With the support of local bike

shops and businesses, JSC

resumed hosting an annual

Bike to Work Day. This event

invited JSC employees and

the local community to

integrate cycling into their

commute.

About This Report

Fiscal Year 2022

Sustainability Snapshot

NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) operates with the understanding that every journey to space

ends back home on Earth. As such, we aim to foster a culture at JSC that wholeheartedly embraces

and integrates sustainability at every level of the organization, a mentality that aligns with Executive

Order 14057. This report articulates our sustainability initiatives in the context of Executive Order

14057 to celebrate our ongoing efforts to make sustainability a central component of JSC’s operations.

JohnsonSpace Center

The combined heat and power plant at JSC eliminated 10.7

million kWh worth of electricity losses from grid inefficiencies

Revised commuting policy to permit electric bikes, increasing

zero-emission mobility options for employees at JSC

Energy and Water Efficiency

Reduce scope 1 and 2

emissions by improving energy

efficiency and water

conservation Sec 206

Reduce scope 1, 2, and 3

greenhouse gas emissions

from federal operations

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Sec 202

Energy audits conducted for eleven buildings at JSC and Ellington

Field identified $63,000 in potential annual energy savings

Conducted a thermal comfort analysis in JSC buildings to identify

bliss temperature points for energy savings

Renewable Energy

Increase carbon pollution-free

energy usage

Sec 203

Secured renewable energy credits totaling 2,900 MW, which

covered 7.5% of purchased on-site electricity

Generated 77,000 kWh of geothermal and solar energy, equal to

the annual electricity consumption of seven American homes

Increase campus facilities

that are net-zero and meet

green building standards

Sustainable Buildings

Sec 205

Broke ground on a science annex and emergency operations

facility, designed to meet green building (LEED) standards

Established a working group to maximize energy savings through

cross-team communication

Water tasting event to compare safe drinking water to reduce bottled water consumption
Native tree planting event around the Astronaut Jogging Trail

WasteManagement

Reduce waste, prevent

pollution, and divert waste from

landfills

Sec 207

Composted and recycled the equivalent weight of 2.5

International Space Stations (2.4 million pounds) in materials

By recycling 99% (about 670,000 pounds) of construction and

demolition materials, JSC created a cost avoidance of $55,000

Acquire products and services

according to federal green

purchasing requirements

Sec 208

About $2.2 million was spent on products made with recycled or

bio-based content, replacing fossil fuel-based materials

Through the Redistribution & Utilization (R&U) Warehouse, about

$1.6 million worth of JSC property was reused by other teams

Improve fleet efficiency and

transition to zero-emissions

vehicles

FleetManagement

Sec 204

Designed and selected electric vehicle charging stations for

government and personal vehicles for installment in 2023

Installed telematics equipment in 50% of all government-leased

vehicles to enable data-driven fleet management

Sustainable Acquisition

Greening and Restoring

Our World (GROW)

began its inaugural year

in 2022, making JSC the

first NASA center to

approve an Earth

stewardship-focused

Employee Resource

Group. GROW fosters an

action-oriented workforce

culture by inviting

employees to unite to

protect our planet.

For inquiries about this report please contact JSC-Sustainability@mail.nasa.gov or visit the

NASA sustainability website at https://www.nasa.gov/emd/sustainability

Center Operations staff piloted the

Department of Energy’s Energy Treasure

Hunt checklist to identify potential no- and

low-cost energy savings. The pilot

identified unreported issues and generated

awareness among JSC employees.

GROW, along with other local groups, led a

community campaign to encourage plastic

film recycling, which reached 10,500

people. This action diverted 1,867 pounds

of plastic material, the equivalent of

137,000 bags, towards a productive use.