[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 178 (Friday, September 13, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56703-56704]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-22364]
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
[Notice-MG-2013-03; Docket No. 2013-0002; Sequence 29]
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: Notice of this meeting and these conference calls is being
provided according to the requirements of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 10(a)(2). This notice provides the agenda
and schedule for the November 12, 2013, meeting of the Green Building
Advisory Committee Meeting (the Committee) and the schedule for a
series of conference calls, supplemented by Web meetings, for two task
groups of the Committee. The meeting is open to the public and the site
is accessible to individuals with disabilities. The conference calls
are open for the public to listen in. Interested individuals must
register to attend as instructed below under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
DATES: Meeting date: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 12,
2013, starting at 9:00 a.m. Eastern time, and ending no later than 3:30
p.m.
Task group conference call dates: The conference calls will be held
according to the following schedule:
The Net Zero task group will hold conference calls every Wednesday
from October 2nd to November 6th from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Eastern
time.
The Building Labels task group will hold conference calls every
Friday from October 4th to November 8th from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Eastern time.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken Sandler, Designated Federal
Officer,
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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). Additional information about the Committee,
including meeting materials and updates on the task groups and their
schedules, will be available on-line at http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/121999.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Procedures for Attendance and Public
Comment: Contact Ken Sandler at 202-219-1121 to register to attend the
meeting and/or listen in to and obtain call-in numbers and Web meeting
information for any or all of these conference calls. To attend the
meeting and/or conference calls, submit your full name, organization,
email address, and phone number. Requests to attend the November 12
meeting must be received by 5:00 p.m. eastern standard time on
Wednesday, November 6, 2013. Requests to listen in to the calls must be
received by 5:00 p.m. Eastern time, Monday, September 30. (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.)
Contact Ken Sandler at 202-219-1121 to register to comment during
the November 12th meeting's public comment period. Registered speakers/
organizations will be allowed a maximum of 5 minutes each and will need
to provide written copies of their presentations. Requests to comment
at the meeting must be received by 5:00 p.m. eastern standard time on
Wednesday, November 6, 2013. Written comments also may be provided to
Mr. Sandler at [email protected] until 5:00 p.m. eastern standard
time Wednesday, November 6, 2013.
Background: The Green Building Advisory Committee provides advice
to GSA as specified in Public Law 110-140, as a mandatory Federal
advisory committee. Under this authority, the Committee advises GSA on
the rapid transformation of the Federal building portfolio to
sustainable technologies and practices. The Committee focuses primarily
on reviewing strategic plans, products and activities of the Office of
Federal High-Performance Green Buildings and providing advice regarding
how the Office can most effectively accomplish its mission.
The Net Zero task group will consider a 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 will consider a 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 recommendations of each group to
the full committee, which will in turn decide whether to proceed with
formal advice to GSA based upon these recommendations.
November 12th Meeting Agenda
Introductions & Plans for Today's Meeting
Committee Membership Renewal Plans
Net Zero Federal Buildings
Federal Building Performance Labels
Lunch
Update: GSA Sustainability Plan Progress
GSA Green Building Demonstration Projects
Additional Project Updates
Public Comment Period
Detailed agendas, background information and updates for the
meeting and conference calls will be posted on GSA's Web site at http://www.gsa.gov/portal/category/102591.
Meeting Access: The Committee will convene its November 12, 2013,
meeting at the U.S. Department of the Interior building, Rachel Carson
Room, 1849 C Street, NW., Washington DC 20240, and the site is
accessible to individuals with disabilities.
Dated: September 6, 2013.
Kevin Kampschroer,
Federal Director, Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings,
General Services Administration.
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