This session provides an overview of the seven components of the Federal green purchasing program and examples of the cool stuff Federal agencies are doing to implement green purchasing.
The Dollars And Sense of Sustainability
Speaker: Dr. Teresa Pohlman
Tenant Activities Group Leader, Pentagon Renovation Program
Speaker: Ken SandlerCo-Chair, EPAGreenBuilding Workgroup
US EPA (MC 6609J)
12:00 – 1:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Breakout 1.2: Compliance Management and EMS implementation
Auditorium
Moderator: Melanie Pearson, DOE
Breakout 2.2: How to Buy Green Computers
Conf E
Moderator: Holly Elwood, EPA
Breakout 3.2: Improving Sustainable Performance In Federal Buildings
Conf. F
Moderator: Alison Kinn Bennett, EPA
Presidential Management Council (PMC) Compliance Improvement Initiative: Where are we and where are we going? –
This session is intended to provide information on the status of the The Presidential Management Council Compliance Initiative (PMCI) and the path forward envisioned by the Office of the Federal Environmental Executive (OFEE). This session will also include a presentation from the Federal Agency perspective on the PMCI.
Speakers:
Edwin Pinero, Federal Environmental Executive, Office of the Federal Environmental Executive
Business Transformation: Cooperative Conservation, Mitch Butler; Deputy Associate Director, CEQ, Robert Lamb; Senior Advisor to the Secretary; Department of the Interior and Edwin Pinero; Federal Environmental Executive; OFEE-CEQ
10:00 – 10:30 am
Break
10:30am – 12:00 pm
Breakout 1.4: Bio-based Initiatives as part of your EMS
Conf E
Moderator: Melanie Pearson, DOE
Breakout 2.4: What Are the New Energy Efficient Product Requirements
Auditorium
Moderator: Joan Glickman, DOE
Breakout 3.4: Electronics Stewardship one bite @ a time
Breakout 1.5: Compliance Management and EMS Implementation
Auditorium
Moderator: Karen Waldvogel, USDA
Breakout 2.5: How to BuyGreenBuilding Construction and Renovation Services and Products
Conf F
Moderator: Alison Kinn Bennett, ; asy to Buy Energy Efficient Productsuirementsrc will send review comments by Jan 17Ds EPA
Breakout 3.5: Buying and Using Electronics the Sustainable Way
Conf E
Moderator: Holly Elwood, EPA
EMS Implementation for Laboratories
PANEL
This panel session will provide an overview of EMS implementation at laboratories of differing sizes and complexities. Experience at small and large laboratories will be stored on topics such as aspects identification, setting objectives and targets and assessment and verification.
This mini-training session will focus on ways to verify and validate whether you have an adequate EMS in place through an internal audit/assessment program.
