Each year, the U.S. Department of Energy designates October as Energy Awareness Month.
NASA Langley’s Energy Team has some great online events planned for this year where personnel can learn about climate change, energy efficiency, and renewable energy. NASA Langley’s Energy Awareness Month events are listed below.
NASA Langley Home Energy Efficiency Webinar Series
Many personnel are currently working completely or partially from home. In this course series, learn about what you can do to reduce energy usage at home and save money on utility bills. Over a series of four webinars, the Environmental Management Office will cover the following topics:
- Home Energy Efficiency Basics: October 8 from 11:00-11:45am.
This first webinar in series will cover typical home energy end-uses, basic energy saving tips, and some advanced energy savings measures to make sure your extra time at home does not translate into extra money spent on your utility bills.
Click here to download the presentation slides. Click here to download a video of the webinar.
- Building Envelope, Heating/Cooling, Ventilation, and Indoor Air Quality: October 14 from 11:00-11:45am.
This second webinar in the series will focus on the building enclosure (or envelope), as well as the machines that provide fresh air, keep the indoor temperatures comfortable, and heat water for a house. Learn about actions that can be taken to save energy by improving the performance of these building systems.
Click here to download the presentation slides. Click here to download a video of the webinar.
- Switching Heating, Hot-Water, and Cooking to Electricity: October 19 from 11:00-11:45am.
This third webinar in the Home Energy Efficiency Webinar Series will cover building electrification: the act of (and reasons for) switching space-heating, water-heating, and cooking appliances from fuel-burning equipment to electric-powered equipment. Learn about new energy-efficient air-source heat pumps, heat-pump water-heaters, and induction stoves that can cook food without the temperature control problems of an older electric (resistance) range.
Click here to download the presentation slides. Click here to download a video of the webinar
- Solar PV, Solar Thermal, and Electric Vehicles: October 26 from 11:00-11:30am.
This final webinar in the Home Energy Efficiency Webinar Series will focus on home renewable energy systems – how solar photovoltaic (PV) panels generate electricity, how solar thermal collectors can heat domestic water and/or air in a house, and what to keep in mind when considering installing solar panels on your rooftop. The presentation will also briefly review electric vehicles and the equipment for charging them at home.
Click here to download the presentation slides. Click here to download a video of the webinar.
Virtual Energy Tour
To follow up the Home Energy Efficiency presentations with real-life examples, NASA Langley Aerospace Engineer Ruth Amundsen will present a virtual energy tour of her home on October 27 from 12:00-12:30pm. If you are unable to attend, you can check out the solar tour of her home on YouTube.
Click here to download the presentation slides. Click here to download a video of the webinar.
Climate Change Discussion
NASA Langley Climate Research Scientist Dr. Patrick Taylor will present “An Interactive Discussion on Climate Change – Science and Society” from 3:00pm-4:00pm on October 28.
Our climate system is interconnected. This means that actions and events happening across the globe have local impacts. Our climate system is also changing. The accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have driven warmer temperatures, melting ice, rising seas, shifting precipitation patterns, and changing atmospheric winds. Life on Earth is sensitive to climate; human society is especially susceptible because we rely on climate-vulnerable, complex, and often fragile systems for food, water, energy, health, and security. As a result, climate touches every aspect of NASA. Not only is climate a key science focus area, but NASA’s mission is vulnerable to climate change including risk to our supply chains, our people, and our infrastructure. NASA Langley Climate Research Scientist Dr. Patrick Taylor will discuss the science of climate change, the role of NASA’s unique satellite observations in monitoring, predicting, and understanding how fast our climate is changing, and how these changes are affecting our everyday lives and NASA’s mission. We hope to open a dialogue around how climate change is impacting NASA Langley.
Click here to download a video of the webinar.
For more information on NASA’s celebration of Energy Awareness Month, feel free to visit: https://nasa.sharepoint.com/sites/EME-EWMP/SitePages/Energy%20Awareness%20Month.aspx
