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The U.S. Air Force is planning for the installation of renewable energy wind generation sites throughout remote areas of Alaska. Wind generation is a potential opportunity to reduce utility costs and carbon emissions while increasing our Nation’s energy independence. Wind resources have been identified as strong potential in Alaska while local electric utility rates and on-site diesel deliveries are expensive and escalating. The intent is to install and incorporate renewable wind energy into the power production equation.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) provided the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) with $5.5 billion to convert existing government buildings into high performance green buildings and to build new energy efficient federal buildings. By investing in the backlog of well-planned, worthy and needed infrastructure projects, GSA’s Public Building Service will help create jobs in the construction and real estate sectors while also stimulating long-term growth in energy-efficient technologies, alternative energy solutions and green buildings.

Starwood Vacation Ownership (SVO) is managing a $200 million renovation and 900,000 square foot expansion of the Sheraton Kauai Poipu Beach Villas resort complex on the island of Kauai in Koloa. The program consists of demolition and improvements to 227 of the 413 hotel rooms within the Garden Wing, construction of a new 18-unit wing and 328 new timeshare condo units, and a new access road plus 948 parking stalls.

To support the unmanned surveillance and reconnaissance missions of the RQ-1 Predator aircraft at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada, the US Air Force invested hundreds of millions of dollars in new facilities and infrastructure systems. The Air Force Center for Engineering and Environment (AFCEE) and Army Corps of Engineers programmed and has been executing the construction of a new $90 million complex at Creech AFB in a 24-month schedule duration.