April 4, 2008
Q: As we started this New Year and the concern on saving and conserving energy, I stumbled across an item of concern. Having been a customer at U.S. Fleet Industrial Supply Center (FISC) Yokosuka, they used to have an organizational chart made of photos of the president, vice president and etc. Michelle Stewart Kimberly Thomas Tim Shannon Tetaun Moffett Keiichi Adachi Yuhji Kawabe Kazuyuki Takagi Sean Dath Fumiyo Sato Dan Bowen Jeff Doepp Hideo Kaihatsu Tomomi Hirano Keiko Kishi Public Affairs Officer Lead Public Affairs Photojournalist Photojournalist Photojournalist Photojournalist Photojournalist Photojournalist Photojournalist Photojournalist Seahawk Editor Seahawk/Umitaka Editor Account Executive Account Executive Lights to the previous organizational chart would be turned off at night. The board was still visible. Now, there seems to be two huge 42 inch LCD screens in the entrance that are powered on, 24 hours a day. Is this really a necessary purchase or tool? Couldn’t this money be used for something more constructive?

A: I have forwarded your concern to the U.S. Fleet Industrial Supply Center Yokosuka commanding officer. For my part as FISC marketing and communications director, I understand leadership continues to leverage new technologies for the simultaneous presentation and dissemination of important safety, command, historic and cultural information, as electronic digital technologies allow. I am aware that FISC not only remains in compliance with energy conservation policies, but has instituted a number of initiatives to ensure vigorous maintenance of its energy conservation program, including a Heating, Ventilating and A i r Conditioning (HVAC) conservation program and sensor-based “light-off” technologies. Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka is in the process of installing all new, energy-saving lighting systems in the FISC parking structure – all of which are expected to more then fully mitigate electronic display energy consumption. That being said, there is merit to limiting electronic display “screen-on” periods that FISC is already employing.