ERDC's Climate Change Solutions by US Army Engineer Research and Development Center

MARCH 2021

ERDC'S

CLIMATE

CHANGE SOLUTIONS

MULTI-DISCIPLINE EXPERTS

EXTENSIVE TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES

Data Focused Analytics for Climate Change.....................................page 4

ERDC has extensive capability in high-performance computing, data analytics, and the application of artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms. ERDC will bring these capabilities to bear on analyses of climates on the DOD facilities and operations. Data sets are large and extensive. They are derived from both real-world monitoring and simulations of historic, present-day, and future scenarios.

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Climate Change in the USACE Civil Works Mission Space......page 6

The ERDC is the primary research organziation underpinning the USACE civil works mission. The ERDC has extensive capabilities in predicting and analyzing future events for planning, constructing and operating the nation's civil works projects. Sea level rise and other climate related factors are included in many existing civil works projects. The capabilities can be applied to military challenges, e.g. assessments of DOD installation performance in the face of increased coastal storms, sea level changes, inland flooding, postwildfire hazards and more.

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Virtual Testbed for Installation Mission Effectiveness.................page 8

VTIME allows users to assess current and long-term future scenarios of climate that impact installations assets. Use of VTIME results in enhanced installation readiness and resilience, active visibility and control of installation assets, and improved investment decisions that lead to desireable outcomes, e.g. minimize contributions to climate change, energy savings, and other time & cost savings.

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Coastal Storm Risk Management Technologies...........................page 10

The ERDC's Coastal Storm Technologies provide comprehensive simulations and hazard analysis of coastal storms, sea level rise, and the resulting impact risks for military installations and operations as well as to civilian agency interests. Allows assessment of future climate scenarios and the exposure of military assets to detrimental impacts.

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Engineering With Nature...............................................................................page 12

The principles and concepts developed by USACE for Engineering With Nature™ deliver increased infrastructure resiliency and sustainability. EWN principles deliver innovative solutions that create diverse values. EWN reduces conflict between engineering and environmental interests for accelerated delivery of resilient infrastructure.

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Coastal Compound Flooding ......................................................................page 14

The greatest cost incurred due to whether hazards are the result of compound flooding with coastal storm impacts. The ERDC developed the modeling framework to these costly scenarios. Use of the framework achieves life and cost savings by improving the design of flood protection structure, social-economic factors and communication of risk. The framework is readily applied to DOD installations and mission requirements.

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Installation Energy & Water Plans.............................................................page 16

Climate variability leads to short and long-range threats to water and energy security, readiness, preparedness, and resilience directly affecting success of DOD operations. IEWPs yield a structured and thorough forecast of installation postures in water and energy security. IEWPs yield reduced installation energy and water consumption.

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Climate Change-Installations Focus.......................................................page 18

Military Installation assets and mission readiness are vulnerable to climate change. ERDC translates climate science into actionable, decision-relevant information. ERDC is skilled at modeling diverse climate stressors and shocks, predicting consequences and recovery to inform preparedness. The result is a high return on investment through reduced interruption of mission activities.

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Forecast Informed Reservoir Operations.........................................page 20

FIRO concepts and approaches have allowed communities and reservoir operators to more efficiently and effectively manage water requirements in regions with significant water demands relative to water availability. The methods are readily extended to conceptualized future weather scenarios and readily extended to military lands and mission requirements.

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Post Wildfire Forecasting ............................................................................page 22

Changing climates may be leading to increased numbers of wildfires. The ERDC's novel modeling methods accurately predict post-wildfire sedimentation, flooding, and debris flows that will impact installations and civilian agencies alike. The system can also be used for pre-hazard planning and preparedness and for real-time emergency management.

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Operational Energy.............................................................................................page 24

ERDC capabilities provide hybrid power that mixes the reliability of diesel power with energy storage systems. The hybrid systems allow each drop of fuel to be utilized efficiently. Associated monitoring and data systems allow commanders to make informed decisions about their energy requirements and usage. Yields improved force projection and logistics with reduced fuel requirements.

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Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Roof and Energy Assessments.................................................................page 26

ERDC capabilities provide new, rapid capabilities to assess the thermal energy loss from installation buildings by use of unmanned aerial systems equipped with photgraphic and thermal imaging systems. The system readily detects problems in roofing and other aspects of buildings for quicker assessment and repair. Assessments can be done in minutes rather than hours without the risk of injury that traditional inspectors face when climbing on and around buildings.

Systems Master Planning Tool (SMPL).................................................page 28

SMPL capability achieves the DODs long- and mid-term resilience and sustainability goals and finds the lowest life-cycle cost solutions for an installation while meeting desired policy and legislative goals.

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PROBLEM

Minimal use of data for decision making Costs/outcomes documentation archived in various systems; decisions/outcomes not apparent years later

SOLUTION Maximize climate data analytics for faster, data-drive decision making Predictive modeling for climate change models Efficient change detection analytics to monitor climate change

IMPACT

Leap-ahead capabilities for data-driven decision support Optimized tradespace analytics for optimal project delivery Finding new patterns in the data is a clear path to obtaining powerful solutions for climate change

DATA ANALYTICS FOR FASTER, EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS

APPLICATION DATA ANALYTICS FOR FASTER, EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS

Data25 Pilots-Improve activity classification and market forecasting through use of Bid Crowding Analysis Partnered with Military Programs Business Intelligence (MPBI) PM for follow on work to implement Natural Language Processing (NLP) to predict project on-time completion Data analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning leveraged with climate change modeling

STATUS

All pilots are complete Partnership with MPBI PM to integrate NLP based prediction models is on-going Pursuing development of additional models

BENEFITS Adds predictive modeling capabilities Big data and finding patterns can dramatically help in finding economical solutions Predicts project on-time completion with 85% accuracy 5

PROBLEM

Infrastructure and operating procedures are outdated, which increases vulnerability Uncertainty complicates decision-making U.S. increasingly suffers more than $10B natural disasters each year Climate risks unevenly distributed across populations which affects installation communities Many DoD installations are increasingly affected by extreme weather events

SOLUTION

Invest in adaptation with 21st Century infrastructure Rapidly develop technology to forecast, model and monitor change Make climate science actionable Restore the integrity of natural protections with Engineering with Nature® principles Allocate federal resources more equitably

IMPACT

Save lives and protect livelihoods Achieve a high ROI (6:1) through long-term risk reduction and resilience Increase resiliency and maintain readiness Increase net excess benefit with efficient portfolios of projects across missions

ERDC CLIMATE CHANGE SOLUTIONS: A DECADE OF DEFINING EXCELLENCE

APPLICATIONS ERDC CLIMATE CHANGE SOLUTIONS: A DECADE OF DEFINING EXCELLENCE

Comprehensive coastal studies (North & South Atlantic, Texas, Louisiana) Compound threat response (e.g., Covid-19 +Hurricane Evacuation Planning) (FEMA) Post-wildfire flood risk management Marine and inland transportation system and supply chain resilience planners (DHS) Risks associated with ecosystem change Federal and state capital investment in public infrastructure (e.g., DOTs) Engineering with Nature® proving grounds across the United States

STATUS ERDC models are currently in use in many domains ERDC expertise is continuously deployed to assist with nature disasters and long-term stressors

BENEFITS

Solutions have multi-purpose value, broad benefits Robust decisions that are risk-informed Achieve operational efficiencies Aligns with all CW Strategic Focus Areas Aligns with EO 140008 Tackling the Climate Crisis

PROBLEM Installations must be resilient to generate readiness, project forces and command operations Need for diverse, fused, real-time installation data to rapidly and autonomously monitor, recognize and respond to threats Need to implement smart, resilient, autonomous or semiautonomous systems, and resiliently and sustainably achieve installation mission

SOLUTION Federated data architecture with aligned and fused installation data from assets, sensors, and enterprise databases, resilient under contested situations Pattern analysis, machine learning and artificial intelligence applied to optimized decision making User-tailorable dashboards, automation controls that enable Installation Common Operating Picture

IMPACT

Reduce number of systems personnel must access; reduce associated training costs Integrated analytics even during contested situations Savings estimated at $3.00/ft2 when AI is added for intertheme and inter-installation optimizations

VIRTUAL TESTBED FOR INSTALLATION MISSION EFFECTIVENESS (VTIME)

APPLICATION VIRTUAL TESTBED FOR INSTALLATION MISSION EFFECTIVENESS (VTIME)

Enables robust maintenance analysis capabilities, reducing waste and improving investment decisions Long-term infrastructure planning and forecasting VTIME can connect data streams from technology pilots for the visualization of operations and perform the analytics Unified Operations Center will provide physical visualization and notifications to users at local, regional, HQ levels of installation operations

STATUS

Preliminary prototype established and demonstrated to key stakeholders across Army Version 1 capability to implement federated data architecture, data fusion pipelines, and initial visualization dashboards is scheduled for release in FY23 Version 2 and 3 scheduled approximately 18-24 months apart

BENEFITS

Enhanced installation readiness and resilience Visibility and control of installation assets, sensors, and smart systems Improved investment decisions and timing, saving costs. Optimized real-time and long-range resource use. Supports Multi-Domain Operations, Army Data, Business and Installation Strategies

PROBLEM

Storm damage increase: $5B to $50B/year over past 40 years including many DoD installations from the Artic to the tropics Fatalities increased tenfold Increased storm risks affects power projection and military operations in sandy, arctic, and tropical coastal zones Reactive risk assessment Sea level rise, aging infrastructure, population growth demand flood/coastal risk resilience

SOLUTION

Coastal Storm Technologies Rigorous evaluation of storm risk High-fidelity coastal hazards Accurate storm impacts Quantitative results Costs/benefits tradespace analytics Long-term forecasting of impacts

IMPACT

Saved approximately $300M in coastal improvements between Sabine and Galveston, TX Accurate risk-informed decision making Comprehensive simulations and hazard analysis

COASTAL STORM RISK MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES

APPLICATIONS Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration North Atlantic Coast Comprehensive Study Coastal Texas Study South Atlantic Coast Study

STATUS Major execution milestones and delivery schedule Product development status Completed products ready for and/or in technology transfer phase

BENEFITS Broadened spectrum of benefits Improved product quality Reduced levels of effort Shortened timeframes to delivery Lowered costs Link to CW Strategic Focus Areas Tie to CG’s Priorities and Campaign Plan 11

PROBLEM

Lack of natural system recognition leads to reduced infrastructure resilience and sustainability Public, partner, and sponsor expectations for nature-based solutions are increasing rapidly Loss of natural features represents $Bs in lost economic, environmental and social value <30% of dredged sediment is beneficially used Robust science, tools, and engineering guidance needed to inform future practice

ENGINEERING WITH NATURE

SOLUTION

Revolutionize natural infrastructure development Expand EWN partnerships across all sectors Accelerate development of technical capability

IMPACT

Delivers increased infrastructure resiliency and sustainability Increase beneficial use of dredged sediment to 70% by 2030 Create >$10B nature-based value by 2035 Enable USACE readiness to develop sustainable infrastructure

To learn more about EWN, visit https://ewn.el.erdc.dren.mil/

APPLICATIONS ®

ENGINEERING WITH NATURE

USACE Districts and partners using EWN concepts, tools to inform nature-based solutions to achieve multi-objective/benefit projects EWN partnerships are accelerating use of natural infrastructure in the U.S. and around the world Delivering innovation solutions to create diverse value through beneficial use of dredged material

STATUS

Network for EWN (N-EWN) established 2020 EWN Podcast Series launched 2020 International Guidelines for Natural and Nature-Based Features (NNBF), spring 2021 EWN Atlas Volume 2 expected, spring 2021

BENEFITS Produce $Bs in additional economic, environmental and social benefits More resilient and sustainable systems and communities Reduced conflict between engineering and environmental interests for accelerated project delivery 13

To learn more about EWN, visit https://ewn.el.erdc.dren.mil/

PROBLEM

Increased risk of flooding due to convergent events Historically events analyzed individually to estimate flooding Coastal compound flooding caused ~$75B in damages Lack of guidance for resilient and socially equitable engineering

SOLUTION Coastal Compound Flood Framework Rigorous numerical models Enhanced understanding of co-incident event probabilities

IMPACT Community resilience Better engineering and management tools ROI is achieved through life and cost savings by improvements in the design of flood protection structures, socio-economic considerations in communication of risk and advancement of knowledge 14

COASTAL COMPOUND FLOODING

APPLICATIONS COASTAL COMPOUND FLOODING

North Atlantic Coast Comprehensive Study (NACCS) Coastal Texas South Atlantic Coast Study Model Linkage Demonstration for Hurricane Harvey

STATUS

NACCS: Complete Model Linkage Demonstration: End FY21 Demonstration of regional sediment impacts of Hurricane Harvey: End FY22 Risk Based Compound Flooding Guidance: End FY23

BENEFITS Robust and resilient engineered systems Updated guidance for coastal compound flooding Improved community communication Accurate flood inundation mapping for compound floods 15

PROBLEM Climate variability leads to short- and long-range emerging threats to water and energy security, readiness preparedness and resilience directly affect the success of multi- domain operations

SOLUTION

ERDC partners with Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations, Energy and Environment), U.S. Army Installation Management Command (IMCOM), and Army National Guard to develop Installation Energy and Water Plans, an Office of the Secretary of Defense policy requirement

IMPACT

ERDC improves security postures within a 5–7-year timeframe to full compliance (results based on a standardized Army metric) for critical mission sustainment, assured access, infrastructure condition, and system operation Proposed plan solutions vary in benefits such as improved operational efficiency (ex $2M-$3M energy cost savings/year) and reduced energy and water demand (47K MWh/hour)

INSTALLATION ENERGY AND WATER PLAN (IEWP) PROGRAM

APPLICATIONS INSTALLATION ENERGY AND WATER PLAN (IEWP) PROGRAM

Completed 7 IMCOM IEWPs for ASA (IE&E) and 7 Army National Guard IEWPs Developing 13 IEWPs for HQIMCOM and 4 Army National Guard IEWPs All Army installations required to report IEWP updates every five years, IEWP implementation of R&D technologies opportunity Future Direction – Modernize installation IEWP planning and portfolio management through technological reformation, an Installation of the Future initiative of the Army Installation Strategy

STATUS

All IEWPs on schedule to be submitted for Garrison Commanders FY21 ERDC IEWP Program is approximately 50% complete Apply System Master Planner™ to the IEWP process as an optimization tool

BENEFITS

Ensure resilient and sustainable systems and installations Promotes decentralized water supply for improved water security Efficiency, quality, within budget Diverse stakeholder-driven participatory process Overcome departmental thinking to unify mission planning Risk-informed decision-making

PROBLEM Military installation assets and missions vulnerable to climate change Current infrastructure and operation designs based on past conditions and siloed, acute risks, not indicative of the future High level of uncertainty in complex threat spaces challenges adaptation decisions

SOLUTION Translate climate science into actionable, decisionrelevant information Model diverse climate stressors and shocks, predict consequences and recovery to inform preparedness Next-generation infrastructure designs and complementary technological innovations to achieve resilience objectives

IMPACT Achieve high ROI for preventative investment; $1 in mitigation saves $6 in damages Avoid massive rebuild price tag (Hurricane Michael and $5B investment in rebuilding) Improve mission sustainment 18

ERDC CLIMATE CHANGE SOLUTIONS: A DECADE OF DEFINING EXCELLENCE

APPLICATIONS Nature Based Flood Defense pilot projects at Tyndall AFB SERDP/ESTCP Risk Quantification for Sustaining Coastal Military Installation Assets and Mission Capabilities Deployment of “Regional Sea Level Scenarios for Coastal Risk Management” Tool

STATUS

ERDC developed multiple modeling tools and methods that are ready to be implemented Engineering With Nature ® has a methodological toolkit readily adaptable to climate change needs

BENEFITS Long-term risk reduction through adaptation Reduced interruption to mission activities Wide range of benefits through enhanced natural environmental quality 19

TOOLS FOR CHANGING CLIMATES PREDICTIONS THAT AIDE RESERVOIR OPERATORS ADAPT TO CLIMATE VARIABILITY

FORECAST INFORMED

PROBLEM

Atmospheric rivers drop up to half of California’s rainfall and cause 84% of floods, costing over $1B annually California prone to floods and drought with the highest variability in rainfall in continental U.S. Water supply/ecologic concerns are driving issues in the region Increased wildfire activity in western states drives need to better predict heavy rainfall events to anticipate debris flows

RESERVOIR OPERATIONS (FIRO) Russian River Watershed

SOLUTION

FIRO uses next-generation weather and watershed modeling/monitoring to improve water level forecasts in reservoirs and waterways Informs managers in time to release/hold water in advance of storms or prolonged dry periods

IMPACT

FIRO operations at initial pilot at Lake Mendocino provided water for 22K additional homes in spring 2020 (Third driest year on record) Improves water availability and reduces flooding Resilience of water management infrastructure Better balance between flood risk, water supply and ecological benefits

Lake Mendocino

APPLICATIONS Conducting viability assessments at four pilot sites Developing screening-level assessment tool for broader application to entire dam portfolio of dams Increasing understanding of atmospheric rivers, improving weather forecast skill for water managers and emergency management agencies

STATUS

First pilot at Lake Mendocino (northern CA) completed final viability assessment Joint effort with state, local and federal partners Peer-reviewed FVA report released Additional pilots Prado Dam (southern CA) New Bullards Bar and Lake Oroville (central CA) Howard Hanson Dam (Seattle area) Atmospheric river data collection by Hurricane Hunter aircraft provides vital data for global weather models

BENEFITS

Increased flood risk management capacity using existing infrastructure Increased water availability and ecosystem benefits during drought periods Frequent collaborative interaction between stakeholder agencies builds institutional trust

FORECAST INFORMED RESERVOIR OPERATIONS (FIRO)

New Bullards Bar Dam

Tools for a Changing Climate Installation Preparedness for PostWildfire Conditions PROBLEM

In 2020, more than 43,000 fires burned 7M+ acres Wildfires increase potential for post-wildfire floods, erosion, reduced channel capacity, and massive debris flows In Santa Barbara, post-wildfire debris flows and flooding caused 23 deaths and $1.3B in damages

SOLUTION

Novel modeling methods accurately predict post-wildfire sedimentation, flooding, and debris flow

IMPACT Identify regions highly vulnerable to post-wildfire impacts Increase local, state and national resilience via web-based clearing house for knowledge During wildfire: Near real-time emergency management tools for evacuations 8:1 ROI for pre-hazard mitigation capability investment

https://poweroferdcpodcast.org/podcast-deep-dive-postwildfire-flood-risk-management/

POST-WILDFIRE FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT

APPLICATIONS POST-WILDFIRE FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT

Applications will focus on improving predictions of flood risk and uncertainty for: Inundation from debris flows and other nonNewtonian phenomena Management of risk to infrastructure and military instillations Updated debris basin design and mitigation methods Understanding of long-term evolution of post-wildfire recovery

STATUS

R&D is being conducted in partnership with the USACE South Pacific and Northwestern Divisions for continuous knowledge transfer and training To date multiple Hydraulics and Hydrology code releases for post-wildfire flood risk prediction New non-Newtonian fluid mechanics, which means it moves like honey instead of water, software library developed will allow USACE models to address debris flows and extreme flooding following wildfires

BENEFITS

Save lives and reduce impacts to infrastructure Improved emergency management and flood risk management Capabilities to address non-Newtonian and post-wildfire flood conditions Better understanding of long-term post-wildfire recovery

PROBLEM Within Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) the warfighter needs lighter, mobile power to project forces Power must change to allow installations to be resilient to generate readiness and command operations Need to reduce weight and waste of power production

SOLUTION Hybrid power mixes reliability of diesel power generation with energy storage systems Development of larger power systems Data collection built into systems with usertailorable dashboards to visualize data, allowing both warfighters and commands to make energy informed decisions

IMPACT

Improved force projection and logistics for inner continent operations with fuel reduction Hybrid systems allow each drop of fuel to be utilized Power requirements and operational procedures based off measured data

REDUCING CLIMATE IMPACT IN OPERATIONAL ENERGY

APPLICATION REDUCING CLIMATE IMPACT IN OPERATIONAL ENERGY

Hybrid Power System (HPS): deployable system that has shown 40-90% fuel reduction Provide power requirements for advanced testing facilities that is integrated into current warfigther formations to prevent standalone development Deployable Metering and Monitoring System (DMMS): collects deployed data to make energy informed decisions utilized by both UN and NATO

STATUS HPS demonstrated at MSSPIX 20 and is scheduled for demonstration at PC 2021 NATO developed a multiyear Science for Peace and Security Project with ERDC-based off DMMS UN had ERDC field a system at mission in Central Africa; Based off system results, developed enterprise solution that monitors all UN peace keeping missions

BENEFITS

Reduces equipment required to provide reliable power and energy resupply on battlefield Collects data to develop Concept of Operations for different power requirements resulting in better planned deployed operations Provides real-time data for energy-informed decisions

PROBLEM

Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for entire installation and energy assessments is currently out of date Roofing data to prioritize the worst facilities, develop spending plan with current budget and future planning Installation Support Division and Army Geospatial Command requested information for the BUILDER™ facility condition assessment of roof inspections

SOLUTION

Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) will collect high resolution RGB along with thermal imagery for energy assessments Side-by-side RGB imagery with thermal to specifically inspect areas of damage on roofs and eaves as well as identify excessive thermal energy loss areas

IMPACT

Visualization to detect excessive thermal energy loss in buildings from UAS data UAS imagery will provide up-to-date and immediate visualization of areas of concern Eliminates fall risk to inspectors while decreasing time for results

FACILITY ROOF-CONDITION AND ENERGY-LOSS ASSESSMENTS USING UAS

APPLICATIONS FACILITY ROOFCONDITION AND ENERGY-LOSS

Unmanned aerial data was previously collected to create an up-to-date GIS map for planning Data collection led to the request to perform roof assessments for facility conditions Test bed for ERDC to refine procedures and methods Army installations for UAS roof inspections Military operations support installations for finding roof vulnerabilities for bombing targets

STATUS ASSESSMENTS USING UAS

ERDC-wide UAS collection for utilities, buildings, roadways, man hole covers, etc. have been collected/being incorporated into Builder and Roofer Data collected used for Green Road Project, MAVRIC facility Charrette, Kudzu Hill LiDAR for construction event - already a value added to the project

BENEFITS

Time and money savings: 5 mins to collect imagery for one roof compared to traditional methods with persons on the roof (45 min to 4 hours) Data accessible to many persons and visually available to many departments for numerous activities across one organization Able to update a map or capture new data in less than 24-hr notice Higher-quality, more rapid detection of roof condition and thermal energy losses

PROBLEM No tool or system to assess installation-scale resource usage and resilience concerns Analysis was previously performed by specialized groups with little uniformity in the scope and detail provided to each installation

SOLUTION Community-scale resilience and sustainability optimization tool, the System Master PLanner ToolTM (SMPLTM) Leverages experience gained from energy, water, waste and low impact development projects conducted on Army installations Incorporates advanced analytical methods complex systems at an installation level

IMPACT

Achieve Army’s long- and mid-term resilience and sustainability goals Finds lowest life-cycle cost solution for an installation while meeting policy and legislative goals

SYSTEM MASTER PLANNING TOOL TM

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APPLICATIONS SYSTEM MASTER PLANNING TOOL TM

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Used for 60+ Sustainability Component Plans (SCPs) at Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, NSA and NASA sites Used for ~25 IEWPs for the Army

STATUS

In regular use for the last 5+ years SMPL 2.0 currently under development with enhanced features and usability, with a greater emphasis on resilience planning

BENEFITS Reducing overall demands in buildings and then assessing possible combinations of supply and distribution infrastructure to meet mission requirements SCPs fully integrated with Installation Area Development Plans 29