The Ames Contractor Council and
Dr. S. Pete Worden, ARC Center Director,

Cordially invite up to six managers from
your company to attend the
Eighth Annual Ames Research Center

"Partners in Excellence" Social
October 20, 2011
Exploration Center, Ames Research Center

4:00 – 4:30 PM
Guest Speakers: Deb Feng & Tom Edwards
4:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Hors D'oeuvres and refreshments will be served

Tickets $45.00 per person

Place your reservation to the Reception here via Paypal or Credit Card (No Paypal Account needed.)

Name, Company Affiliation

$45

Option to add more than one order is available in Paypal Shopping Cart just place the number of the people attending in the box assigned before you check out. Please "remove" any unwanted orders to stay current. When you register, please make sure to send a list of the employees attending to kimberly.salazar@nasa.govfor our records and to create the badges. PayPal web pagedoes not have the option of listing the additional names at this time.

This year we are also coordinating a tour of NASA Ames new building, Sustainability Base. This building showcases NASA technology and is built to LEED Platinum standards.

The tour will be from 3:00 – 3:45 pm. There is no cost for this tour.
Please sign up for the tour by sending your email with the names of the people attending to kimberly.salazar@nasa.gov. RSVP online by Friday October 14, 2011.

Please join us for a tour of the new 50,000 sq. ft. NASA Sustainability Base building. Named in honor of the Tranquility Base of the Apollo 11 moon landing, this building is designed to incorporate some of the agency's most advanced recycling and intelligent control technologies originally developed to support NASA's human and robotic space exploration missions. These systems were designed to anticipate and react to changes in sunlight, temperature, wind, and use of resources and will automatically optimize the building's performance.

The building is designed to achieve a platinum rating under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design new construction standards for environmentally sustainable construction developed by the U.S. Green Building Council, Washington. In order to achieve sustainability, the building will have zero net energy consumption, use 90 percent less potable water than conventionally built buildings of equivalent size and reduce building maintenance costs.

To learn more about Sustainability Base please visit: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/greenspace/sustainability-base.html