Department of Defense Resources

Army’s Energy Page 
The Army envisions providing secure, efficient, reliable, and sustainable energy and water services coupled with equitable, effective, and proficient management of commodities and site infrastructure to fully support the mission of installations and surrounding communities.

Army Sustainability Page   The new Army Strategy for the Environment: Sustain the Mission – Secure the Future establishes a long-range vision that enables the Army to meet its mission today and into the future. Sustainability is the foundation for this Strategy and a paradigm that focuses our thinking to address both present and future needs while strengthening community partnerships that improve our ability to organize, equip, train, and deploy our Soldiers as part of the joint force.

Unified Facilities Criteria Low Impact Development Guide
The Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) system is prescribed by MIL-STD 3007 and provides planning, design, construction, sustainment, restoration, and modernization criteria, and applies to the Military Departments, the Defense Agencies, and the DoD Field Activities in accordance with USD(AT&L) Memorandum dated 29 May 2002.

Introduction to DoD Energy Management
The purpose of energy management is to minimize energy and water consumption and costs, while meeting all operational mission requirements and providing quality working and living conditions for DoD personnel and family housing occupants.  To establish a successful energy program, the energy manager must have a good understanding of both the technical and managerial aspects of energy management.  This Handbook covers systems approach to energy management that provides a framework for understanding the various aspects of energy conservation. 

Army Energy Strategy for Installations 
The Army Energy Strategy for Installations emphasizes energy awareness; working with industry, community and other stakeholders; investing in innovative technologies; and maximizing the use of renewable energy to replace fossil generated power.  

Army Corp of Engineers Low Impact Development
The Norfolk District Corps of Engineers issued public notices soliciting comments in July 2004, August 2006, and February 2007, on a proposal to require a Low Impact Development (LID) design checklist and runoff calculations worksheets to be used in the project design of commercial and institutional developments that require a Corps permit. In August 2007, after several revisions were made to the LID worksheets, we issued a final public notice encouraging consultants and applicants to incorporate LID methodologies into their development plans to further reduce impacts to the aquatic environment.

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