DOD Shifts Focus To 'Game-Changing' Energy Conservation Projects

By Suzanne Yohannan / March 1, 2011 at 7:16 PM
The Pentagon's overarching energy conservation program is undergoing revisions that are expected to be reflected in projects funded via the fiscal year 2012 defense appropriations bill, with the department moving the program away from small energy-efficiency projects centered on single buildings and in favor of large projects promising significant savings. In the FY-12 budget request released Feb. 14, DOD asked Congress to fund the so-called Energy Conservation Investment Program (ECIP) at $135 million. ECIP, which falls under defense-wide military construction...

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