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Military Resources
*updated November 21, 2000*
The Sustainable Facilities & Infrastructure (SFI) project team
at Georgia Tech Research Institute compiled this list of military
resources in July 2000. It is meant to be a preliminary and working
list and will updated as new documents become available.
Army
- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, "Architectural
and Engineering Instructions Design Criteria," Washington,
DC, July 3 1994.
- Deal, Brian. "The Green Neighborhood: Sustainable Family
Housing Design." U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research
Laboratory
- Flanders, Stephen, Richard Schneider, Donald Fournier, and Annette
Stumpf. "Working Prototype for DOD Sustainable Installations
Rating Tool." U.S. Army Engineering Research & Development
Center. May 2000.
- "Sustainable Installations Rating Tool (SIRT) DOD Prototype,"
Presentation to ACSIM/USACE Technology Coordinating Panel, May 2000.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development
Center.
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. (2000). "Sustainable Project Rating
Tool (Version 1.2)"
- Southface Energy Institute. "Sustainable Design Alternatives
for Adaptive Re-use of Historic Structures: Case Study on Building
170, Fort McPherson, Georgia," (Draft Report), June 29, 2000.
- Southface Energy Institute. "Sustainable Design Alternatives
for Adaptive Re-use of Historic Structures: Case Study on Building
170, Fort McPherson, Georgia," (Final Report), June 29, 2000.
- "Fort Ord Reuse Authority Pilot Deconstruction Project Final
Report," December 1997. Contact Stan Cook, Pilot Deconstruction
Project Coordinator, Fort Ord Reuse Authority, 408-883-3672.
- "Specification Requirements Contract for Demolition of Buildings,"
Directorate of Public Works, Department of the Army, U.S. Army Aberdeen
Proving Ground, Preliminary, December 1997.
- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Aberdeen proving Ground. "Green
Building" in Pollution Prevention Handbook.
- Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army Installations and
Environment, "Managing Army Posts: Tenets for the Twenty-First
Century," Draft February 2000.
- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, "Green Building
Technology in Hazardous Waste Cleanup Applications (Pamphlet No.
200-1-10)," December 1999.
- Doe, William W. III, Robert B. Shaw, Robert G. Bailey, David S.
Jones and Thomas E. Macia. (1999) "Locations and Environments of
U.S. Army Training and Testing Lands: An Ecoregional Framework for
Assessment." Federal Facilities Environmental Journal, Autumn
1999.
Air Force
- Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence (AFCEE) for the
Texas Pollution Prevention Partnership, "Guidance for Greening
Military Installations (GBOF 50% Guide)." March 9, 2000.
- Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence (AFCEE), "Green
Base of the Future."
- "Green Base of the Future Model Guide Charrette (11-12 January
1999)."
- "Green Base of the Future Charrette II (1-2 December 1999)."
January 5, 2000.
- Blevins, Roger. "White Paper: Sustainable Planning and Development
Guide." Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence (AFCEE).
March 21, 1999.
- Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence, Environmental Quality
Directorate, "AFCEE Environmental Quality Resource CD (Version
5.0)," August 2000.
Sustainable
Development Resources
This newly designed web site includes numerous resources broken down
into the following categories:
Auditing Checklist
- EPA Pollution Prevention and Environmental Impact Reduction
Checklist for Buildings and Housing Construction
Brochures
- Environmentally Sustainable Construction Brochure–An overview
of the USAF Environmentally Responsible Facilities Guide.
Educational Materials
This section includes case studies of sustainable development both
internal and external to the Air Force, sample specification documents,
and presentation briefings on affirmative procurement and environmental
issues.
Environmental Programs
This section has a link to the EPA's Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines
(CPG) Program.
Fact Sheets
Includes fact sheets on carrying capacity, CERL, EPA's CPG program,
NREL housing project, and PRO-ACT.
Guidance Documents
- C&D Waste Management Guide–Self-extracting zip file
that contains the guide in pdf format and Excel spreadsheets that
serve as an appendix.
- "United States Air Force Environmentally Responsible Facilities
Guide." June 1998.–A resource for Air Force project
teams moving toward sustainability, written by a team including
engineers, architects and environmental specialists.
Handbooks
This section provides links to the following documents:
- ACC Sustainable Facilities Guide
- GSA Real Property Guide (GSA)
- MIL-HDBK-1165m, Water Conservation
- Sustainable Building Technical Manual
- Whole Building Design Guide (Navy)
Information Services
This section provides links to many private and public resourcs
external to the Air Force.
Regulatory Drivers
Discusses AFI 32-7080 in Adobe Acrobat format.
Sample Plans
This section has a link for Integrated Resource Plan in Microsoft
Word format and for the Waste Management Spreadsheet in Microsoft
Excel format.
Sample Statements of Work
Provides a sample statement of work for A-E Sustainable Design
as well as a Sustainability Consultant in a Microsoft Word format.
Toolboxes
- Sustainable Development Toolbox–The Toolbox is an expanded
version of the Resource List from the USAF Environmentally Responsible
Facilities Guide, including a brief description of each resource
and links to web sites where available.
Design
and Construction Resources
- USAF Project Managers Guide for Design and Construction (Blue
Book)
- USAF Project Managers Guide for Project Definition (Red Book)
- USAF Project Managers Guide for A-E Services Acquisition and Tutorial,
1996 (Orange Book)
- Generic Requirements Document & Project Management Plan
Environmental
Conservation & Planning Resources
This link has information and resources on environmental impact
analysis process (EIAP) services, planning, natural and cultural resources
services, noise, and air quality.
The "Air Force Multimedia General Plan Guide" has numerous
on-line
references available.
The following is a list of potentially applicable documents:
- Air Force Interagency and Intergovernmental Coordination/Environmental
Planning
- Area Development Planning Bulletin
- Comprehensive Planning Approach and Process
- Environmental Quality Protection Bulletin
- Land Use Planning Bulletin
- Passive Solar Handbook — Volumes 1, 2 and 3
- Quality of Life Planning Bulletin
- Transportation Planning Bulletin
Affirmative
Procurement Resources
This web page covers all the Air Force resources on affirmative
procurement. Resources are broken down into the following categories
brochures, educational materials, environmental programs, fact sheets,
guidance documents, information services, regulatory drivers, sample
plans, and sample statements of work.
Marine Corps
- CH2MHill, "Environmental Sustainability Study: Data Development
Technical Memorandum, Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina,"
January 2000. Prepared for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers — Mobile
District.
Navy
- Planning and Design Policy Statement 98-01, "Design of Sustainable
Facilities and Infrastructure," dated 18 June 1998.
- Planning and Design Policy Statement 98-02, "Criteria Supporting
the Design of Sustainable Facilities and Infrastructure," dated
18 June 1998.
- Planning and Design Policy Statement 98-03, "Procurement
of Sustainable Facilities and Infrastructure through Architect-Engineer
(A/E) Contracts," dated 18 June 1998.
- The Whole Building Design Guide
This web site has been primarily supported by the NAVFAC Criteria
Office. The web site is still under construction, however, the interim
version provides users with guidance and resources on Sustainable
Design. Eventually users will be able to access building information
via three major categories design criteria, building types and products
and systems.
- Navy Environmental Leadership Program, "Program Guide 2000
(CD ROM)." Contact Cheryl
Mitchell, Mayport NELP, 904-270-6730,
- Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center, "Environmental
Solutions", Environmental Restoration Interactive CD Version
3.0, February 2000.
Multi Services
- Peterson, K. L. and J. A. Dorsey, "Roadmap for Integrating
Sustainable Design into Site-Level Operations (PNNL-13183),"
March 2000. Prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy under contract
by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
Federal
Office of the Federal
Environmental Executive
The mission of the OFEE is to advocate, coordinate, and assist environmental
efforts of the Federal community in waste prevention, recycling, the
affirmative procurement of guideline items and the acquisition of
recycled and environmentally preferable products and services. The
web site contains links to Executive Orders, publications, and web
links centered on waste prevention.
- Executive Order 13101, "Greening the Government Through Waste
Prevention, Recycling, and Federal Acquisition," September
14, 1998.
- Executive Order 13123, "Greening the Government Through Efficient
Energy Management," June 3, 1999.
EO 13123 directs Federal agencies to apply the principles of
Sustainable Design to the siting, design and construction of new
facilities. The Executive Order also directs agencies to optimize
life-cycle costs, reduce pollution prevention and other environmental
and energy costs associated with the construction, life-cycle
operation, and decommissioning of facilities.
- Executive Order 13148, "Greening the Government Through Leadership
in Environmental Management," April 22, 2000.
- Executive Order 13149, "Greening the Government Through Federal
Fleet and Transportation Efficiency," April 22, 2000.
- Executive Order 13150, "Federal Workforce Transportation,"
April 22, 2000.
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
- NAHB Research Center. (2000). "A Guide to Deconstruction." U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development
and Research, Washington, D.C.
National Park Service
- Sustainable Design and Construction Database Ð Release 2.0 (http://www.nps.gov/dsc/dsgncnstr/susdb/)
Release 2.0 of the National Park Service's Sustainable Design
and Construction Database. Improved features of Release 2.0 include
updated and greatly expanded contents, improved search options
for sorting through the data, and a reduction in the amount of
hard drive space required to house the database. The Database
now has approximately 1300 product listings from over 550 manufacturers,
listings of over 7000 recyclers of construction debris nationwide,
and expanded listings of books, periodicals, organizations, and
on-line sources of sustainable information.
National Research Council, Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed
Environment, Federal Facilities Council
- The Federal Facilities Council. (2000). "Sustainable Federal Facilities:
A Guide to Integrating Value Engineering, Life Cycle Costing, and
Sustainable Development (Federal Facilities Council Technical Report
# 142)." National Academy Press, Washington, D.C.
U.S. General Services Administration
(general - www.gsa.gov; Real Property,
Sustainable Development - http://policyworks.gov/org/main/mp/library/policydocs/sustain.htm)
- Real Property Policysite, Spring 2000
This issue highlights the June 20, 2000 SUSTAINABILITY 2000 WORKSHOP,
sponsored by the Office of Real Property, which featured experts
on sustainable development such as William McDonough, FAIA, and
Ray Anderson, Chairman and CEO of Interface, Inc., and Sandy Mendler,
AIA, CUH2A. It is available on-line at http://policyworks.gov/org/main/mp/library/policydocs/spring2000.pdf
- Real Property Policysite, Winter 1999/2000
Featuring cutting edge information on Federal sustainable development
principles to help make sound, "green" business decisions for
the year 2000 and beyond to benefit tenants and the environment.
It is available online at http://policyworks.gov/org/main/mp/library/policydocs/newsletterwinter99-00.pdf
- Planet GSA home page at http://www.gsa.gov/planetgsa/
has links to the five Planet GSA Pillars including 1) buy green,
2) drive green, 3) build green, 4) manage green and 5) save green.
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