Sustainable NASA Future Infrastructure

1. Sustainable NASAFuture Infrastructure 50th R. H. Goddard Memorial Symposium Dreams and Possibilities: Planning for the Achievable Olga Dominguez Assistant Administrator Office of Strategic Infrastructure March 2012

2. The Earth is a Closed Loop System with many sub-systems; there is no “away”

3. Earth Sub-Systems Human Infrastructure is one of the subsystems Many sub-systems -– atmosphere, land, oceans, snow, urban landscape, etc -– affect daily weather and longer-term climate. That is why predicting weather and modeling climate change are very complicated – all of these systems have many inputs and outputs. Source: IPCC, 2007

4. NASA Context People housed: 64,000 Constructed assets stewarded: $30.8B (FY11) Land stewarded: 513 mi2

5. NASA’s Infrastructure Risks 1. aging infrastructure 2. increasing energy cost 3. greenhouse gas management 4. climate change impacts and adaptation 5. changing laws and requirements 6. mandates without added resources 7. environmental cleanup – Apollo Era 8. encroachment – neighbors need water, energy, safety, resources… These create a Challenge and an Opportunity to Support Mission - Sustainable Processes, Construction, Operations and Methods Drive and Create Innovation 9. material availability and obsolescence

6. Key Challenge: Facility Suitability Share of NASA facilities assets under 40 years old As asset ages rise and requirements evolve, NASA must renew the assets our programs need

7. Integrating Sustainability Infrastructure & Mission For NASA’s infrastructure to succeed in support of NASA missions, we need a slight shift from what we are doing now we need to Integrate data, requirements, future potential alternatives, and sustainable practices and apply these requirements to our institutional risks. Adapting to the current needs while creating a resilient future NASA - adjusting our designs and management practices (within our existing NASA processes) to mitigate mission risk and create opportunity.

8. Infuse Sustainable Thinking Into The Iron Triangle Cost • Cost Risk: • Material scarcity • Rare earths • Market pressures • Energy costs Performance Risk: -Lack of material pedigree -Operational uncertainty -System failures Performance Schedule Schedule Risks: -Material qualification -Environmental compliance requirements -Waiver processing Mitigation of Cost, Schedule and Performance Risks Through Implementation of Sustainable Principles Considering System Life Cycle Cost

9. Vision for a Sustainable NASA • Move beyond compliance – identifyingopportunities that meet intent provides long-term benefits • Effective and efficient use of resources in operations to eliminate or minimize waste and carbon emissions • Supply chains work with NASA’s contractors to set standards and achieve sustainable goals with a secure supply chain • Facilities & Infrastructure use new designs and management principles that reduce operational risks and cost (hoteling, teleworking, net-zero, green roofs, day lighting….) • Green chemistry/engineering/materials management… integrated into the design of NASA’s facilities, infrastructure, andPrograms & Projects - including operations and hardware Integrating Sustainability into what we do