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Defense Energy Management.
Title:
Defense Energy Management.
Author:
Myers, Edward R.
ISBN:
9781617283567
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (176 pages)
Contents:
DEFENSE ENERGY MANAGEMENT -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ANNUAL ENERGY MANAGEMENT REPORT(FISCAL YEAR 2007, JANUARY 2008) -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- I. MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION -- A. Energy Management Infrastructure -- 1. Senior Agency Official -- 2. Agency Energy Team -- B. Management Tools -- 1. Awards (Employee Incentive Programs) -- 2. Performance Evaluations -- 3. Training and Education -- 4. Showcase Facilities -- II. ENERGY EFFICIENCY PERFORMANCE -- A. Energy Intensity Reduction Performance -- 1. Goal Subject Buildings -- 2. Excluded Facilities -- 3. Non-Fleet Vehicle and Equipment Fuel Use -- 4. Reporting Energy Efficiency Fundingto the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) -- B. Renewable Energy -- 1. Self-Generated Renewable Energy -- 2. Purchased renewable energy -- C. Water Conservation -- D. Metering of Electricity Use -- E. Federal Building Energy Efficiency Standards -- III. IMPLEMENTATION HIGHLIGHTS OF FY 2007 -- A. Life-Cycle Cost Analysis -- B. Retrofits and Capital Improvement Projects -- C. Use of Performance Contracts -- D. Use of Energy Star® and Other Energy-Efficient Products -- E. Sustainable Building Design andHigh-Performance Buildings -- F. Energy Efficiency/Sustainable Design in Lease Provisions -- G. Industrial Facility Efficiency Improvements -- H. Distributed Generation, Including Combined Cooling,Heating, and Power Systems -- IV. DATA TABLES AND INVENTORIES -- A. FY 2007 Annual Energy Management Data Report -Separate Cover -- B. Excluded Facilities Inventory -- C. List of Acronyms/Symbols Used in Body of Report -- DEFENSE MANAGEMENT:OVERARCHING ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORKCOULD IMPROVE DOD'S MANAGEMENT OFENERGY REDUCTION EFFORTS FORMILITARY OPERATIONS* -- ABSTRACT -- SEVERAL ISSUES UNDERSCORE IMPORTANCEOF ENERGY TO DOD -- DOD AND THE MILITARY SERVICES HAVE MADE EFFORTSTO REDUCE MOBILITY ENERGY DEMAND -- Army -- Navy.

Air Force -- Marine Corps -- DOD HAS NOT ESTABLISHED AN OVERARCHINGORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK TO GUIDE AND OVERSEEMOBILITY ENERGY REDUCTION EFFORTS -- DOD Lacks Key Elements of anOverarching Organizational Framework -- Top-Level Leadership and Implementation Team -- Comprehensive Strategic Plan -- Communication Strategy -- DOD Has Made Limited Progress in Incorporating Fuel Efficiencyinto Key Business Processes and in Implementing Recommendationsfrom Department-Sponsored Studies -- DOD Has Not Yet Fully Incorporated Fuel EfficiencyConsiderations into Its Key Business Processes -- DOD Has Been Slow to Implement Recommendationsfrom Department-Sponsored Studies on Fuel Reduction -- Overarching Organizational Framework Needed to Better PositionDOD to Address Mobility Energy Challenges -- REFERENCES -- DEFENSE MANAGEMENT: OVERARCHINGORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK NEEDED TOGUIDE AND OVERSEE ENERGY REDUCTIONEFFORTS FOR MILITARY OPERATIONS* -- RESULTS IN BRIEF -- BACKGROUND -- U.S. Government Accountability Office -- RESULTS IN BRIEF -- BACKGROUND -- DEPARTMENTAL AND MILITARY SERVICE EFFORTS AREUNDER WAY TO REDUCE MOBILITY ENERGY DEMAND -- OSD and the Joint Staff Have Begunto Address Mobility Energy Demand -- Army Is Examining Ways to Reduce in-Theater Fuel Demand -- Navy Has Established an Energy ConservationProgram and Other Mobility Energy Reduction Initiatives -- Air Force Has Implemented an Energy Strategyand Begun Mobility Energy Reduction Initiatives -- Marine Corps Is Studying Technologies to Reduce Fuel Consumption -- DOD HAS NOT ESTABLISHED AN OVERARCHINGORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK TO GUIDE AND OVERSEEMOBILITY ENERGY REDUCTION EFFORTS -- DOD's Current Management Approach to Mobility EnergyLacks Key Elements of an Overarching Organizational Framework.

Responsibilities for Fuel Oversight and Management AreDiffused throughout Various DOD Offices and Working Groups -- DOD Has Not Designated a Single Executive-Level Official for Mobility Energy -- DOD Has Not Designated a Single Executive-Level Official for Mobility Energy -- DOD Has Not Yet Developed a ComprehensiveMobility Energy Strategic Plan -- DOD Does Not Have an Effective Mechanism for Communicationand Cross- Service Coordination of Mobility Energy Reduction Efforts -- DOD Has a History of Creating OrganizationalFrameworks to Address Other Crosscutting Issues -- Absence of an Overarching Organizational Framework DoesNot Position DOD to Effectively Address Mobility Energy -- DOD Has Not Yet Fully Incorporated Fuel EfficiencyConsiderations into Its Key Business Processes -- DOD Has Been Slow to Implement Recommendationsfrom Department-Sponsored Studies on Fuel Reduction -- CONCLUSIONS -- RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION -- AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION -- APPENDIX I: SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY -- APPENDIX II:SELECT RECOMMENDATIONSFROM DOD-SPONSORED STUDIES ONMOBILITY ENERGY REDUCTION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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