The US Navy has committed to reduce its petroleum use by 50% by 2020 and to sail a Great Green Fleet in 2016. The Air Force set a target of acquiring “50% of domestic aviation fuel requirements via alternative fuel blends by 2016.” The Air Force and the Army set the goal of increasing their “use of renewable energy to 25% by 2025.” Colleagues at the Army recently stood up an energy task force to facilitate renewable energy development on Army bases using third party finance, and the Marines are using solar panels and battery packs at forward operating bases in Afghanistan. It is an honor and a privilege to collaborate with many of the fine people who are leading this charge.
Thank you to ACORE and to the Leadership Forum folks for inviting me to participate in the recent U.S. Military and Renewable Energy Industry Forum and the Clean Defense Summit.







It is estimated that by the year 2050, eighty percent of the world’s population will live in cities. In addition, the Urban Land Institute predicts that eighty percent of current building stock in the US will still be in use in the year 2050. A series of impressive efforts are underway to mobilize the financing and technologies to retrofit large buildings, but nearly half of the building stock in America is small-medium sized.