6/2/08
Los Angeles AFB is home to world’s first solar-powered commissary
On May 28, the Los Angeles Air Force Base (AFB) and the Defense Commissary Agency held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to dedicate the commissary’s new rooftop photovoltaic power system. FIJI Water was proud to be one of the sponsors for the ceremony, which recognized the Los Angeles AFB Commissary as the first military commissary in the world to become solar powered.
The solar power system produces enough electricity daily to power over ten households. The Los Angeles AFB Commissary has also demonstrated good environmental stewardship with initiatives that include recycling plastic and cardboard and installing energy-efficient lighting.
Don’t you love it when people serve their country, provide great benefits for their service members, and take care of the environment too? You can read more about the solar power system dedication on the Los Angeles AFB web site.
Mr. Sustainable says:
June 3rd, 2008 at 4:46 pm
It’s one of the great ironies of the last century – the United States military has been a great ally of the environment (though protecting sensitive lands for training purposes) and one of its worst enemies through burning fossil fuels, killer sonar systems in the oceans and overall consumption of natural resources.
Programs like this remind us of the American military’s potential to offset the damage of its operations and lead the world in converting idle real estate into helpful decentralized electrical generation.
Andrew Gentile says:
June 9th, 2008 at 9:27 pm
All of this environmental work that Fiji is doing is great. It is smart, and pro-active; however, it doesn’t change the fact that the production, shipment and consumption of bottled water is one of the first things that needs to change as we transition to a culture of sustainability. Clean water can be sourced in most areas, and where it can’t, local filtration can achieve the same results as natural filtration from which spring water benefits. Real change will come when laws are put into place that force people to consume locally-sourced water, and where the disposable plastic bottle is a thing of the past. We should all have refillable bottles (Nalgene!) that we carry with us and fill up at our local water sources. Between Brita filters and Nalgene bottles, we can be done with this extravagant ravishing of resources.
David says:
June 16th, 2008 at 10:55 pm
Not Nalgene – those bottles were all recalled – ALL OF THEM – for leeching cancer-causing chemicals into the water.
You make an excellent point, but you want an aluminum SIGG bottle or a stainless steel “Cleen Kanteen” to be truly green and safe.
Nadine says:
June 25th, 2008 at 10:05 am
FYI – Nalgene has already started pulling the bottles from store shelves and has already started manufacturing bottles that do NOT contain BPA. So look in stores for the new Nalgene bottles.