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Show Dstsf 12. Vending miser earns energy award by Davt Abbott Baa Uviity nwwg&r As energy saving device thaff stats down a vending machine, yet cold, earned the 75th Services Dsvisaon the 4th garter Energy CotMervatioc Award. Torn Miner, Ogden ALC executive director, presented an asrd plaque to Alan VBSapana and Eric Smith, representing the 75th Drvmoo'i Base Restaurant team. Vending miser energy saving devices were instated on the Base Restaurant's 269 refrigerated beverage inachines These devices art designed to sense motion ki the machines' vidr,cou-piewith anitiertf temperature to reduce fcj electrical curtsumption by op to 50 percent without degrading product ternperaiure. Aaxriirsg to Kent Nomura, Ease Energy manager, by taking Vantage erf a special rase schedule bcentive ith Utah rWer.aSeostaaso-tiaSe- d with the devices and rata&atkxi were borne by a third party : keps the ccetents Ser-vic-es base-wid- e. d Boat journey helped family escape communists from page I Cookies collected veridurtLat was pad direcdy from tl Ltlry provider and not 1C Services benefited by reducing their estssated vending electrical cost wh& the base reduces its overall electrical cofssumpdon. Services estimated annual electrical coat for thesr vending effort approached $3X000. By inking these devices they are able to cut thesr estimated )tnual consumption by more than 353,000 klwaa-botsr- s co-s- t and save airrio- -t SlSiC in Special ore was taken during the installation process to ensure facility managers e. and and building occupants were aware of the devices Wednesday from pgt Organizations, wanting to share in this award program simply need to put actions fc place that will help reduce their energy Look for conservation opportunities then coordinate with the staff in the base Energy Management team or individual winners are selected quarterfy with presentations at the Energy Management Steerir.g Grotsp. Contact Nomura at ExL 4 19 for more details. a. OfSce-Orgadzado- back," said Nguyen. structural engineer, say s that Ngyyen. an it is his fascination with airpLanes that prompted A-1-0 l City International Airport Cookies were also taken out to base workers who were on shift duty Christmas Eve. "We don't have any leftovers," said Diane Romano, who along with her husband, 75th ABW commander Col. Seb Romano, is spending her first holiday season at Hill. She has participated in similar seasonal sugary distributions. "We're one big family and it's important for us to help each other. It's the base community that makes ail of this possible. For the troops who can't get home for the holidays, pur-pos- ents and three of my brothers have been back to Vietnam to visit family. They are really glad they came to the US. 1 think they have really gotten used to life in the slat. Just from their past trip there, they are not planning on going this is something that shows them oar support." For more information on how to make a cookie donation call Ext him to join the Air Force because there is was no better way to be around airplanes. "Minh is one of the few engineers in the Air Force doing hands-o- n engineering today. The decisions he makes 011 a daily basis determine the structural configuration and the ultimate readiness of that aircraft for battle," said M array. Although it is more than 20 yean later Nguyen still looks back at his experience that brought him to America and ultimately gave him the chance to "be around airplanes" as a miracle. "I am not a very religious person, but there events like that, that make you think there is definitely something else at work there," he said. XT 1? 1 35 o o 1G Vi, sJIy ivt 4Ufi-'f- l MliD Jt 33 V C v D o A o ".3 Q . s. 3R COPY 41 J if;- vlt' a - 4 ,.,!V., ,. , . lew A 3 5 2252 - i z fc. j ; ' f f- r. it: ,,". ' ?( ' 4 - f''. V s, -- ! i fg -- . si .. |