Dive summary:

• LEED certification has been the federal government's standard for building green, but the General Services Administration thinks a switch to Green Globes would be good, and it wants to hear the public's thoughts.
• A comment period is open through April 8 for the GSA to take feedback about what system of rating green construction is going to do the government the most good.
• A couple of points on which the agency particularly wants advice are whether using an outside standard is a money-saver for the government in trying to mesh its building needs with green construction and what the feds should do about staying current with standards that evolve between required five-year reviews like the current one.

From the article:

Every five years GSA must evaluate green building certification systems and report to the Secretary of Energy the rating system and certification level that would be most likely to deliver high performance and green objectives for federal buildings. ...