80 FR 77634 - Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings; Green Building Advisory Committee; Notification of Upcoming Conference Calls

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 240 (December 15, 2015)

Notice of these conference calls is being provided according to the requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. This notice provides the schedule for a series of conference calls, supplemented by Web meetings, for two task groups of the Green Building Advisory Committee. The conference calls are open for the public to listen in. Interested individuals must register to attend as instructed below under Supplementary Information.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 240 (Tuesday, December 15, 2015)]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[Notice-MG-2015-06; Docket No. 2015-0002; Sequence No. 7]


Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings; Green 
Building Advisory Committee; Notification of Upcoming Conference Calls

AGENCY: Office of Government-wide Policy, General Services 
Administration (GSA).

ACTION: Meeting notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice of these conference calls is being provided according 
to the requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. This notice 
provides the schedule for a series of conference calls, supplemented by 
Web meetings, for two task groups of the Green Building Advisory 
Committee. The conference calls are open for the public to listen in. 
Interested individuals must register to attend as instructed below 
under Supplementary Information.

DATES: Task group conference call dates: The conference calls will be 
held according to the following alternating schedule:
    The Energy Use Index task group will hold biweekly conference calls 
on Wednesdays beginning January 13, 2016, through April 20, 2016, from 
3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
    The Portfolio Prioritization task group will hold biweekly 
conference calls on Wednesdays beginning January 20, 2016 through April 
27, 2016, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Ken Sandler, Designated Federal 
Officer, Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings, Office of 
Government-wide Policy, General Services Administration, 1800 F Street 
NW., Washington, DC 20405, telephone 202-219-1121 (note: this is not a 
toll-free number). Additional information about the Committee, 
including meeting materials and updates on the task groups and their 
schedules, will be available on-line at http://www.gsa.gov/gbac.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Procedures for Attendance: Contact Mr. Ken Sandler at 
[email protected] to register to listen in to any or all of these 
conference calls. To attend the conference calls, submit your full 
name, organization, email address, and phone number. Requests to listen 
in to the calls must be received by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time 
(EDT), on Friday, January 9, 2016. (GSA will be unable to provide 
technical assistance to any listener experiencing technical 
difficulties. Testing access to the Web meeting site in advance of 
calls is recommended.)
    Background: The Administrator of the U.S. General Services 
Administration established the Green Building Advisory Committee with a 
notice published in the Federal Register at 76 FR 35894, on June 20, 
2011, pursuant to Section 494 of the Energy Independence and Security 
Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17123). Under this authority, the Committee 
advises GSA on the rapid transformation of the Federal building 
portfolio to sustainable technologies and practices. The Committee 
reviews strategic plans, products and activities of the Office of 
Federal High-Performance Green Buildings, and provides advice regarding 
how the Office can accomplish its mission most effectively.
    The Portfolio Prioritization task group will continue to pursue the 
motion of a committee member to ``propose a process for Federal 
agencies to consistently incorporate green building and resilience 
requirements into their capital investment criteria and strategies.'' 
The Energy Use Index task group will continue to pursue the motion of a 
committee member to ``develop guidelines for creating a new energy 
intensity metric [to reflect impacts of] densified facilities, 
centrally located workplace sites . . . and expansion of telework and 
hoteling.''
    The conference calls will focus on how the task groups can best 
refine these motions into consensus recommendations from each group to 
the full Committee, which will in turn decide whether to proceed with 
formal advice to GSA based upon these recommendations. Additional 
background information and updates will be posted on GSA's Web site at 
http://www.gsa.gov/gbac.

Kevin Kampschroer,
Federal Director, Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings, 
General Services Administration.
[FR Doc. 2015-31485 Filed 12-14-15; 8:45 am]
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