ALCOAST 244/21 - JUL 2021 ANNOUNCEMENT OF FY20 COAST GUARD SUSTAINABILITY, ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL READINESS (SEER) AWARD WINNERS

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SUBJ: ANNOUNCEMENT OF FY20 COAST GUARD SUSTAINABILITY, ENERGY
AND ENVIRONMENTAL READINESS (SEER) AWARD WINNERS
A. Sustainability, Energy, and Environmental Readiness (SEER)
Awards Program, COMDTINST 5090.5 (series)
B. COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC 081613Z MAR 21/ALCOAST 092/21
1. I am pleased to announce the winners of the FY20 Coast Guard
Sustainability, Energy, and Environmental Readiness (SEER) Awards.
2. Winner, Small Unit Category, Energy Track: Shore Infrastructure
Logistics Center Waterways Operations Product Line (WOPL). WOPL
planned and executed several energy-saving conversions of legacy
major Aids to Navigation (ATON) light signals including seven
landfall lighthouses; and replaced legacy 1000W incandescent
lamps with low-maintenance, high-output LED-based lighting systems
significantly decreasing operational cost, waste, maintenance
hours, and energy consumption. WOPL also converted Seguin Island
Light to 100% renewable energy through the use of solar power and
has plans to continue projects on 12 more lighthouses. In total,
these conversions have resulted in an annual reduction of
32,000 kWh, over 200 maintenance and mobilization hours, and
elimination of 19 tons of CO2 emissions annually.
3. Winner, Team Category, Energy Track: Base Elizabeth City's
Facilities Engineering Department (FED). FED's next-tier Energy
Conservation Measures (ECMs) resulted in annual energy savings of
$560,000. Among these measures, FED verified its water meter
consumption and is negotiating water leakage compensation with
the city and is expected to save $250,000 in annual water and
sewage utilities. Using ultrasonics, FED streamlined water leak
detection that minimized potable water downtime to only three
hours when effecting repairs at the Aviation Logistics Center
(ALC) enabling continued operations. FED also connected the
2.0-megawatt generator to offset electrical demand, implemented
new Building Automation System (BAS) controls, and collaborated
to implement an Automated Fuel Inventory Accountability and
Management (AFIM) to accurately account for fuel inventory.
4. Winner, Team Category, Environmental Track: Ms. Chelsea Hudock
and Mr. Craig Edmunds, Environmental Protection Specialists, Civil
Engineering Unit Providence (CEUP). Ms. Hudock and Mr. Edmunds
reimagined the weekly CEUP Environmental Tip of the Week email
to increase its usefulness, visual appeal, and readership for
District ONE environmental compliance personnel. The weekly email
provides direct facility environmental compliance guidance on
complex and difficult environmental laws and regulations but is
fashioned in a way that eliminates confusion, clarifies
requirements, and provides tools and resources. They engaged with
federal and state environmental agencies to verify the accuracy
of the email contents and to provide specific regulatory advice
for all eight states in District ONE. They also routinely developed
training presentations, standard operating procedures, and other
resources to accompany the weekly email including an in-house
training tool for state specific universal waste management.
5. Winner, Individual Category, Environmental Track: Mr. David
Britain, Environmental Protection Specialist, Aviation Training
Center (ATC). Mr. Britain achieved a very favorable final
Environmental Compliance Examination (ECE) Detailed Finding Report
for ATC resulting in zero findings of major discrepancies.
He developed a comprehensive hazardous material (HAZMAT) control
program to ensure over 650 ATC members were trained and
knowledgeable increasing overall unit proficiency. He also
prevented an environmental disaster during an ATC aviation fuel
farm spill as one of the first responders by ensuring that ATC
personnel expeditiously followed all environmental protection
measures and containment processes, which resulted in no fuel
being released to the environment. He also established a cost
effective way to dispose of a large number of used tires that had
accumulated during the pandemic, resulting in a $2,000 annual
cost-savings for the Coast Guard.
6. Congratulations to all the winners and nominees of the
FY20 SEER Awards.
7. POCs for questions are:
   a. Energy track: Mr. Son Nguyen, COMDT (CG-46),
Son.T.Nguyen@uscg.mil, (202) 475-5576; and
   b. Environmental track: Ms. Kristen Santini, COMDT (CG-47),
Kristen.A.Santini@uscg.mil, (202) 475-5682.
8. RDML C. J. List, Assistant Commandant for Engineering and
Logistics (CG-4), sends.
9. Internet release is authorized.