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September 18, 2009: Highest GigaPan Panoramas Taken On Earth's Surface
September 3, 2009: NASA Partners to Revolutionize Personal Transportation
August 25, 2009: NASA Ames Breaks Ground for 'Greenest' Federal Building Ever
August 25, 2009: NASA gets ready for new green building
August 21, 2009: NASA Ames Releases 2009 Environmental Sustainability Report
August 18, 2009: NASA Ames Celebrates Going Green with Sustainability Base
August 5, 2009: NASA's New Base Uses Smart Spaceship Tech on the Ground (on Popsci.com)
August 5, 2009: Video Archives of Council on Competitiveness Western Energy Summit Available
August 5, 2009: NASA goes green with new sustainability base on LiveScience.com. Or view the same article on msnbc.com.
July 31, 2009: NASA Studies Cellulose for Food and Biofuel Production
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Prototype LED Streetlights - In cooperation with Relume Technologies, we are currently installing ten prototype LED streetlights around our administration building. These streetlights have a life of 10,000 hours and will use 90% less power than the existing streetlights. |
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Solar Powered Parking Lot Lights - We've installed five SolarOne LED photovoltaic parking lot lights out front of our Automation Sciences Research building. |
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Rooftop Solar Panels - Two of our buildings have rooftop photovoltaic solar panels. These panels provide over 10 kW of power. |
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Solar Powered Display Sign - We're working on acquiring and installing a solar-powered photovoltaic display sign that will be placed at the Main Entrance to NASA Ames. The sign will be used to inform employees and visitors about green projects, events, information, and opportunities at NASA Ames. |
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Golf Course Parking Lot and Pathway Lighting - Plans are underway to install LED lighting in the parking lot and along the pathways of the NASA Exchange Golf Course. |
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