Marty SkoglundEnvironmental Program ManagerMinnesota Army National Guard

Path to being a Net Zero InstallationCamp Ripley Training Center

Camp Ripley Training Center

Soldier Readiness…First and foremost

“Our primary mission is to train Soldiers and provide the resources they need to fight and win for our nation's security”

Colonel Scott St. SauverCamp Ripley Post Commander

Sustaining the MissionCamp Ripley Sentinel Landscape Program

Drivers: MN National Guard Campaign Plan - Sustainable Infrastructure MN National Sustainability Master Plan Army National Guard Sustainability Policy Army Net Zero Initiative Army Campaign Plan DoD Strategic Sustainability Plan and Directives Federal and State Executive orders Right thing to do

WHY NET ZERO?

"We invest in sustainable infrastructure to ensure our facilities are economically and environmentally sound and remain assets to service members and communities.”

Major General Richard Nash, The Adjutant General, Minnesota National Guard

A Net Zero ENERGY Installation produces as much energy on site as it uses, over the course of a year.

A Net Zero WATER Installation limits the consumption of freshwater resources & returns water back to the same watershed so as not to deplete the region’s groundwater and surface water resources in quantity or quality.

A Net Zero WASTE Installation is an installation that reduces, reuses, and recovers waste streams with zero solid waste to landfills.

A Net Zero INSTALLATION applies an integrated approach to managing energy, water, and waste to capture and commercialize the resource value and/or enhance the ecological productivity of land, water, and air.

NET ZERO GOAL DEFINITIONS

MN Army National Guard Energy Approach

Energy Resiliency

Solar Photovoltaic Energy

• 10MW solar field will produce enough power to satisfy the energy needs of Camp Ripley on a busy day (3MW)

• Extraordinary example of public/private cooperation

• Largest of its kind on any National Guard installation• Complements Camp Ripley’s energy security and resiliency • Approved by MN PUC 28 Jan 2016• Completion October 2016/Ribbon Cutting 16 September 2016

MOU signed 27 August 2014CEO Alan Hodnik and MG Richard Nash

Biomass Heat District

• Decreased dependence on non‐renewable natural gas by 91%

• A hedge against price fluctuations in the volatile natural gas market

• Increase use of renewable energy

• Increase heating system redundancy

• Annual reduction in net GHG emissions by 750 metric tons per year

• Utilization of on-site forest resources as a sustainable supply of biomass

Woody biomass will maximize renewable energy and enhance energy independence.

Benefits:

Biomass Calculations

• 1,400 acres off-site Camp Ripley property• Open to public for recreation/hunting• Mix of northern hardwoods 30 cords/acre at 70 tons/acre• 1,700 tons/year = 25 acres/year• 20 year rotation = 500 acresNote: Estimates based on whole tree harvest including residual slash

Biomass Heating District

Behavioral

Delegation of building related responsibilities under a

Facility Manager

Facility Manager

• Responsible for all Facility-related tasks• One Facility Manager per building

TOOLS• Facility Manager SOP • Energy Efficiency Training• Access to facility energy benchmarking• Courtesy Energy Audits• Organization Inspection Program

Awareness materials displayed throughout facilities

BehavioralEnergy Efficiency Challenge

Energy StandardIncentive award given to each facility that reduces energy use intensity (EUI) by 3% or more from previous year.

Largest reduction Prize for largest percent reduction in EUI from facility’s previous year.

Internal Agency Competition to engage building occupants in energy awareness

2014-2015• 3.55% Overall Reduction• $55,250 savings• 37 facilities participated • 57% of participating facilities

reached a 3% reduction

2015-2016• 96 facilities participating

including Camp Ripley• Total EUI Reduction: 12%• 68% of Facilities meet or

exceed the 3% reduction goal

Energy Resiliency

Phase I: Lifecycle Replacement 2015-16• Replace lifecycle items in preparation for

Micro-Grid Implementation

Phase 2: 2016-17 Completely rebuild North and East substations. • Replace existing 35kV sectionalizing switch

at East substation to allow future connection to SCADA system.

• Replace various SWTERs and FUSTERs.

Phase 3: 2017-18 Install a SCADA system capable of monitoring energy use from all three substations, coordinate generators, control major electrical loads, and interface with the Johnson Controls system.

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition(SCADA) generally refers to an industrial computer system that monitors and controls a process. In the case of the transmission and distribution elements of electrical utilities, SCADA will monitor substations, transformers and other electrical assets.

Micro- Grid Implementation

Marty SkoglundEnvironmental Program Manager

martin.j.skoglund.nfg@mail.mil(320) 616-2618

Josh PenningtonSustainability Manager (also know as the Green Machine)

joshua.s.pennington4.nfg@mail.mil(320) 616-2619

Katie RetkaSustainability Coordinator

katherine.r.retka.nfg@mail.mil(320) 616-2640

Jenna LeweinMN GreenCorps

jenna.m.Lewein.nfg@mail.mil(320) 630-4102

MNARNG Points of contact

Questions

www.MinnesotaNationalGuard.org