Going Green
Lockheed Martin Is Focused on 'Green' Activities
Lockheed Martin’s comprehensive “Go Green” program is reducing the Corporation’s adverse impact on the environment through activities such as improved energy efficiency and reductions in waste generation and water usage. The Corporation’s long-term absolute reduction goals* through 2012 are to reduce carbon emissions, waste to landfill and water usage — each by 25 percent. Energy Lockheed Martin’s energy program supports the Corporation’s business strategies, its commitment to being a responsible corporate citizen, and its customers’ conservation objectives. Lockheed Martin continually looks for new ways to reduce its energy usage and to lower carbon dioxide emissions. Currently, the Corporation is reducing its energy usage by: Building and operating greener, more-efficient buildings, Embarking on Green IT activities, Constructing on-site renewable energy projects, and Purchasing renewable energy credits.
To date, eight Lockheed Martin buildings have achieved the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification, and an additional 20 Lockheed Martin buildings have registered for various levels of the certification. Lockheed Martin sites across the Corporation continually look for ways to improve efficiency. For example, in Camden, Ark., Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control implemented a building energy management system that uses a software system to control lighting and air conditioning. The system led to $209,124 in reduced costs and lowered demand for power, which resulted in a savings of 2,332 metric tons of carbon dioxide. At the Missile and Fire Control facility in Orlando, Fla., lighting upgrades at the facility have saved $308,451 and a reduced demand for power resulted in a savings of 2,511 metric tons of carbon dioxide.Lockheed Martin has identified information technology as a tremendous opportunity for reducing energy usage. In the past two years, Lockheed Martin has embarked on a server virtualization program that saved the Corporation $1.2 million in business costs. By eliminating the use of 1,700 computing servers, the Corporation saved more than 11 million kilowatt-hours of electricity, reducing carbon emissions by 7,000 metric tons. The Corporation is committed to enhancing efficiency by consolidating data centers; exploiting intelligent software to manage IT resource capacity; using Energy Star-rated power and cooling systems; and improving critical data center support processes and tools. To mitigate the risks of volatile fossil fuel prices, Lockheed Martin also is increasing its use of renewable energy sources, including the sun, wind, moving water, organic plant and waste material (biomass), and the earth’s heat (geothermal). In 2008, the Corporation began operating its first biomass boiler system, a project that was initiated to reduce business costs and has yielded tremendous environmental benefits as well. Today, the biomass boiler system provides steam for heating and process needs at the 1.8-million-square-foot Lockheed Martin facility in Owego, N.Y. The system is expected to decrease the facility’s carbon footprint by 9,000 metric tons a year. Across the country at a Lockheed Martin facility in Sunnyvale, Calif., an on-site solar plant designed to reduce energy usage is expected to generate savings of 1.3 million kilowatt-hours of energy per year. Lockheed Martin is a member of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Power Partnership and has been recognized by the agency as one of the country’s top green power purchasers. In the EPA’s July 2009 Top Partner Rankings, Lockheed Martin ranked 17th on the agency’s Fortune 500 Challenge List and 35th on its National Top 50 List, which is comprised of the top green power purchasers from industry, government, and colleges and universities. In 2009, Lockheed Martin purchased 98,063,334 kilowatt-hours of green power, which represents 5 percent of the Corporation’s total electricity usage. According to EPA calculations, Lockheed Martin’s green power purchase is the equivalent of purchasing enough electricity to power nearly 9,768 average American homes annually or the equivalent of avoiding the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of nearly 12,898 passenger vehicles per year. Water-Use Reductions Lockheed Martin is equally vigilant about reducing water usage. In 2008, Lockheed Martin reduced its water use by 11 percent by: Repairing leaks in pipes, Building efficiency projects, Reducing water used for landscaping, and Recycling water in processes.
Examples of water reduction projects at Lockheed Martin facilities include: - By using low-flow and other state-of-the-art technologies, the new CLE is expected to exceed building codes for water use by 42.9 percent — enough to fill a 25-meter pool each year.
- Lockheed Martin Electronic Systems in Akron, Ohio, reduced water usage by 25 percent by fixing a fire loop leak, completing the design for the fire pump water recycling system, optimizing tower water temperature to minimize evaporation and installing an ion exchange unit on the chemfilm line.
- Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore, Calif., which is managed by Lockheed Martin, reduced water usage by 10 percent by installing a computerized irrigation control system to reduce landscape irrigation water.
- Lockheed Martin Electronic Systems in Syracuse, N.Y., reduced water usage by 10 percent by changing its cooling tower treatment chemicals, which increased the cycles of concentration from 3.5 to 5. The site also repaired a significant cooling tower leak.
Waste Reduction Lockheed Martin also has made strides in reducing its waste to landfill. The Corporation has reduced its waste going to landfills by 9 percent through: One way the Corporation is reducing its waste to landfill is by partnering with suppliers on innovative packaging programs. Another is that the Corporation has in place recycling contracts that ensure that more than 95 percent of its computer equipment is recycled and does not go to landfills. In the new Lockheed Martin Center for Leadership Excellence (CLE), which opened this spring in Bethesda, Md., a number of compacting, composting and recycling projects will ensure that more than 90 percent of the site’s waste does not go to landfills. Lockheed Martin businesses are aggressively implementing waste-reduction projects as well. For example: - At Lockheed Martin Aeronautics in Fort Worth, Texas, a recycling program continues to spread across the manufacturing floor and other areas that use a high volume of foam and bubble wrap. Employees are becoming more aware of the program and make requests for collection containers in their work areas. As of November 2008, 14.88 tons of foam, bubble wrap and shrink wrap and 7.5 tons of wood have been recycled through the program.
- Lockheed Martin Aeronautics in Marietta, Ga., partnered with a vendor to design a re-usable package for the C-130 wing panels and stringers, reducing wood waste by 183,000 pounds.
- Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Services in Gaithersburg, Md., reduced waste to landfill by 14 percent through increased recycling and communication efforts. Additional waste streams were added to the recycling program, thus diverting waste from landfills.
- Lockheed Martin Electronic Systems in Moorestown, N.J., reduced waste to landfill by 50 percent by diverting waste from landfills to a waste-to-energy facility.
(* The absolute reduction targets are based on 2007 performance, and the targeted percentage of reduction will remain the same, even if business grows and prompts an increase in usage.)
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