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Energy Champion - Vernon Borgen

Energy Champion poster - Vernon Borgen

Department of Agriculture

Twenty-First Century Citizenship is being championed by facility engineers like Vernon Borgen of the Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center who, by implementing energy efficiency projects such as redesigning a heat recovery system and utilizing efficient light bulbs, is helping the USDA save approximately $200,000 in energy costs each year.