{"id":140731,"date":"2015-10-13T18:30:33","date_gmt":"2015-10-13T22:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-371849"},"modified":"2024-05-21T12:40:51","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T16:40:51","slug":"blue-marble-awards","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/emd\/blue-marble-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"The Blue Marble Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\" hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-secondary-navigation\"><div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-wrapper z-top width-100 padding-0\"><div id=\"\" class=\"hds-secondary-navigation width-full border-bottom-1px text-center hds-color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-hdsnav\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"hds-secondary-nav-mobile-button display-flex tablet:display-flex desktop:display-none width-full flex-align-center bg-carbon-90 border-color-carbon-80 color-spacesuit-white\" aria-expanded=\"false\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/emd\/emd-resources\/\">Other Environmental Resources<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Blue Marble Awards<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA\u2019s Environment and Energy \u201cBlue Marble\u201d Awards recognizes groups and individuals demonstrating exceptional environmental leadership in support of NASA\u2019s missions and goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Purpose<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201cBlue Marble\u201d Award Program is an opportunity for NASA to raise internal awareness of the important role employees and contractors play, often behind the scenes, in enabling environmentally-sound mission success and mitigating environmental risk. Additionally, this program enables NASA to increase participation in and potentially gain wider recognition for NASA employee achievements through prestigious external environment and energy award programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>History<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of NASA\u2019s award program, the NASA Environment and Energy Award Program was initiated in 2006 as an approved Special NASA Awards Program (NPR 3451.1) that recognizes NASA civil service employees and contractor personnel who demonstrate environmental leadership in carrying out NASA\u2019s mission. These honorary, non-monetary awards are also referred to as the NASA \u201cBlue Marble\u201d Awards. The most recent awards ceremony was in September 2022 at the NASA-wide environmental meeting held at Langley Research Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Excellence in Environmental Leadership<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cBlue Marble\u201d Award Categories<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>There are four \u201cBlue Marble\u201d Award categories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The NASA Environmental Quality Award<\/strong> \u2013 Nominations can be made in any one or more of the five following subcategories: a) greening the government, b) environmental management, c) conservation, and d) environmental communication.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The NASA Award for Excellence in Resilience or Climate Change Adaptation<\/strong> \u2013 Nominations can be made in any one or more of the following five subcategories: a) greenhouse gas reduction, b) fleet, c) master planning, d)\u00a0enhance\u00a0recovery, and e) green practices.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The NASA Excellence in Energy and Water Management Award<\/strong> \u2013 Nominations can be made in any one or more of the following three subcategories: a) energy efficiency, b) water conservation, c) renewable energy use, and d) green construction practices.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The NASA EMD Director\u2019s Environment and Energy Award<\/strong> \u2013 This\u00a0award recognizes exceptional leadership,\u00a0above and beyond individual job responsibilities, to assist the Agency in enabling environmentally sound mission success.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>NASA Award for Excellence in Site Remediation<\/strong> \u2013 Nominations can be made in any one or more of the following categories: Innovation in Remediation, Stakeholder Partnership in Remediation, Strategies in Remediation, Exposure Risk Reduction in Remediation, Beneficial Reuse in Remediation, and Expediting Remediation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cBlue Marble\u201d Award Criteria<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Award winners are determined using five equally weighted factors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Impact to Mission<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scope of Impact<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scalability\/Extensibility<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ingenuity\/Creativity\/Leadership<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Teamwork\/Collaboration<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cBlue Marble\u201d Awards Administration<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The Office of Strategic Infrastructure (OSI), Environmental Management Division (EMD) is responsible for administering the \u201cBlue Marble\u201d Award Program. EMD provides staff support for the award program and is responsible for forming an intra-agency Award Committee who is makes recommendations to the Assistant Administrator for Infrastructure who makes the final determination of the award recipients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Past Winners<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2022<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA Environmental Quality Award<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Individual Award:<\/strong> Shari Miller (GSFC\/WFF)<br> <em>Recognized for excellence in National Environmental Policy Act implementation at GSFC\/WFF<\/em><br> <strong>Group Award:<\/strong> DEVELOP National Program Team (LaRC)<br> <em>Recognized for enhancing environmental decision-making through the NASA DEVELOP Program<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA Excellence in Resilience or Climate Change Adaptation<br> <strong>Group Award<\/strong>: The NASA John H. Glenn Research Center (GRC) Fleet Management and Transportation Team<br> <em>Recognized for outstanding and lasting contributions in the management and promotion of GRC\u2019s sustainable fleet initiative, especially with the strategic installation of onsite electric vehicle charging stations.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA Excellent in Energy or Water Management Award<br> <strong>Individual Award:<\/strong> Evelyn Baskin, Ph.D., GSFC<br> <em>Recognized for Implementation of the largest UESC project at the NASA GSFC Greenbelt campus<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA Excellence in Energy or Water Management Award<br> <strong>Group Award: <\/strong>Utility Energy Services Contract (UESC) Phase 1 Team (KSC)<br> <em>Recognized for the creative use, refinement, and enhancement of the KSC performance contract process to implement approved ECMs recurrently, which resulted in the successful award of UESC Phase 1, a $19.1 million energy efficient improvements project, contributing a savings for the Government of $1.4 million annually.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA EMD Director\u2019s Environmental and Energy Awards:<br> <strong>Individual Award:<\/strong>  John Matthews, KSC<br> <em>Recognized for exceptional leadership and outstanding commitment above and beyond individual job responsibilities, to assist KSC and the Agency in enabling environmentally sound mission success.<\/em><br> <strong>Group Award<\/strong>: Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS) National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Improvement Team (HQ\/GRC\/MSFC)<br> <em>Recognized for improvements to RPS NEPA processes, resulting in significant cost and schedule savings for RPS-enabled missions.<\/em><br> <strong>Group Award:<\/strong> Stennis Space Center Sustainability Team<br> <em>Recognized for using Geospatial Information System (GIS) technology to facilitate energy intensity reduction.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2017<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA Environmental Quality Award<br> <strong>Group Award:<\/strong> The International Space Apps Challenge (OCIO, HQ)<br> <strong>Group Award:<\/strong> Stormwater Management \u2013 Proactive and Green Solutions for NASA Langley\u2019s Next 100 Years<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA Excellence in Energy & Water Management                                                                                 <br> <strong>Group Award:<\/strong> Kennedy Data Center Consolidation (KDCC) Team<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA EMD Director\u2019s Environmental and Energy Award<br> <strong>Individual Award: <\/strong>Steve Slaten, JPL<br> <i>Innovative Solutions to Successfully Remediate NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Groundwater<\/i><br> <strong>Group Award: <\/strong>NASA Environmental Tracking System (NETS) Development and Maintenance Team<br> <strong>Group Award<\/strong>: Environmentally Responsible Aviation (ERA) Project Team (ARMD, HQ)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2014<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA Environmental Quality Award<br> <strong>Individual Award:<\/strong> Mary Gainer, LaRC<br> <em>Integrating Cultural Resources and NEPA Programs for LaRC and NASA<\/em><br> <strong>Group Award:<\/strong> LaRC Graphic Information System (GIS)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA Excellence in Energy & Water Management                                                                                 <br> <strong>Individual Award:<\/strong> Cedreck Davis, MSFC<br> <em>Outstanding Leadership in Managing MSFC\u2019s Energy & Water Program<\/em><br> <strong>Group Award:<\/strong> SSC EMCS Enhancements Team<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA EMD Director\u2019s Environmental and Energy Award<br> <strong>Individual Award: <\/strong>Raymond Rubilotta, GSFC<br> <em>Establishing a \u201cGreen\u201d and Safe Work Environment at GSFC<\/em><br> <strong>Group Award: <\/strong>KSC GHG Scope II: Emission Reduction Pilot Team<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 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<em>Exceptional Leadership in completion for the Decommissioning of the Plum Brook Reactor<\/em><br> <strong>Group Award: <\/strong>Shuttle Program Transition and Retirement Environmental Management Team, GRC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2010<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA Environmental Quality Award<br> <strong>Individual Award:<\/strong> Barbara Naylor, KSC<br> <em>Cultural Resource Management at KSC<\/em><br> <strong>Group Award: <\/strong>An Event That is Changing a Culture: NASA Waste to Disney Dirt (KSC)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA Excellence in Energy and Water Management Award<br> <strong>Individual Award:<\/strong> Leslie Prufert-Bebout, ARC<br> <em>Basic research utilizing algae to produce carbon-neutral renewable energy (diesel fuel, methane, and hydrogen) for NASA Exploration, Aeronautics, and national needs.<\/em><br> <strong>Group Award: <\/strong>Energy Efficiency and Water Conservation Team (JSC) \u2013 Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Program<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA Director\u2019s Environment and Energy Award<br> <strong>Individual Award:<\/strong> Michael Blotzer, SSC<br> <em>Environmental Management since 1990<\/em><br> <strong>Group Award: <\/strong>NASA Causeway Seawall Project Team (KSC) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2008<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA Environmental Quality Award<br> <strong>Individual Award:<\/strong> Ms. Radel L. Bunker-Farrah, WSTF<br> <em>Exceptional Management of the WSTF Environmental Program<\/em><br> <strong>Group Award: <\/strong>Constellation Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Team, Multiple Centers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA Excellence in Energy & Water Management Award<br> <strong>Individual Award:<\/strong> Bruce Chesson, KSC<br> <em>Energy Conservation and Environmental Awareness for Government Transportation<\/em><br> <strong>Group Award: <\/strong>JPL Facilities Energy Team, JPL<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA Director\u2019s Environmental Award<br> <strong>Individual Award: <\/strong>Richard A. Wickman, HQ<br> <em>Former Deputy Director of the Environmental Management Division<\/em><br> <strong>Group Award: <\/strong>KSC Environmental Assurance & Promotion of Sustainable Practices in Construction & Demolition Activities Team, KSC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Special Awards<br> Ms. Merilee Fellows, JPL<br> <em>NASA Manager for Community Involvement for Environmental Remediation Jet Propulsion Laboratory<\/em><br> Ms. Sandra Parker, JSC<br> <em>Attwater\u2019s Prairie Chicken Endangered Species Recovery Project<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2007<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA Environmental Quality Award<br>\n<strong>Individual Award: <\/strong>Timothy S. 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