<P>The Military Engineer l No. 66569 Unit-Level Support for Agency-Wide Change By Ben N. Laurent and Jesse L. Maestas USCG Base Support Unit Honolulu serves as an emblematic example of how grassroots sustainability efforts can be augmented with top-down support. Sustainability S ustainability has been and will continue to be a hot topic at the na- tional level. With the current focus on mitigating potential climate change, enhanced environmental stewardship, and the need to address the national se- curity and economic impacts of energy policy, federal agencies ?nd themselves confronted with the complex task of embracing sustainability amidst a time of retracted resources, budget cuts and a fragile economy. For the U.S. Coast Guard, a sustainability ethic has rooted itself and blossomed in a purely grass- roots fashion—independent of the legis- lators, policy makers and headquarters- level decision makers in Washington, D.C., thousands of miles away—at Base Support Unit (BSU) Honolulu, Hawaii. The efforts of BSU Honolulu have not gone unnoticed. Now, in the midst of legislation and presidential execu- tive orders, Coast Guard headquarters is looking to utilize BSU Honolulu as a symbolic model of how unit-level effort, and its subsequent impact, can be used to codify top-down and bottom-up synergism as part of an agency-wide sustainability and energy policy. A Comprehensive Plan BSU Honolulu is a 42-acre property located on Sand Island in Honolulu Har- bor. It is home to 14 tenant commands, a?oat and ashore, which boast more than 1,000 personnel. In 2007, senior leader- ship at the base, spearheaded by Capt. John Hickey, USCG, agreed that sustain- ability was environmentally, ethically and economically vital; energy costs in Hawaii were approximately three times that of the national average, the Oahu land?ll had exceeded its capacity and water rates were rising. Every dollar that we waste on energy or water is a dollar that is not going to mission execution, Capt. Hickey ex- plained. Living and working on a re- mote island certainly helps bring it all into perspective. Subsequently, a comprehensive, web- based sustainability plan was developed. The team determined that to be success- ful, it had to be an all hands on deck initiative. The engineering department took the lead, the comptroller took on responsibility for metrics and ?nancial accounting and the personnel depart- ment took on sustainability in housing. The plan was based largely on the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Executive Or- der 13423—Strengthening Federal Envi- ronmental, Energy, and Transportation Management and the Energy Indepen- dence and Security Act of 2007. These complex directives were distilled into four primary, actionable objectives: • Energy Conservation. Reduce energy intensity by 3 percent annually or 30 Personnel at Base Support Unit Honolulu install a solar domestic hot water system on the roof of the bases engineering building as part of a comprehensive, base-wide sustainability plan. USCG photo by Lt. 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