Phoenix Convention Center Phoenix, Arizona Sustainable Success in the Desert Sustainability Green Buildings: Architecture, Landscape, and Operations Lance Marbut Bureau of Reclamation, DOI August 13, 2015

Energy Exchange : Federal Sustainability for the Next Decade Sustainable Success in the Desert 2 Bureau of Reclamation initiatives Historic Boulder City Lower Colorado Region Office Building Using the Sun Sustainable Landscaping Water Re-Use People and Sustainability LEED and Guiding Principles

Energy Exchange : Federal Sustainability for the Next Decade Bureau of Reclamation sustainable initiatives 3 Animas La Plata Permanent Operating Facility Built in gsf office and shop Certified LEED Gold and Guiding Principle compliant Key Features: – Solar Wall – Natural Lighting – Highly Efficient HVAC and lighting – Natural materials, including beetle kill wood

Energy Exchange : Federal Sustainability for the Next Decade Bureau of Reclamation sustainable initiatives 4 Grand Coulee Materials Storage Building Built in ,400 gsf storage building for turbine replacement LEED Silver Low environmental footprint Green materials

Energy Exchange : Federal Sustainability for the Next Decade Bureau of Reclamation sustainable initiatives 5 Four Corners Construction Office Renovation Renovated 2014 Office and maintenance shop 19,451 gsf First Guiding Principle compliant renovation! Key Features: – Efficient lighting – Upgraded HVAC units – Efficient water fixtures – Envelope/insulation improvements – Green materials

Energy Exchange : Federal Sustainability for the Next Decade Bureau of Reclamation sustainable initiatives 6 Brackish Groundwater National Desalinization Research Facility – Wins First DOE Better Buildings Challenge! Operational Changes of Less than $2,000 achieved A 50% Energy Reduction.

Energy Exchange : Federal Sustainability for the Next Decade Bureau of Reclamation sustainable initiatives 7 Utah Projects Office reduced irrigated lands through Xeriscape From this…. To This!

Energy Exchange : Federal Sustainability for the Next Decade 8 Historic Boulder City DeBoer’s Plan

Energy Exchange : Federal Sustainability for the Next Decade 9 Historic Boulder City New Building site Site of concrete cap put in place due to hazmat issues. Used for Solar field now

Energy Exchange : Federal Sustainability for the Next Decade 10 Lower Colorado Region Office Building

Energy Exchange : Federal Sustainability for the Next Decade 11 Lower Colorado Region Office Building Lower Colorado Region Green Building Built ,000 gsf office building LEED Platinum and Guiding Principle compliant – Highly energy efficient – Water recycling – Open concept/low cubicle height to maximize daylight – Green Materials

Energy Exchange : Federal Sustainability for the Next Decade 12 Using the Desert Sun

Energy Exchange : Federal Sustainability for the Next Decade 13 Using the Desert Sun Project Solar Power - Solar Farm – 480,1000KwH Per Year -- Modeled at 100% of building electric - Solar Hot Water -- Approximately 95% of Domestic Hot Water - Solar Street Lights % of Site Lighting -- Newer LED version on left --- Smaller, cheaper, brighter

Energy Exchange : Federal Sustainability for the Next Decade 14 Sustainable Landscaping

Energy Exchange : Federal Sustainability for the Next Decade 15 Water Re-Use Cooling tower Purge water used for toilets

Energy Exchange : Federal Sustainability for the Next Decade 16 Water Re-Use

Energy Exchange : Federal Sustainability for the Next Decade 17 People are Important

Energy Exchange : Federal Sustainability for the Next Decade Our building was awarded the highest LEED rating. But if LEED was all we focused on we would not have been Guiding Principles compliant Used Guiding Principles as the guide on which LEED credits to Pursue 18 Guiding Principles and LEED

Energy Exchange : Federal Sustainability for the Next Decade Sustainable Success in the Desert 19 Bureau of Reclamation initiatives Historic Boulder City Lower Colorado Region Office Building Using the Sun Sustainable Landscaping Water Re-Use People and Sustainability LEED and Guiding Principles

Energy Exchange : Federal Sustainability for the Next Decade Sustainable Success in the Desert 20 Questions?