[Iscn-members] Beyond Green DAS Newsletter - October 2020

Thu Oct 8 14:08:23 PDT 2020

All,

It’s been a while since we published our BeyondGreen sustainability newsletter. We’ll look to get back on a more regular schedule. Please let me know if there are any topics you would like to see addressed in future newsletters.

In the meantime, enjoy this issue, and I hope you are all well and enjoying our transition to fall weather.

Dave Wortman

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Welcome to BeyondGreen, a newsletter supporting sustainability champions across Oregon's state agencies with news, tips and resources. This internal newsletter complements the DAS Sustainability Quarterly, which shares sustainability news from Oregon state government with an external audience.

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[Energy efficiency]Agencies directed to purchase energy and water efficient equipment

Governor Brown issued Executive Order 17-20 in November 2017, including a directive that all state purchased equipment must meet high-efficiency energy and water specifications. The requirement applies to equipment purchased by state agencies that is used inside of state owned buildings. The equipment categories include:

•  Appliances
•  Electronics and IT equipment
•  Food service
•  HVAC
•  Lighting
•  Water and plumbing

While DAS Procurement Services works to update its applicable price agreements, all agencies planning to purchase energy or water-using equipment inside buildings should now be following the standards listed on the DAS Sustainable Procurement web site<https://www.oregon.gov/das/OPM/Pages/sustainable-requirements.aspx>.

Questions can be directed to Adam Helvey, DAS Sustainable Procurement Program Coordinator at adam.helvey at oregon.gov<mailto:adam.helvey at oregon.gov>.

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[epeat]DAS Procurement wins green electronics award

Late this summer, the Green Electronics Council awarded DAS Procurement Services with an EPEAT Purchaser Award in recognition of DAS purchases of more sustainable electronic products.

DAS Procurement Services was one of just 75 public and private organizations from around the world to receive the award, achieving the second-highest level of performance with a “four star” rating out of five stars. The EPEAT rating – which stands for Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool – is applied to electronics manufacturers to assess elements such as toxics, recyclability, greenhouse gas emissions, and more.

Read more on EPEAT and the EPEAT Purchaser Award<https://greenelectronicscouncil.org/awards-events/epeat-purchaser/>.

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[DAS sustainability logo]DAS Sustainability Library goes live

The DAS Sustainability Program has created an online library for sustainability resources accessible to all agencies to use to support their sustainability efforts. The library contains articles, tools and tips for a wide variety of topics, from climate change and composting to fleet, waste and water. You can access the library at this link Oregon Sustainability Library<https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ag5GuuS5WwJMbRuAgxDF4atwayg?e=GIyzx2>.

Have anything you want to see added to the library? Please contact Amy Krueger at amy.krueger at oregon.gov<mailto:amy.krueger at oregon.gov>.

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[Ecochallenge Logo]Join the October people’s ecochallenge

The People’s Ecochallenge is running from October 7-28. It’s free to participate, and you and your staff can sign up to commit to actions that will help save energy, use water efficiently, reduce waste and more.

If you’re telecommuting, you can pledge to take actions at home, or if you’re working in the office you can take actions there. You can join the state of Oregon’s Ecochallenge Team<https://peoples.ecochallenge.org/participants/join?referral_code=14880b28-6b56-4779-9d1d-4db69d57bc42&team_invitation=true>, or create one for your own agency.

Either way, it takes just 5 minutes to join. You simply sign up, join our team, and pledge to take as many or as few actions as you’d like. Please share this link with all of your staff and we can take the lead as the top team in the state of Oregon! With 40,000 state employees across Oregon, we can make a difference.

Once the challenge is over, DAS Sustainability will recognize top performing individuals in our communications.

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[Oregon Food Bank]DEQ gives $140,000 grant to Oregon Food Bank to save fresh produce from being wasted

Serving more than 860,000 people each year prior to COVID-19, Oregon Food Bank’s network of 1,400 pantries and meal sites are driven by donations of fresh produce, protein, dairy and other pantry staples. Yet the pandemic has added a host of new challenges to food distribution systems here in Oregon and across the country — disrupting industry and volunteer-led operations alike.

As part of its effort to ensure nutritious, healthy food reaches communities that need it most, Oregon Food Bank<https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMDA4MTguMjU4MDg1OTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5vcmVnb25mb29kYmFuay5vcmcvIn0.6aG4n6-RDI0FWuDjaQYBpO5YvyM160HmQq6Nd-RNQks/s/747502633/br/82493220409-l> was recently awarded a $140,000 grant<https://www.myoregon.gov/2020/08/28/deq-grant-puts-fresh-produce-on-oregon-tables/> from the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality<https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMDA4MTguMjU4MDg1OTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5vcmVnb24uZ292L0RFUSJ9.EnXOP5DaRRa2ofZLPPSjL9eZEdHGVufyrFOMBlXf7PI/s/747502633/br/82493220409-l>.

These funds will be utilized through May 2021, boosting hunger relief efforts at a time of unprecedented demand while keeping additional food waste out of landfills.

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[Biodiesel]Renewable diesel lowers agency greenhouse gas emissions

A state of Oregon bulk fuel price agreement gives agencies and Oregon Cooperative Procurement Program members access to renewable diesel<https://afdc.energy.gov/fuels/emerging_hydrocarbon.html> to replace traditional diesel or biodiesel blends. Often called “green diesel”, biodiesel and renewable diesel are both derived from living biomass sources but have differing refining processes. Because of this difference, renewable diesel is chemically identical to petroleum diesel and can be used at higher percentage blends than biodiesel. Specifically, agencies have access to R99, meaning the fuel is comprised of 99 percent renewable diesel and one percent petroleum diesel, as opposed to B20, which is 20 percent biodiesel and 80 percent petroleum diesel.

Between September 25, 2019 and August 18, 2020, DAS Fleet and Parking Services purchased and distributed to agencies a total of 107,914 gallons of R99 from our Salem Motor Pool fuel island, which reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 1.9 million pounds compared to B20, and 2.1 million pounds compared to B5.

What diesel does your agency use? You can read more about the carbon intensity of fuels on DEQ’s Clean Fuels Program web site<https://www.oregon.gov/deq/ghgp/cfp/Pages/Clean-Fuel-Pathways.aspx> and access information on the price agreement at DAS Procurement Services<https://www.oregon.gov/das/Procurement/Pages/PAs.aspx>.

October 2020
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In this issue

  *   Agencies directed to purchase energy and water efficient equipment
  *   DAS Procurement wins green electronics award
  *   DAS Sustainability Library goes live
  *   Join the October people's ecochallenge
  *   DEQ gives grant to Oregon Food Bank to safe fresh produce from being wasted
  *   Renewable diesel lowers agency greenhouse gas emissions

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Did you know?

State statute requires agencies to give preference to recyclable products and products with recycled content.

Visit the DAS Sustainable Procurement web page<https://www.oregon.gov/das/OPM/Pages/sustainable-requirements.aspx> to find out more.

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Carbon footprint calculator

Working from home and want to calculate your home carbon footprint? DEQ has a handy carbon footprint calculator.

Calculate your carbon footprint now!<https://www.oregon.gov/deq/residential/pages/calculate-your-carbon-footprint.aspx>

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DAS EO 20-04 report is live

As directed by Executive Order 20-04, in September DAS published a report documenting how the agency is planning to integrate climate into its policies, programs and budgeting. The report covers fleet, procurement, IT, real estate, construction and more, affecting not just DAS but also collaborating agencies.

Read the report here. <https://www.oregon.gov/gov/Documents/DAS-EO20-04-Report-915.pdf>

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The age of electric cars is arriving ahead of schedule

Battery prices are dropping faster than expected. Analysts are moving up projections of when an electric vehicle won’t need government incentives to be cheaper than a gasoline model.

Read the New York Times story here<https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/20/business/electric-cars-batteries-tesla-elon-musk.html?referringSource=articleShare>.

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Upcoming events

Interagency Sustainability Coordinators Network, October 13, 1:30-2:30pm, via MS Teams

People’s Ecochallenge, October 7-27<https://peoples.ecochallenge.org/dashboards/teams/state-of-oregon-employees>

Oregon Sustainability Board quarterly meeting, December 4, 2020, via Zoom<https://zoom.us/j/6547195941?pwd=emh0NSsvNENZMmtBQkNyWWxMUTlWUT09>

Better Buildings Webinar Series, Ongoing<https://betterbuildingssolutioncenter.energy.gov/better-buildings-webinar-series>

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Resources

DAS Sustainability web site<https://www.oregon.gov/das/Facilities/Pages/Sustainability.aspx>

EO 20-04: Directing state agencies to take actions to reduce and regulate greenhouse gas emissions.<https://www.oregon.gov/gov/Documents/executive_orders/eo_20-04.pdf>

EO 17-20: Energy efficiency and greenhouse gas reduction in the built environment. <https://www.oregon.gov/gov/Documents/executive_orders/eo_17-20.pdf>

EO 17-21: Zero emission vehicle adoption<https://www.oregon.gov/gov/Documents/executive_orders/eo_17-21.pdf>

DAS Statewide Resource Conservation Policy<https://www.oregon.gov/das/Policies/107-011-010.pdf>

DAS Statewide Green Chemistry Procurement Guidelines<https://www.oregon.gov/das/policies/107-009-0080.pdf>

Energy Trust of Oregon<https://www.energytrust.org/>

DEQ Materials Management Program<https://www.oregon.gov/deq/mm/Pages/default.aspx>

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Contact DAS Sustainability

Dave Wortman, Statewide Sustainability Officer
971-304-8733
david.wortman at oregon.gov<mailto:david.wortman at oregon.gov>

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