Nasa has awarded a contract to International Trade Bridge to support efforts to reduce the environmental impact of its activities and improve energy conservation.

The firm will provide engineering, technical and administrative support for activities under the Nasa technology evaluation for environmental risk mitigation programme, the agency’s energy programme and international collaborative efforts.

The contract will support Nasa energy and water conservation, monitoring studies, interagency working groups on hydrogen and fuel cells, programmatic environmental assurance, green engineering advancement and related administrative tasks.

The contract has a potential value of $30m over a performance period of five years.