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Sept. 28, 2018
Air Force awards $143 million energy savings contract at DoD’s largest joint base

The Air Force Civil Engineer Center Energy Directorate’s Program Development division worked together with Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, and the Defense Logistics Agency-Energy to award an energy savings performance contract valued at nearly $143 million to increase energy resiliency at the
June 18, 2018
AFCEC attorney reflects on Boston Marathon experience

This year, Major Andy Unsicker, Chief of the Utility Law Field Support Center, Air Force Civil Engineer Center, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, ran one of the nation’s most well-known marathons, the Boston Marathon, in some of the worst conditions on record. His journey to the finish line this year
May 9, 2018
AF awards first energy savings performance contract of 2018 at Hill AFB

Recently, the Defense Logistics Agency awarded a $42 million energy savings performance contract, to be executed and maintained by Energy Systems Group, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. This represents the Air Force’s first such awarded contract of 2018.
Feb. 14, 2018
AFCEC project hopes to land Airmen in 'hot water'

The Air Force Civil Engineer Center is embracing innovation and a partnership with the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSMT) in an effort to bring off-the-grid electricity and hot water to Airmen in difficult deployments around the world.
Nov. 27, 2017
Overcoming Alaskan-sized challenges to provide energy assurance

Preparing for a major power outage or planning a backup generation exercise is complicated in the best conditions. Now, imagine doing it in temperatures as low as 50 degrees below zero at Clear Air Force Station, Alaska.
Oct. 10, 2017
Microgrids: breaking down the buzzword

This article, the first in a series on microgrids, will define them and their key components. Future articles will include information on the Air Force’s current microgrid projects, the Air Force’s direction for microgrids, and what they mean for installations in the future.
Oct. 5, 2017
ERCIP – a tool in the energy assurance toolbox

ERCIP is a subset of the defense-wide MILCON program that funds projects to increase resilience, save energy or water, produce energy or reduce the cost of energy for the Department of Defense and supports construction of new, high-efficiency energy systems and modernization of existing ones.
Sept. 21, 2017
Civil engineers implement cybersecurity for Air Force infrastructure

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – Today’s civil engineers are leading the way with cybersecurity implementation for the Air Force. From Tyndall, a team of 40 civil engineer information technology certified professionals are traveling the globe to implement the Air Force-wide Industrial Control System,
Aug. 24, 2017
Energy professionals exchange ideas, information at annual event

More than 2,600 professionals from the energy industry, including approximately 200 Air Force attendees, gathered in Tampa, Florida, Aug. 14-18 for the U.S. Department of Energy Federal Energy Management Program’s 2017 Energy Exchange.
Aug. 1, 2017
The ANG finds a new partner for improving energy efficiency… AFCEC

For the first time, AFCEC is supporting an Air National Guard base in the development of a Utility Energy Service Contract.
Aug. 1, 2017
AEMR is now AEMRR - 2017 Annual Energy Management and Resilience Report

AFCEC/CNA is ramping up for the 2017 Annual Energy Management and Resilience Report, otherwise known as the AEMRR.
July 28, 2017
New ESPC playbook now live

The Air Force Civil Engineer Center's Energy Directorate recently went live with a new playbook for Energy Savings Performance Contracts, or ESPCs, replacing Engineering Technical Letter 13-13.
July 7, 2017
AFCEC facilitating millions in energy savings worldwide

A tool with potential to save millions of dollars in annual energy expenditures is within reach for Air Force bases worldwide.Energy savings performance contracts, or ESPCs, are partnerships between federal agencies and energy service companies that provide energy savings and facility improvements

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