ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM AT KSC

Energy Program Information

Overview

KSC is 34 miles (54.7 kilometers) long, varying in width from 5 to 10 miles (8.0 to 16.1 kilometers) and encompassing 138,490 acres (56,451.7 hectares) or nearly 218 square miles (564.6 square kilometers) of land. NASA manages the area with other Federal agencies including the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Park Service. NASA's two primary developed areas are the Launch Complex (LS) 39 Area in the north, and the Industrial Area in the center. Additionally, NASA owns and operates several facilities located at the Air Force 45th Space Wing's (45 SW's) Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) to the east of KSC, across the Banana River. Many facilities were built in the early 1960's, with a second wave in the late 1970's. Facility functions include Space Shuttle and expendable launch vehicle processing/launch/landing, Space Station and payload processing, and mission support (office, warehouse, laboratory, telecommunications, shops, etc.). Most major programs have their own facility engineering and operations and maintenance (O&M) contractor.

KSC purchases energy utility services as a retail customer. Its incoming facility energy mix is 72 percent electricity, over 27 percent natural gas, and the remainder fuel oil and propane. The following table summarizes how KSC obtains the two largest components.

Major Energy Sources
	Electricity	Natural Gas
Contact	45 Space Wing (SW) w/Florida Power & Light (FPL)	Local Delivery: NASA with City Gas Company of Florida Commodity: Defense Energy Support Center with Interconn Resources, Inc. marketer
System Ownership	FPL: 115 kiloVolt (KV) transmission NASA: 13.8 & 13.2KV distribution	Florida City Gas owns distribution
Billing	FPL bills KSC for 2 main substations & 9 small loads; rates by size NASA reimburses 45 SW for CCAFS facilities	Florida City Gas bills KSC for 43 small and 4 large accounts Interconn bills KSC for commodity; rate same for all buildings and fluctuates with monthly price index

The following table and graphs summarize FY 2008 energy consumption and cost for KSC and NASA facilities at CCAFS in native units of MegaWatthour (MWh), dekatherm (Dth), and gallon (gal.) as well as conversions into billion British thermal unit (BBtu) for comparison.

FY 2008 Consumption & Cost
Source	Consumption	Percent	$ In millions
Electricity	249,391 MWh	72.0	22.3
Natural Gas	329,294 Dth	27.8	4.0
#2 Fuel Oil	19,488 gals	0.2	0.1
Propane	0	0	0
	TOTAL		$26.4

This does not include approximately 88.9 BBtu and $2.1 million from reimbursable facilities such as the KSC Visitor Complex, Air Force facilities located at KSC, Astronaut Memorial Foundation Education Facility, NASA Exchange Service Station, and Southern Bell Telephone Center.

Since the early 1990's, the Chief Financial Officer "direct charges" facility energy costs to the appropriate KSC program according to facility use, which helps motivate programs to improve energy efficiency in their facilities. Due to global energy cost rate increases, KSC currently experiences higher costs despite reduced consumption; however, cost rate increases also help motivate better efficiency. The energy unit cost history expressed in $/MMBtu for KSC's lowest unit cost electricity and natural gas accounts, show an increase over 38 percent and 48 percent respectively, between FY2004 and FY2008. View a chart of the Energy Unit Cost History. KSC has no reason to believe that these trends will revert to FY 2004 levels.

Mandates

Federal:
42 U.S.C. 8251, et seq., the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (NECPA), as amended
EO 13423, Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy and Transportation Management
EO 13221, Energy Efficiency Standby Power Devices
10 CFR 433, Energy Efficiency Standards for the Design and Construction of New Federal Commercial and Multifamily High Rise Residential Buildings
10 CFR 434, Energy Code for New Federal Commercial and Multi-Family High Rise Residential Buildings
10 CFR 435, Energy Conservation Voluntary Performance Standards for New Buildings; Mandatory for Federal Buildings
10 CFR 436, Federal Energy Management and Planning Programs (includes Life Cycle Costing)

NASA:
NPD 8500.1B, NASA Environmental Management
NPR 8570.1, Energy Efficiency and Water Conservation
NPR 8820.2F, Facility Project Requirements

KSC:
CD COMM #2005-08, Energy Conservation at Kennedy Space Center, September 8, 2005
KNPD 8500.1, KSC Environmental Management
KNPR 8500.1, KSC Environmental Requirements
KSC-PLN-1906, Energy Management Five-Year Plan

Teams

NASA Energy Efficiency Panel: Per EO 13123, Greening the Government through Efficient Energy Management, NASA established this agency team to:

Expedite and encourage use of appropriations and alternative financing to meet the President's energy efficiency requirements and goals

Provide a forum to guide planning and implementation of energy efficiency activities, including energy and water conservation, greenhouse gases reduction, and use of renewable energy sources

NPR 8570.1, established this panel. KSC is represented by the Center Operations Directorate.

Kennedy Institutional Management Council (KIMC):
This KSC council is chaired by the Associate Director for Business Operations. The KIMC Charter can be found here.

KSC Energy Working Group (EWG):
Formed in July 1991 to ensure KSC makes continual progress towards compliance with Federal energy efficiency mandates and reducing energy costs. Regarding energy matters, provide a forum to develop policies and plans, report progress and accomplishments, increase awareness, advocate/pursue initiatives and technology applications, forecast consumption/cost, and foster consistency across all Center elements.

EWG Charter
EWG Roster

Goals

NASA energy goals are listed in NPR 8570.1, Energy Efficiency and Water Conservation Technologies and Practices. Since the effective date of the NPR 8570.1, Executive Order (EO) 13123 was superseded by EO 13423, Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy and Transportation Management and two additional Federal Energy Laws were passed by Congress; the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct) and the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007. KSC addresses the Center’s intent of meeting the new requirements in the KSC-PLN-1906 presently undergoing a major revision.

Area	Goal
Energy Intensity or Energy Use Index	3% per year or 30% by the end of FY 2015 relative to a FY 2003 baseline
Products	Energy Star or FEMP designated products that use less than 1 Watt of standby power
Energy Use Measurement & Accounting	Electric metering required in federal buildings by FY 2012, where practicable. Natural gas metering required by FY 2016 where practicable
Federal Building Standard	Buildings to be designed 30% below applicable standard if life cycle cost effective (10CFR433), apply sustainable design principles.
Major building renovations & expansions	Employ the most energy efficient designs, systems, equipment and controls that are life cycle cost effective.
Renewable energy use	3% in FY 2007-2009; 5% in FY 2010-2012; 7.5% in FY 2013 and beyond.
Renewable energy sources	At least half of the statutorily required renewable energy consumed in a fiscal year comes from new sources (in place after 1/1/1999).
Solar hot water	Provide 30% of hot water demand with solar hot water heaters where life cycle cost effective.
Energy & water audits	Conduct audits on at least 10% of facilities every year.
Comprehensive Evaluations	Conduct comprehensive evaluations on 25% of covered facilities every year.
Projects	Implement energy efficiency projects within two years after completing comprehensive evaluations. Appropriated funds can be combined with ESPCs and UESCs.
Life-cycle cost analysis	Use in investment decisions for purchases, design, construction, and Operations and Maintenance (O&M).
Utility costs	Reduce.

KSC Energy Metrics: Energy efficiency and consumption is one of KSC high priority aspects identified in the Environmental Management System (EMS). The KSC Energy Metrics track the two major objectives of the KSC Energy Program: KSC Energy Intensity goal and Renewable Energy Use/Purchase goal.

View the KSC Energy Metrics here.

Plan

The KSC Energy Manager is coordinating the most recent update of the KSC, KSC-PLN-1906 Rev B. Input was provided by the major Directorates represented in the KSC EWG. The Plan is being reviewed by the Center Operations Directorate (TA) management before it is sent to the Center Director for signature.

This document serves as the Energy Management Five-Year Plan of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA's) Kennedy Space Center (KSC). The plan serves as a framework for managing the Center's energy program by:

summarizing how KSC deploys an energy program that buys and uses energy wisely
defining Agency energy goals at the Center and Subdivided levels
documenting strategies to meet the goals
describing planned contributions of initiatives and projects required to meet the goals
identifying gaps where additional effort and resources are required to meet the goals

KSC based this plan on Federal requirements as they apply to existing programs and will update the document as requirements change.

The purpose of this plan is to engage and challenge employees at all levels to strive toward the following vision created by the EWG.

KSC utility use vision: Ensure efficient and cost effective utility use by applying energy conservation techniques and shifting loads to cheaper times in rates.

The current version of the Plan, Revision A can be found here KSC-PLN-1906A.

Reports

Information system: The Institutional Services Contractor, EG&G, Energy Management Office manages an Excel spreadsheet of monthly numerical consumption and cost data for facilities, vehicles, and other equipment. Each KSC Program reads its own electricity meters and submits the data to EG&G.

NASA Headquarters manages client/server application, NASA Environmental Tracking System (NETS), for Centers to submit quarterly consumption and cost reports, annual budget exhibits, annual accomplishments, and triennial Functional Management Review responses.

Monthly EUCR report: The EG&G Energy Management Office produces KSC's monthly Energy Utilization and Consumption Report EUCR), which is available by end of following month via email. Contact 867-8199 for distribution requests.

The KSC EWG recognizes the benefits of a system composed of utility meters and networks to enable automated transfer of utility data, an application to collect/store data gathered through networks plus other sources, and finally a web based application to conveniently and widely distribute analysis to the users. The Automated Utility Database Reporting & Information System (AUDRIS) has been developed to upgrade KSC’s utility tracking process to an automated web-enabled database for utility reporting, accounting, and managing. AUDRIS will replace the EUCR at the beginning of Fiscal Year (FY) 2010.

Quarterly Report to NASA HQ via NETS: ISC’s Excel spreadsheet ends with quarterly consumption and cost summary of Goal Subject Facilities, Goal Excluded Facilities, and Transportation. The ISC Energy Management Office enters data into NETS by sixty days after quarter closes.

Annual Accomplishment Report to NASA HQ via NETS: By end of each October, the Energy Working Group (see Teams) representatives of KSC Programs enter into NETS brief summaries of energy audits, projects, and initiatives accomplished in previous fiscal year. Programs should contact Harry Plaza, 867.8414, if additional user accounts are needed.

Triennial Functional Review via NETS: Every three years NASA HQs Environmental Management Division conducts an Energy and Water Management Functional Review at KSC. Center Operations Directorate coordinates input from KSC organizations to respond to a series of program management questions. Written responses and HQ observations are recorded in NETS.

Budgets

Consumption/Cost Forecast: Around each March, the Energy Working Group (see Teams) creates a six-year cost forecast based on a consumption forecast for each Program's electricity and natural gas load (developed by the Program representatives) and a rate forecast (developed by the Chief Financial Officer's office and Center Operations Directorate).

Office of Management and Budget Exhibit 55 via NETS: By the end of each August, the Energy Working Group representatives of KSC Programs enter into the NASA Environmental Tracking System (see NETS in Reports) forecasts of project, energy audit, rebate, and training costs for the current and next two fiscal years. Center Operations enters data from March's forecast plus other energy uses.

Contact the Energy Manager or your program energy contact if you would like more information about your energy budget.

Initiatives

Current Initiatives:
In order to foster continual progress toward these goals, the EWG brainstorms program priorities as needed. Many of the priorities require multiyear effort and continue from one year's list to the next. The following table shows the existing priorities of the KSC Energy Program.

Upgrade metering
Upgrade energy spreadsheet to database with Web reporting
Audit/initiate new big projects and investigate new fund sources
Pursue/implement quick payback projects/initiatives and investigates new fund sources
Prepare for Environmental Functional Review in FY2010
Maintain/improve year-round awareness
Maintain/improve reporting
Improve energy efficiency of new construction/rehabilitation
Contribute to NASA-wide energy program

Accomplishments:

Met the FY2008 energy intensity reduction goal
Met the FY2008 renewable energy purchase/use goal
A total of four KSC employees have been recognized by the Department of Energy as Energy Champions since FY2006 for their significant contributions to the NASA/KSC Energy Program. The actions by these employees made KSC more energy efficient and in one specific case, added a renewable energy source to KSC eliminating the emissions associated with power generators.
Two KSC projects have been recognized by the Department of Energy Special Project category since FY2007
Projects in payload & space station processing facilities reduced energy costs by about $500,000 per year while improving temperature and humidity conditions. Team received KSC Environmental & Energy Bi-Annual Award and Department of Energy recognized the team's energy manager as Energy Champion on the "You Have the Power" awareness campaign poster.
Partnered with Florida Power & Light (FPL) to implement a $3.2M energy efficiency project that saves $443K/yr. Project was featured on DOE "You Have the Power" awareness campaign poster
Partnered with FPL to implement a $4.9M project that eliminated the inefficiencies of a centralized high temperature hot water distribution system in the KSC Industrial Area.
Entered into an Enhanced Use Lease (EUL) agreement with FPL that allowed KSC to receive a one Megawatt solar photovoltaic (PV) system as payment for 60 acres of land leased to FPL. This will be NASA’s largest solar PV array to date. The system is presently under construction with an estimated completion date of November 2009.
The KSC EWG received $1.2M of Strategic Institutional Investment (SII) funding to implement several energy conservation projects at KSC. Also, KSC received $1.6M to upgrade the electricity metering system at the Center.

Awareness & Awards

KSC maintains an active energy awareness campaign. The awareness activities focus on the following continuing initiatives:

Awareness information provided to all employees on a regular basis distributed mainly on the KSC Daily News. The week prior to all federal holidays, reminders are sent to employees asking them to apply common sense energy conservation measures prior to leaving the work area.
Environmental and Energy Awareness Week activities near Earth Day
October: Energy Awareness Month activities

Specific information regarding energy awareness activities is included in the KSC Energy Management Five Year Plan.

The Federal Government offers several awards to recognize leadership in energy and water conservation efforts by agencies.

Presidential Award for Leadership in Federal Energy Management and Federal Energy and Water Management Awards

The Department of Energy You Have the Power campaign for Energy Champion (Earth Day) and Energy Projects (October Energy Awareness Month)

NASA’s Blue Marble Awards for environmental and energy excellence

KSC Environmental & Energy Awards

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