Greening Federal Buildings
GSA, the government’s largest civilian landlord, leads the way in green building design, construction, retrofit and sustainable operations and maintenance. Through its commitment to sustainable design, GSA pledges to serve as a forward thinking and responsible steward of our nation’s economic and natural resources.
GREEN PROGRAMS AT GSA
GUIDANCE AND POLICY
- Energy Efficient Commercial Building Tax Deduction (179D) bulletin
- Facilities Standards (P100)
- GSA’s Climate Change Adaptation Policy Statement [PDF; 184.70 KB]
- GSA’s Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan
- Guiding Principles for Federal Leadership in High Performance and Sustainable Buildings
- Memorandum of Understanding on Environmental Justice and Executive Order 12898
ONLINE TOOLS
PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS
- Applied Research Publications
- Assessing Green Building Performance: A Post Occupancy Evaluation of 12 GSA Buildings
- Re-Assessing Green Building Performance: A Post Occupancy Evaluation of 22 GSA Buildings
- Expanding Our Approach to Sustainable Design [PDF; 2.98 MB]
- Green Building Certification System Review [HTML]
- GSA Net Zero Renovation Challenge Charrette
- National Academies Report: Achieving High-Performance Federal Facilities – Strategies and Approaches for Transformational Change
- Putting Energy Research into Practice
- Submetering of Building Energy and Water Usage [PDF; 3.33 MB]
- Sustainability Matters [PDF; 11.06 MB]
- Sustainable Building Rating Systems Summary
- Workplace Matters [PDF; 3.61 MB]
OTHER RESOURCES
