DAFI90-1701 — Installation Energy And Water Management

DAFI90-1701 governs installation energy and water management, including planning, resilience, projects, funding, and resource use.

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  • Publication number: DAFI90-1701
  • Title: INSTALLATION ENERGY AND WATER MANAGEMENT
  • Date: 2020-12-17

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DAFI90-1701 covers installation energy and water management, energy consumption categories, metering and data management, and energy and water projects. It includes requirements for resource management, resilience, project development, project funding, and mandatory compliance with its attachments.

Applies to: This Instruction applies to all Department of the Air Force organizations and activities, to include all civilian employees and uniformed members of the Regular Air Force, Space Force, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve, located on an Air Force installation or facility.

Topics covered

  • Installation energy management
  • Water management
  • Energy and water resilience
  • Energy consumption categorization
  • Infrastructure metering
  • Energy and water projects
  • Expeditionary energy
  • Non-tactical ground vehicles

Questions and answers

Are the attachments to DAFI90-1701 mandatory?

Compliance with the attachments in this publication is mandatory.

How are waiver authorities identified in DAFI90-1701?

The authorities to waive wing- or unit level requirements in this publication are identified with a Tier (“T-0, T-1, T-2, T-3”) number following the compliance statement.

How must waiver requests be submitted under DAFI90-1701?

Submit requests for waivers through the chain of command to the appropriate Tier waiver approval authority, or alternately, to the requestor’s commander for non-tiered compliance items.

What subjects were added in the rewrite of DAFI90-1701?

The revisions include new guidance on energy and water resource management, energy and water resilience, project development, and project funding. (paragraph 90-17)

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