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Gauging Our EHS Sustainability Performance
Amtrak EHS Annual Report 2010 | 22
Energy Usage
At Stationary Facilities
In 2009, Amtrak developed a plan,
reduction goals, and a scorecard to
track energy usage at stationary
facilities. Energy audits at 10 large
Amtrak facilities during 2009 and 2010
helped identify efficiency
improvements that are now being
implemented. Approximately $1
million in capital funding was allocated
in FY10 for energy efficiency projects,
the majority of which were lighting
retrofits. The projected annual
savings from these projects should be
on the order of 5 million kilowatt-
hours, or about $500,000. Pictured above are electric tug vehicles used at
Amtrak’s Los Angeles Yards
Information Technology Initiatives
In FY10, the Information Technology department began working to reduce total
computing energy use by 20 percent by FY12. Among the initiatives are plans to
configure the sleep-wake-on-LAN function on 5,000 desktop PCs around the
company and to distribute 3,000 smart strip power cords to employees. Smart
strips provide power to some items while shutting down others to save energy
overnight or in off-shift hours. The shutdown is initiated when the monitor enters
sleep mode after a period of inactivity. In addition, the IT department plans to
reduce the total number of physical servers Amtrak uses by moving to high-
capacity Virtual Server Farms.
Climate Initiatives
Greenhouse Gas Inventory
As part of Amtrak’s effort to calculate, understand, and define its carbon footprint,
the company joined The Climate Registry (TCR) in 2009. As a member, Amtrak
committed to the organization’s comprehensive reporting standards for recording
and managing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, including those from diesel and
electric locomotives, passenger rail cars, maintenance equipment, shops, stations,
offices and other facilities. Amtrak’s GHG inventory is prepared in accordance with
TCR’s General Reporting Protocol (GRP).