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Energy Reduction at U.S. Air Force Facilities Using Industrial Processes A Workshop Summary (2013) / Chapter Skim
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... , 84 percent of energy consumption occurs in facilities (at a cost of $300 million) and only 13 percent is consumed in aviation.3,4 INDUSTRIAL PROCESS ENERGY This workshop was concerned primarily with opportunities to reduce energy consumption within Air Force facilities, and particularly to reduce consumption of "process energy,"5 whichincludes energy used in industrial and test operations, laboratories, medical facilities, and data centers.
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... and the Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC)
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... ENERGY REDUCTION GOALS AND MANDATES The efforts of the Air Force to reduce energy consumption are driven largely by external goals and mandates derived from congressional legislation -- the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT) (Public Law No.
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... Air Force, presentation to the workshop, November 5, 2012, Washington, D.C. 7 Kevin Geiss, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Energy, "National Academies Workshop: Energy Reduction at Air Force Facilities Using Industrial Processes," presentation to the workshop on November 5, 2012.
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... NOTE: NRG, Energy Conservation Initiative; ECIP, Energy Conservation Investment Program; EISA, Energy Independence and Security Act; EO, Executive Order; SOURCE: Col Douglas Wise, HQ AFMC A70, presentation to the workshop, November 5, 2012, Washington, D.C. WATER CONSUMPTION GOALS AND MANDATES In addition to reducing energy intensity at Air Force facilities, another area that the Air Force is targeting for efficiency is fresh water use.
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... (4) what are constraints and considerations that might limit applicability to Air Force facilities and processes over the next ten (10)
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... Broadly, the first day was devoted to presentations on energyreduction efforts by the Air Force and the other services, the second day to presentations on commercial industry initiatives, and the third day to discussion among all participants. It quickly became apparent that neither the expertise represented nor the time available would permit an in-depth analysis of energy-reduction opportunities in all of the industrial processes being used at Air Force facilities, as outlined in the first paragraph of the TOR (see Box 1-1)
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