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june 2011 NEWSLETTER 11
INSTALLATION NEWS
USACE Releases FY2011 Civil
Works Work Plan
So, we’re a couple weeks late on this, but seeing as though
we were so busy preparing for last week’s 2011 Joint Engineer
Training Conference & Expo, I hope you’ll cut us some
slack. It seems that back in mid-May, the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers (USACE) released its work plan for the Army Civil
Works program through the end of FY2011. According to a
Corps press release, the plan “details how USACE will execute
the $5.065 billion Civil Works appropriation it received
on April 15 when President Barrack Obama signed Public
Law 112-10, the Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing
Appropriations Act, 2011.”
Among other items, the $5.065 billion in FY2011 funding
is distributed among USACE Civil Works appropriation accounts
as follows:
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$2.371 billion for Operation and Maintenance (O&M)
$1.793 billion for Construction
$264 million for Mississippi River and Tributaries
(MR&T)
$190 million for the Regulatory Program
$185 million for Expenses
$130 million for the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial
Action Program (FUSRAP)
$127 million for Investigations
The work plan was released as a PDF document broken
down into separate line items organized by appropriation
account, then state. USACE also released a principles document.
To obtain the documents, please visit SAME at http://
militaryengineers.wordpress.com/2011/06/02/usace-releases-fy2011-civil-works-work-plan/.
Peterson AFB News
Peterson Dorms Shine Light On Energy
Savings
2nd Lt. Grant Packard, Peterson Energy Program manager
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Earlier this month, the Peterson AFB dorms completed an
energy conservation project that has been ongoing for the
past year, and unless you are a resident, you may not have
noticed.
The Peterson dorm management replaced all of the incandescent
light bulbs with brand new, energy efficient, compact
fluorescent light bulbs, or CFLs. This project began
when the unaccompanied housing manager, Master Sgt.
Mark Murphy, wanted to find a way to help with the basewide
energy awareness campaign in December 2010.
At that time, the dorms were still using the inefficient incandescent
light bulbs, which use approximately 75 percent
more energy than modern CFLs. With the help of Jim
Jacobsen, the 21st Space Wing energy manager, Sergeant
Murphy was put into contact with Colorado Springs Utilities.
CSU had just begun a city-wide energy awareness campaign
through Project Smart Light and provided 1,100 CFLs
for the dorms at no cost to Peterson AFB. The first energy
efficient light bulb was installed in January 2011. After four
months of replacing incandescent light bulbs in all four
dorm facilities, the project was completed in April.
The Project Smart Light campaign has since ended with the
Peterson dorms being the last large group to receive the
free CFL upgrades. Even though no other base facilities will
be eligible for this program, the dorm project alone will provide
approximately 77,000 kWh per year in energy reduction,
which amounts to around $4,000 in savings annually.
Additionally, these new light bulbs will last five times longer
than their old counterparts, providing either further savings
down the road