mission while protecting a fragile ecosystem, and to
envision a future where net zero military installations
are models of sustainability for the planet.
In FY08-09 the Army developed revised building
designs by working with industry experts and archi-
tect-engineer (A&E) firms to develop a “best of the
best” design for each Army facility. The requirements
of this effort were to optimize the mission, function,
quality and cost of the buildings. The International
Building Code was used as the baseline building code.
The baseline design was amended and supplemented
to include anti-terrorism and force protection, EPACT
2005 compliance, LEED Silver certifiable, installation
and mission-specific requirements, and select DOD
Unified Facility Criteria considered critical to life-
safety and mission.
Army military construction needed to keep up
with the increasing mandates for energy efficiency and
sustainability. USACE was asked to take the lead in
determining building features, construction methods
and materials to optimize energy reduction and sus-
tainability for five new construction standard designs
to be built in FY13. USACE was also asked to evaluate
the design of each facility for full mission scope and to
insure the selected standard designs met all applicable
energy reduction and sustainable design mandates
(e.g., LEED Silver, EPACT 2005, EISA 2007, EO13423,
and EO13514).
The approach of the “MILCON Energy Enhance-
ment and Sustainability Study of Five Army Build-
ings” was to take these existing building designs and
optimize the energy performance of each to build the
most energy-efficient buildings possible before look-
ing at options like renewable energy sources and
cogeneration (USACE, 2011). Energy models were
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