Fort Drum Tests New High-Performance Insulation Technology
Energy loss is estimated to cost the U.S. Department of Defense about $200 million annually
FORT DRUM, N.Y. — Fort Drum is the site of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project that will test a new high-performance insulation technology for buildings designed to retain heat indoors more effectively and with greater cost savings.
Energy loss — specifically, wall-related heat loss — is estimated to cost the U.S. Department of Defense about $200 million annually and accounts for 5 percent of total energy cost in military facilities. The Fort Drum Energy Branch is working with the Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL), a research lab within the Army Corps of Engineers, to conduct an energy-efficiency project using two military buildings.