The Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) and the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) are the Department of Defense's environmental, resilience, and installation energy and water research programs, harnessing the latest science and technology to improve DoD’s environmental performance, reduce costs, and enhance and sustain mission capabilities. The Programs respond to environmental, resilience, and installation energy and water technology requirements that are common to all of the Military Services, complementing the Services’ research programs. SERDP and ESTCP promote partnerships and collaboration among academia, industry, the Military Services, and other Federal Agencies. They are independent programs managed from a joint office to coordinate the full spectrum of efforts, from basic and applied research to field demonstration and validation.
SERDP is the DoD’s environmental and resilience science and technology program, planned and executed in partnership with the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), with participation by numerous other federal and non-federal organizations. SERDP invests across a broad spectrum of basic and applied research, as well as advanced development.
ESTCP is the DoD’s environmental, resilience, and installation energy and water technology demonstration and validation program. The Program was established in 1995 to promote the transfer of innovative technologies that have successfully established proof of concept to field or production use. ESTCP demonstrations collect cost and performance data to overcome the barriers to employ an innovative technology because of concerns regarding technical or programmatic risk, the so-called “Valley of Death.”
Organizational Structure
SERDP and ESTCP are independent programs that are jointly managed on behalf of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Energy, Installations and Environment). The joint office is located at the Pentagon. In this joint program structure, the management staff has insight into the entire range of scientific and technical issues associated with an environmental problem, from basic research questions through implementation.
The director, deputy director, five program managers, and financial officer for both programs are located in this joint office. All SERDP and ESTCP projects are managed within six Program Areas.
SERDP and ESTCP Office
Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Energy Resilience & Optimization)
3500 Defense Pentagon, RM 5C646
Washington, DC 20301-3500
