Bullet Points: Panel: Energy on Military Installations

ENERGY ON MILITARY INSTALLATIONS: A PANEL DISCUSSION

Get Moy (Office of Secretary of Defense — OSD); Danny Gore (US Coast
Guard); Don Juhasz (US Army); Brian Lally (US Air Force); Bill Tayler (US Navy);
Bill Browning (Defense Science Board)

US Coast Guard, Energy Program

• Coast Guard spends approximately $280 million on energy consumption, about 80% of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) annual energy consumption
• $50 million is spent annually on energy projects
• Facility energy conservation from 1985 saved 25 million (35% of shore energy budget)
• Renewables
  • Landfill Gas Project at Curtis Bay Shipyard
  • Wind turbine feasibility studies
  • Solar projects
• Coast Guard’s goal: to avoid infrastructural costs and implement alternative energies (landfill gas, wind turbine, and solar)

US Army, Energy Program

• DOD’s goal: generate 25% of its energy through renewable sources by 2025
• US Army is dependent on foreign oil:
  • 38% rise in Non-Tactical Vehicle fuel use
  • 35% of DOD utilities
  • 21% of federal government
  • 11% of installations budget
• Army energy accomplishments:
  • 26.4% reduction in energy consumption from 1985 to 2006
  • $576 million Energy Savings Performance Contracts through private investment in 109 contracts from 1996-2006
  • $38.4 million on the Energy Conservation Investment Program (22 projects) 2005-2006
  • Introduced 23,500+ alternate fuel vehicles — 48% of the Non-Tactical Vehicle fleet
  • Conducted energy awareness and conservation assessment visits at 11 Army installations to find low-cost/no-cost energy savings opportunities
  • Conducted an Army Energy Forum for installation energy managers
• The Army was a $24.0 billion utilities infrastructure and spends $1.2 billion annual utilities
• Five goals of energy strategy: 25-year plan
  • Eliminate energy waste in existing facilities
  • Increase energy efficiency in new construction/renovations
  • Reduce dependence on fossil fuels
  • Conserve water resources
  • Improve energy security

US Air Force Energy Programs6

• Buildings — Air Force average energy use per square 1000 feet is 135,000 BTUs per year (about the average of buildings across US)
• Partnering with Department of Energy to study buildings
• Overall installation energy strategy is rooted in three areas:
  • Reduce demand; demand-side conservation
    • Supply-side assurance
    • Creating a culture in the Air Force where every airman considers energy in everything
• The Four pillars of strategy and priority:
  • Focus on current infrastructure
  • Improve future infrastructure
  • Expand use of renewable energy and efficiency technologies
  • Manage costs
• Air Force 10-15 year strategy:
  • Achieve LEED certifications in all future projects
  • Increase renewable use to 25% over the next 20 years

US Navy, Energy Program

• Between 1985 and 2005, the Navy reduced consumption by 30% (a $400 million avoided cost)
• Navy now has a goal of reducing consumption by 3% per year
• Navy budgets between $170-200 million per year on energy projects
• Renewables:
  • Geothermal — currently working on the third and fourth production projects
    • The China Lake project alone is enough to supply 180,000 homes with electricity
  • Solar and photovoltaic
  • Ocean power — Navy has a natural ability to leverage the benefits of ocean power due to its global onshore base presence
• Training:
  • Energy education at regional locations four times/year
  • Energy as a part of prospective commanding officers’ courses
  • Incentive year-round campaigns
    • Fun runs
    • Giving away “freebees“
• Awareness:
  • Secretary of Navy award ceremony began in the 1970s following the oil embargo
  • Energy literacy initiatives
• Efficiency:
  • Resource efficiency manager on every base to identify and implement energy programs. Efficiency manager must produce two times his/her salary in savings