Improved Energy Management in the Facility Design Process Should Reduce Operating Costs for DOD
PLRD-83-46
Published: Apr 08, 1983. Publicly Released: Apr 08, 1983.
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Highlights
GAO reported on the Department of Defense (DOD) effort to design energy-efficient buildings for military use and the need for improved procedures in this regard.
Recommendations
Recommendations for Executive Action
| Agency Affected | Recommendation | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Defense | The Secretary of Defense should require that the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower, Reserve Affairs, and Logistics develop and issue new DOD energy budgets for the various building types and climatic zones and rescind the interim budgets. |
Closed – Not Implemented
The DOD IG has closed the file and is no longer tracking implementation. Action was initiated but full implementation was not verified. No further action is planned.
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| Department of Defense | The Secretary of Defense should require that the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower, Reserve Affairs, and Logistics issue guidance to the services clearly describing all the factors and assumptions used to calculate budgets and how they are to be used. |
Closed – Not Implemented
The DOD IG has closed the file. Action was initiated but full implementation was not verified. No further action is planned.
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| Department of Defense | The Secretary of Defense should require that the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower, Reserve Affairs, and Logistics require the services to perform additional energy analyses to take into account local environmental conditions, operations, and special project characteristics not considered in the budgets which might significantly affect energy usage. |
Closed – Not Implemented
The DOD IG has closed the file. Action was initiated but was not verified. No further action is planned.
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| Department of Defense | The Secretary of Defense should require that the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower, Reserve Affairs, and Logistics give the services technical assistance in implementing energy budgets. |
Closed – Implemented
When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
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| Department of Defense | The Secretary of Defense should require that the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower, Reserve Affairs, and Logistics require services to report to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Installation and justify instances when the estimated energy usage for a design deviates from its energy budget by 15 percent. |
Closed – Not Implemented
The DOD IG has closed the file. Action was initiated, but full implementation was not verified. No further action is planned.
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| Department of Defense | The Secretary of Defense should direct the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force to consolidate, for easy reference, all the energy conservation requirements applicable to facility designs. |
Closed – Not Implemented
The DOD IG has closed the file. Action was initiated, but full implementation was not verified. No further action is planned.
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| Department of the Navy | The Secretaries of the Army and the Navy should direct the Chief of Engineers, Army, and the Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), to establish controls to ensure that required energy analyses are submitted. |
Closed – Not Implemented
The DOD IG has closed the file. Action was initiated, but full implementation was not verified.
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| Department of the Army | The Secretaries of the Army and the Navy should direct the Chief of Engineers, Army, and the Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), to establish controls to ensure that required energy analyses are submitted. |
Closed – Not Implemented
The DOD IG has closed the file. Action was initiated, but full implementation was not verified. No further action is planned.
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| Department of the Army | The Secretaries of the Army and the Navy should direct the Chief of Engineers, Army, and the Commander, NAVFAC, to establish quality assurance procedures over energy analyses to ensure that all are properly reviewed for completeness and reasonableness and that design firms correct all significant errors and omissions in them. |
Closed – Not Implemented
The DOD IG has closed the file. Action was initiated, but full implementation was not verified. No further action is planned.
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| Department of the Navy | The Secretaries of the Army and the Navy should direct the Chief of Engineers, Army, and the Commander, NAVFAC, to establish quality assurance procedures over energy analyses to ensure that all are properly reviewed for completeness and reasonableness and that design firms correct all significant errors and omissions in them. |
Closed – Not Implemented
The DOD IG has closed the file. Action was initiated, but full implementation was not verified. No further action is planned.
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| Department of the Army | The Secretaries of the Army and the Navy should direct the Chief of Engineers, Army, and the Commander, NAVFAC, to state, when appropriate, that energy conservation expertise is a significant factor in the selection process and require that such expertise be evaluated during the selection process when the contract requires an energy analysis. |
Closed – Not Implemented
The DOD IG has closed the file. Action was initiated, but full implementation was not verified. No further action is planned.
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| Department of the Navy | The Secretaries of the Army and the Navy should direct the Chief of Engineers, Army, and the Commander, NAVFAC, to state, when appropriate, that energy conservation expertise is a significant factor in the selection process and require that such expertise be evaluated during the selection process when the contract requires an energy analysis. |
Closed – Not Implemented
The DOD IG has closed the file. Action was initiated, but full implementation was not verified. No further action is planned.
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| Department of the Navy | The Secretaries of the Army and the Navy should direct the Chief of Engineers, Army, and the Commander, NAVFAC, to identify training needs of staff in energy analyses training. |
Closed – Not Implemented
The DOD IG has closed the file. Action was initiated, but full implementation was not verified. No further action is planned.
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| Department of the Army | The Secretaries of the Army and the Navy should direct the Chief of Engineers, Army, and the Commander, NAVFAC, to identify training needs of staff in energy analyses training. |
Closed – Not Implemented
The DOD IG has closed the file. Action was initiated, but full implementation was not verified. No further action is planned.
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