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General Services Administration walking the walk while building a building
Tags: contracting , management , Kevin Kampschroer , GSA , HUD , VA , Interior , DHS , Coast Guard , Commerce , energy efficiency , Recovery Act
Agencies reduce energy usage by 12.4 percent in 2008
All but three departments met the goal to cut down the amount of energy they use by 9 percent. Agencies also expected to spend more than a billion dollars in 2009 on energy efficient projects. GSA's new rule goes into effect today requiring new leases to have an Energy Star rating.
Tags: management , James Sullivan , Richard Kidd , Kevin Kampschroer , GSA , VA , Energy , Federal Energy Management Program , House Veterans Affairs Committee , energy efficiency , Energy Star
5 Quick fixes for a drab office from GSA
The GSA's pilot program to update government offices is making them more productive, healthy and collaborative. Dianne Juba, interior design program director at GSA, talks about how they're doing it for cheap.
Tags: Federal Drive , GSA , Dianne Juba , interior design
Coast Guard Yard green and shimmering
Tags: mngt , USCG , methane power , John Slaughter
Tips to make your agency more green
Federal News Radio has compiled a list of dos and don'ts when it comes to making your agency or company more green.
Tags: greening of government , green government , green tips ,
Blue skies for green federal buildings
A new NASA facility in California is designed with the latest Space Age technology and can produce more energy than it uses. Who, and what, is next? We ask the Green Building Council's Jeremy Cohen.
Tags: Federal Drive , technology , Jeremy Cohen , Green Building Council
BRAC side effect: Greener buildings
Because of mandates requiring new DoD buildings to meet minimum requirements for environmental design, tens of thousands of Defense employees are making moves from older, energy inefficient buildings into greener ones.
Tags: DoD , BRAC , BRAC Impact , Fort Belvoir , Fort Meade , Bethesda National Naval Medical Center , LEED , U.S. Green Building Council , David Bullock , Travis Edwards , Don Carr , John Mateczun , Jared Serbu
Mobile workforce changing look of federal workspace
The General Services Administration is turning its own headquarters into a "living laboratory" by putting three employees into the space of one. GSA's Cathy Kronopolus says changing demand is being made possible by change management.
Tags: Federal Drive , GSA , pay and benefits , management , technology , Suzanne Kubota , Cathy Kronopolus
As a federal pioneer of LEED, NOAA grasps savings
From the soon-to-be renovated headquarters of the General Services Administration, to the green roof of the main New York City Post Office, the federal government is making energy-efficient-and-sustainable buildings a top priority. But a little over three years ago, one federal building in the D.C. area led the way in the design and construction of a new generation of green buildings.
Tags: green government , management , NOAA , Paul Pegnato , GSA , Tony Alonso , data center , LEED , Max Cacas , Greening of Government: buildings
GSA, Energy going alternative to run its buildings
DoE wants to make all of its roofs white or light color to help reduce the amount of heat buildings absorb. GSA is testing solar panels, geo-thermal and solar chimneys in different buildings around the country. The goal is to help reduce the government's $25 billion annual energy bill.
Tags: green government , management , Nancy Sutley , Steven Chu , Robert Peck , White House , Council on Environmental Quality , GSA , Energy , GreenGov Symposium , solar panels , Jason Miller , Greening of Government: buildings
