CTC’s environmental stewardship begins at our own offices and laboratories where diligent quality and environmental, health, and safety management (EHS), has led to many benefits for the organization, our employees, and our clients.  These benefits include higher quality and productivity; improved EHS performance; and reduced costs.  CTC knows that EHS programs are good for the environment and the bottom line.  We have many success stories.  For example:

• Through a five-year energy conservation program, a 35% reduction in kilowatt hours was achieved . . . resulting in a $344,000 cumulative savings.

• Buying green means choosing products and services that conserve energy and other precious natural resources.  We have already increased our green purchases by 16% and will continue to improve that percentage.

• A program initiated to minimize the impacts of employee travel on the environment has also achieved reduced costs.  To date, rental car usage has increased over personal car usage, saving $31,000 in one year and resulting in increased miles per gallon.  The use of hybrid rental vehicles and car-pool incentives are currently being explored.

• Our ambitious recycling program has already saved nearly 5,000 trees.

CTC Operates the National Defense Center for Energy and Environmental (NDCEE)

CTC has gained industry-leading experience in environmental and energy programs through its operation of the National Defense Center for Energy and Environment (NDCEE) (Formerly National Defense Center for Environmental Excellence).  NDCEE was established in 1991, with the directive to serve as a national leadership organization to address high priority environmental, safety, and occupational health problems for the DoD, other government organizations, and the industrial community.  Visit www.ndcee.ctc.com to observe the breadth of our experience, which CTC leverages for its clients daily.

CTC Operates the Fuel Cell Test and Evaluation Center (FCTec)

CTC is an industry leader in developing all major types of fuel cells and fuel cell applications.  A fuel cell is a device that converts the chemical energy of a fuel (hydrogen, natural gas, methanol, gasoline, etc.) and an oxidant (air or oxygen) into electricity.  The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Fuel Cell Test and Evaluation Center (FCTec), which conducts independent, unbiased testing and validation of fuel cell and fuel processor systems for both military and commercial applications, is operated by CTC.  The FCTec was established in 1998 through a collaborative effort between CTC and the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (ERDC/CERL).  Since its inception, the FCTec has been a premier test and demonstration facility for fuel cell systems, both stationary and mobile.  The FCTec is now advancing its capabilities and services in the research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E) of alternative power and energy (P&E) systems.  Visit www.fctec.com to learn more.

Representative Projects

In addition to the work we perform through the NDCEE and the FCTec, the following projects represent the high caliber of work that CTC provides clients in the areas of energy and environmental sustainability: