ENERGY CONSERVATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85-00988R000500090060-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 26, 2003
• Sequence Number: 60
• Publication Date: March 2, 1979
• Content Type: BULL

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ENERGY CONSERVATION
.., ....,emu uIlu upei a u:fu..j)u i i ui ngs .-
are to be set at 65? F during the day and._55?-F at night. The General
Services Adrni ni strati h
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2 March 1979
1. Responding to the world cutback in oil production resulting
from the Iranian-situation, the President has directed additional-
conservation measures to reduce energy use by the Federal Government.
n as a
ready reset thermostats in the Headquarters
Building. Some variations in temperature may be'experienced because
of the'large and complex systems within Headquarters Building. Problems
should ha dire
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o the Headquarters Engineering Branch 'on extensions
3. In addition, the President has directed reduction of electrical
use, particularly -lighting; reduction of petroleum use by combining and
reducing the number of vehicular trips; and reduction of research and
ex
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p
en
a
activity requiring high energy usage.
4., As Agency employees we can contribute individually to this
effort by making use of carpools and mass transit. We should turn out
unnecessary lighting wherever possible, wear warm clothing to offset
lowered temperatures, and be alert to energy saving suggestions in home
and offi
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ce areas
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DISTRIBUTION: ALL EMPLOYEES (1-6)
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-- By. Jane Freundei MaryIand's Vango, often cited by
W sbinston Post Staff Lwrticr transportation experts as a pioneer in
'ran pool promotion, began operations
For seven years, lien Bust; coin'
muted with three other v,ashington in November 1977. The corporation
snatches a potential driver ?,vith riders
1 orkers from Cohmnbia-- i 57-mile
round 111110 share a common or neighboring
trip that became a mental as workplace and home.
well as a physical drain. "We had 'inc Ialtlrnore-based
conflicts over whose turn it was to group assists
the a groan in leasing a van and ob-
Black recalled. "Often hlobody
d _ taming tae needed permits. Most
t 7~iaryla nd van pooler_: rent their v: ns
Today Black, au Tnterna. Revenue
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rii mat:, Inc., a leasing Rockville
Sor -ice employe, is still coaimutiliq
front Calurnbia. I;ut now there are .i5 ce'ncern, 'n" i far a ice of, $413,69 r
r.lorltn receive a l5-passel;r;er vehicle
riders sharing the ride, and not ail",
insurance and inaintenalice.
,are they happily talking, they are
just ti,_ van drivel' t',i,icaily. charges
as 11k ..C to be 1)1 .aylllg Cail'2Ci:'a, )_i?SF=11 er5 a fraction of the months
J'1?Si Ii C1 iFla C71 at}sides, O
oil
So L' S7Jli11T monthly-
1- _ ,, as , tl ftr:e plus 12 cents a :Wile f;.r gasoline
d as they loot ou?tf Pte, L9. Gi!d operai:in'" costs. In r'?t.urit for his
S!: bat lips shamed Mack's olazlion ?
! -'-vices 01c o-ivc'i' rides free. Tile
of shmgntin',, arld fight. of some other Aire for ,its riders on an average 27-
E', Xslhln ;toll area coramuiters is ono
trip, based on 12 riders
of the fastest growin forms of mass .1_ riders
per van, will be 34.50 a month..
transit in the nation-vsu poolin~' Vag fo gt
.thanks to the recurring ;gas silcirt- r> trfe s shwa: that the aver-
aJt', the tiSC of cc iCel'L'-t ` ~-i:??- van carries-11.5 riders and takes.
nine cars off the highways, an action
vans 101' conltll?ltin.f, ii bool'_11:1'_;. a,'}hicli vo-n supporters say not only
cording to officials at the Ile;, has Iineit CL`i.' > pollution but also saves large
of Transportation, whielh has :2n
artiounts N gasoline.
?.5_ nAllion since 197'} to prcln)otC 11;0`2 t h - . , ariug s'tu o calculates that if the 112
1:J'
Vans in its fleet average 555 miles per
`:1 think lt.'s great," said el'S_`wi)) woIc day, the result would be a say-
van pco,er1{usscll Calllpbell, ;vil'T
in.,,s of , :,:ore than a itiillian gallons
t:am:nutes from the \lount VC-N1011 of naso?. -:' year.
area to the Interior DepartmeDt ill
leasing arrangement not only elimi-'
In Iaryland, where van pools are nates the often-prohibitive $12,000
aided by a nonprofit, federally a1.;ci cost of a van but removes much of
state-funded corporation c a 1l e d the risk as well. Insurance is pro
Vargo, there were 102 commuter vans vided by the leasing eonlpanv and an
on the road at the end of May. By Escrow account of federal funds pro-
June 30, 162 vehicles were ru mill jr, of tests the leasing company from any
gilt ll 17 had 1; ashington as their van pool defaults. So far none of the
??1 vn,t lwutS flax oetaultea.
:orfherit Virginia van poolers have
no official assistance or encoura e- In 1'irglnia, financing is u,,, to ill.
c?ividt?al . For example, two mo the
nient from state officials, but Lev.,
Pratsch, a van pooler who Lcars for ago, the Ted Pappas family of Mantis-
the Depaidnlent of P' 1erlry Sl:r, fo sas had to organize their own van
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uter feines pool of 13 Z:ashington riders, a task
the Shi art .Hi hiWay comm
for his master's thesis last fall avid that involved three family m,r!bers.
counted an average of 100 ccl:ir:/uter Pappas, 48, a transportation anali'st
vans a day. I-ftu estimates that today for tine Federal Maritime Con?mission
,at least 150" ride the highway into an;; chairman of the Prince v i'liam
the District, County Mass Transportation Commit-
In a voice made hoarse by nonstop tee, drives the .,all. Ted Jr., 19, keeps
telephone requests for info: nlatioll, the books and Melissa, 15, answers the
Lee .Mahoney of the Philadelph'a- phone, cleans the van, and sees that
based. National Association of Van- her dad gets up in the mornings.
pool Operators estimated a minimum Pappas charges his riders S16.50 a'
of 6,000 van pools naticinwide- She Week, considerably less than the com-
`said the upsurge in consumer interest mercial bus rate of $20.;5. lie said he
since the gasoline shortage began has is hawing to turn away riders, al-
eaused more 't'a pools to Tot ui than tho,.O`- h it wilt be years before his np-
8 e can keep track of. evatic is in t.e blast:. "The t' co-y,
said "is to end up srttit a
raid for van-and a free rido to
work "
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His Prince William County comimit-
tee has asked the state Dep.srtment
of Highways and Transportation to
approve a $:20,000 grant to subsidize
van purchases and to establish fat
depots for the vans. The states w~ ill
act on the request this fall, according
to i~igbv.ay officials.
tt" i I:i;;gtis,t area van poole.s al}.
plaud,?eA President Carter for s: :test-
i_n_~ ice years ago that the i 'ncr;il
goy ernment: buy 6,000 vans anad let
government workers c.omniu,.e in
them. But the first vaii has yet to be
purchased by the government, the van
advocates complain.
Another disappointment for local
van pouters is the federal g_vern,-
mei;t's failure to follow the land of
California where state enmployes are
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014 ? : in ac.
permitted to use state-owned vehicles'
for commuting. Federal low prohibits
U.S. employes from using govcrniLnent
vehicles for anything but official busi.
ness.
This month, members of federal
agencies, including: IT, W, Trans;?nr?a-
tion, iRS and GSA, invited Vanpo of
.'Maryland to help set up employe van.
pools. Vango's Duke said the agencies.,
have come to the right place.
He'd like nothing' better than to
start. with the federal workers at 1600?
Pennsylvania Avenue.
"I could survey the White House
{for potential van p o 01 s] next,
vveck ..." he said. "and we could have.
the vans on the road in a week."
By Clerak Martineau-The Washtnnton post
Ted Pappas of Manassas financed and organizrd his van pool of 13 riders.
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