5.3.3: Facilities
Modern, safe, and sustainable facilities Other Information:
NOAA's research, operations, and management functions are conducted in specialized facilities dispersed across the Nation,
and internationally. From highly-specialized laboratories to state-of-the-art data and computing centers, from satellite operations
facilities to energy-efficient, sustainable office facilities, NOAA must ensure its facilities provide modern, sustainable,
and safe environments to fulfill its mission successfully and to attract and retain a high-performance workforce. Like other
NOAA capital assets, NOAA's facilities require routine recapitalization, renovation, and modernization to provide state-of-theart
capabilities. To achieve this objective, NOAA is committed to modernizing its facilities, and creating sustainable, energy-efficient,
safe, and secure work environments. Reducing NOAA's carbon footprint and energy costs through the use of sustainable design
of new facilities and investments in energy-efficient building systems will be key strategies for more effective energy stewardship
of NOAA facilities. Efficiencies are also planned by leveraging targeted consolidation of dispersed facilities. Key strategies
for modernization include investments in recapitalizing NOAA's aged facility portfolio, and investments in new facilities.
Over the next five years, evidence of progress toward this objective will include: * Improved facility condition indices;
* Reduced accidents and injuries; * Increased energy efficiency in facility operations, including an increased percentage
of NOAA's total facility portfolio certified by the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design;
and * Increased operational efficiency.
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