Set sprinklers to water the lawn or garden only - not the street or sidewalk.
Use the microwave to cook small meals. (It uses less power than an oven.)
Purchase "Green Power" for your home's electricity. (Contact your power supplier to see where and if it is available.)
Scrape, rather than rinse, dishes before loading into the dishwasher; wash only full loads.
Cut back on air conditioning and heating use if you can.
Turn off appliances and lights when you leave the room.
VIRGINIA BEACH -- Navy's colors may be blue and gold, but on Thursday, Dam Neck will go green.
The Navy will cut the ribbon on a project designed to save more than $32 million in energy costs over 17 years.
The system, which is funded through operational savings, included upgrades to 36 buildings with new geothermal water source heat pumps. That replaces the inefficient central steam plant on Dam Neck Annex.
With the new Dam Neck Energy Savings Performance Contract, the Navy is saving more than $5 million each year in Hampton Roads by having this newer, more energy efficient equipment installed.
The same contract is also in place at Naval Air Station Oceana and Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek.
