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Headquarters U.S. Air Force

Integrity | Service | Excellence

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

HON Miranda A. A. Ballentine SAF/IE

14 September 2015



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

Topics for Today’s Session:



1. Air and space superiority, cyber assurance Air superiority foundational to joint operations Domains likely to be most contested in future

2. Intelligence, surveillance,

reconnaissance (ISR) Maximizing battlespace awareness ~60 RPA patrols, ~1,200 hrs full-motion

video/day

3. Rapid global mobility 1M+ airlift & tanker sorties in Mideast One airlift sortie every two minutes, 24/7/365 97% aeromedical evacuation survival rate

4. Global strike

Hold any target on planet at risk Two-thirds of America’s nuclear triad

5. Command & control

Integrates them all

The mission of the United States Air Force is to fly, fight and win…in air, space and cyberspace. “ ”

America’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

Deployed Airmen Forward Bases

3. Wide Range of Operating Environments

2. Geopolitical Instability

4. Vulnerability of Global Commons

5. Accessibility of Natural Resources



Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Mission: Enable Airmen to fly, fight and win through:

Ready Installations

Reliable Environmental Infrastructure

Resilient Energy



Context and Scale

161 Installations, 40 Range Complexes

$263B Plant Replacement Value

184M yds2 of Pavement

615M ft2 Buildings

73,000 Homes

66,300 Dorm Rooms

9M Acres Land

598K acres Forest 266K acres Wetlands 200 miles Coastline

113 Threatened Endangered Species



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.”

Sustainability at DoD



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



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)

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

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Scope 1 & 2 GHGs reduced by 19.2%


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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

Spend more Reduce

Costs

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?



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

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Example: Measuring Sustainable, High Performing Buildings

ENERGY REDUCTION Buildings since 2007

79% of Projects 6% of Projects

100% Compliant

Overall Average Energy Reduction: 33.3%

≥ 30%

≥ 50%

Met LEED certification requirements of policy

94% LEED Certified Buildings

300+ 98% Average

HPSB Score

FY14 Buildings

Percentage of FY14 Buildings that Meet 100% of HPSB

Requirements

81% FY14



47%

Example: ANG F-22 Hangar JB Pearl Harbor Hickam

Stormwater runoff from green space and infiltration basins

Water use reduction through low-flow plumbing fixtures

Annual energy cost savings

47%

72%

60%

54%

94%

75% Facility annual electrical consumption reduced by photovoltaic systems

Facility annual hot water requirements lowered by roof-mounted solar water heating panels

Waste generation reduction through recycling materials

Occupied spaces are provided daylight



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

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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!



Integrated Planning for Sustainability?

Traditional approach: Take action to incorporate sustainability on a facility-

by-facility basis Measure, track and report performance on a facility-

by-facility basis Favors new construction as a solution for

sustainability…what about existing building stock?



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





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



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



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

21 May 26, 2015 Tinker AFB

City-provided Refuse Management; Mayor, City Managers “all in” for partnering with the 72 ABW.

Community Partnerships



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!

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Questions?



Back up Slides



Balancing Act

Geopolitical Risk

Mission Risk

Financial Risk

Environmental Risk

FISCALLY CONSTRAINED ENVIRONMENT

#1 MISSION: FLY, FIGHT, AND WIN

BUDGET REQUIREMENTS



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

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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



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



Sustainability Drivers

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

Energy Policy Act

2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2013 2012 2011 2010 2014 2015

Energy Independence and

Security Act

Sustainability – Maintaining the Ability to Operate into the Future Without Decline



Ready Installations Ensure a Ready Air Force

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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

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