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GSA headquarters to become model green building
Agency plans on adding solar power, heating water through solar thermal processes and restoring the windows so they open. Along with GSA, several other agencies are due for major renovation through the Recovery Act, and all will be more energy efficient. GSA also is applying green requirements to all new major leased buildings starting in January.
Tags: contracting , management , Kevin Kampschroer , GSA , HUD , VA , Interior , DHS , Coast Guard , Commerce , Recovery Act
GSA wins sustainable building awards
Agency says these awards are recognition of its commitment to greening the government. GSA also using Recovery Act funding to install solar panels at federal facilities nationwide.
Tags: management , Stephen Leeds , J. David Hood , GSA , State , Building Owners and Managers Association , green government , sustainability , Recovery Act , Rachel Stevens
GSA reorganizes to better green the government
Agency moves Federal High-Performance Green Buildings office to Office of Governmentwide Policy. GSA also creates the first Chief Greening Officer in the Public Buildings Service.
Tags: management , Kevin Kampschroer , Martha Johnson , Michael Robertson , Scott Conner , GSA , green government
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 , Green buildings , Energy Star
Nuclear Security Administration goes thin and green
The Energy bureau has a goal to cut the carbon footprint by almost a third. GSA is helping agencies meet governmentwide green goals by providing measuring tools, training and acquisition assistance.
Tags: contracting , technology , Steve Kempf , Robert Brese , NNSA , GSA , DoE , EPA , White House , AFCEA Bethesda , Thin clients , green purchasing , cybersecurity , Sustainability executive order
Energy's Solar Decathlon features green homes
This might not be the best weekend for it weather-wise, but the Energy Department's solar decathlon is running on the Mall this weekend.
Tags: richard king , Energy , solar decathlon , In Depth , green government
Federal leaders believe in energy efficiency
A new of 201 government leaders asked participants to rate the importance of energy efficiency within their agencies, rate the agencies' ability to comply with federal energy efficiency requirements, identify obstacles to that compliance and identify attitudes towards energy efficiency within the agency. Schneider Electric's Jim Plourde has details.
Tags: Federal Drive , green government , Zogby poll , Alliance to Save Energy , Schneider Electric , Jim Plourde
Green Government
Tags: GSA , tech , Energy savings , green technologies , Kevin Kampshroer
GSA works with contractors to increase energy efficiency
Nancy Gillis, the director of the Supply Chain Emissions program management office at the General Services Administration, tells Federal News Radio how it's working with contractors to increase their energy efficiency.
Tags: Nancy Gillis , GSA , green government , AFCEA IT Day , contracting
DoD, Energy to fund new hybrid energy research
The Defense and Energy departments will team up on a pair of multimillion dollar research projects. The goal is to give the military access to secure, reliable renewable energy, both in deployed units and on military bases.
Tags: DoD , DoE , ARPA-E , Ray Mabus , Quadrennial Defense Review , Navy , Renewable energy , DoD budget , Mike McCord , Jared Serbu
