[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 148 (Friday, August 1, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44773-44774]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-18280]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[Notice-MG-2014-03; Docket No. 2014-0002; Sequence 26]


Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings; Green 
Building Advisory Committee; Notification of Upcoming Public Advisory 
Committee Meeting and Conference Calls

AGENCY: Office of Government-Wide Policy, General Services 
Administration (GSA).

ACTION: Meeting Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice provides the schedule for conference calls of two 
task groups of GSA's Green Building Advisory Committee. Notice of these 
conference calls is being provided according to the requirements of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 10(a)(2). The calls are 
open for the public to listen in. Interested individuals must register 
to attend as directed below.

DATES: Task group conference call dates: The conference calls will be 
held according to the following schedule:
    The Building Labels task group will hold conference calls on 
Monday, August 18, 2014 and Monday, August 25, 2014, from 11:00 a.m. to 
12:00 p.m. eastern daylight time.
    The Net Zero task group will hold conference calls on Tuesday, 
August 19, 2014 and Tuesday, August 26, 2014 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 
p.m. eastern daylight time.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken Sandler, Designated Federal 
Officer, Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings, Office of 
Government-wide Policy, General Services Administration, 1800 F Street 
NW., Washington, DC 20405, telephone 202-219-1121 (Note: this is not a 
toll-free number). More information about the Committee and its task 
groups is available at http://www.gsa.gov/gbac.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Procedures for Attendance and Public Comment: Contact Ken Sandler 
at [email protected] to register to listen in to the conference 
calls. To register, submit your full name, organization, email address, 
and phone number. Requests must be received by 5:00 p.m. Eastern time, 
Friday, August 15, 2014. (GSA will be unable to provide technical 
assistance to any listener experiencing technical difficulties. Testing 
access to the Web meeting site in advance of calls is recommended.)
    Background: The Administrator of GSA established the Committee on 
June 20, 2011 (Federal Register/Vol. 76, No. 118) pursuant to Section 
494 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA, 42 
U.S.C. 17123). Under this authority, the Committee advises GSA on the 
rapid transformation of the Federal building portfolio to sustainable 
technologies and practices.
    This notice follows a June 4, 2014 notice (Federal Register/Vol. 
79, No. 107) providing information on the Wednesday, September 10, 2014 
meeting of the Advisory Committee and previous conference calls of the 
task groups.
    The Net Zero task group is pursuing the motion of a committee 
member to ``Strengthen net zero energy commitments for new and existing 
federal buildings and federal leased buildings.'' The Building Labels 
task group is pursuing the motion of a committee member to ``Require 
building performance labels [for federal buildings], including current 
energy and environmental performance.''
    The conference calls will focus on how the task groups can best 
refine these motions into consensus proposals of each group to the full 
Committee,

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which will in turn decide whether to proceed with formal advice to GSA 
based upon these recommendations.

    Dated: July 28, 2014.
Kevin Kampschroer,
Federal Director, Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings, 
General Services Administration.
[FR Doc. 2014-18280 Filed 7-31-14; 8:45 am]
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