Sustainability innovation foundry - FY13: Merging research and operations

Technical Report · Sun Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2013

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1121949· OSTI ID:1121949

Mizner, Jack Harry ^[1]; Passell, Howard David ^[1]; Keller, Elizabeth James Kistin ^[1]; Gordon, Margaret Ellen ^[1]; McNeish, Jerry A. ^[2]; Sullivan, Kristina ^[2]

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1. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
2. Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA (United States)

Sustainability is a critical national security issue for the U.S. and other nations. Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) is already a global leader in sustainability science and technology (SS&T) as documented in this report. This report documents the ongoing work conducted this year as part of the Sustainability Innovation Foundry (SIF). The efforts of the SIF support Sandia's national and international security missions related to sustainability and resilience revolving around energy use, water use, and materials, both on site at Sandia and externally. The SIF leverages existing Sandia research and development (R&D) in sustainability science and technology to support new solutions to complex problems. The SIF also builds on existing Sandia initiatives to support transformation of Sandia into a fully sustainable entity in terms of materials, energy, and water use. In the long term, the SIF will demonstrate the efficacy of sustainability technology developed at Sandia through prototyping and test bed approaches and will provide a common platform for support of solutions to the complex problems surrounding sustainability. Highlights from this year include the Sustainability Idea Challenge, improvements in facilities energy use, lectures and presentations from relevant experts in sustainability [Dr. Barry Hughes, University of Denver], and significant development of the Institutional Transformation (IX) modeling tools to support evaluation of proposed modifications to the SNL infrastructure to realize energy savings.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 1121949
• Report Number(s): SAND2013-10269; 492027
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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