Defense

Roundup – Isuzu, DoD, MLB

Roundup – Isuzu, DoD, MLBCap and No More Trade Wall Street Journal Small subdivision to coexist with farm, equestrian center Daily Herald Geothermal Energy Could Make the Department ...

July 12, 2010

Navy Evaluates New Technologies as Part of Energy-Saving Efforts

Navy Evaluates New Technologies as Part of Energy-Saving EffortsThe Naval District Washington (NDW) has several improvement projects underway to reduce energy consumption ranging from testing experimental technologies to replacing light bulbs at ...

June 29, 2010

U.S. Army to Test Honeywell Micro-Grid System

U.S. Army to Test Honeywell Micro-Grid SystemThe U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research Development Engineering Center (TARDEC) has awarded Honeywell a $4.6 million contract to test and demonstrate its Micro-Grid system ...

June 17, 2010

Gates, Immelt, Want $16bn for Energy R&D

Gates, Immelt, Want $16bn for Energy R&DBill Gates, Jeff Immelt, and other CEOs, investors, and industry leaders lobbied the US to increase its level of spending in energy research and developing ...

June 11, 2010

US Commanders Want Deployable Renewable Energy Generation

US Commanders Want Deployable Renewable Energy GenerationThe U.S. military is increasingly pursuing opportunities in renewable energy systems as a way to reduce energy costs, shorten supply lines, and improve force protection, ...

May 28, 2010

Fort Drum Receives Everlast Lighting Retrofit

Fort Drum Receives Everlast Lighting RetrofitFort Drum, home of the famed 10th Mountain Division in Jefferson County, N.Y., is receiving over 1,000 new lighting fixtures that will reduce energy and maintenance costs for the 107,000 acre installation. The ...

May 21, 2010

Military on Track to Meet Clean Energy Goals

Military on Track to Meet Clean Energy GoalsThe Department of Defense has established ambitious environmental goals, increased its use of renewable energy and is testing and deploying new technologies and alternative ...

April 22, 2010

Navy, Army Push to Meet Renewable Energy Goals

Navy, Army Push to Meet Renewable Energy GoalsThe Navy is making headway in meeting its alternative energy goals over the next decade as the service partners with technology companies to harness ocean ...

March 18, 2010

Shaw Gets 5-year Army Environmental Remediation Contract After Doing $100M in 2009

Shaw Gets 5-year Army Environmental Remediation Contract After Doing $100M in 2009The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineering and Support Center, in Huntsville, Ala., has awarded the Shaw Group a five-year worldwide environmental remediation services contract ...

February 10, 2010

Federal Agencies Spent $1.7B on Energy-Efficiency Projects in 2009

Federal Agencies Spent $1.7B on Energy-Efficiency Projects in 2009Federal agencies spent more than $1.7 billion last year on energy-efficiency projects, increasing their environmental spend by more than an 80 percent from 2008, reports ...

January 29, 2010

Air Force Putting $2.3B into Energy, Water Conservation

Air Force Putting $2.3B into Energy, Water ConservationA host of efforts from the U.S. Air Force are expected to help reduce facility energy intensity 30 percent and potable water ...

December 23, 2009

Defense Department Moves Ahead with Renewables, Energy Efficient Lighting

Defense Department Moves Ahead with Renewables, Energy Efficient LightingRobins Air Force Base in Georgia will purchase about 5 percent of its annual electricity consumption in the form for ...

December 21, 2009

ARPA-E Deserves Support

ARPA-E Deserves SupportIn October 1957, at the height of Cold War passion, the U.S. scientific and military establishment watched as the Soviet Union launched Sputnik into orbit. ...

October 26, 2009

Largest Defense Solar Facility May Get Bigger

Largest Defense Solar Facility May Get BiggerPreviously announced as having 500 megawatts in capacity, the Fort Irwin solar facility may end up double that size. The ...

October 14, 2009

IT Plays a Role in Net-Zero Buildings

IT Plays a Role in Net-Zero Buildings Colin G. Harrison, Director of Corporate Strategy for IBM, discusses how information technology ...

October 10, 2009

Nevada National Guard Adding 3.4 MW Solar PPA

Nevada National Guard Adding 3.4 MW Solar PPASolar parking lot structures will add electricity at three Nevada Army National Guard sites. The structures will begin construction in November and should be operational by ...

September 29, 2009

Fort Dix to Save $1.2M Annually with Solar, Energy Upgrades

Fort Dix to Save $1.2M Annually with Solar, Energy UpgradesHoneywell has installed two solar arrays at Fort Dix, N.J., together with a variety of energy-efficient facility and infrastructure upgrades, to help the training and ...

September 4, 2009

EL Pro Northrop Grumman Saves $2M in Energy at One CA Facility

Northrop Grumman Saves $2M in Energy at One CA FacilityNorthrop Grumman is using its Redondo Beach, Calif., facility and its more than $2 million in electricity savings as a model for future energy upgrades. In advance ...

August 6, 2009

Clark Energy Inks Deal for Largest DoD Solar Project

Clark Energy Inks Deal for Largest DoD Solar ProjectThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has selected Clark Energy Group, an affiliate of Clark Realty Capital, to develop the largest solar power project in ...

July 31, 2009

Military Project Earns LEED Platinum Status

Military Project Earns LEED Platinum StatusA Virginia military base's community center has achieved a 70 percent reduction in energy costs and 43 percent water savings, compared to other similar buildings. The ...

July 29, 2009