Strategically Incorporating Sustainability, Resilience and Footprint Consolidation in Air Force Portfolio Planning

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1 Strategically Incorporating Sustainability, Resilience and Footprint Consolidation in Air Force Portfolio Planning HON Miranda A. A. Ballentine SAF/IE 14 September 2015

2 Topics for Today s Session: The Basics: who is America s Air Force and what do we do? View from the Top: what are Senior Air Force Leaders thinking about and worried about? SAF/IE mission and priorities. How Air Force views sustainability, installations and infrastructure Air Force techniques and tools for sustainable, resilient, right-sized installations

3 Headquarters U.S. Air Force America s Air Force 1. Air and space superiority, cyber assurance 2. The mission of the United States Air Force is to fly, fight and win in air, space and cyberspace. Maximizing battlespace awareness ~60 RPA patrols, ~1,200 hrs full-motion video/day Rapid global mobility Air superiority foundational to joint operations Domains likely to be most contested in future Intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR) M+ airlift & tanker sorties in Mideast One airlift sortie every two minutes, 24/7/365 97% aeromedical evacuation survival rate Global strike 5. Hold any target on planet at risk Two-thirds of America s nuclear triad Command & control Integrates them all

4 Headquarters U.S. Air Force What s on Air Force Senior Leaders Minds? Air Force 30-Year Strategy and Environment Assessments Lay Out Emerging Global Threats 1. Rapidity of technological breakthroughs 2. Geopolitical Instability 5. Accessibility of Natural Resources 3. Wide Range of Operating Environments Deployed Airmen Forward Bases 4. Vulnerability of Global Commons

5 Headquarters U.S. Air Force Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Mission: Enable Airmen to fly, fight and win through: Resilient Energy Reliable Environmental Infrastructure Ready Installations

6 Context and Scale 184M yds 2 of Pavement 615M ft 2 Buildings 9M Acres Land 161 Installations, 40 Range Complexes 73,000 Homes 598K acres Forest 266K acres Wetlands 200 miles Coastline $263B Plant Replacement Value 66,300 Dorm Rooms 113 Threatened Endangered Species

7 Sustainability at DoD The Department of Defense s vision of sustainability is to maintain the ability to operate into the future without decline either in the mission or in the natural and manufactured systems that support it.

8 Strategic Sustainability Objectives and Goals Four Overarching Objectives Continued availability of critical resources Readiness maintained in the face of climate change Minimize waste and pollution Sustainability practices become the norm Seven Individual Goals with Associated Sub- Goals Energy/renewables, water conservation, pollution prevention and waste management are foundational elements of Air Force sustainability Emphasize return on investment and life cycle benefits of initiatives Performance-based targets and metrics

9 Examples of Air Force Sustainability initiatives alignment with SecAF Priorities Aligned Make Every Dollar Count Care for Airmen, Communities Balance Readiness with Modernization Energy Use Facility energy 22.3%. Mobility jet-fuel efficiency. $2.5 billion avoided energy costs (both jet fuel and electricity) Greenhouse Gas Emissions Scope 1 & 2 GHGs reduced by 19.2% Water and Waste Potable water 21.9%. 48% municipal solid waste and 80% construction & demolition debris diverted from landfill. Renewable Energy Nearly 300 renewable projects on 100 installations, all at or below grid prices

10 The Problem AF Installations: Too big, too old, too costly to operate ~30% excess infrastructure capacity Average facility: 40+ years old, many much older Infrastructure re-investment 33% below historical averages $12 Billion backlog in restoration & modernization projects Simple math tells us we can make installations more affordable and viable by : Spending More or Reducing Costs Where does sustainability fit on that scale? Spend more Reduce Costs 10

11 Prioritizing facility investments Projects are prioritized by likelihood of failure and mission criticality Thus, individual green projects to meet goals don t often make the cut 11

12 Example: Measuring Sustainable, High Performing Buildings ENERGY REDUCTION Buildings since % of Projects 79% of Projects 100% Compliant 50% 30% FY14 Percentage of FY14 Buildings that Meet 100% of HPSB Requirements 81% Overall Average Energy Reduction: 33.3% 98% Average HPSB Score FY14 Buildings 94% Met LEED certification requirements of policy 300+ LEED Certified Buildings

13 Example: ANG F-22 Hangar JB Pearl Harbor Hickam 47% 47% 72% 60% Stormwater runoff from green space and infiltration basins Water use reduction through low-flow plumbing fixtures Annual energy cost savings Facility annual electrical consumption reduced by photovoltaic systems 54% 94% 75% Facility annual hot water requirements lowered by roofmounted solar water heating panels Waste generation reduction through recycling materials Occupied spaces are provided daylight

14 Example: MacDill Air Force Base Energy Efficiency Retrofits Self-Investment to Reduce Cost Metering to understand use, identify reduction opportunities Over 95% of electricity usage metered at building level Over 98% of natural gas usage metered at building level Wireless communication Transition to LED lighting: Lighting approximately 22% of MacDill AFB total electric load Transition to LEDs expected to result in 13% energy reduction High Efficiency Chillers 14

15 These Demonstrate Great Successes and Progress! But with over 49,000 Air Force facilities on our installations worldwide, we will not become sustainable with a building-by-building approach!

16 Integrated Planning for Sustainability? Traditional approach: Take action to incorporate sustainability on a facilityby-facility basis Measure, track and report performance on a facilityby-facility basis Favors new construction as a solution for sustainability what about existing building stock?

17 We Need: Integrated Planning for Sustainable Installations! So how are we integrating sustainability into installation planning processes? Identify Desired Outcomes for Planning: Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan (SSPP) Installation Sustainability Management System (ISMS) Pilot Initiative Installation Development Plans and Sustainable Development Indicators Installation Complex Encroachment Management Action Plans (ICEMAPs) Community Partnerships

18 Headquarters U.S. Air Force

19 Installation Development Plans and Sustainable Development Indicators Installation Development Plans (IDPs) guide development on Air Force installations Include Sustainability Development Indicators (SDIs) introduce sustainability concepts into IDPs SDI metrics can be used as measurement and predictive tools for planning actions Climate vulnerability recently added under the External Sustainability category IDPs and SDIs Guiding Sustainable Development

20 Installation Complex Encroachment Management Action Plans (ICEMAPs) Encroachment on installations, test and training ranges, airspace and electromagnetic spectrum is a critical issue for the Air Force ICEMAPs provide consistent framework to identify, mitigate and prevent encroachment impacts internal and external to the fenceline 13 encroachment and sustainment challenge areas Over 70 ICEMAPs complete or in progress

21 Community Partnerships Community Partnerships (P4): Leverage Private Sector Services, Practices and Products to Reduce Mutual Operating/Service Costs 49 participating bases and communities 1000 initiatives underway Potential Value/Benefit: ~$160M FY15-20 Integrity May 26, 2015 Service Excellence Tinker AFB City-provided Refuse Management; Mayor, City Managers all in for partnering with the 72 ABW. 21

22 Conclusion OUR JOB. 1. Ensure we have ready, reliable, resilient installations to enable our mission and our people 2. Increase the affordability, viability and sustainability of our installations 3. Continue to look for opportunities to right size installations HOW WILL WE DO IT? Integrate sustainability into installations planning and then execute the plan! 22

23 Questions?

24 Back up Slides

25 Balancing Act Geopolitical Risk FISCALLY CONSTRAINED BUDGET REQUIREMENTS Mission Risk ENVIRONMENT Financial Risk #1 MISSION: FLY, FIGHT, AND WIN Environmental Risk

26 Base Realignment & Closure 10% reduction in Air Force personnel and planned aircraft since 04 1% reduction infrastructure since 04 30% excess infrastructure capacity requiring investment to maintain & operate The spreading of fewer personnel and aircraft has led to smaller squadron sizes and less investment per installation BRAC is hard on Communities, but there is also help BRAC Provides economic support to impacted communities The Air Force supports a new BRAC round to right-size our installations BRAC is the Most Comprehensive, Transparent and Collaborative Way to Align Infrastructure with our Mission 26

27 Demolition Demolition supports the Air Force need to right-size our infrastructure by eliminating low value/poor condition facilities Since 2006 the Air Force has demolished 44M square feet of aging building space that was excess to need AF plan in FY16 calls for 1.1M square feet of demolition to eliminate nearly $200M of Plant Replacement Value

28 Sustainability Drivers Energy Policy Act Energy Independence and Security Act Federal Leadership in High Performance and Sustainable Buildings MOU Guiding Principles EO 13423, Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy and Transportation Management EO 13514, Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance Presidential Memorandum on Federal Leadership on Energy Management EO 13693, Planning for Federal Sustainability in the Next Decade Sustainability Maintaining the Ability to Operate into the Future Without Decline

29 Ready Installations Ensure a Ready Air Force Employ operational capability from our installations CONUS, OCONUS, expeditionary Enable air & space superiority Provide infrastructure necessary to hold targets at risk anywhere across the globe Facilitate ISR exploitation Host robust C2 networks Support Joint and Coalition missions Build partnerships with allies & developing nations by forward basing US forces 29