EMR Experts Discuss Utility
Restructuring, Performance Contracting at NASA 2000 Environment Conference
EMR was among the organizations
going "green" at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA) 2000 Environmental Conference. The conference, held at NASA
Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California on February 28 -
March 2, 2000, attracted NASA employees and contractor professionals
with environmental management, energy conservation, facilities design,
operations and maintenance, and procurement responsibilities.
EMR President Naresh
Khosla spoke on the subject of utility restructuring, focusing on
the results of EMR's utility deregulation studies for NASA Centers
and general trends in the industry derived from EMR's experience supporting
the General Services Administration's Energy Center of Expertise.
Mr. Khosla provided practical steps for NASA energy managers to follow
to take advantage of electric utility deregulation while addressing
hot issues such as power reliability and quality, value-added services,
and cost-effectiveness.
EMR Senior Engineer
Ed St. Germain spoke on the subject of performance based contracting
for environmental services. The talk stressed the lessons learned
from EMR's work developing the NASA guide performance work statement
for Center Operations Support Services (COSS), and how NASA is expanding
the scope of this performance contracting document to include environmental
management support services. The revised guide performance work statement
describes the actions NASA facility managers must take to ensure compliance
with environmental statutes, regulations, and NASA policy guidance.
"EMR has provided
comprehensive services to NASA in two very important areas of facilities
management: developing performance-based Center operations support
service contracts and planning for electricity deregulation,"
said Rick Wickman, NASA Environmental Engineer. "We invited Naresh
Khosla and Ed St. Germain to share their expertise and lessons learned
in these areas at our biennial NASA Environmental Conference. EMR's
presentations were on the mark and enthusiastically received by NASA's
environmental and energy management community."
The conference also
featured speakers from NASA, Department of Energy, Environmental Protection
Agency, Department of the Navy, and General Services Administration.
Among the wide range of topics addressed were green building/sustainable
design and construction, sustainable design, water conservation, energy
savings performance and utility energy efficiency service contracts,
and affirmative procurement.
For more information,
contact Kate Kelly at (323) 874-3458
or kkellyemr@aol.com.
