As part of this effort, DOE’s FEMP will create guidance for all federal agencies to measure and report their GHG emissions and such emissions will be tracked on a national scale.
LMI will provide support to FEMP in 14 areas. One immediate task will be to finalize the Public Sector Standard (PSS), the protocol the federal government will use to guide development of its inventory of GHG emissions. LMI developed the PSS in cooperation with the World Resources Institute (WRI), Environmental Protection Agency, and DOE as a framework for accurate accounting of public-sector GHG emissions, using a method consistent with established private-sector standards. WRI and LMI will jointly release the PSS in January.
Rob Hardison, lead author of the draft PSS and LMI’s lead on the DOE FEMP support effort, said: “The impact of President Obama’s executive order directing each federal agency to reduce greenhouse gasses cannot be overstated. The positive effects of a new energy-efficient federal government will have tremendous impact on both the environment and the taxpayer.
These initial efforts will likely set many precedents should Congress subsequently create a national program. However, federal agencies’ limited experience in this area means few are ready to reduce emissions as required. LMI is excited to be working closely with the Department of Energy to help the federal government take the lead in what the president has called a new clean energy economy.”
