Doug Jacobs & Jenny Anzelmo Sarles: How can NPS go green in the great outdoors?

With hundreds of facilities throughout the U.S., the National Park Service has a big energy and water bill. It's been using energy savings performance contracts to...

Doug Jacobs & Jenny Anzelmo Sarles, NPS

With hundreds of facilities throughout the U.S., the National Park Service has a big energy and water bill. It's been using energy savings performance contracts to cut that bill. Federal Drive with Tom Temin discussed this with Doug Jacobs, the deputy associate regional director for lands, planning and design, and with spokewoman Jenny Anzelmo Sarles. Jacobs describes the unusual challenges facing an agency where so many of its facilities are outdoors.

With hundreds of facilities throughout the U.S., the National Park Service has a big energy and water bill. It’s been using energy savings performance contracts to cut that bill. Federal Drive with Tom Temin discussed this with Doug Jacobs, the deputy associate regional director for lands, planning and design, and with spokewoman Jenny Anzelmo Sarles. Jacobs describes the unusual challenges facing an agency where so many of its facilities are outdoors.

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