Holo Huddle Rooms offer more realistic videoconferencing
The futuristic world of Star Trek’s Holodeck has been partially realized in videoconference rooms at Sandia.
Building Sandia: Rico Ortiz
Meet one of Sandia's first architects, hired over 30 years ago, and read his reflections on how Labs architecture has evolved.
Building Sandia: 2000 to 2020
Learn how considerations for green building practices, energy efficiency and limited space influenced Labs architecture in the 2000s and 2010s.
Then and now: Reactor facility
In 1959, the Sandia Engineering Reactor Facility was under construction. Take a look at how it stands today.
Blueprints to better buildings
In-house architects, planners and craftspeople join hands to support mission work, while saving time and money on design and construction projects.
Classified off-site hubs solidify Labs’ commitment to hybrid work
Three hubs have opened around the country, expanding the ability for remote workers and those who frequently travel to conduct classified work off-site.
Building muscle memory
Months of intense planning, organizing and coordinating culminated in Sandia’s Aug. 10 annual emergency exercise — a yearly workout to test its emergency response organization’s proficiency in responding to a site incident.
Powering the moon: Sandia researchers design microgrid for future lunar base
In partnership with NASA, Sandia researchers design reliable and resilient microgrids that could sustain astronauts, mining and fuel processing on the moon.
Equipped for emergencies
Sandia broke ground on a state-of-the-art, 25,000-square-foot Emergency Operations Center. The complex is expected to be operational by spring 2023.
Sandia creates global archive of historical renewable energy documents
The archive, which includes nearly sixty years of concentrating solar power research, is now easily and publicly accessible, a game-changer for solar researchers and engineers.