Defense infrastructure, Energy Conservation Investment Program needs improved reporting, measurement, and guidance : report to congressional committees.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of Defense--Rules and practice--Evaluation.

United States.

United States. Department of Defense.

Military bases--Energy conservation--United States.

Military bases.

Energy conservation--United States.

Energy conservation.

Military bases--Energy conservation.

Genre:

Online resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iii, 51 pages) : color illustrations

Other Title:

Energy Conservation Investment Program needs improved reporting, measurement, and guidance

GAO-16-162, DOD's Energy Conservation Investment Program

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : United States Government Accountability Office, 2016.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

"DOD established Energy Conservation Investment Program (ECIP), which funds projects at military installations that are designed to conserve energy or water, generate electricity from renewable sources, promote energy security, or accomplish a combination of these goals. Senate Report 113-174 included a provision that GAO review energy savings from ECIP-funded projects. This report assesses the extent to which DOD has (1) reported anticipated returns on investment or reduced energy use from ECIP-funded projects; (2) found that completed ECIP projects have resulted in cost savings or lower energy use; and (3) developed and implemented a strategic vision for ECIP. GAO obtained and analyzed the annual congressional notifications of the 441 proposed ECIP projects from fiscal years 2009 to 2015; analyzed applicable guidance, including DOD guidance from fiscal year 2011 for preparing ECIP proposals; developed, circulated, and analyzed a questionnaire to project managers; and analyzed project documentation to determine which contained attributes that formed part of DOD's strategic vision"--Preliminary page.

Contents:

Background

DOD has not always provided Congressional committees with information about ECIP projects' anticipated return on investment or reduced energy and water use

DOD has not consistently verified whether completed ECIP projects have resulted in actual cost savings or reduced energy use

DOD has developed a strategic vision for energy conservation, but most of the funded projects have not achieved intended benefits

Conclusions.

Notes:

"January 2016."

"Accessible version."

"GAO-16-162."

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource; title from PDF cover (GAO, viewed March 3, 2017).

OCLC:

938001456