Presidential Order on Federal Energy and Water Efficiency

1. Issue a directive on energy and water efficiency in federal
facilities. (2)

The President should issue a directive by March 1994 to address the need
for energy and water conservation and efficiency measures at all federal
facilities where cost-effective. The directive should:

-- set a federal energy savings goal to encourage agencies to exceed the
goal established in EPACT;

-- set a goal for federal water conservation; and

-- stress the importance of the link between water consumption and
energy use.

The directive should also encourage the federal government's preference
for less polluting forms of energy and:

-- state that the federal government's policy shall be to pursue
aggressively the use of renewable energy sources in federal facilities;
and

-- direct agencies to set goals for energy efficiency projects that
include the use of renewable energy.

These goals and progress reports in meeting them should be submitted to
the DOE and the White House Office on Environmental Policy as a part of
the annual reports on energy efficiency currently required by
legislation; and, where cost-effective, direct government agencies to
install renewable energy technologies in new federal facility
construction projects and in future renovation projects.

The directive should include provisions directing agencies, where cost-
effective, to:

-- integrate energy and/or water efficiency upgrades to ensure maximum
cost savings;

-- establish reinvention laboratories to showcase energy efficiency,
water conservation, and renewable energy technologies, as well as
innovative contracting techniques; establish an Energy Efficiency
Project Team including a procurement specialist, an energy manager, and
other relevant members, and empower the team to focus on water
conservation measures and energy efficiency projects; pursue utility
incentive and rebate programs;

-- consider energy and water conservation in the performance evaluation
of facilities managers; and

-- review employee incentive programs to ensure that successful
implementation of energy and water conservation/efficiency measures are
appropriately rewarded.

To assist federal energy managers in implementing energy
efficiency and  water conservation projects, the directive should
require within 180  days issuance of:

-- model solicitations to contract for water and energy upgrades; model
Energy Savings Performance contracts with a comprehensive list of
efficiency measures;

-- guidance explaining the relationship between water use and energy
consumption and energy savings achieved through water conservation
measures; and

-- a national list of qualified water and energy efficiency
contractors.

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