- Tuesday is deadline to register for an online "listening session" July 10 about the General Services Administration's review of green building standards, including whether to use third-party ratings. You can register as a participant or a listener.
- GSA is working with the Energy and Defense departments in a required five-year review of how U.S. agencies should measure efforts to save energy and other resources in federal buildings.
- The focus is to decide among three outside sdtandards that passed a screening process in March: Green Building Initiative’s Green Globes® (2010), U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design® (2009), and the International Living Building Institute’s Living Building Challenge™ (2011).
From the article:
The General Services Administration (GSA) will issue a recommendation in the fall on whether the federal government should: (1) continue using a third-party certification system as the primary federal standard for energy-saving green buildings; and (2) determine if other certification systems, besides LEED, should be accepted.
