Tyndall Air Force Base - The Department of Defense is funding a
project to reduce energy use at bases that are temporarily set
up overseas in places like Iraq and Afghanistan. Much of the
research is being done right here in Bay County. The Air Force
Civil Engineer Center at Tyndall Air Force Base is the
mastermind behind some of the most exciting new technology to
make tents at these bases more energy efficient. The tents
currently in use are very similar to something you might use to
go camping. They have no insulation, in temperatures that can
easily top 120 degrees. Solar power generating shade flies, high
efficiency AC units, and insulated liners are just some of the
energy saving technologies being developed at the Air Force
Research Lab. "The liner is allowing them to keep the tents much
more comfortable," said Rodney Fisher. Technologies developed by
the Air Force Civil Engineer Center over the past three years
now have the power to make the tents at least 50% more energy
efficient. "By insulating the