Late afternoon clouds on a winter afternoon provide a dramatic highlight to the new Facilities Support Center at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center
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Late afternoon clouds on a winter afternoon provide a dramatic highlight to the new Facilities Support Center at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center. Desert landscaping around the 38,000-square-foot structure is intended to minimize water usage with drought-tolerant shrubbery. The structure was designed to meet the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) new construction platinum certification for environment and energy efficiency. NASA facilities engineers forecast that energy consumption will be reduced about 36 percent over conventional construction.
Jan. 21, 2014
NASA / Tom Tschida