SERDP & ESTCP

We're excited to highlight a new resource from the DoD Legacy Resource Management Program, one of our partner conservation programs within OSD. This interactive story map showcases the program's impactful contributions to the stewardship of DoD's natural and cultural resources over the past few decades: https://lnkd.in/g34qKyzW DoD executes a comprehensive, partner-driven approach to the management of 27 million acres of military lands, which includes conservation research and technologies funded under SERDP and ESTCP. The Legacy Program's story map covers projects and initiatives that assist DoD in safeguarding its irreplaceable resources for future generations. It also highlights how the Legacy Program continues to evolve, leveraging partnerships and innovative solutions to address current and future conservation challenges essential to DoD’s mission. 

ESTCP just released a solicitation seeking innovative technology demonstration proposals for funding beginning in FY 2026. Pre-proposal instructions and details about the specific Topic Areas are available at https://lnkd.in/gSVyr34E. ESTCP projects reduce the technical, cost, and execution risks associated with novel technologies by demonstrating and validating them at DoD installations. Technology demonstrations collect cost and performance data to supply defense managers and end users with the information they need to implement approved technologies and facilitate DoD adoption at scale.

SERDP is partnering with Central Florida Tech Grove to conduct a comprehensive #technology scan and subsequent prize challenge focused on evaluating and deploying advanced remotely operated equipment, ground-based autonomous vehicles, and other remote-operated technologies (excluding aircraft) for use in #wildfire response, particularly in hazardous conditions. Learn more and register for our hybrid tabletop exchange event on January 24: https://lnkd.in/g6mdAU2Z

Great news! Thanks to Dr. Emily Crownover for leading this incredibly important and complex #PFAS destruction project for SERDP & ESTCP and the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)!

Our upcoming #SerdpEstcpWebinar will focus on developing systems that analyze building operations data to improve performance and #energy savings at #military installations. Learn more and register: https://bit.ly/4gu82Mk Brian Clark at U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) and Bryan Urban at Fraunhofer USA Inc. will discuss fault detection and diagnostics technologies and their potential to provide cost savings and efficiency gains, as well as automated fault detection and diagnostics for centralizing and streamlining mechanical faults in buildings.

With 1,640+ participants, this year’s DoD Energy and Environment Innovation Symposium had a record attendance from our science, technology, and defense communities. Last week was packed with technical sessions, lightning talks, posters, and technology demonstrations that showcased our efforts to drive efficiencies, reduce costs, expand partnerships, and ultimately deliver value to the warfighter. Thank you to everyone who joined us – keep innovating, and we can’t wait to see you next year!

We kicked off the 2024 DoD Energy and Environment Innovation Symposium with a tremendous plenary session that included remarks from Rebecca Isacowitz (DASD ER&O), Sherri Goodman, Dr. Kimberly Yearick Spangler Ph.D, Brig. Gen. Jacob Middleton, and Honorable Brendan Owens (ASD EI&E). They spoke on the importance of defense innovation to support our warfighters in confronting evolving threats and operating in contested environments, from installations to the battlefield.   Thank you to our featured project speakers (Dr. Nicholas Judson, Dr. Emily Crownover, and Dr. Lynne Baumgras) for also providing lightning talks on their SERDP and ESTCP-funded work to advance installation energy resilience, PFAS soil remediation, and munitions response technologies at underwater sites.

I had the distinct pleasure of interviewing Sherri Goodman yesterday at the United States Department of Defense Energy and Environment Innovation Symposium. Sherri and I discussed the severe security threats that climate change presents to our military and how innovation is providing real capability to what could have been an intractable challenge. Thanks for joining us, Sherri! SERDP & ESTCP Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment

⚡Looking for the latest #microgrid considerations for United States Department of Defense installations? Join Arizona State University's Dr. Nathan Johnson and Alexander Mobley at SERDP & ESTCP's DoD Energy and Environment Innovation Symposium Session: "Transfer Capability for #Microgrids and #Resilience for Department of Defense Installations?" 🗓 When. Thursday, December 5, 10:40 - 11:05 AM ET 📍 Where. Washington Hilton, Washington, DC, 20009 Can't Make Symposium? Register for our 2025 FREE scheduled workshops or book an individualized training. Sessions by Arizona State University (ASU) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NERL) are coming to a conference near you AND are scheduled for: 🗓 Beginner Training. April 9-11, 2025 🗓 Intermediate Training. February 6, 2025 🗓 Advanced Training. April 15-16, 2025 Learn More + Book Your #MicrogridTraining. http://bit.ly/3VvH6Eu Thank you to the United States Department of Defense’s Environmental Security Technology Certification Program SERDP & ESTCP for sponsoring our work. Arizona State University (ASU), National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NERL), Slipstream, and Converge Strategies, LLC.

To conduct its mission, DoD manages over 27 million acres across a wide variety of ecosystems and geographies around the globe. The Services need to be able to train like they fight. These sessions at the DoD Energy and Environment Symposium will discuss tools and technologies that protect natural and built DoD infrastructure, maximizing the number of training days and mission readiness. For more details, visit https://bit.ly/4e1ZhHv.