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Reduce Demand, Diversify Supply, Change the Culture: AFMC celebrates Energy Awareness Month 2011
This October, Air Force Materiel Command bases are taking part in a wide range of activities in observation of Energy Awareness Month.
Energy awareness mirrors the leadership principle of protecting resources as if they were your own, an approach that AFMC Commander Gen. Donald Hoffman emphasizes as key to changing the energy culture. Every Airman, therefore, can do his or her part -- either at work or at home -- to enact even the smallest changes that ultimately result in big energy savings.
Here Air Force Materiel Command highlights the continuing contributions its Airmen are making to the Air Force's proactive stance on energy awareness, along with providing a number of resources designed to promote being a good steward of energy each and every day.
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Energy Awareness Industry Days bring savings to forefront
HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. -- When budgets are tight, it's important for the federal government to step up and try to figure out the best way to save American taxpayers money. So, that was the focus of the Energy Awareness Industry Days at the Hanscom Conference Center Oct. 12 and 13.
ESC, Hanscom officials offer insights at 'Clean Tech Business' forum
HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. -- Members of the Electronic Systems Center participated in a forum sponsored by U.S. Rep. Niki Tsongas and the New England Clean Energy Council at Middlesex Community College in Lowell, Mass., Oct. 19.
New solar farms could light the way to power bill savings at Edwards
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- With today's fiscal climate, Edwards Air Force Base is always looking for good ways to save money.
Solar cells increase UAV stamina, flight time
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Unmanned air vehicles are getting a power boost thanks to a partnership between the Air Force Research Laboratory and Microlink Devices Inc.
Kirtland civilian earns energy savings award
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- A 377th Civil Engineer Division member here recently earned a 2011 Federal Energy and Water Management award.
New tracking system helps cut gas cost
ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- Robins Air Force Base is testing a smarter data-tracking system, which if fully implemented, could help the base reach its energy reduction goals and save fuel.
Researchers develop groundbreaking flexible solar cell technique
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- A groundbreaking research technique demonstrated by the Air Force Research Laboratory detects performance variability at a microscopic scale during operation of flexible solar cells.
TRANSCOM, AFMC commanders shed light on energy conservation, measurements
ARLINGTON, Va. -- Military senior leaders provided their perspective on operational energy and its associated metrics during the Army Air Force Energy Forum here July 20, 2011.
Hanscom energy competition wraps up, winners announced
HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. -- The Hanscom Energy Reduction Competition wrapped up on the last day of June and civil engineering officials feel the seeds have been planted to make the base a more energy efficient place.
Tinker project could save millions in fuel costs
TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- Armed with everything but a cape and mask, the Propulsion Environmental Working Group here is actively striving to "green" the engine community.
Kirtland solar thermal system goes operational
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- Col. Robert Maness, 377th Air Base Wing commander, and other officials here cut the ribbon Dec. 3, 2010, on a new solar thermal system at the aquatic training facility.
Edwards wing tests Global Hawk with alternative fuel for first time
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- An RQ-4 Global Hawk completed a 32-hour flight test using an alternative fuel mixture, Nov. 23, 2010. |
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Gen. Donald Hoffman
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Changing the energy culture
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The absolute lifeblood of the modern military is energy. It allows us to be expeditionary and go anywhere on the globe. For true energy assurance as an Air Force, we need to be able to find energy solutions and strategies anywhere, even in hostile nations. At the most basic level, that assurance starts with reducing demand, diversifying supply and changing the culture.
It can seem overwhelming to think about energy in terms of the entire military, so I want to emphasize saving energy at the point of consumption -- it all begins at the lowest levels. Indeed, I believe that conserving resources, and using them judiciously, is a personal responsibility as well as an organizational responsibility. Whether at home or in our professional lives, being good stewards of energy is simply a matter of changing the culture of how individuals and organizations view and use energy.
To initiate this change in culture, some AFMC bases are participating in contests that pit organizations, and even buildings, in a competition against one another to see which has contributed the most to energy savings. This might translate simply as flipping off light switches and turning off monitors at the end of the day -- essentially treating the Air Force's energy consumption as we would our own residences. (More)
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Click anywhere on this map to view a sample of Energy Awareness Month activities going on around AFMC. Check your base's calendar of events or contact your public affairs office for more information.
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 Did you know?
There is a common misconception that screen savers reduce energy use by monitors; they do not. Automatic switching to sleep mode or manually turning monitors off is always the better energy-saving strategy.
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AFMC Energy News 2011 
