Planned Actions. Table 1.4.5 represents LANL’s five year energy project schedule, which is contingent on funding, to achieve the 30 percent energy intensity reduction and water reduction goals, but more importantly, the table attempts to accurately capture the funding required and will serve as the basis for out year budget requests. Reconfiguration of the central heat and power plant at TA-3 and revitalization of the distribution system could provide a significant proportion of the energy savings for LANL. Much of the steam plant and the piping system is more than 50 years old and is not energy efficient. Replacement of the TA-3 Co- generation (COGEN) plant is still a viable and critical project. UI will further develop the BAS night setback program by establishing a Measurement and Verification program, Operations and Maintenance Criteria for office temperature standards. In addition, LANL will invest $250,000 in FY 2011 to enable night setbacks within facilities with a BAS. A program to ensure a funding stream for energy and water efficiency improvements and the installation of on-site renewable energy projects will be developed. This program will apply at least 50 percent of the previous year’s expected savings into the following year’s energy and natural resources program to ensure the funding stream. The NORESCO project plan details the design work to be completed and the construction work to be nearly complete within FY 2011; the target for completion of construction is December 2011. Lessons learned from ESPC I will facilitate planning an FY 2011 ESPC DO#2 with a similar scope which is planned to begin development in FY12. Completed projects for 2010-2011 ESPC DO #1 are expected to reduce the energy intensity in Goal-Target facilities by about 65,000 MMBTU per year. About 332,500 gsf of new construction of facilities is planned between the beginning of FY 2011 and FY2016. An estimated 255,388BTUs/gsf/yr is used in Table 1.4.6 to calculate the net energy reduction by FY 2015 resulting from the elimination of excess facilities and construction of new ones. From FY 2011 to FY 2016, the net reduction in gsf is planned to be about 1.0M gsf and the net energy reduction will be about 155,311 MMBTUs (Table 1.4.6). New facilities will be built in accordance with new federal and state guidelines to be more energy efficient than the buildings they replace. One of the larger facilities included in new construction is the CMR Replacement-Radiological Laboratory Utility Office B...
Planned Actions. LANL will continue to pursue on-site renewable energy projects to fulfill the renewable energy requirements. The Los Alamos County (LAC) is constructing a 3MW low flow hydro-turbine on the US Army Corp of Engineer's Abiquiu Dam. LANL will use 80 percent of the power and LAC will use approximately 20 percent. Tentatively, this project should be completed in May 2011. In addition, LANL continue planning and implementation of the 2 MW of PV on the closed DOE/County landfill with an on-site battery to help with renewable energy integration into the grid and peak shaving. Abiquiu will produce approximately 7,000 MWh per year, and the PV will produce approximately 2,200 MWh per year, and that is 18,400 MWh with double credit for on-site production. The Laboratory used approximately 421,000 MWh in FY 2010, and the estimated percentage for on-site renewable energy is 4.4% once Abiquiu and the PV is operational. LANL will support NNSA to renegotiate the LAC ECA to support third party development of long-term renewable energy on-site generation to sustain secure and reliable generation sources for the Laboratory and support NNSA’s negotiations with LAC to extend the ECA.
Planned Actions. The Fleet Team will continue to research and test alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) including Plug-in Hybrids and electric cars. LANL currently has nine Hybrid vehicles and as part of the FY 2010 replacement cycle ordered an additional 28 Hybrid vehicles. The team will continue collecting data on E- 85 and Hybrid vehicles and work with management to continue downsizing and right sizing the Laboratory’s fleet. In addition, LANL will continue to support initiatives related to the development of alternative fuel infrastructure in Los Alamos County by initiating a Request for Proposal for a local alternative fuel vendor. The Fleet Team will work to meet fleet and fuel use goals as outlined in DOE Order 430.2B and EO 13423 by developing an effective customer awareness campaign and pursuing employee efficiency strategies to reduce energy use such as low-rolling resistance tires and synthetic oil to extend replacement frequency. In addition, the team will evaluate all of the equipment and fleet to establish any “green” alternatives and ascertain whether the equipment/fleet uses diesel, and if so, what type of biodiesel is possible. Milestone Deliverable Due Date Create “Green the Fleet” matrix for determining where LANL can increase environmentally preferable types of equipment or vehicles Matrix June 2011 Develop and issue RFP for alternative fuel vendor RFP issue date August 2011
Planned Actions. During FY2011 UI will continue with electric meter installations per the FY2011 Metering Plan. Advanced meters listed within the Metering Plan will be connected for remote communications through the LANL intranet where feasible. Additional work is planned for the installation of a device that will take natural gas and water meter outputs and communicate the data remotely to the current metering server for continuous monitoring and data collection. In FY2011 one natural gas and one water meter are slated for this remote connection. If successful, future connections will be made at locations with water and or gas meters which will aid in meeting the goals set forth in DOE’s Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan. In order to meet the 430.2B goals for natural gas and water metering, UI will bring in 4 water meters and 12 natural gas meters. By 2016 LANL will have a total of 44 water meters, 27 smart and 17 standard, and 31 natural gas meters, 14 smart and 17 standard. Once all of the locations necessary to meet the 430.2B are metered, UI will work connect any smart meters to be remotely read/monitored and will begin replacing standard meters with smart where practicable. The Laboratory is planning to manage, report, and share energy usage information across the site. Engineering Standards for Natural Gas and Water will be updated to include the requirement for a meter on gas and water. The update will specify meter types and require a communications path for said meter back to the metering server for continuous monitoring and data acquisition. UI is working with the Decision Applications Group (D-4) to develop a database that will collect metering data from various sources and create consumption reports for Facility Operations Directors, facility coordinators, and tenants. Within the next 12-18 months, this database will be used to analyze and trend energy consumption on a facility basis to improve tenant and building management awareness and conservation efforts. Usage information will be communicated to the FODs and programmatic tenants to improve awareness to reduce energy consumption through a quarterly report as well as available through the UI webpage. In addition, LANL will complete installation of all advanced electric meters. Milestone Deliverable Due Date Restore water meter remote reading capability to FY 2005 working status. Remote meter applications January 2010 Publish Metering Plan to address steam and gas metering as appropriate (attached t...
Planned Actions. LANL RAMP will continue to install cool roofs for the duration of RAMP (ends in 2013).
Planned Actions. Improve employee awareness of energy management goals and expectations and ensure the availability of staff resources (funding and personnel) that will be needed to achieve the goals (in addition to the ESPC) the site will allocate towards each of the goals. Communication efforts will focus on energy objectives and targets within the Environmental Management System process. The successful implementation of this order is within the performance evaluation of UI Energy Management staff. In addition, by September of FY 2011, at least one additional employee will complete the CEM certification. Milestone Deliverable Due Date CEM designation for one employee. Completed training certificate July 2011
Planned Actions. A Pollution Prevention Opportunity Assessment (PPOA) will be conducted in FY 2011 to determine how best to reduce SF6 emissions on site. LANL will continue to participate in the DOE Fugitive Emissions working group.
Planned Actions. LANL plans to focus its efforts on decreasing energy consumption by implementing projects, which are detailed in the attached CEDR. Mission growth and energy usage related to additional computing will increase. LANL is strategically planning to invest in renewable energy to decrease GHGs and reduce overall energy consumption to allow for mission growth. LANL will develop an integrated, resource loaded plan that will address energy, water conservation, and GHG goals. This plan will highlight the resources and technology required to meet the GHG reduction goals.
Planned Actions. In the future, LANL expects to participate in a program that allows employees who commute via bus or train to purchase their tickets with money that they set aside in a special tax-free account to save them money. Incentives for employees who bike or walk to work will also be developed and implemented. LANL will continue to encourage the use of webinars and virtual meetings to reduce the need for business air and ground travel. When more than one employee travels to the same off-site meeting, LANL will encourage the sharing of rental cars. In addition to reducing GHG emissions, reduced air travel and use of rental cars allows more money to be spent on program work. GHG emissions from municipal solid waste and wastewater treatment make up a very small fraction of LANL’s scope 3 emissions. The emissions calculated from wastewater treatment depend on the number of employees working at LANL, and no actions are planned to reduce the number of employees to reduce GHG emissions. Future footprint reductions may move employees into buildings without septic tanks, and GHG emissions in the wastewater category would decrease. LANL’s recycling programs are ongoing, and the Pollution Prevention team at LANL is always looking for new ways to minimize the amount of municipal solid waste that is generated onsite. No municipal solid waste is disposed of on LANL property, so GHG emissions from municipal solid waste are expected to remain zero. Milestone Deliverable Due Date Encourage use of webinars and virtual meetings through use of articles or other communication avenues. An article will be submitted for inclusion on an Environment, Safety, and Health poster. July 2011
Planned Actions. LANL will complete its GHG emissions inventories for DOE, EPA, and NMED.
