The Energy Conversation Recognizes...
The Energy Conversation Awards for September 2009 have been awarded to Carolyn Cole of the US Postal Service and Brian Lally of the Department of Defense.
Carolyn Cole - The United States Postal Service
The Energy Conversation is proud to honor Carolyn Cole, a leader at the United States Postal Service, for her exceptional vision as a sustainability leader who is working by example and truly building a conservation culture.
In FY2008, the Postal Service's leadership adopted the goals as articulated for Federal Agencies in the Energy Independence Security Act of 2007 - to reduce facility energy intensity 30% and reduce petroleum use 20% by 2015. The USPS has already achieved 17% reduction in facility energy intensity since 2003. In 2008, USPS became the founding member of the California Climate Action Registry (CCAR) and the first federal agency to measure and publicly report its 3rd party verified GHG emissions from its facility and owned vehicle operations. These efforts won the USPS the CCAR Climate Champion award in FY2009. This year the team will release their first Sustainability Performance report and issuing the first Postal Sector Greenhouse Gas Report and Commitment to Reduction Targets in conjunction with 21 other international Posts at the International Climate Convention in Copenhagen this December.
Brian Lally - The Department of Defense
The Energy Conversation is honored to highlight the exemplary work of Brian Lally. The Energy Conversation Award is given to an individual or individuals working within the Department of Defense who show profound excellence in working within the system to make change for the common good along the Energy Conversation mandate of "Listen, Learn, Connect, Share, Collaborate".
Brian is currently serving as the Director of Facility Energy and Utilities Privatization for the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment. In this position he is responsible for policy and advocacy of Department of Defense installations energy programs. He has worked in the United States Air Force (USAF) at base level, major command headquarters, and Air Staff (Pentagon).
As the Air Force Installations Energy Program Manager 2006-2008 he developed and published a comprehensive infrastructure energy strategy and implementation plan in June 2008 that garnered $500M in 2009 and over $1,800M in the Air Force future year defense plan for energy efficiency equipment, controls, projects, manpower, alternative-fueled vehicles and fuel infrastructure.
He was one of the key Air Force leaders that recognized cultural and behavioral change was THE fundamental building block of a comprehensive energy strategy and led to the creation of the Air Force Energy Vision "Make energy a consideration in all we do."
