Dive Summary:

• The U.S. Department of Defense has commissioned a six-member panel, assembled by the U.S. National Research Council, to assess the sustainability of its nearly half-million global facilities.
• The panel will use established green building standards provided by LEED, Green Globes and ASHRAE in its assessment, and is led by University of Massachusetts professor Paul Fisette, who previously led the panel in a nine-month study on the merits of sustainability at 300,000 DoD buildings and found green building to be economically sound.
• According to Fisette, the scientific data gained on how the DoD's buildings, which are located in a variety of climates and structures, perform would give the green building movement a huge boost going forward, as there is currently a deficit of comprehensive green construction data.

From the article:

... Their efforts have also produced a number of recommendations regarding measures the DoD could adopt to make its building structures more environmentally friendly, including the installation of energy and water meters. ...