The U.S. General Services Administration recently released a report designed to help the Army attain net-zero energy by employing high-impact energy-efficiency strategies. The report presents the findings of a green-building demonstration project completed at Fort Carson near Colorado Springs, Colo.
As a flagship in the Army's Net Zero Initiative, Fort Carson has set a net-zero-energy goal for the entire base by the year 2020, which means that the base—home to approximately 900 buildings equaling about 14 million sq ft of real property—will need to generate as much energy as it consumes by then.