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The Facility Energy Center Division provides expert technical and legal facility energy support to Air Force installations and major commands, and centrally manages Air Force Facility Energy and Utilities Privatization programs in order to comply with all applicable executive, legislative, and agency policies and directives. AFFEC's many conservation programs have helped reduce Air Force energy consumption nearly 15 percent since 2006.
Officially designated a center of excellence in 2007, the Air Force Facility Energy Center, or AFFEC, located at the Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency, Tyndall AFB, Fla., is made up of more than 50 engineers and energy experts who identify, evaluate, and help implement technologies and funding strategies to enable the Air Force to meet and surpass federal energy goals.
AFFEC personnel have developed a Capital Investment Strategy for reaching mandates by 2015. When cost effective, federal law requires the Air Force to:
Reduce facility energy intensity by 30 percent
Reduce water usage by 16 percent
Increase renewable energy to 10.5 percent of electricity consumed
An Air Force self-imposed goal is to increase on-base renewable energy to 3 percent of electricity consumed by 2015.
Achieving these goals will save an estimated $3B over 10 years that can be reinvested for installation requirements.
The Facility Energy Center has four branches: Conservation Branch (CENE), Capital Investment Branch (CENI), Energy Rates and Renewables Branch (CENR), and Utilities Privatization Branch (CENU).
AFFEC Help Desk
(850) 283-6236 DSN (523)
AFCESAenergy.helpdesk@tyndall.af.mil
Conservation Branch
(850) 283-6222 DSN (523)
Energy Rates and Renewables Branch
(850) 283-6357 DSN (523)
Utility Rates Engineer
(850) 283-6295 DSN (523)
Capital Investment Branch
(850) 283-6238 DSN (523)
Utilities Privatization Branch
(850) 283-6655 DSN (523)
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The Conservation Branch provides facility energy and water conservation technical support to SAF, HAF, MAJCOMs, and bases.
It centrally manages the Resource Efficiency Manager (REM) Program, facility energy and water data collection, and coordinates energy awareness initiatives. The Conservation Branch assists in the development of facility energy policy and guidance, manages the Air Force Facility Metering Program, and provides Air Force inputs to the Defense Utility Energy Reporting System, soon to be replaced by the new Air Force Energy Reporting System. Energy awareness, including training courses and educational materials, are also a responsibility of CENE. |
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The Capital Investment Branch provides centralized management of Air Force capital investments targeted to meet legislative and corporate facility energy conservation, water conservation and renewable energy goals.
AFFEC's Capital Investment Branch serves as the facility energy program management office charged with managing and implementing funding strategies that will meet and exceed energy targets. AFFEC has developed a Capital Investment Strategy for investing $2B through 2015. The strategy calls for investments in facility audits and design and energy conservation, water conservation and renewable energy projects. The Capital Investment Strategy provides new, more efficient facilities and frees up millions of dollars to sustain mission readiness. |
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The Energy Rates and Renewables Branch provides technical and legal support to the Air Force to optimize the value of utility services and increase the economical use of renewable energy through the identification and development of renewable energy resources.
AFFEC's renewable energy experts and Utility Rates Management Team (URMT) support MAJCOMs and installations with the development and execution of renewable energy projects and negotiating utility rates. They assist installations with the purchase of renewable energy. This branch worked closely with installations to make the Air Force the number one purchaser of renewable power in the federal government. The URMT, made up of engineers and attorneys, negotiates on behalf of the Air Force to help installations procure utility service at a fair and reasonable price. The URMT also analyzes bases' utility bills to find savings opportunities and represents installations before state utility regulatory bodies. |
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The Utilities Privatization (UP) Branch provides engineering and privatization expertise and contracting support to implement the Air Force's Utilities Privatization of electric, natural gas, water and wastewater utility systems, when economically feasible to do so and without adverse impact on U.S. security.
The UP program, as directed by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, involves the conveyance, with a bill of sale, of a utility system (electric, natural gas, water, and wastewater) to a municipal, private, regional, district, or cooperative utility company; and a utility services contract for operations, maintenance, and recapitalization for a period of time, not to exceed 50 years. The UP program allows Air Force active, Guard, and Reserve installation commanders to focus their operations and maintenance activities on core defense missions and functions. System ownership is transferred to the successful offeror under terms and conditions that protect the Air Force's interests. Terms of the contract rarely include aspects of the commodity (electrical power, natural gas, water, and wastewater treatment); the contract is solely for the service the system provides. The current UP schedule projects completion of all award decisions by 2017.
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Air Force Facility Energy 2011.
The Facility Energy Magazine is an annual publication of the Air Force
Facility Energy Center. The 2011 edition features messages from key Air Force leaders and articles from energy experts which discuss the Air Force's
commitment to establishing energy security, building leaner installations, and acquiring cleaner energy sources.
This issue also highlights ways that the Air Force is making smarter energy decisions through the development of renewable energy projects, and the use of Power Purchase Agreements, Enhanced Use Leases, and programs to bring a change in culture.
For a print copy of the 2011 Facility Energy Magazine, contact the AFFEC
Help Desk at AFCESAenergy.helpdesk@tyndall.af.mil. The Air Force Facility
Energy Center is a division of the Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency
headquartered at Tyndall AFB, Fla.
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