Dorothy Robyn, Ph.D. and Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (DUSD) Installations & Environment (I&E), is an accomplished economist, a creative thought leader and a results-oriented sustainability advocate. She’s responsible for streamlining Department of Defense (DoD) energy usage at 500 installations, both foreign and domestic, which includes 546,000 buildings. As such, Robyn spends a big part of her work day fast-tracking DoD’s energy revolution. “Pic...

Evidence is mounting that Earth’s climate is now experiencing major perturbations from historical norms. Left unchecked, consequences of climate change can affect humans at both individual and international levels. More intense storms, floods and droughts devastate populations in poorly prepared areas. Reductions in hard freezes at higher geographic latitudes promote spread of tropical diseases. In some parts of the world, these effects result in mass, cross-border h...

The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Air Base Sciences Energy Group (AFRL/RXQ) is part of a larger effort to bring green energies into deployed settings like Afghanistan and Iraq using their existing power infrastructure of jet-fueled generators. These generators, which currently run full-out regardless of load, will soon become part of an in-theatre smart grid. Whether it’s solar, bio-algae or hydrogen fuel cells, the Air Force is learning to integrate green power ...