Annual Performance Plan - 2014, Revised Final Performance Plan - 2013 Page 62
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89Strategic Objective 4.3
Increase Efficiency of Our Physical
Infrastructure
Ø Implement Green Solutions that Improve Our Environment and Make Our
Operations More Efficient
Ø Improve Real Property Management and Optimize Maintenance Costs
STRATEGIES
Ø Increase Oversight of Space Acquisition Activities to Ensure Cost-Conscious
Decision Making, Taking Telework Opportunities into Consideration
Ø Continue to Redesign and Equip Our Offices to Enhance Security and Privacy
and Foster Employee Satisfaction and Productivity
We strive to provide a professional, safe, and secure environment for our workforce and the public. We
also have a responsibility to conduct business in an efficient, economical, and environmentally-
responsible manner. We are analyzing opportunities to generate savings by minimizing waste and
reducing energy consumption. To meet these responsibilities, we recycle and purchase energy-efficient
lighting, electronics, and appliances. We also include sustainable acquisition language in agency
contracts. We began these practices before the release of Executive Order 13423, Strengthening
Federal Environment, Energy, and Transportation Management, which directed Federal agencies to
improve their environmental, energy, and transportation processes. We continue to seek opportunities
to generate savings by minimizing waste and reducing energy consumption.
In support of Executive Order 13423 and Executive Order 13514, Federal Leadership in Environmental,
Energy, and Economic Performance, we replaced 100 percent of our gasoline vehicles eligible for
replacement with alternative fuel or low greenhouse gas emissions vehicles. As a result, for FY 2011, the
Department of Energy ranked us second among Federal agencies for alternative fuel consumption and
fifth in reducing petroleum consumption.
We continue to find new and innovative ways to expand our “green” programs and use “green”
solutions to improve our environment. Executive Orders 13423 and 13514 set forth ambitious energy
and water conservation goals. We will track our progress using SSA’s Environmental Management
System developed in August 2012.
We will increase the efficiency of our physical infrastructure by:
Greening Our Fleet:
We developed a Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goal and Sustainability Performance
Plan to meet the requirements of Executive Order 13514. To further our sustainable practices, we will
increase our purchase of renewable energy. One hundred percent of our new vehicle purchases are
alternative fuel vehicles. Nationwide, we converted over 70 percent of our light-duty vehicles to
alternative fuel vehicles, and at our headquarters, we converted 94 percent of these vehicles.
We will continue to meet the Executive Order requirements to increase consumption of alternative fuels
by 10 percent and reduce petroleum consumption by 2 percent annually. We continue to allow other
Federal agencies to access alternative fuel pumps that we have installed. In FY 2013 and FY 2014, we
plan to purchase additional “green” electric-powered utility trucks used for transporting materials
between buildings at our headquarters complex.
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