FORT CARSON, Colo. -- Fort Carson recognized military and civilian facility managers as Net Zero champions during the Fall Facility Energy Training event Oct. 29 at The Hub.
Garrison Command Sgt. Maj. Clinton J. Reiss presented the certificates of appreciation to Staff Sgt. Dennis Daugherty, 43rd Sustainment Brigade (SB); Staff Sgt. Paul Ferguson, 52nd Engineer Battalion; and Charles Cavanaugh, Army Community Services, Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation.
Facility managers, through their building responsibilities, are key Net Zero champions by promoting energy and water conservation, reducing waste and assisting Fort Carson in getting closer to its goals.
"The facility managers are the units' point men for their facilities to make sure the buildings, utilities and municipal services adequately support their day-to-day mission and quality of life requirements," said Mark Hunsicker, chief, Directorate of Public Works (DPW) Operations and Maintenance Division. "They are also at the frontlines in helping Fort Carson achieve (its) Net Zero goals because of their knowledge of buildings and interaction with occupants. The three Net Zero champions recognized took the initiative to make small changes that will result in significant savings to the installation."
Daugherty, who serves as the 43rd SB facility manager, works hand-in-hand with DPW to manage 79 buildings. He fulfills responsibilities for maintenance, energy conservation, safety, recycling, fire marshals, work requests, service orders, signage, Installation Status Reports, Net Zero programs, self-help projects, facility assignments and terminations, and water and waste water management.
In the past six months, Daugherty submitted 127 service orders and 33 work requests to improve 43rd SB facilities. He tackled Net Zero energy, water and waste issues ranging from installing lighting sensors, upgrading latrines to waterless urinals, repairing motor pool bay doors with weather stripping, reducing lighting within 69 of the brigade's buildings, conducting inspections and maintenance on dampers in facilities to ensure units are running efficiently and delivering containers to facilities to promote recycling. He also managed and trained 24 battalion and building facility managers to ensure all facilities are maintained and performing to maximum standard at the lowest cost to the government.
Ferguson proactively took on his facility manager duties for 52nd Eng. Bn. buildings 3490, 3496 and 3605. In building 3490, a 90,906-square-foot company operations facility, he removed 260 54-watt bulbs from 130 four-lamp fixtures. His delamping efforts will achieve an estimated $2,510 a year in lighting savings.
He also worked with the DPW operations and maintenance contractor, Fort Carson Support Services, to ensure its computer was reset to turn exterior building lights off at 6 p.m. and back on at 5:50 a.m.; previously the exterior lights were left on 24 hours a day.
Ferguson brought attention to the issue of cooling the bay area of building 3490 at night by opening dampers to draw in cool air at night to increase occupant comfort for individuals working in those areas, which are not air conditioned.
Cavanaugh was recognized by his former organization, the Directorate of Emergency Services (DES), for the initiative and diligence he showed in his responsibilities as facility manager. He tracked service orders and briefed the unit commander, ensuring that facility needs were met at buildings 2700 and 2701. He coordinated with facility management agencies and the DPW Energy Program to relay pertinent information to all DES staff in the form of a weekly facility manager update covering topics of responsible care, custody and protection of property.
In line with the installation Net Zero goals, Cavanaugh worked with leadership to ensure all facility users are participating in the recycling program and light bulbs from multi-light fixtures were removed in overlit areas in building 2701 to further reduce energy use.
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