Base wins thousands in AMC Energy Awards
This $200,000 will be used to continue energy reduction efforts at Pope AFB.
The energy awards are an annual program enabling AMC to recognize long-term and short-term energy reduction.
"Pope Air Force Base has worked diligently to meet DoD energy conservation and reduction goals and will continue to do so," said Lt. Col. John Cawthorne, 43rd Civil Engineer Squadron commander.
"We are happy with the recognition and will use it as motivation to reduce energy use even more in the upcoming year."
This is not the first time Pope AFB has been recognized for energy saving efforts. In 1997, Pope AFB was the winner in the industrial category.
The award was judged on three criteria:
Long term energy reduction, compared to fiscal 1985 baseline
Short term energy reduction, compared to the previous year
Efforts during the award year to reduce future energy consumption
The first two criteria come from data from utility bills here and are submitted via the Defense Utility Energy Reporting System directly to AMC. The third criteria takes into account energy saving efforts done by the base.
Many of the energy saving projects done here for fiscal year 1999 were due to a contract with Carolina Power and Light and their subcontractor Strategic Resource Solutions. The companies CP&L/SRS have done the following work on Pope AFB:
Installed interior lighting sensors
Replaced interior lights with lower watt lights with same foot-candle reading
Installed gas-fired infrared heaters in all hangars and nosedocks
Installed energy efficient Heating, Ventilation and Air
Conditioning motors
Replaced electric hot water heaters with gas-fired heaters
Replaced 280 72-percent efficient furnaces in housing with 97-percent efficient furnaces
Installed night set-back thermostats in housing
Eliminated central boiler plants and inefficient distribution systems by replacing with individual high efficiency boilers
Installed Local Utility Plant in basement of CAC for two new dorms and three existing "dorms" (283, 285, and 287)
Replaced steam system in 300 series dorms with high efficiency boilers
Overall the CP&L/SRS contract has done $6.5 million in work on Pope AFB with an estimated savings of $754K a year. Not only has this saved the base energy but has also resulted in much needed infrastructure replacements.
With the CP&L/SRS contract coming to an end, the maintenance engineering section in 43rd CES is looking for new ideas and ways to save energy. However, energy conservation is the responsibility of each and every person on Pope AFB. Each individual can make a difference by helping in small ways such as:
Turning off lights when not in the room
Turning off computers each night
Closing hangar doors when heat is on, if possible
(FROM AIR MOBILITY COMMAND PUBLIC AFFAIRS).
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