Environmental Management Division

NASA's Environmental Compliance and Restoration (ECR) Program cleans up chemicals that have been released into the environment during past activities to ensure that human health is protected, natural resources are preserved, and the overall well-being of the environment be maintained. Funding is managed through the ECR Program within Construction and Environmental Compliance and Restoration Appropriations. ECR projects include both Restoration projects and Environmental Management Investment projects.

Environmental Management Systems is an overall agency approach to managing environmental activities by focusing on improved environmental performance that complies with legislation and regulations.

NASA NEPA Program seeks to avoid, minimize, and mitigate the adverse effect of its proposed programs and projects that enable NASA to implement its mission. Any mitigation measures needed are monitored during the implementation of the mission.

NASA’s Environmental Management Division leads the Agency in energy and water management policy and planning to ensure we successfully accomplish our mission while using energy and water resources as efficiently as possible.

NASA implements a Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Program in order to better understand the GHG emissions associated with the operation of its facilities. The Program includes NASA Centers working with environmental, energy, procurement and logistics staff to gain a holistic view of GHG emissions at NASA sites.

The purpose of NASA's CRM program is to manage cultural assets that are owned by NASA. NASA manages those assets that are considered historically significant to the local community, to the state or to the entire country and deemed worthy of preserving.

Environmental Compliance contributes directly to the NASA mission by improving mission performance. This improvement is accomplished through analysis of the changing environmental regulatory environment and providing alternative materials and processes to ensure compliance. 

Across the Nation, NASA strives to conserve and protect natural resources through world class habitat and species management programs.

NASA's Sustainability Base is both a working office space and an evolving exemplar of sustainable design. It showcases how technology and the environment can thrive together in harmony.

In developing partnerships with researches overseas, NASA scientists and engineers need to remember NASA's global commitment to environmental stewardship. We are not only conducting cutting edge R&D, we need to ensure that we are doing field activities that are environmentally sound.

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