BASE TEAM WINS HONOR EFFICIENCY SAVES ENERGY, MONEY.Byline: Daily News EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. - Personnel from the 95th Civil Engineer Group received an Air Force award for energy conservation measures expected to save more than $42 million over five years. The Air Force chief of staff, Gen. John Jumper, presented the group's energy team with an Excellence Award. The Edwards unit was one of five teams chosen out of 21 from throughout the Air Force that competed for the honor. ``When we can reduce our electrical demand on the state power grid, it frees up capacity for the surrounding areas. That becomes more important if we get into a time of shortage like we experienced in the spring and summer of '01,'' said Paul Weaver, base energy manager. ``As a good neighbor, we like to practice conservation, reduce our power demands and free up capacity for the surrounding areas.'' Edwards is the largest consumer of energy among Air Force bases on the West Coast, and the 95th Civil Engineer Group operates and maintains more than 10 million square feet of facilities. Although guaranteed uninterrupted power by contract, the base significantly reduced its demand on the California power grid, officials said. A measuring system was installed to monitor peak power demands, so that civil engineers could better manage loads and anticipate shortages. Automated heating, ventilation and air conditioning air conditioning, mechanical process for controlling the humidity, temperature, cleanliness, and circulation of air in buildings and rooms. Indoor air is conditioned and regulated to maintain the temperature-humidity ratio that is most comfortable and healthful. systems were installed, as were water-conservation measures. The majority of the power load at Edwards is for air conditioning, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Dave Harrell, manager for heating, ventilation and air conditioning. ``We replaced about 20 inefficient air-conditioning units, modernized mod·ern·ize v. mo·dern·ized, mo·dern·iz·ing, mo·dern·iz·es v.tr. To make modern in appearance, style, or character; update. v.intr. To accept or adopt modern ways, ideas, or style. them with digital controls and also installed energy-management systems to control the chillers,'' Harrell said. ``By technically upgrading the units, we increased their efficiency by at least 20 percent over the old ones.'' Competing for the award, the team provided written information, gave an oral presentation and answered questions from five judges. The team members included Col. James Judkins, Lt. Col. Gregory Emanuel, Capt. Amy Hoffer, 2nd Lt. Javier Velazquez, Weaver, David Funai, Harrell, Rick Ramirez, Clarence Sanders San´ders n. 1. An old name of sandalwood, now applied only to the red sandalwood. See under Sandalwood. , Bobby Perry Bobby Perry is an American basketball player who played both forward positions for the University of Kentucky from 2003 to 2007. College career Bobby Perry was part of Kentucky's 2003 recruiting class. , Kenneth Vaughan, Jerry Keltner, Joe Guerrero, Michael Keeling keeling the marking of ewes by the ram when they are mated by the marking on the ewe of paint or chalk from the sternum of the ram. , Kathy Palladino, Mike Santoro, Bryan Reid and Sandra Stapleton. |
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