Photo By Natasha Waldron Anthony | DASN-E Christine Ploschke visits NAVFAC Washington's Facilities Energy Operations Cell... read more read more
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy (DASN-E) Christine Ploschke visited the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Washington's Facilities Energy Operations Cell (FEOC) to review energy initiatives and operations, March 19, 2025.
The FEOC, located within the Shore Operations Center, Washington Navy Yard, supports facilities across NAVFAC Washington by identifying Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning service issues and improving energy optimization.
During the visit, Ploschke toured the facility, viewed workstations and Direct Digital Control graphic screens and was briefed on current projects.
"I'm really excited to see the data-driven approach that the Department of the Navy is leveraging to help improve not just our energy usage, but also the optimization of the condition and management of our facilities," said Ploschke. "Understanding our consumption is certainly the step one in being able to manage it effectively, to ensure that we can leverage every resource to maximize our ability to support the warfighter."
Russell Hall, supervisor of Enterprise Industrial Control System for NAVFAC Washington, who hosted the demonstration, noted that "the support from the Assistant Secretary of the Navy was gained for the future endeavors of the Naval District Washington NAVFAC FEOC."
Ploschke was briefed on a current project to connect 26 additional buildings within NAVFAC Washington and plans to upgrade existing Information Technology infrastructure to a new ‘zero trust’ network mandated by the Department of Defense. NAVFAC Washington is working toward integrating building control systems and advanced metering infrastructure to Smart Grid.
According to the Acting Director of Public Works, Cmdr. Robert Thompson, future innovation aims to expand the FEOC's capabilities to include other facility-related control systems such as operational technology cybersecurity, utility controls, and electronic security controls for continuous monitoring and emergency response support.
Ploschke and her staff look forward to further discussions on these initiatives as they progress.
NAVFAC Washington plans, builds and maintains sustainable facilities and delivers best-value public works, utilities, transportation, environmental, real property, energy and facilities engineering & acquisition services to support Naval District Washington; Navy, Marine Corps and Joint Installations; and Federal activities throughout the National Capital Region.
| Date Taken: | 04.18.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 04.21.2025 06:56 |
| Story ID: | 495541 |
| Location: | WASHINGTON NAVY YARD, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, US |
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