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  • Air Force awards massive energy-saving project at Tinker

    An Energy Savings Performance Contract was awarded Aug. 1, 2012, at Tinker, Oklahoma's largest single-site employer and the largest Air Force facility energy consumer. "Upon completion, the project will reduce Tinker's energy intensity by 30 percent and save an estimated $6.4 million a year," said

  • How low can you go? Hanscom starts new energy competition

    A new energy competition is underway at Hanscom called "How Low Can You Go?" The competition requires little effort but big results, as it focuses on energy consumption during the weekend. "We want people to place special focus on their pre-weekend shutdown measures," said Tom Schluckebier, base

  • AFMC base takes top DOD honors for environmental work

    Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced May 1, 2012, the Defense Department's environmental awards for fiscal 2012, and Hill Air Force Base, Utah, and Vandenberg AFB, Calif., were among nine Department of Defense installations selected for top honors.Each year since 1962, the secretary of

  • AFMC 2011 Facility Energy Excellence Award winners announced

    Gen. Donald Hoffman, Air Force Materiel Command commander, announced during the Energy Management Steering Group on Mar. 6, 2012, that Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., captured first place in the command's first Facility Energy Excellence Award. Second place was awarded to Hill AFB, Utah, and Edwards

  • AFMC wins international waste management awards

    The Air Force Materiel Command Asset Management Division recently earned the Richard I. Stessel Waste Management Award, making the AFMC team the first federal entity honored by the Air and Waste Management Association. The association named the AFMC division a winner of the Stessel award for

  • Command's energy plan focuses on stewardship, compliance

    Command officials released the 2012 Air Force Materiel Command Energy Stewardship Campaign Plan to the AFMC workforce Jan. 25, 2012, highlighting for the second year in a row the command's vision of making energy conservation a priority."The energy installation plan lays out what's imperative to the

  • Tinker vehicle office exploring ways to 'turn over green leaf'

    A battery-powered vehicle to transport people and parts needed throughout Tinker Air Force Base would improve the air quality and reduce fuel consumption, the vehicle control lead for the 76th Maintenance Support Group's Vehicle Control Office said recently.David Davenport made that observation

  • Energy Awareness Industry Days brings savings to the forefront

    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. Civil Engineering teamed up with Operational

  • New tracking system helps cut gas cost

    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.The Automotive Information Module 2, or AIM2, is an upgrade to the current way the military issues fuel and tracks fuel costs in government