ORNL has implemented numerous initiatives to increase sustainability and employee engagement on its campus. Over the past decade, it has modernized facilities, with nearly half of current space being less than 10 years old. Initiatives include promoting sustainable transportation, installing electric vehicle charging stations, offering wellness programs, and implementing waste reduction efforts. ORNL engages employees through seminars, newsletters, and a program that encourages sustainability suggestions from staff. It also collaborates regionally and internationally to share best practices and advance deployment of sustainable technologies.
Changing Behaviors in the Workplace - Employee Engagement at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
1. Changing
Behaviors in the
ORNL Workplace:
Employee
Engagement
ORNL’s 3rd Annual Southeast
Sustainability Summit
Melissa Lapsa
Energy and Transportation
Science Division
Sustainable Campus Initiative
August 22, 2013
Knoxville, Tennessee
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Goal Timeframe Sponsors Focus areas
• Achieve
benchmark
sustainability in
campus operation
and in research,
development, and
deployment of key
technologies
• 10 years (2020)
to correspond
with Executive
Order 13514
• Senior
management
• Integration
of operations
and research
− Facilities
and land
− Transportation
− Utilities and
infrastructure
− Transformational
− Waste
− Employees
and systems
ORNL Sustainable Campus Initiative
Employee
engagement
follows from
institutional
commitment
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• Lead team
– Melissa Lapsa
– Teresa Nichols
– Roadmap owners
• Sponsors
– Martin Keller
– Herb Debban
Energy
Storage
Michael Starke
Small Modular
Reactor
Paula Flowers
Peak Power
Management
Michael Starke
Central Energy
Data System
Terry Heatherly
Electric Vehicle
Charging Stations
Curt Maxey
External Application
Melissa Lapsa
Green IT
Bob Beane /
Rachael Jackson
Wireless
Energy Data
Teja Kuruganti
Smart
Grid
Isabelle Snyder
Clean and
Renewable Energy
Sources
Curt Maxey
Sustainable
Employee
Transportation
Diane Davidson
Transformational Technology
Leading-edge Technology
Purchase Renewable
Energy Credits
Melissa Madgett
Sustainable
Vehicle Fleet
Kathye Settles
Sharing
Successes
Julia Kelley
High-Performance
Sustainable
Buildings – New
Construction
Warren Thomas
Sustainable
Landscaping/
Land Use
Pat Parr
Sustainable
Acquisition
Brooks Baldwin
High-Performance
Sustainable
Buildings – Existing
Buildings
Bryce Hudey
Known Technology
Employee, Family
and Community
Engagement
Teresa Nichols
Recycle and Reuse
Construction Waste
Susan Michaud
Employee
Wellness
Joan Lawson
Recycle and Reuse
Office Waste
Susan Michaud
Water
Management
Dan O’Connor
Greenhouse Gas
Management
Teresa Nichols
Annual
Sustainability
Reports
Teresa Nichols
Energy Efficiency
in Existing Facilities
Bryce Hudey
Foundational Methods
Sustainable Campus Initiative
roadmap owners
• Collaborators
– Battelle
– World Resources
Institute
– Regional
partnerships
– Subject matter
experts
4. ORNL has 14
LEED-certified buildings
• LEED Gold: 5 new, 1 existing
• LEED Silver: 2
• 19 High-Performance Sustainable Buildings
• Among the largest collections of LEED-certified
buildings in the region
LEED
LEED
silver
LEED
gold
LEED
LEED
silver
LEED
gold
LEED
LEED
gold
LEED
gold
LEED
gold
LEED
gold
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• 2 high bays for building envelop
and HVAC system research
• 2 flexible research platforms with data
connectivity to simulate:
– Low-rise shopping centers
– Mid-rise commercial buildings
First light commercial test buildings
installed on FRPs
Maximum Energy Efficiency Building
Research Laboratory: MAXLAB
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Integrating
sustainability
Corporate
Strategic
Business
Plans
Statements
of corporate
commitment
Interview
and selection
process
Web
pages
Recruiting
materials
Sustainability
reporting
Recognition
programs
Employee
communi-
cation
Employee
participation
(~4,000 staff)
Sustainability
observations
Process
redesign
Life cycle
assessment
Work
control
process
LSM
checklist
Sustainability
projects
Communicating
expectations
New
employee
training and
handbook
Site
access
training
R2A2s
Job
descriptions
SBMS
procedures
SBMS
expectations
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Tools for employee engagement
Quarterly seminars
• Topics suggested
by staff
• Encourage
discussion
Monthly newsletters
• News and updates
on ORNL and regional
sustainability events
• Offer seasonal
sustainability tips
9. Sustainable employee transportation
“Bike it green” program Carpooling Flexible work schedules
• Shared bikes available
at multiple locations
across ORNL campus
• Supports employee
wellness and reduces
on-campus
gasoline usage
• Super Commuter web
site: Promotes carpooling
• Participating in regional
Smart Trips Program:
−Promotes alternatives
to driving alone
−>60 employees involved
• Alternative Work
Location policy:
Telecommuting option
• Alternative Work Hours
agreements: 180 ORNL
employees participating
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Charging stations accommodate
employees with EVs
• 22 Nissan Leafs
• 5 Chevy Volts
• 1 plug-in Toyota Prius
• 2 Ford C-Max
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Employee suggestions have resulted
in improvements to sustainability
Solar-powered wireless
emergency call boxes
Intelligent waste/
recycling receptacles
Blood pressuring
monitoring
• Developed by ORNL staff
• Can be placed almost
anywhere at a fraction
of the cost of wired units
• Direct contact with Lab
Shift Superintendent’s
Office (24/7)
• 2 BigBelly Solar
collection systems
installed
−Solar-powered
trash compactor
−Bottle and can
recycling bin
• 4 blood pressure
monitors purchased
by ORNL Wellness
Program encourage
employee health
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Community engagement
Earth Day festivities in
Oak Ridge and Knoxville
Centennial Knoxville
Conservation Exposition
(October 2013)
Several presentations
annually to internal
and external audiences
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Sustainability
Summits
Southeast
Sustainability
Group
Regional
education
outreach
International
education
outreach
• Annual events
to advance
regional
deployment
of sustainable
technologies
• 2011 and 2012
summits: >110
attendees each
• Nonprofit
company
established
to advance
sustainability in
Southeast U.S.
• Representing
8 states
• ORNL is
supporting
development
of a Sustainable
Campus Initiative
at Indian River
State College,
Florida
• ORNL and
Indian Institute
of Technology
at Jodhpur,
Rajasthan,
are sharing
sustainability
lessons learned
and best practices
Regional and international outreach
14. Southeast Regional Initiative
Primary goal Broader goals Primary mechanism Process
• Advance
sustainability across
the region in 4 areas:
− Energy efficiency
− Transportation
− Low-carbon power
generation
− Waste reduction
• Use sustainable
technologies to
− Lower costs
for businesses,
municipalities,
universities,
and consumers
− Decrease
dependence
on foreign oil
− Advance economic
development
− Create a cleaner
environment
• Regional leadership
team working with
states, businesses,
NGOs, universities,
and municipalities
• Determine
current state
• Set goals for future
• Identify mechanisms
for reaching desired
future state
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Southeast Sustainability Group
established on behalf of initiative
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Previous awards 2011 2012 2013
• DOE Office of Science
• President’s ―Closing
the Circle Award‖ for
Leadership in
Environmental
Stewardship
• EStar Award: Building
1059
• DOE FEMP Award:
GreenIT
• DOE EStar Awards
−Energy and Fleet
Management
−LEED Existing
Buildings
• East Tennessee
USGBC — Green
Light Award for
Exemplary
Contributions to
Sustainability in the
Built Environment
• Tennessee Chamber
of Commerce and
Industry Award for
Comprehensive
Environmental
Excellence
• DOE Bronze
GreenBuy Award
for Sustainable
Acquisition
• DOE Outstanding
Sustainability Projects
for water resource
management
• Tennessee Chamber
of Commerce
and Industry
Air Quality, Water
Quality and
Environmental
Excellence
• GoGreen
East Tennessee
Green Achievers
award for participation
in GoGreen.com
Business Recognition
Program
• Roane County Industrial
Development Board
Roane Beautification
award for significant
modernization and
sustainable campus
improvements
rigorously made over
the past decade
• Federal Energy
and Water
Management Award
ORNL has earned national recognition
17. Space
>10
years
old:
100%
Space
>10
years
old:
52%
Space
<10
years
old:
48%
2002 Today
Location of staff
17
In 2012Since 2010Since 2007Since 2002
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Procurement
electronic filing
initiative
(ROI: 14%)
>65% of
construction
and demolition
waste, 28% of
municipal waste
diverted each
year
35.5%
decrease
in water use
1.27 million
SF of new
space
(46% increase
in campus
size, 4%
decrease
in energy use)
Modernizing ORNL
Brought together existing initiatives, providing synergies, adding many new initiatives
Sustainable Campus Initiative Roadmap Owners was updated since we last talked to better meet ORNL’s needs. We wanted to share this updated version with you for your reference.
Also seminar series, monthly newsletter, website, speakers bureau, ASR, awards and recognitions etc
2013 “Roane Beautification “ award by the Roane County Industrial Development Board for its significant modernization and sustainable campus improvements rigorously made over the past decade2013 Federal Energy and Water Management Award2013 “Green Achievers” award by GoGreen East Tennessee for its participation in the GoGreen.com Business Recognition ProgramEnergy Efficiency in Existing Buildings: - Energy Conservation Measure Implementation:· Implement life cycle cost effective Energy Conservation Measures (ECMs) to continue progress in reducing the backlog of proposed ECMs that ORNL has accrued over the last 4 years from EISA required energy and water evaluations. To date, the average return on each dollar invested in ECMs will amount to about $2.80 over the lifecycle. In FY’13, $436,000 was dedicated to ECM implementation for an anticipated life cycle cost savings of approximately $1.23 million. In FY’14 ORNL’s ECM backlog will total approximately $2.46 million in implementation cost with an associated cost savings of approximately $789,000 annually. At current funding levels, it will take approximately 6-1/2 years to completely eliminate the backlog, missing about $1.97 million in cost savings opportunity during that period.· ECMs are a fundamental component of efforts toward continued reduction of site energy intensity and greenhouse gas emissions to comply with Executive Order 13514. Impact if additional funds are not received:The rate of ECM backlog reduction is severely slowed and energy conservation missed opportunity costs further accumulate. ORNL may be perceived as unresponsive to the recommendations of the Inspector General’s 2012 report, “Opportunities for Energy Savings at Department of Energy Facilities”. - Meter Installation:· Utility metering infrastructure improvements to make necessary progress towards compliance with EISA 434(b), Not later than October 1, 2016, each agency shall provide for building level metering of natural gas and steam in accordance with guidelines established by the Secretary. Currently, only 4% of site steam consumption is metered at the building level.· Continue implementation of advanced electrical metering infrastructure. FY’13 progress is on track for 30 new meter installations that enable energy efficiency and facilities staff to more readily identify energy conservation opportunities and track results. An additional 20 new meter installations are planned for FY’14. Impact if additional funds are not received:Significantly increase risk of non-compliance with EISA 434(b) in FY’2016. Increased potential for energy and cost conservation opportunities to be missed and/or results not adequately tracked. - Retro-Commissioning & Energy Audits:· Conduct energy and water evaluations (audits) as a best practice and to make required progress towards compliance with EISA 432, Energy and water evaluations must be completed every 4 years for all federal “covered facilities”; those that constitute 75% of the agency’s facility energy use. ORNL targets 25% of its covered facilities each year to make steady progress over the 4 year cycle.· FY’13 evaluations were conducted under a new more specific statement of work with the assistance of a contractor who was selected in a competitive procurement process. This resulted in a high quality outcome with thoroughly conceived energy conservation measures.· The FY’14 evaluation process will build on FY’13’s experience and make adjustments where necessary to optimize the outcome.· Conduct retro or re-commissioning processes to optimize the operation of facilities’ systems where opportunities are identified in energy/water evaluations and by Facilities Engineers. Impact if additional funds are not received:Significantly increase risk of non-compliance with EISA 432. Failure to identify and properly quantify energy and cost conservation opportunities. Compromise the potential to optimize the performance of systems to better support the facility mission with increased efficiency.
Received seven external awards and certificates (e.g., from the DOE Sustainability Performance Office [SPO], Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and East Tennessee US Green Buildings Council)