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Title: Smart and Green Energy (SAGE) for Base Camps Final Report

Abstract

The U.S. Army Logistics Innovation Agency’s (LIA’s) Smart and Green Energy (SAGE) for Base Camps project was to investigate how base camps’ fuel consumption can be reduced by 30% to 60% using commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technologies for power generation, renewables, and energy efficient building systems. Field tests and calibrated energy models successfully demonstrated that the fuel reductions are achievable.

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Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1160200
Report Number(s):
PNNL-23133
400403209
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
energy; microgrid

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Engels, Matthias, Boyd, Paul A., Koehler, Theresa M., Goel, Supriya, Sisk, Daniel R., Hatley, Darrel D., Mendon, Vrushali V., and Hail, John C. Smart and Green Energy (SAGE) for Base Camps Final Report. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.2172/1160200.
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Engels, Matthias, Boyd, Paul A., Koehler, Theresa M., Goel, Supriya, Sisk, Daniel R., Hatley, Darrel D., Mendon, Vrushali V., & Hail, John C. Smart and Green Energy (SAGE) for Base Camps Final Report. United States. doi:10.2172/1160200.
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Engels, Matthias, Boyd, Paul A., Koehler, Theresa M., Goel, Supriya, Sisk, Daniel R., Hatley, Darrel D., Mendon, Vrushali V., and Hail, John C. Tue . "Smart and Green Energy (SAGE) for Base Camps Final Report". United States. doi:10.2172/1160200. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1160200.
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@article{osti_1160200,
title = {Smart and Green Energy (SAGE) for Base Camps Final Report},
author = {Engels, Matthias and Boyd, Paul A. and Koehler, Theresa M. and Goel, Supriya and Sisk, Daniel R. and Hatley, Darrel D. and Mendon, Vrushali V. and Hail, John C.},
abstractNote = {The U.S. Army Logistics Innovation Agency’s (LIA’s) Smart and Green Energy (SAGE) for Base Camps project was to investigate how base camps’ fuel consumption can be reduced by 30% to 60% using commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technologies for power generation, renewables, and energy efficient building systems. Field tests and calibrated energy models successfully demonstrated that the fuel reductions are achievable.},
doi = {10.2172/1160200},
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number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Feb 11 00:00:00 EST 2014},
month = {Tue Feb 11 00:00:00 EST 2014}
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