The energy department of the 61st Civil Engineer and Logistics Squadron recently finished the final portion of its three-phase construction of a photovoltaic panel project, completing the north-side parking lot of the base, May 27, 2010. Using state-of-the-art panels, the “PV Canopy Project” is part of Los Angeles AFB’s $2.1 million Energy Reductions Project and will measurably cut the base’s energy consumption and money paid for energy cost each month.
“The Air Force is leading the way right now with renewable energy-type of projects,” said Ed Wilson, 61 CELS project manager. “We compare ourselves with the civilian world; the Air Force is pretty close to being neck-and-neck with getting into the ‘green’ business.”
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