I want to follow up a little bit on that, the LEED certification and the actual efficiencies within buildings.

I do have a final question for you because in your testimony you talk about the education and training effort to change the culture around how energy is viewed within the Navy and the military.

You know, one of the things that I was really excited about in getting ready for today's hearing was to be able to learn more about the collaboration that's going on around the work that Navy and the military is doing with energy…

More efficient means of powering our ships helps save money leaving more money for other program platforms.

I want to just follow up on that a little bit because certainly I think we would agree that getting CBO to look at its scoring is very important as we think about how we can better encourage more energy efficient activities.

There's no one that I respect more than John Warner.

Good afternoon, everyone. I will not bang the gavel because we don't know what that will mean.

But I would like to welcome all of you to this hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power.

I applaud the Naval personnel in Tidewater for making advances in energy innovation.

We're delighted to be here aboard the USS Kearsarge at Naval Station Norfolk to discuss the Department of the Navy's ongoing work in energy efficiency and alternative energy.

If we don't we put our military readiness, we put our national security and we put the lives of our sailors and Marines at risk.

Both the Navy and the Marine Corps have to use energy more efficiently.