Energy Awareness - The Air Force's message on energy conservation.    October is Energy Awareness month, a time to look hard at energy policy and consumption for the benefit for all.

Air Force Targets Heat Plants for Energy Savings
AFCESA -- Engineers at the Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency, Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., are on a mission to help save facility energy across the Air Force. One target is central heat plants, which have miles of distribution lines and are known to be inefficient according to Tom Adams, an AFCESA mechanical engineer. He has evaluated heat plants across the Air Force and says some of the 50-year-old structures are only 50 percent efficient.

AFCENT officials increase energy efficiency in deployed locations
SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Initiatives to save energy are not just limited to bases in the United States. In deployed locations, saving energy is a top priority, as well.

Smart bases, electric vehicles key energy independence components
WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- The Air Force and other Department of Defense agencies are aggressively pursuing plug-in electric vehicles and vehicle-to-grid infrastructure technologies, DOD leaders told industry representatives at an Electric Vehicle Industry Day here Aug. 23.

Air Force doubles awards earned for energy savings
WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Leading the pack, team-driven excellence and noteworthy individual efforts from Air Force people earned recognition by the U.S. Department of Energy through its annual Federal Energy and Water Management Awards program.

Vandendburg AFB Solar Panels  (Video Story)

2011 Air Force/Army Energy Forum (Video Story)

Academy hits switch on solar array
U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AFNS) -- Officials with the Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs Utilities and SunPower Corp. flipped a switch signifying the official dedication of the Academy's 6-megawatt solar array in a ceremony June 13.

Conaton speaks on AF biomass fuel use at open house
JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. (AFNS) -- Undersecretary of the Air Force Erin Conaton spoke to media about the milestone of the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds flight demonstration team's first use of a biomass fuel blend in two of their jets here during the 2011 Joint Service Open House May 20.

Thunderbirds to perform first demo with alternative fuel  (Video)
ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. (AFNS) -- The Thunderbirds will use alternative fuel, unprecedented for any Department of Defense aerial team, at the Joint Services Open House here May 20 and 21, officials said May 18.

Cadets research alternative fuel methods (Video Story)
A group of cadets at the Air Force Academy are researching better ways to produce renewable energy with algae.

OP ED:  Biofuels takes off with U.S. Air force
The following article first appeared in the Washington Times on April 13, 2011-- written by Dr. Kevin Geiss

The President highlights Air Force Energy Efforts in alternative fuel
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F-22 Raptor flown on synthetic biofuel
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFNS) -- An F-22 Raptor successfully flew at supercruise March 18 on a 50/50 fuel blend of conventional petroleum-based JP-8 and biofuel derived from camelina, a weed-like plant not used for food.

Air Force leads the way as Green Power Partner
The Air Force is one of the nation's top purchasers of green power, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Top 25 list of Green Power Partners released this month.

"Changing the culture also means that all of us, from the Air Staff to Airmen at home or deployed, must learn to think of energy as part of maximizing mission effectiveness." -- Under Secretary of the Air Force Erin C. Conaton addressing the USAF Energy Forum III May 27, 2010, in Washington, D.C.



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