010.PDF and
additional annual plans
f. Title XXXII of P.L. 106-65, National Nuclear Security Administration Act, as
amended. http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/50C41.txt
g. Energy Policy Act of 1992. P.L. 102-4866.
h. Energy Policy Act of 2005. P.L. 109-58.
i. National Energy Conservation Policy Act. P.L. 95-91.
j. Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. P.L.110-140.
k. Department of Energy Organization Act of 1977, Section 302. P.L. 95-91.
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgibin/usc.cgi?ACTION=RETRIEVE&FILE=$$x
a$$busc42.pt2.wais&start=11572122&SIZE=20439&TYPE=PDF
l. Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act or Title III of Superfund
Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C 11001, et seq.
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgibin/usc.cgi?ACTION=BROWSE&TITLE=42U
SCC116
m. DOE Order 430.1B, Real Property Asset Management, Chg. 2, April 25, 2011.
https://www.directives.doe.gov/directives/current-directives/430.1-BOrder-
bc1/view
Section 7
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/femp/pdfs/eo13514.pdf
http://www.hss.doe.gov/pp/epp/EO_13423.pdf
http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/codification/executive-order/12344.html
http://www.fedcenter.gov/_kd/Items/actions.cfm?action=Show&item_id=6825&destination=ShowItem
http://www.fedcenter.gov/_kd/Items/actions.cfm?action=Show&item_id=6825&destination=ShowItem
http://www.energy.gov/media/DOE_Sustainability_Plan_2010.PDF
http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/50C41.txt
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgibin/usc.cgi?ACTION=RETRIEVE&FILE=$$xa$$busc42.pt2.wais&start=11572122&SIZE=20439&TYPE=PDF
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgibin/usc.cgi?ACTION=RETRIEVE&FILE=$$xa$$busc42.pt2.wais&start=11572122&SIZE=20439&TYPE=PDF
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgibin/usc.cgi?ACTION=BROWSE&TITLE=42USCC116
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgibin/usc.cgi?ACTION=BROWSE&TITLE=42USCC116
https://www.directives.doe.gov/directives/current-directives/430.1-BOrder-bc1/view
https://www.directives.doe.gov/directives/current-directives/430.1-BOrder-bc1/view
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n. Guidelines Establishing Criteria for Excluding Buildings from the Energy
Performance Requirements of Section 543 of the National Energy Conservation
Policy Act as Amended by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 issued on January 27,
2006. http://www1.eere.energy.gov/femp/pdfs/exclusion_criteria.pdf
o. International Standards Organization’s (ISO) 14001:2004(E) International
Standard, Environmental Management Systems: Requirements with Guidance for
Use. http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail?csnumber=31807
p. Instructions for Self-Declaration of Conformance with ISO 14001:2004(E), Office
of the Federal Environmental Executive, January 15, 2008.
http://www.fedcenter.gov/_kd/go.cfm?destination=ShowItem&Item_ID=8864
q. 48 CFR 970.5204-2, Laws, Regulations and DOE Directives.
r. 48 CFR 970.5223-7 or 952.223-78, Sustainable Acquisition Program.
s. 48 CFR 970.5223-6, Executive Order 13423, Strengthening Federal
Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management.
8. CONTACT. Sustainability Performance Office, Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, at 202-586-8645.
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF ENERGY:
DANIEL B. PONEMAN
Deputy Secretary
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/femp/pdfs/exclusion_criteria.pdf
http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail?csnumber=31807
http://www.fedcenter.gov/_kd/go.cfm?destination=ShowItem&Item_ID=8864
DOE O 436.1 Appendix A
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APPENDIX A
ACRONYMS
ANSI American National Standards Institute
ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers
CD Critical Decision
CEQ Council on Environmental Quality
CFO Chief Financial Officer
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
CIO Chief Information Officer
CRD Contractor Requirements Document
DESC Defense Energy Support Center
DOE U.S. Department of Energy
EISA Energy Independence and Security Act
EMS Environmental Management System
EO Executive Order
EPAct Energy Policy Act of 1992 or 2005
ESPC Energy Savings Performance Contract
FDCCI Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative
FEMP Federal Energy Management Program
GHG Greenhouse Gas
GOGO Government-Owned Government-Operated
GSA General Services Administration
ISO International Organization for Standardization
NECPA National Energy Conservation Policy Act
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NNSA National Nuclear Security Administration
OMB Office of Management and Budget
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SPO Sustainability Performance Office
SSCC Senior Sustainability Steering Committee
SSO Senior Sustainability Officer
SSP Site Sustainability Plan
SSPP Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan
UESC Utility Energy Service Contract
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Attachment 1
CONTRACTOR REQUIREMENTS
DOCUMENT
DOE O 436.1, DEPARTMENTAL
SUSTAINABILITY
The provisions of the Contractor Requirements Document (CRD) apply to Department of
Energy
(DOE) contractors. Regardless of the performer of the work, the contractor is responsible for
complying with the requirements of this CRD and flowing down the CRD requirements to
subcontracts to the extent necessary to ensure contractor compliance with these requirements.
1. Reporting. The contractor must establish and implement activities that support the
Department’s required submittal of reports and data and implementation of sustainability
goals specified by DOE in the contract. The contractor must also meet the requirements
of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act.
2. The contractor must establish and implement the following activities:
a. Site Sustainability Plans (SSPs). Contractors must develop or support
development and commitments to identify their respective contributions toward
meeting the Department’s sustainability goals. Contractors must integrate their
SSP with their operational plans.
b. Environmental Management Systems (EMS). Contractors must develop and
implement an environmental management system (EMS) that is certified to or
conforms with the International Organization for Standardization’s (ISO)
14001:2004 in accordance with References 7.o and 7.p, respectively. Site
sustainability goals must be integrated into the EMS’s.
When deemed appropriate by the Contracting Officer, a contractor having an EMS that is
certified to the International Organization for Standardization’s (ISO) 14001:2004 standard in
accordance with the accredited registrar provisions of the International Standard may allow the
CRD not to be included in their contracts. In such cases, sustainability goals will flow down to
contractors via established contractor performance management processes or other contract
mechanisms.
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1. PURPOSE. Provide requirements and responsibilities for managing sustainability within the Department of Energy (DOE) to 1) ensure the Department carries out its missions in a sustainable manner that addresses national energy security and global environmental challenges, and advances sustainable, efficient and reliable energy for the future, 2) institute wholesale cultural change to factor sustainability and greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions into all DOE corporate management decisions, and 3) ensure DOE a
3. APPLICABILITY.
a. All Departmental Elements.
c. Equivalencies/Exemptions for DOE O 436.1.
d. Financing. Use, to the maximum extent practicable, alternative financing for energy saving projects, which includes renewable energy, energy efficiency, water-efficiency, high performance sustainable building, pollution prevention, and other sustainability projects.
(1) Sites must maintain an assessment of applicable alternative financing mechanisms to be reviewed annually, and updated as appropriate.
(2) Verified savings from all sustainability projects must be reinvested, consistent with Federal regulations and DOE guidance, to further additional sustainability projects at that site.
5. RESPONSIBILITIES.
(1) Support their Under Secretary in the implementation of sustainability goals, targets, milestones, projects and this Order as appropriate and assigned by PSO/NNSA management.
(3) Request through the annual internal budgetary processes funding and resources needed to carry out these requirements that are not alternatively funded through Energy Saving Performance Contracts (ESPC), Utility Energy Service Contracts (UESC) or other alternative financing.
e. Field Managers.
(4) Request through the annual internal budgetary processes funding and resources needed to carry out these requirements that are not otherwise financed.
Seek opportunities at multi-program sites to team to achieve synergistic andbeneficial results towards meeting sustainability goals.
(6) Ensure that sites under their purview provide the DOE Federal EnergyManagement Program (FEMP) all contracts for utilities services andmodifications to such contracts (excluding administrative or incrementalfunding modifications) prior to execution for review and concurrence byFEMP and the Office of General Counsel (OGC). For NNSA utilityservices contracts, FEMP provides expert analysis to NNSA, including theiropinion on the acceptability of the contract action. Utilities services must beawarded via DOE prime contract and DOE elements must ensure that allapplicable Federal, State, and local laws and regulations are followed. Sitesshall communicate to FEMP notice of any forthcoming regulatory actionson the part of their utility service providers. It is the responsibility of theOGC jointly with FEMP to represent all DOE consumer interests byintervening, or otherwise participating in, hearings or proceedings beforeregulatory bodies for utilities when these proceedings affect DOEoperations. Site personnel will support OGC and FEMP in theseintervention activities.(7) Notify Contracting Officers
f. DOE Corporate Partners.
(1) Director Office of Management
(2) Chief Health, Safety and Security Officer
(3) Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and FEMP
(4) Chief Information Officer
(5) Chief Financial Officer
g. Contracting Officers.
6. DEFINITIONS.
a. DOE site:
b. Environmental Management System (EMS):
c. Field Managers:
d. Sustainability:
e. Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan:
7. REFERENCES.
8. CONTACT.
APPENDIX A. ACRONYMS
Attachment 1. CONTRACTOR REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT