Ada, Oklahoma - Archive

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Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Center

This page houses older environmental information about EPA's Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Center in Ada, Oklahoma. View the laboratory's current facility page.

In April 2005, EPA entered into a three-year contract with Sterling Planet , to purchase 3 million kilowatt hours (kWh) of green power annually in the form of renewable energy certificates (RECs). Procured by the Defense Energy Support Center , this contract supports the generation of renewable energy from wind turbines at facilities located in Wyoming, California, and Nebraska, and will help offset 100 percent of annual electricity use at the Ada laboratory.

As part of the facility's ESPC, Ada was one of the first EPA facilities to be retrofit in conjunction with the Labs21 program, which focuses on improving the environmental performance of public and private sector laboratories in the United States.