Military Housing Privatization
The Department of Defense spends over $6 billion a year on energy-$2.3 billion on its buildings and facilities alone. In fact, D-o-D consumes three-quarters of the total energy used by the Federal Government.
By Presidential order, we must decrease our consumption of energy and water. The President's goal: by 2010, DoD must reduce energy consumption in its buildings 35 percent below 1985 levels.
The Department is also required to reduce associated greenhouse gas emissions, and to increase the use of renewable energy.
The D-o-D has made great progress in meeting the President's goal, reducing energy consumption by more than 19 percent since 1985.
We're continuing to work toward the 2010 goal by upgrading our existing buildings with energy efficient systems, and using new sustainable design techniques to increase the energy efficiency of new construction.
The D-o-D also plans to privatize all availability utility systems. Currently, 312 systems are privately owned and operated, and 2,300 systems are being considered for privatization.
Conveying utility systems to the private sector will save money, enhance energy efficiency, and allow the Department to focus on overall energy use and costs.