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January 21, 2010 NASA Research Finds Last Decade was Warmest on Record, 2009 One of Warmest Years
January 14, 2010 NASA Technology to Enhance 'Green' Building's Efficiency
December 22, 2009 Mistletoe leaves a big carbon footprint in Yellowstone
December 17, 2009 NASA Calculates a Carbon Budget for the State of California
November 18, 2009 NASA Develops Algae Bioreactor as a Sustainable Energy Source
November 4, 2009 NASA Showcases 'Green' Missions at SC09 Conference
October 27, 2009: NASA, MSGI Partner for Solar Energy and Nanotechnology
October 19, 2009: Message from NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden, Jr. - Take the GreenGov Challenge
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
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Our Sustainable Systems focus relies on our expertise in advanced technology development and systems engineering for NASA's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (Exploration Life Support) and sustainability projects that support the green government initiative to development greener, cleaner facilities.
This focal area leverages the strong synergy between terrestrial and space applications that make efficient use of environmental resources, such as in spacecraft closed loop life support systems. Read more about NASA's role in sustainable systems for planet Earth.
Sustainability Base
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NASA Ames is getting ready to break ground on a revolutionary high performance building. This building will incorporate the latest green technologies and space technologies to create a one-of-a-kind demonstration and office building. |
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Exploration Life Support
Managed by the Bioengineering Branch, the Exploration Life Support projects at NASA Ames Research Center develop low-power, low-resource, low-volume, and low-mass systems that minimize or eliminate waste and maximize self-sufficiency. The team utilizes its expertise in systems engineering to address issues of sustainability, especially in the efficient use of resources in closed life support systems. These Efficient Use of Resources projects at NASA Ames have potential green synergies with Earth-based applications.
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These projects focus on regenerable, low power carbon dioxide capture, separation, compression, and storage systems, as well as air contaminant removal systems. |
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Advanced Water Recovery Systems
These projects produce water processing systems that are extremely low power with regenerative wastewater-to-potable water processing, and systems that provide contingency water purification that are portable and require no power. |
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Projects in this area specialize in waste minimization and safening, and the conversion of waste to valuable products (e.g., water, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, fuels, nutrients/soil, building materials, activated charcoal). |
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Systems Analyses/Trade Studies - management of complex, large-scale systems |
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Online Project Information System (OPIS) - collects/disseminates critical project and technology data required for integration of complex systems |
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Green Transportation
A revolution in the way people get around is critical to mitigating the effects of climate change. Transporting people and goods encompasses ~30% of the total energy usage in the US. NASA’s unique mission focusing in aeronautics and space exploration has enabled us to gain unparalleled expertise in a wide range of fields and technologies related to transportation, human factors design, and clean energy.
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NASA Ames' capabilities and expertise in green transportation include: |
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