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SolarCity and MCBH Completes Solar Installation On May 9 SolarCity and Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH) celebrated the completed installation of nearly 2,000 solar panels atop a new 150-room Bachelor Enlisted Quarters (BEQ), built by Nan, Inc. The new 470kilowatt photovoltaic system, engineered and installed by SolarCity, was designed to offset the annual energy usage of the barracks and reduce its reliance on fossil fuels. “One of the most effective clean energy initiatives at the new BEQ is this installation of photovoltaic panels on top of carports, which will provide more than half a million kilowatt-hours of electrical power each year. The solar panels, combined with MCBH’s other sustainable energy initiatives, are essential to help the base meet its goal of being off the grid by 2015,” says Steven Butala, facilities department mechanical engineer for MCBH. MCBH is the second Hawaii military base to receive a SolarCity photovoltaic system, contributing to the Department of Defense’s goal to have 25 percent of its energy requirements met by renewable energy by 2025. The project also helps the state of Hawaii contribute to its clean-energy objectives. SolarCity will be responsible for ongoing maintenance of the system. “The Department of Defense renewable energy goals are inspiring and when the military takes such ambitious The dedication ceremony included a traditional Hawaiian blessing, with the untying of the maile lei and remarks from military officials and project partners. steps to become more efficient and energy-independent, we all benefit,” says Jon Yoshimura, SolarCity’s director of government affairs in Hawaii. NAVFAC Awards $46.6M Contract Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Hawaii awarded a $46.6 million contract on April 18 to dck-ecc guam, LCC for a much-needed airfield operations complex. “Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Kaneohe currently operates from four separate facilities (that) are insufficient to meet our staff, equipment and mission support requirements,” says Jeff Telling, MCAS operations officer. “Many of the buildings were built in the 1940s and 1950s and were not designed to, or do not comply with, today’s anti-terrorism and force protection requirements, as well as present day airfield safety clearance criteria.” Designed to meet Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)–silver criteria, this command operations and facility will include an aircraft passenger terminal, aircraft cargo terminal, air operations and administrative offices, command administrative offices, an operations center and various other support spaces. There will be paving and site improvements to the adjacent aircraft, parking aprons, ramps, an aircraft taxiway, aircraft grounding and paved shoulders. As part of the contract, buildings 615, 1168, 6105, and 6062 will be demolished and replaced with the 30,709-square-foot MCAS Operations Complex and 117,104-square-foot Aircraft Rescue and Fire Station at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe. The project is scheduled to be complete by March 2014. Rendering of the 30,709-square-foot Marine Corps Air Station Operations Complex www.buildingindustryhawaii.com | 99 http://www.buildingindustryhawaii.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Building Industry Magazine - July 2012

Contents July 2012
Hawaii’s Top 25 Contractors
Educating for the Industry
Surviving a Tough Economy
Top Eats
News Beat
Forest City Completes $312M Neighborhood
2012 CAK Home Show Streams Live
Keokea Beach Park Renovation Completed
La Tour Bakehouse Partners with RevoluSun
Pier 29 Construction Complete
NAIOP Awards Honor Commercial Development
NAVFAC Awards $46.6M Contract
Departments
Datebook
Best Practices
Contracts Awarded
Concept to Completion: Marriott’s Ko Olina Beach Club, Phase 5
Low Bids
Spotlight on Success: BEQ, MCBH
News Makers
New Products
July's Features

Building Industry Magazine - July 2012