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    MCAS Miramar wins EPA Award for Energy

    Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy) reviews Miramar Energy Strategy

    Photo By Staff Sgt. Lillian Stephens | Joseph Bryan, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Energy , speaks with Mick Wasco,...... read more read more

    SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES

    04.29.2015

    Story by Sgt. Lillian Stephens 

    Marine Corps Air Station Miramar

    MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. - The United States Environmental Protection Agency presented Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, with the 2015 National Award for Energy in the EPA's Federal Green Challenge, April 28.

    The FGC is a national effort under the EPA's Sustainable Materials Management program, which encourages federal agencies throughout the country to reduce the federal government's environmental impact and lead by example.

    This is the second consecutive year that MCAS Miramar has won the award, which competed against more than 400 government facilities.

    The air station reduced its fuel oil consumption by 98 percent, which is largely due to one hangar's switch from diesel fuel to natural gas, a project managed by Armando Romo, the Engineering Project Manager in the station's Public Works.

    "Reduction in diesel fuel from the Hangar 5 project was 75 to 80 percent [of fuel oil consumption]." said Mick Wasco, MCAS Miramar Energy Manager. "We also decreased our natural gas consumption."

    The installation decreased natural gas consumption by taking advantage of Southern California's mild climate, which doesn't need heating systems for most of the year. It also integrated direct digital controls for facility heating systems.

    This award shows progress, that the installation is being successful at energy efficiency and carbon emission reduction, which is part of an initiative by the state of California, Wasco explained.

    MCAS Miramar plans to replace many boilers across the air station, making them more efficient by converting from propane to natural gas.

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    Date Taken: 04.29.2015
    Date Posted: 04.29.2015 18:28
    Story ID: 161710
    Location: SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, US
    Hometown: SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, US

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