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Army’s Net Zero Initiative

Sustainability Getting to Net Zero: Energy, Water and Waste

Alicen KandtNational Renewable Energy Laboratory

August 12, 2015

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Complexities of Net Zero Water, Energy, and Waste

Net Zero Installation

Water

WasteEnergy

• Water, energy, and waste are interconnected in complicated ways• Energy requires water to

produce• Water requires energy to

treat and transport• Waste requires energy to

transport and can be used to create energy

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1. To produce as much energy on-site as they use annually;

2. To limit the consumption of freshwater resources and return water back to the same watershed so as not to deplete the groundwater and surface water resources of that region in quantity or quality; and/or

3. To reduce, reuse, and recover solid waste streams by converting them to resource values with zero solid waste to landfill.

Army Net Zero Initiative

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• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)• U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). • DOE labs, including the National Renewable

Energy Lab (NREL) and the Pacific Northwest National Lab (PNNL), are providing direct support to Army Net Zero Pilot Installations.

Collaboration

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Hierarchy

http://usarmy.vo.llnwd.net/e2/c/downloads/296777.pdf

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Subordinate Hierarchies

http://www.asaie.army.mil/Public/ES/netzero/docs/Kingery_ISWG_17July2014-Clean.pdf

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Net Zero Energy

http://www.asaie.army.mil/Public/ES/netzero/docs/Kingery_ISWG_17July2014-Clean.pdf

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Net Zero Waste

http://www.asaie.army.mil/Public/ES/netzero/docs/Kingery_ISWG_17July2014-Clean.pdf

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Net Zero Water

http://www.asaie.army.mil/Public/ES/netzero/docs/Kingery_ISWG_17July2014-Clean.pdf

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Timeline

• FY11 Select pilot installations• FY12 Develop strategies• FY13 and FY 14 Project development• FY15 through FY20 Program execution

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17 Pilot Installations

http://usarmy.vo.llnwd.net/e2/c/downloads/296777.pdf

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Net Zero Implementation Approach

http://usarmy.vo.llnwd.net/e2/c/downloads/296777.pdf

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Baseline/Balance Energy

Table 2: Net Zero Energy Solutions SummaryTable 1: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Installation Energy Auditsa and Estimated Savings

http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy14osti/60992.pdf

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Baseline/Balance Water

http://www.asaie.army.mil/Public/ES/netzero/docs/NZW%20Programmatic%20Summary-FINAL-10-30-13.pdf

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Baseline/Balance Waste

• Fort Carson Mattress Recycling (PDF 344 KB) Working with a local recycler, Fort Carson no longer sends any of its mattresses to a landfill. All mattresses are taken to the recycler at no cost, and the recycler ensures all materials are recycled, re-used, and or re-purposed.

• Joint Base Lewis-McChord Composting Facility (PDF 347 KB) Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) is turning organic waste resources into valuable landscaping and soil amendment products.

• Fort Polk Battery Reuse (PDF 285 KB) Seeing an opportunity to reduce battery expenditures, waste disposal costs and potential injury to soldiers, JRTC and Fort Polk personnel developed a program for the turn-in, testing and re-issue of these batteries.

• Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) Concrete and Asphalt Recycling Success Story (PDF 192.01 KB) A one-page fact sheet about concrete and asphalt recycling at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.

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• Energy:– Conduct thermal building envelope analysis– Reduce energy use through energy management control

systems – Hire resource efficiency managers – Pursue alternative financing mechanisms – Conduct energy master planning

• Water:– Maximize the use of xeriscaping – Implement leak detection on the potable water distribution

system – Maximize water recycling – Install purple pipe – Maximize use of alternate water sources

Best Practices Identified

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• Waste:– Establish a Qualified Recycling Program – Characterize and quantify waste flows – Improve purchasing practices to reduce waste at

the source – Repurpose and reuse waste through free and low-

cost opportunities – Recycle and compost waste through free and low-

cost opportunities

Best Practices Identified

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• Expand Net Zero guidelines across the board domestically

• Plans for extending Net Zero energy, waste, and water resource concepts to overseas facilities. – Including equipment and strategies for temporary

forward operating bases and mobile maneuvers as well as permanent stationary facilities.

What’s Next?

http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/05/ct-exclusive-interview-army-net-zero-soldiers/

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• Army Net Zero website: http://www.asaie.army.mil/Public/ES/netzero/

• NREL Guide to Net Zero Energy Assessment: http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy10osti/48876.pdf

• NREL Net Zero Energy Analysis for MCAS Miramar: http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy11osti/47991.pdf

• Army Net Zero Energy Roadmap and Program Summary (Fiscal Year 2013): http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy14osti/60992.pdf

• Army Net Zero Water Balance and Roadmap Programmatic Summary: http://www.asaie.army.mil/Public/ES/netzero/docs/NZW%20Programmatic%20Summary-FINAL-10-30-13.pdf

Resources