Dive Summary:

• The White House Council on Environmental Quality and the Office of Management Budget released details on yearly sustainability scorecards, which are used to determine if government facilities are practicing energy reduction techniques and practices.
• The General Services Administration and Department of State each performed well by implementing energy efficient changes.
• Poor ratings were reflected in the red scorecards administered to Department of Defense, while the Department of Energy garnered a red rating for being found lacking in the green building category, while receiving a green score in all other areas.

From the article:

"The scorecards provide federal agencies with ratings of red, yellow or green based on the extent to which they satisfy the requirements of Executive Order 13415."

"The Department of State... has over 10 million square feet of LEED registered or certified space, including many US embassies situated in countries around the world."

"Ten per cent of the GSA’s massive portfolio of buildings are now green, up from eight per cent last year, and well on track to achieve its target of 15 per cent by 2015."