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+ August 2008
Energy Efficiency Panel Meeting
NASA KSC contractor ITB, Inc. assisted NASA HQ in conducting
its annual face-to-face
Energy Efficiency Panel (EEP)
meeting August 7, 2008, in Phoenix,
Arizona. The EEP meeting followed the GovEnergy 2008 Federal
energy/water training workshop, at which KSC was well-represented.
At the EEP meeting, ITB’s
Al Sorkin made a presentation featuring
the Department of Energy’s “Existing Building Assessment Tool” for
high performance sustainable buildings as a way to fulfill
Executive Order 13423’s requirement that 15% of each Federal
agency’s existing capital asset building inventory
have incorporated sustainable practices by end of FY 2015.
Gas Dynamic Spray Demonstration Project
The NASA Technology Evaluation for Environmental Risk Mitigation
Principal Center (TEERM) has completed the Joint Test Protocol for
a project to demonstrate Gas Dynamic Spray (GDS) technology. GDS
uses kinetic force at low pressure to produce coatings or
freestanding deposits by solid state deformation; no volatile
organic chemicals or hazardous air pollutants are emitted. The
lower temperatures avoid oxidation, metallurgical transformation,
or residual stresses. A variety of materials can be used and
specialized coatings created. The focus of this demonstration will
be using Cold Spray as a means of repairing thermal spray coatings
that have been damaged or areas where thermal spray coatings are
less effective. The technology can result in reduced maintenance
and thus reduced hazardous materials/wastes associated with current
processes.
+ July 2008
NASA Environmental and Energy Conference
NASA Environmental Management Division is holding a biennial
Environmental and Energy Conference at NASA Langley Research Center
in Hampton, VA on September 22-25, 2008. The purpose of this
conference is to strengthen communication and promote synergy
across the Agency's environmental management community, provide
opportunities to share innovative risk mitigation measures and best
management practices, and increase awareness of across the NASA
workforce of the Agency's successes and ongoing challenges in
environmental stewardship. NASA TEERM is assisting HQ in planning
this event. For more information see the
conference web site:
http://www.teerm.nasa.gov/Environmental_EnergyConference2008.html
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