Archinect - News 2024-12-11T17:09:08-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150415152/the-pentagon-will-install-solar-panel-array-as-part-of-55-million-dod-initiative The Pentagon will install solar panel array as part of $55 million DOD initiative Josh Niland 2024-02-03T08:00:00-05:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/74/745fda6c0785b95577af86e5486e5dbd.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The Pentagon has announced it will be installing a solar panel array on its roof in a historic first that&rsquo;s part of a new $55 million Department of Defense clean energy initiative at military installations in the United States and Germany.</p> <p>The DOD has been active in attempting to mitigate the <a href="https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2022/10/pentagon-climate-change-neta-crawford-book/" target="_blank">large carbon footprint</a> caused by the U.S. military with similar conservation strategies for several years. The money for the new solar panels is being sourced from a larger Department of Energy <a href="https://www.energy.gov/femp/federal-energy-management-program-funding-opportunities" target="_blank">program</a> that will spend $104 million in total on 31 projects affecting ten other federal agencies. The DOD says this is necessary to bolster its energy resilience and defense operational capabilities while also improving the quality of life for service members living and working at bases full-time.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/6b/6bb2fd8dc98afa008909456fd171aaa0.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/6b/6bb2fd8dc98afa008909456fd171aaa0.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Related on Archinect: <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150291170/biden-administration-issues-mandate-to-make-federal-vehicles-and-buildings-run-on-renewable-energy-by-2050" target="_blank">Biden administration issues mandate to make federal vehicles and buildings run on renewable energy by 2050</a></figcaption></figure><p>"We have a moral obligation to the people that defend our nation, to their famili...</p> https://archinect.com/news/article/145231648/pentagon-replica-built-in-shanghai Pentagon Replica Built in Shanghai Metropolitan Monk 2016-01-08T12:45:00-05:00 >2019-02-21T09:02:19-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/du/du8qxwi94f0b41h7.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Earlier this week, drone footage capturing a shanzhai Pentagon in suburban Shanghai went viral. The knock-off replica building, which is shaped just like the real headquarters of the US Military in Washington DC, is a massive a shopping center in Nanxiang Town out in Shanghai's Jiading District.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><head><meta></head></html>