Dallas, Texas

This facility features the following green attributes:
Green Power
ENERGY STAR

Region 6 Office

Total Facility Area: 272,647 rentable square feet (RSF) (EPA share)
Estimated Personnel: 1,071 EPA personnel
Energy Consumption: 23,759,652,985 British thermal units (Btu) per year (EPA share)
Btu per RSF per Year: 87,144
Water Consumption: 12,623,075 gallons per year
Gallons per RSF per Year: 46.30

All energy and water data are reported as of FY 2008.

Description

EPA's Region 6 Headquarters is located in Dallas, Texas, and is responsible for EPA operations in Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Texas, and 65 Tribal Nations. Office functions in Region 6 include the Office of Environmental Justice and Tribal Affairs, Border Liason Office, Water Quality Protection Division, and a Superfund Division.

Unique Environmental Features

Energy Conservation

The building in which the Region 6 office is located was awarded the ENERGY STAR® label in 2006.

Green Power

In FY 2008, EPA continued to support the renewable energy market by purchasing more than 212 million kilowatt hours (kWh) of green power through two separate Agencywide blanket contracts for renewable energy certificates (RECs), or “green tags,” from Sterling Planet, Luminant Energy Company, and FPL Energy . These purchases allowed EPA to offset 100 percent of electricity consumption for FY 2008 at the Region 6 Office, as well as many other EPA facilities across the Agency. Procured through the Defense Energy Support Center, these contracts support renewable energy generation from wind, biomass, and landfill gas resources in nine states.
In June 2006, EPA signed a contract to acquire 110 million kilowatt hours (kWh) in renewable energy certificates (RECs), or "green tags," from 3 Phases Energy Services over the period September 1, 2006 through September 30, 2007. This blanket purchase supplied EPA with enough RECs through FY 2007 to offset 100 percent of annual electricity consumption at the Region 6 Office and other EPA facilities not covered by separate green power contracts. Procured through the Defense Energy Support Center , this contract supported wind power generation in California, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Wyoming.

For More Information

Lisa Bokun (bokun.lisa@epa.gov)
1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1200
Mail Code: 6PDQ
Dallas, TX 75202-2733
Phone: (214) 665-8576

Web site: www.epa.gov/region6