Developing Headquarters Guidance for Installation Sustainability Plans Beth Lachman Ellen Pint May 23, 2007 JSEM 2007
Motivation for RAND Study Installation sustainability plans (ISPs) are being developed at the local level Long range plans addressing mission, environment, and community Inconsistency in focus and scope of plans from installation to installation Most plans not yet addressing quality of life and master planning issues Installations are developing ISPs without formal HQDA policy or guidance HQDA guidance needed to ensure ISPs comprehensively address installation sustainability issues across multiple installations 2
Objective of RAND Study Develop headquarters (HQDA) guidance for ISPs to ensure that they strategically and comprehensively look at installation sustainability issues Address integration of mission, community and environment Include quality of life, master planning, and potential synergies across installations Guidance should also help foster effective development and implementation of ISPs throughout the Army 3
Tasks for RAND Study Assess existing ISPs and implementation guidance Assess relevant industry and community sustainability practices, plans, and guidance for lessons for the Army Identify and assess options for headquarters guidance on ISPs Develop and document headquarters guidance for ISPs 4
Methodology Examining relevant literature and documents Army ISPs and ISP guidance Sustainability literature Interviewing Army and other sustainability experts Visiting selected installations that have developed and implemented ISPs, interviewing Installation staff Other relevant experts Analyzing the workshop process for creating ISPs 5
Outline Background on the ISP process Definitions Development process Existing guidance Initial observations and research questions for the audience 6
Army s Definition of Sustainability The Army Strategy for the Environment released in 2004, provides the basic definition a sustainable Army simultaneously meets current as well as future mission requirements worldwide, safeguards human health, improves quality of life, and enhances the natural environment. Viewed as the triple bottom line 7
Industry/Community Definitions of Sustainability Sustainability: no consistent definition Most focus on long-term integrated approaches to social, economic, and environmental issues Sustainable development definition Most common one from World Commission on Environment and Development 1987 report, Our Common Future "development that meets the need of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." Sustainable community effort A long-term, integrated, systems approach to developing and achieving a healthy community by jointly addressing economic, environmental, and social issues 8
The Relationship of Sustainability Efforts Sustainable Development Goal: Sustainable Earth Broader Scope Concepts & Project Efforts: Industrial Ecology (Industry/Technology) Sustainable Communities or Bases Ecosystem Management (Conservation/Biology) Individual Project Efforts (Examples): Eco-Industrial Parks, etc. Smart Growth, Watershed Mgmt, etc. Useful Tools, Policies & Techniques: Pollution Prevention, Cleaner Production, DfE, Regulatory Reinvention, Eco-Efficiency, EMS, Environmental Technologies, etc. Land Use & Community Planning, Adaptive Management, Species & Natural Resource Management, Monitoring, etc. 9
Definition of an ISP An ISP documents an installation s longrange plans addressing mission, community, and environmental issues Result of a strategic planning process Developed by a team from the installation, working under the guidance of the garrison commander and in coordination with regional stakeholders Defines the vision and goals for the installation over a 20- to 25-year horizon Identifies tasks needed to achieve the goals 10
Existing ISP Guidance Focuses on the Use of a Workshop-Based Process In March 2006, IMA (now IMCOM) Southeast released an informal guide on installation sustainability planning, which Focused mostly on how to conduct the strategic planning process through 4 sustainability workshops Provided information about sustainability ACSIM staff provides support for limited number of installations to go through the workshop process to develop ISPs Begins with meeting to ensure garrison commander s support Skilled sustainability experts assist installations in conducting the workshops The Strategic Plan for Army Sustainability Draft only, not officially issued yet 11
ISP Workshop and Implementation Process: Strategic Planning for Sustainability A Awareness IMCOM ABCDEF Model G Get Better B Baseline WHERE WE ARE WHERE WE WANT TO BE C Clear Goals HOW WE GET THERE D Down to Action E & F Evaluation and Feedback 12
Installations Developing and Implementing ISPs 13 installations have developed and are implementing some form of an ISP A few, such as Fort Bragg, started in 2001 Some have focused more on a Sustainable Environmental Management System (SEMS) ACSIM providing support for 6 new ISP workshops series in 2007 PA National Guard - 1st statewide ISP USAG Hawaii USAG Wiesbaden, Germany -- 1st outside U.S. Anniston AD -- 1st depot Letterkenny AD Fort Detrick Other installations would like to develop ISPs 13
Current Installation Sustainability Planning Efforts Lewis Sierra Army Depot Parks RFTA (USAR) Hawthorne AD Moffett Field RFTA (USAR) Riverbank AAP Presidio of Monterey Fort Hunter Liggett (USAR) Fort Irwin Yakima Training Center Umatilla Chem Depot Yuma Proving Ground USAG-HI WEST Dugway Proving Ground Tooele AD Deseret Chem Depot White Sands Missile Testing Center Carson Fort Carson Pueblo Depot McAlester AAP Red River AD Lone Star AAP Hood Fort Fort Camp Stanley Storage Actv Sam Houston Corpus Christi AD Fort Leavenworth Kansas AAP Rock Island Arsenal Iowa AAP Lake City AAP Pine Bluff Ars Louisiana AAP Polk USAG Selfridge Detroit Ars Knox Milan AAP Redstone Arsenal Fort Benning Mississippi AAP NORTHEAST Blue Grass AD Campbell Holston AAP Radford AAP Watervliet Ars Tobyhanna Army Depot Scranton AAP Carlisle Barracks Letterkenny AD Ft Detrick Adelphi Lab Ctr SOUTHEAST Rucker Anniston AD Lima Army Tank Plt PANG Letterkenny AD Benning Detrick Fort Gordon Fort McPherson Ft. Gillem Hunter Army Airfield Fort Stewart USAG Miami West Point Walter Reed Fort McNair Fort Myer Fort Belvoir Fort Story Bragg Fort Bragg MOT Sunny Point Jackson Stewart / HAAF Natick R&D Ctr Devens RFTA (USAR) Ft. Hamilton Picatinny Arsenal Fort Monmouth AP Hill Ft. AP Eustis Hill Ft. Meade 13 installations doing sustainability planning FY07 Installation Sustainability Efforts USAG-Wiesbaden As of Mar 07 14
Outline Background on the ISP process Definitions Development process Existing guidance Initial observations and research questions for the audience 15
Some Initial Observations about ISPs In developing and implementing ISPs, installations often Begin by focusing on easier low hanging fruit, usually environmental technology issues with cost savings Good way to make some initial progress to get buy in and educate diverse installation staff about sustainability Start evolving to address more difficult and strategic issues Great diversity in approaches and focus Documentation and what ISPs are called varies significantly Some installations focused more on integration of mission, environment, and community issues Some installations focused on SEMS Being at war makes it more difficult to develop and implement an ISP 16
Research Questions for the Audience What help do you think installations need to develop ISPs? What help do you think installations need to implement ISPs? What type of HQDA guidance is needed to help installations develop and implement ISPs without constricting local needs for variability? What are the barriers to developing and implementing ISPs and how can they be addressed? 17
Project Team and Contact Information Multi-disciplinary RAND team Beth Lachman Ellen Pint Gary Cecchine Contact Information Beth Lachman, RAND Corporation E-mail: Beth_Lachman@rand.org Phone: 703-413-1100 ext. 5279 18
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