by John W. Olson | Dec 14, 2011 | Events, Sustainability
Each year, Fort Carson honors Installation personnel and community stakeholders with Sustainability Awards from Fort Carson. I was one of the honored recipients of the award this year. This was a tremendous honor not only to receive the award but to be in the company...
by John W. Olson | Oct 23, 2011 | Sustainability
The topic of Solar Canopies has come up many times in my presentations on sustainability in Southern Colorado. The idea behind a solar canopy is in maximizing the benefit of each photovoltaic panel. When most people think of photovoltaic panels, they consider them as...
by John W. Olson | May 25, 2011 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Sustainability
For those of you who may not know, Olson Planning & Urban Landscapes has a contract with Sustainable Fort Carson south of Colorado Springs. At Fort Carson, my responsibilities under this contract are to review submitted construction document drawings for...
by John W. Olson | Apr 22, 2011 | Sustainability
The Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installation, Energy and Environment, Ms. Katherine Hammack, announced the “winners” of a voluntary request by 100 applications to become Net Zero in three categories on Tuesday, 19 April 2011. The categories for...
by John W. Olson | Dec 4, 2010 | Sustainability
The following was recently published in the Fort Carson Mountaineer and was written by Anneliesa Barta of Sustainable Fort Carson: Leaders focus on Sustainability Story by Anneliesa Barta Look at what you create and you will know who you are,” said the Pikes Peak Poet...
