TECHNOLOGY EVALUATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RISK MITIGATION PRINCIPAL CENTER
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APRIL 2012
TEERM Remediation Technology Collaboration Development team visits Michoud Assembly Facility and Stennis Space Center
Members of TEERM’s Remediation Technology Collaboration Development team visited Michoud Assembly Facility and Stennis Space Center in April to support NASA’s environmental cleanup efforts. An informative tour of cleanup areas at Michoud Assembly Facility was hosted by a representative of NASA’s Logistics and Environmental Management. The direct reconnaissance of these cleanup areas provided the Remediation Technology Collaboration Development team with invaluable knowledge that will help to guide their efforts in the most effective direction. At Stennis Space Center, the Remediation Technology Collaboration Development team met with a NASA Remediation Project Manager and a facilities contractor with Jacobs Technology. The group discussed the latest results of an in situ chemical oxidation pilot test that was initiated by TEERM with remediation contractor EN Rx, Inc. A tour of the pilot test area was conducted and all were happy to learn that the test is on track and effectively reducing concentrations of trichloroethylene in groundwater.
March 2012
TEERM Hosts Tour of KSC for Industry Leaders
NASA TEERM hosted a tour of KSC for industry leaders from the Aerospace and Defense Industries Association of Europe (ASD) and the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA). Members of ASD and AIA are vested stakeholders in numerous environmentally-driven materials substitution projects managed by TEERM. The tour helped showcase the work that the stakeholders are making possible, including ongoing atmospheric testing of environmentally-preferable coatings at the Corrosion Beach Test Site.
February 2012
Special Visitors at Concentrated Solar Air Conditioning for Buildings Demonstration Site
The demonstration site at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Youth Center near Tucson, AZ recently hosted several prominent special visitors. On January 13, Major General Timothy Byers, AF/A7C, USAF Civil Engineer visited to inspect ongoing renewable energy projects. On February 3, Mayor Jonathan Rothschild accompanied Ms. Nancy Sutley, Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality during a tour of clean energy projects. The concentrated solar collectors (parabolic troughs) will be combined with a 60-ton double-effect absorption chiller to provide cooling and reduce electrical consumption during peak power demand. NASA Technology Evaluation for Environmental Risk Mitigation Principal Center (TEERM) is a co-investigator along with US Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center in this multiyear project funded by the Department of Defense (DoD) Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP).