[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 13, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 58604]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-26888]
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
[Notice-MG-2017-03; Docket No. 2017-0002; Sequence 24]
Office of Federal High-Performance Buildings; Initiation of
Periodic Review of High Performance Building Certification Systems
AGENCY: Office of Government-wide Policy (OGP); General Services
Administration, (GSA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: GSA is initiating its high-performance building certification
systems review, required every five years by the Energy Independence
and Security Act (EISA) of 2007. GSA will identify a system(s) and
certification level that ``will be most likely to encourage a
comprehensive and environmentally sound approach'' to the certification
of high-performance Federal buildings.
DATES: December 13, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Patrick R. Dale, Office of Federal
High-Performance Buildings, Management and Program Analyst, 1800 F
Street NW, Washington, DC, 20405, telephone 202-999-9607, or via email,
at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In this review cycle, GSA will be directly
contacting representatives of systems that have passed GSA's screening
criteria, described below, to request completion of a survey designed
to provide GSA with detailed information about the identified system,
in order to support its data collection process.
Systems deemed to meet all of the criteria will be evaluated in
detail. GSA's screening criteria follow:
1. The certification system is currently available for use in the
U.S. commercial buildings market and is not limited to one climate zone
or geographic region.
2. The certification system addresses buildings (rather than
individual products) with multiple performance and sustainable design
attributes identified in EISA, including (but not limited to) energy,
water, natural resources and environmental quality.
3. The certification system is validated by an independent, third-
party assessor.
4. The certification system incorporates (where feasible),
measurable and/or calculated metrics to assess building performance as
opposed to evidence of intent.
GSA will request input from representatives of certification
systems meeting the above screening criteria, to better inform its
recommendation to the Secretary of Energy on what certification
system(s) best meet(s) the requirements described in Section 436 of
EISA.
GSA will provide the findings from its evaluation and set of
recommendations to the Secretary of Energy who, in consultation with
the Department of Defense and GSA, may identify the system(s) to
recommend for use across the Federal Government.
Additional information can be found online at: http://www.gsa.gov/gbcertificationreview
Dated: December 6, 2017.
Kevin Kampschroer,
Director, Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings, General
Services Administration.
[FR Doc. 2017-26888 Filed 12-12-17; 8:45 am]
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