ESTCP has selected fifty-one new projects to begin in FY 2022. These projects responded to the FY 2022 ESTCP solicitation for Environmental and Installation Energy and Water Technologies.
Topics addressed by these projects include management of impacted groundwater; technology transfer approaches; energy resilience; moisture control in buildings; affordable energy assurance at national guard readiness center and installations; technology demonstrations of energy efficiency and energy resilience solutions; planning for electrical vehicle infrastructure and management; detection, classification, localization, and remediation of military munitions in underwater environments; climate model comparative assessment for infrastructure applications; improved threatened, endangered, and at-risk species' monitoring tools; and demonstration and validation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)-free fire suppression alternatives.
The tables below list the FY 2022 ESTCP new start projects for Environmental Restoration, Installation Energy and Water, Munitions Response, Resource Conservation and Resiliency, and Weapons Systems and Platforms.
As project overviews become available, a link to each project webpage will be provided below.
| Environmental Restoration | |||
| ER Topic-22-B2: Management of Impacted Groundwater | |||
| ER22-7226 | Bioremediation of 1,4-Dioxane Using Cometabolic Bioreactors | Caitlin Bell | Arcadis, U.S., Inc. |
| ER22-7307 | Phytoremediation for Shallow Sources of PFAS Impacting Groundwater | Paul Koster van Groos | Aptim Federal Services, LLC |
| ER22-7313 | Management and Mitigation of PFAS Leaching from Concrete | Jeffrey McDonough | Arcadis, U.S., Inc. |
| ER22-7363 | Rapid and Inexpensive Delivery of Particulate Carbon for In Situ PFAS Treatment in Groundwater | Stephen Richardson | GSI Environmental Inc. |
| ER22-7381 | Using Real-time Remote Sensors to Reduce the Cost of Long-Term Monitoring and Remediation Performance Monitoring at PFAS Vadose Source Zones | Kenneth Walker | GSI Environmental Inc. |
| ER22-7422 | Building the Next Generation Long-term Monitoring Optimization Toolbox: Revitalizing the Maros Platform on the Web | Lila Beckley | GSI Environmental Inc. |
| ER22-7470 | Development and Application of Injectable Fuels/Adjuncts for In Situ Treatment of PFAS and Co-contaminants in Source Areas by Smoldering Combustion | David Major | Geosyntec Consultants |
| ER22-7482 | Demonstration-scale Evaluation of a Novel Surface-Modified Clay Adsorbent: Comparison of Fluoro-Sorb, GAC, and IX Resin for the Removal of PFAS and Co-Contaminants in Groundwater | Christopher Bellona | Colorado School of Mines |
| ER22-7543 | Cometabolic Treatment of 1,4-Dioxane and cVOCs in Groundwater Using an Isobutane-Fed Fluidized Bed Bioreactor | Todd Webster | Envirogen Technologies, Inc. |
| ER Topic-22-D1: Environmental Restoration | |||
| ER22-7338 | Pilot-Scale Demonstration of Supercritical Water Oxidation (SCWO) to Destroy PFAS in Aqueous Investigation-Derived Waste (IDW) and Concentrated Waste Streams | Ramona Iery | Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center |
| Installation Energy and Water | |||
| EW Topic-22-B1: Innovative Technology Transfer Approaches | |||
| EW22-7299 | Energy Management and Information Systems (EMIS) Technology Transfer | Jessica Granderson | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
| EW22-7348 | Transferring Capability for Microgrids and Resilience in DoD Installations | Samantha Janko | Arizona State University |
| EW Topic-22-B7/D7: Improved Energy Resilience | |||
| EW22-7217 | Demonstration of Hybrid Rooftop Unit with Thermal Storage to Improve Resilience in DoD Facilities | Xiaohui Zhou | Slipstream |
| EW22-7272 | High Temperature Subsurface Borehole Thermal Energy Storage | Ronald Falta | Clemson University |
| EW22-7287 | Water Collection From Cooling Towers | Karim Khalil | Infinite Cooling Inc. |
| EW22-7327 | Packaged Hybrid Combined Heat and Power (CHP) and Hot Water Boiler Solution for Barrack, Dormitory, or Food Service Energy Resiliency | Michael Parker | Johnson Controls Government Systems |
| EW22-7430 | High-Resolution Metering & State Estimation for Low-Cost Real-Time Awareness and Improved Microgrid Design | Tim Hansen | 350Solutions, Inc. |
| EW22-7442 | Cybersecurity for Energy Resilience | Chuck Weissenborn | Dragos, Inc |
| EW22-7467 | Physics-Informed Intelligent and Proactive Building Load Management for Energy Resilience | Fei Ding | National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
| EW22-7512 | Demonstration of a Novel Technology to Manage Electricity Demand in Grid-independent Military Microgrids | William Livingood | National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
| EW22-7278 | Advancing Energy Resilience through Demonstrating, Characterizing, and Modeling Anaerobic Co-digestion of Organic Wastes for Widespread Implementation on DoD Installations | Andrew Pfluger | United States Military Academy |
| EW22-7439 | Resilient Power Router for Energy Resiliency and Power Management | Hunter Spence | Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center |
| EW22-7479 | Geothermal District Heating and Cooling in Cold Regions | Viktoria Gisladottir | U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Cold Regions Research Laboratory |
| EW Topic-22-B8/D8: Moisture Control in DoD Buildings | |||
| EW22-7388 | Moisture Control Technology Applications for DoD Buildings in Hot-Humid Climates | Michael West | Advantek Consulting, Inc. |
| EW22-7421 | Demonstration of a Liquid Desiccant Based Dedicated Outdoor Air System | Eric Kozubal | National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
| EW22-7473 | Integrating Moisture Vulnerability and Monitoring Prioritization into Existing DoD Building Stock Sustainment Management | Margaret Kurth | U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center |
| EW Topic-22-B9: Affordable Energy Assurance at National Guard Installations | |||
| EW22-7475 | Flexible Energy Resilience Microgrid (FEM) Design | Richard Gray | S&C Electric Company |
| EW22-7486 | Affordable Multi-Energy Source and Control Solutions for National Guard Sites | Suma Jothibasu | Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. |
| EW Topic-22-B10: Technology Demonstrations to Accelerate Deployment of Energy Efficiency and Energy Resilience Solutions | |||
| EW22-7220 | Demonstration of Hybrid Energy Storage System for Peak Load Management, and Improved Energy Efficiency and Energy Resilience | Eric Yang | Energy Systems Group |
| EW22-7519 | NextGen AC Package Unit as a DoD UESC / ESPC Energy Conservation Measure | Edward Decker | Johnson Controls Government Systems |
| EW Topic-22-D5: National Guard Readiness Center Energy Assurance | |||
| EW22-7311 | Readiness Center Energy and Water Planning | Christopher Swihart | Army National Guard Bureau |
| EW22-7537 | Electric Vehicles As Mobile Power (EV‐AMP) for Texas Readiness Centers | Thomas Myers | Texas Military Department |
| EW Topic-22-D6: Effective Planning for Electrical Vehicle Infrastructure and Management | |||
| EW22-7362 | Mission Electrification: Comprehensive and Scalable Approach to Electrifying the Department of the Air Force’s Vehicle Fleet | Douglas Tucker | Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Air Force Installations, Environment, Energy (SAF/IEE) |
| EW22-7393 | EV Planner Virtual Tiger for Accelerated Adoption and Resilience | Cabell Hodge | National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
| EW22-7394 | Electric Mission Support Equipment Infrastructure and Management Study | Matt Morgan | Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division |
| EW22-7415 | A Study to Prepare DoD Installations for Electric Flightline Vehicles & Equipment | Thomas (Tom) Layne | U.S. Air Force |
| Munitions Response | |||
| MR Topic-22-B3: Detection, Classification, Localization, and Remediation of Military Munitions in Underwater Environments | |||
| MR22-7345 | Nearshore Dewatering for Cost-effective Underwater Munitions Removal | Claudio Fassardi | Jacobs Government Services Company |
| MR22-7371 | Demonstration of UAS-Based Topobathymetric Lidar for Shallow-Water Munitions Response | Gerald Thompson | ASTRALiTe |
| MR22-7454 | Demonstration of Highly Integrated Autonomous ROV-based 3DEM for Underwater Advanced Geophysical Classification | Gregory Schultz | White River Technologies |
| Resource Conservation and Resiliency | |||
| RC Topic-22-B4: Climate Model Comparative Assessment for DoD Infrastructure Applications | |||
| RC22-7256 | Fit for Purpose? An Integrative Assessment of State-of-the-Science Downscaling Methods for DoD Infrastructure Planning | Flavio Lehner | Cornell University |
| RC22-7335 | Development of a Decision Support Aid System Connecting Climate Model Downscaling and DoD Infrastructure | Gabriele Villarini | University of Iowa |
| RC Topic-22-B5: Improved Threatened, Endangered, and At-Risk Species' Monitoring Tools for Improved Training and Testing Land Utilization | |||
| RC22-7373 | Broad-scale Detection of Floral-associated Arthropods using Terrestrial Environmental DNA Techniques | Rodney Richardson | Appalachian Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science |
| RC22-7440 | Demonstration of Metabarcoding for Monitoring Bird Species Habitat Quality on DoD Installations | Jeffrey Foster | Northern Arizona University |
| RC Topic-22-D3: Resource Conservation and Resiliency | |||
| RC22-7408 | Technologies Supporting Design, Maintenance, and Operation of Linear Infrastructure on Seasonally Frozen Terrains | Tom Douglas | U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory |
| RC22-7425 | Demonstration of Environmental DNA as a Management Tool for Endangered and At-risk Pollinator Species on Military Lands | Jinelle Sperry | U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory |
| RC21-7565 | Pilot Project: Enabling WFSI Data Integration Through a Managed Data Platform | Shreyas Cholia | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
| RC22-7572 | Multi-Agency Demonstration and Evaluation of Fuel Treatment Effectiveness in Discontinuous Fuels Using a Next Generation Physics-based Model to Support DoD Wildfire Management | Robert Knight | U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground (DPG) |
| Weapons Systems and Platforms | |||
| WP Topic-22-B6: Demonstration and Validation of PFAS-Free Fire Suppression Alternatives | |||
| WP22-7456 | Demonstration and Validation of PFAS-free Fire Suppression Foam | Girish Srinivas | TDA Research, Inc. |
| WP22-7521 | Demonstration and Optimization of PFAS-Free Foams based on Siloxane Surfactants for Pool Fire Suppression | Krishnaswamy Rangan | Materials Modification Inc |
| WP Topic-22-D4: Weapons Systems and Platforms | |||
WP22-7303
| Chrome-free Twin Wire Arc Spray Coatings for Corrosion Protection of US Navy Ships and Other DoD Assets | James Tagert | Naval Research Laboratory |
| WP22-7328 | Demonstration and Validation of an Ultrasonic Activated De-Paint Pilot Line at the Advanced Technology and Training Center near Robins AFB | Greg Liscombe | Air Force Sustainment Center, EN |
