White House Honors NASA With GreenGov Presidential Award

[NASA News <hqnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nov. 01, 2011

Sonja Alexander 
Headquarters, Washington                                      
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RELEASE: 11-371

WHITE HOUSE HONORS NASA WITH GREENGOV PRESIDENTIAL AWARD

WASHINGTON -- NASA has won a GreenGov Presidential Award from the 
White House Council on Environmental Quality. The GreenGov awards 
celebrate exceptional efforts to promote sustainability in federal 
agency operations. 

NASA is being recognized in the "Lean, Clean and Green" category for 
consistently moving toward sustainable and efficient operations by 
setting exemplary goals in agency-wide energy and water efficiency, 
reduced emissions, and greater renewable energy usage. Several of 
NASA's sustainability solutions address the communities where agency 
facilities are located. 

"We are extremely gratified and grateful that NASA has been honored by 
the White House for its ongoing commitment to environmental 
sustainability," said Olga Dominguez, assistant administrator of the 
NASA Office of Strategic Infrastructure. "NASA's vision has always 
been to reach new heights, and we'll continue to do that in space 
exploration and here on Earth in protecting our environment." 

GreenGov awards honor federal civilian and military personnel, agency 
teams, agency projects and facilities, and agency programs that 
exemplify President Obama's charge to lead by example towards a clean 
energy economy. 

"NASA consistently has been a leader in federal sustainability efforts 
-- from the work NASA has undertaken in its facilities to its 
commitment to involve colleagues throughout the organization," said 
Michelle Moore, the president's federal environmental executive. "The 
GreenGov Presidential Award recognizes their exemplary performance." 

NASA's sustainability policy is to execute the agency's mission 
without compromising Earth's resources so future generations can meet 
their needs. Sustainability also involves taking action now to 
provide a future where the environment and living conditions are 
protected and enhanced. 

"NASA's commitment is exemplified by the collection of centers, such 
as the Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., Ames Research Center 
in Moffett Field, Calif., Kennedy Space Center in Florida and Johnson 
Space Center in Houston, which have addressed sustainability with 
creative, lasting and effective methods," according to the White 
House council. 

Kennedy was nominated for its "Propellants North" project, 
commissioned to replace existing, uninhabitable structures dating to 
the 1960s. Kennedy also was nominated for its Data Center 
Consolidation project to unite technology assets across the center's 
campus. A third KSC nomination, "Building a Sustainable Future," 
implemented "systematic and deliberate change to weave sustainability 
throughout the center's entire operations," the award statement said. 


NASA Langley was nominated for "Greening NASA Langley through Energy 
Conservation." The project included construction of a new, 
energy-efficient administrative building and implementation of 
several energy and water conservation and renewable energy projects 
to prevent pollution and assist in meeting federal and center energy 
and water reduction goals. Langley also was nominated for 
incorporating the concept of sustainable revitalization into its 
Master Planning and Environmental Management System. 

NASA Johnson was nominated for its "Biobased Coolant Pilot Project," 
which converted a building and its machinery to biobased alternative 
fuels and coolants, and dramatically reduced costs. Johnson also was 
nominated for its electronic waste collection events held in 
conjunction with its Contractor Environmental Partnership and federal 
and local community volunteers. Four events have been held since 
2008, and the partnership diverted more than 561,500 pounds of 
e-waste from local landfills. 

NASA Ames' new "Sustainability Base" used unique NASA technologies to 
build a 50,000- square-foot mixed-use facility intended as a 
sustainability technology demonstration, test-bed and dissemination 
tool. 

Nine NASA projects submitted by four NASA centers and the agency's 
Headquarters in Washington were nominated for GreenGov Awards. 
For more information about the GreenGov awards, visit: 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/greengov/presidential-awards 

	
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