Pollution prevention and energy efficiency (P2/E2) has become a powerful tool and prudent business practice for cutting the rising costs of waste management over the life of a facility, including facilities throughout the U.S. Department of Energy complex. In addition to enhancing environmental quality, practicing P2/E2 also creates a positive public perception.

The DOE Environmental Management, Office of Technical Program Integration sponsored the Complex-wide Sustainable Design Program from 1993 through 2002 to provide outreach, technical assistance tools, and training for DOE operations offices to help incorporate pollution prevention and sustainable building design principles into DOE facilities projects.

Sustainable design (SD) is the preferred method to ensure that facility design, construction, operations, and decommissioning are safe, energy efficient, and environmentally responsible. To successfully respond to these drivers, each DOE organization and Operations Office must actively seek out and fund beneficial SD opportunities that enhance environmental quality and save taxpayer dollars. A new facility can dramatically reduce waste generation levels and waste management costs and increase energy efficiency over its life span when SD options are considered during the design phase.

Sustainable Design Program Annual Reports

Fiscal Year 1995 Final Letter Report for the Pollution Prevention by Design Project

The purpose of this report is to document and communicate the results and successes of the fiscal year 1995 (FY95) P2 by Design project. Chapter 2 covers Product Completion features and improvements in the training course and Pollution Prevention Environmental Design Guide for Engineers (P2-EDGE) software; Chapter 3 covers User Acceptance situation analysis of design activities within DOE, case study results on three DOE design projects, extrapolation of case study results to DOE design activities, and additional communications efforts employed to raise awareness of the project and DfE throughout the complex; Chapter 4 covers Product Deployment training, direct mailings, project homepage, project tracking system, and technology transfer endeavors.

Incorporating Pollution Prevention into U.S. Department of Energy Design Projects: Case Study Results and Participant Feedback

This document describes the tools developed and case studies performed in fiscal year 1994. The tools developed in 1994 were the Pollution Prevention Design Assessment Guidance document and the Electronic Guideline software prototype. Also included in this report is feedback from the case studies.