Alliance to Save Energy & Schneider Electric Survey Of Federal Agency Purchasing Decision-makers Detailed Results and Analysis

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1 Methodology Zogby International Alliance to Save Energy & Schneider Electric Survey Of Federal Agency Purchasing Decision-makers Detailed Results and Analysis Zogby International was commissioned by the Alliance to Save Energy/Schneider Electric to conduct a detailed survey of 201 government executives with purchasing decision making authority. The survey was conducted from 10/12/10 through 10/19/10. The margin of error is +/- 7.0 percentage points. Narrative Summary DETAILS ABOUT THE RESPONDENTS 101. Which of the following best describes your decision-making responsibility related to purchasing in your agency? I recommend and have significant input in final decisions 62% I make the final decisions 38 Three out of five (62%) say I recommend and have significant input in final decisions best describes their decision-making responsibility related to purchasing in their agency, while four out of five (38%) say I make the final decision best describes their responsibility In what government agency or department do you work? Defense 24% Health and Human Services 10 Education 9 Transportation 6 Agriculture 5 Justice 5 Treasury 4 Veteran s Affairs 4 Homeland Security 4 State Broad Street K Street NW, Suite 600

2 Housing and Urban Development 3 Commerce 3 Energy 2 Environmental Protection Agency 1 Interior 1 Labor 1 Other* 18 *Other responses: (Number in parenthesis denotes frequency of response) Postal service (13); General Service Administration (2); Congress (2); Military (2) One each: Aerospace; Corrections; Child, Youth & School Services; IT; Technical Services; Export/Import Bank of the United States; FEMA; Foreign; Government; NASA; NLRB; ONDCP; SBA; Science; Taxes; Intelligence One in four (24%) report they work in the Defense Department, while about a fifth (18%) say they work in some other government agency or department Do you work at your agency s headquarters or central office or do you work somewhere else? Somewhere else 56% Headquarters or central office 44 More than half (56%) say they work somewhere other than their agency s headquarters or central office, while more than two-fifths (44%) say they work in such locations. 901 Broad Street K Street NW, Suite 600

3 SURVEY QUESTIONS AND RESULTS 1. As you may know, federal legislation requires all federal agencies to increase their energy efficiency and reduce their building energy intensity. What do you think is your biggest obstacle to achieving your agency s energy efficiency goals? (Choose only ONE.) Lack of funding 32% Lack of internal enthusiasm to execute 18 Organizational barriers such as procedures 18 Lack of clear definition of success 14 Lack of human resources 6 Other* 3 Not sure 10 *Other responses: Building type (3); Not everyone being held accountable equally (1); Turned down air (1) One in three (32%) think the biggest obstacle to achieving their agency s energy efficiency goals is the lack of funding, while about a fifth each think it is the lack of internal enthusiasm to execute (18%) or the organizational barriers such as procedures (18%). 2. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? My agency has a culture that encourages energy efficiency practices throughout all levels and across all departments, and employees have an understanding of their role in achieving agency energy efficiency goals. Strongly Agree 18% Agree 65% Agree 47 Neither agree nor disagree 19 Disagree 14 Strongly Disagree 2 Disagree 16 About two-thirds (65%) agree with the statement, My agency has a culture that encourages energy efficiency practices throughout all levels and across all departments, and employees have an understanding of their role in achieving agency energy efficiency goals. Sixteen percent disagree with such a statement, while about a fifth (19%) neither agree nor disagree. 3. Improving our agency s energy efficiency is: Among our top five priorities 38% A second tier priority Broad Street K Street NW, Suite 600

4 A low priority 21 Not sure 5 About two out of five (38%) say improving our agency s energy efficiency is among our top five priorities, while more than a third (36%) says it is a second tier priority. A fifth (21%) report improving our agency s energy efficiency is a low priority. 4. In the last two years, has the significance of energy efficiency in your operations increased, decreased or remained the same? Significance of energy efficiency has increased 49% About the same 35 Significance of energy efficiency has decreased 11 Not sure 5 In the last two years, half (49%) report the significance of energy efficiency has increased, and more than a third (35%) say it is about the same. 5. To what extent has your agency and/or site metered and audited facilities in order to understand your energy consumption trends, benchmarked building energy use, determine energy efficiency investment priorities and measure and verify the impact/success of those investments? My agency/site has metered and audited most of its facilities 35% My agency/site has metered and audited all of its facilities 18 My agency/site has metered and audited a few of its facilities 14 My agency/site has NOT metered and audited any of its facilities 11 Not sure 22 More than a third (35%) report their agency/site has metered and audited most of its facilities, in order to understand their energy consumption trends; benchmarked building energy use; determined energy efficiency investment priorities; and measure and verify the impact/success of those investments. About a fifth (18%) says their agency/site has metered and audited all of its facilities. More than a fifth (22%) is not sure to what extent their agency/site has metered and audited their facilities. 6. To what extent is your agency applying practices like continuous monitoring, recommissioning, and maintenance to ensure energy savings are maintained and improved throughout your 901 Broad Street K Street NW, Suite 600

5 facilities lifecycle? Please rate on a scale of 1 to 5 with 1 being not at all and 5 being to the greatest possible extent. 1 Not at all 5% Not going to a great extent 17% Going to a great extent 37 5 Greatest possible extent 11 Not sure 11 About two-fifths (37%) report their agency is going to a great extent to apply practices like continuous monitoring, recommissioning, and maintenance to ensure energy savings are maintained and improved throughout their facilities lifecycle, while a sixth (17%) say their agency is not going to a great extent applying such practices. 7. Do you believe that energy efficiency overall is among the most effective way to meet our energy needs, reduce cost, and lower GHG emissions Yes 79% No 11 Not sure 10 Four out of five (79%) believe that energy efficiency overall is among the most effective way to meet our energy needs, reduce cost, and lower GHG emissions, while 11% do not. 8. Which is of the following is the MOST important reason driving your agency s efforts to become more energy efficient? (Choose only ONE.) Cost savings 36% Environmental benefits 30 Our agency leaders are pushing us to do so 12 The public demands it 10 Enhance energy security/national security 3 Our employees are pushing us to do so 2 Other 2 Not sure Broad Street K Street NW, Suite 600

6 More than a third (36%) reports that cost savings is the most important reason driving their agency s efforts to become more energy efficient, while three in ten (30%) says it is environmental benefits. Twelve percent says our agency leaders are pushing us to do so, and 10% says the public demands it. 9. Do you think that the current economic environment and potential tightening of your agency s budget might impact your ability to pursue energy efficiency projects? Yes 64% No 21 Not sure 14 About two-thirds (64%) think that the current economic environment and potential tightening of their agency s budget might impact their ability to pursue energy efficiency projects, while a fifth (21%) do not. 10. How would you grade your federal agency when it comes to meeting energy efficiency mandates as required in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) or Executive Order 13514? B 35% C 32 A 10 D 7 F 4 Not sure 12 More than a third (35%) give their federal agency a grade of B when it comes to meeting energy efficiency mandates as required in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) or Executive Order 13514, while a third (32%) give theirs a grade of C. Twelve percent is not sure what grade they would give their federal agency. 11. Which of the following solutions do you feel is the most important to helping your agency or department achieve its energy efficiency goals? (Choose only ONE.) Intelligent technologies that optimize and control end use devices (lighting control, building automation, etc.) % Broad Street K Street NW, Suite 600

7 Low consumption devices (lighting, motors, appliances, etc) 17 Changing human behaviors 17 Alternative/Renewable energy sources (Solar, wind, biomass, etc) 15 Metering & Energy Management Control Systems (EMCS) 8 Building envelope improvements (Roofing, windows, insulation, etc) 7 Other -- Not sure/don t know 8 Three in ten (29%) feel intelligent technologies that optimize and control end use devices (lighting control, building automation, etc.) is most important to helping their agency or department achieve its energy efficiency goals, while a sixth each feel low consumption devices (lighting, motors, appliances, etc.) (17%) or changing human behavior (17%) is most important. Fifteen percent feel alternative/renewable energy sources (Solar, wind, biomass, etc.) is most important to helping their agency or department achieve its energy efficiency goals. 901 Broad Street K Street NW, Suite 600