Notice2023-08769
Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings; Green Building Advisory Committee; Notification of Upcoming Public Meetings
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Published
April 28, 2023
Issuing agencies
General Services Administration
Abstract
In accordance with the requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this notice provides the agenda for an in-person and Web-based (hybrid) meeting of the Green Building Advisory Committee (the Committee) and a series of Web-based meetings of the Committee's new Green Leasing Task Group (the Task Group). The in-person meeting is open to the public and the site is accessible to individuals with disabilities. All meetings are open for the public to observe; online attendees are required, and in-person attendees are encouraged to register in advance to attend as instructed below.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 82 (Friday, April 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 26311]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08769]
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
[Notice-MG-2023-01; Docket No. 2023-0002; Sequence No. 14]
Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings; Green
Building Advisory Committee; Notification of Upcoming Public Meetings
AGENCY: Office of Government-wide Policy, General Services
Administration (GSA).
ACTION: Meeting notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, this notice provides the agenda for an in-person and
Web-based (hybrid) meeting of the Green Building Advisory Committee
(the Committee) and a series of Web-based meetings of the Committee's
new Green Leasing Task Group (the Task Group). The in-person meeting is
open to the public and the site is accessible to individuals with
disabilities. All meetings are open for the public to observe; online
attendees are required, and in-person attendees are encouraged to
register in advance to attend as instructed below.
DATES: The Committee's hybrid meeting will be held Wednesday, May 10,
2023, online and in-person from 10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Central Time
(11:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Eastern Time) at the Minneapolis Marriott City
Center, 30 South 7th Street Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, 55402. In
addition, the Committee's Green Leasing Task Group will hold a series
of Web-based meetings on alternate Thursdays from May 18, 2023, through
December 14, 2023, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time (ET).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Ken Sandler, Designated Federal
Officer, Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings, Office of
Government-wide Policy, GSA, 1800 F Street NW, (Mail-code: MG),
Washington, DC 20405, at 202-219-1121, or at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3552575456755246541b525a43"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f99e9b989ab99e8a98d79e968f">[email protected]</span></a>. Additional
information about the Committee, including meeting materials and
agendas, will be made available on-line at <a href="http://www.gsa.gov/gbac">http://www.gsa.gov/gbac</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Procedures for Attendance and Public Comment
To obtain information on observing any or all of these meetings,
please follow the instructions on the Committee website at: <a href="https://www.gsa.gov/governmentwide-initiatives/federal-highperformance-green-buildings/policy/green-building-advisory-committee/advisory-committee-meetings">https://www.gsa.gov/governmentwide-initiatives/federal-highperformance-green-buildings/policy/green-building-advisory-committee/advisory-committee-meetings</a>. Registrants will be asked to provide your full name,
organization and email address, which meetings you would like to
observe, and, for the hybrid May 10, 2023 meeting, whether you plan to
attend in-person or online, and whether you would like to provide
public comment. Requests to observe the May 10, 2023 meeting virtually
must be received by 5:00 p.m. ET, on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 in order to
receive the meeting information. Registration for in-person attendance
is highly encouraged.
Requests to observe the full series of Task Group meetings must be
received by 5:00 p.m. ET, on Monday, May 15, 2023. After that time,
requests to observe ongoing Task Group meetings must be received by
5:00 p.m. ET on the Monday before the meeting in question. Since Task
Group meetings are conducted as a series, it will be most useful to
observe all or most of them from the start.
For all online meetings, Web meeting attendance information will be
provided following registration. Time will be provided at all meetings
for public comment wherever possible.
GSA will be unable to provide technical assistance to any listener
experiencing technical difficulties. Testing access to the Web meeting
site before the calls is recommended. To request an accommodation, such
as closed captioning, or to ask about accessibility, please contact Dr.
Sandler at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b6d1d4d7d5f6d1c5d798d1d9c0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="593e3b383a193e2a38773e362f">[email protected]</span></a> at least 10 business days prior to the meeting
to give GSA as much time as possible to process the request.
Background
The Administrator of GSA established the Committee on June 20, 2011
(Federal Register/Vol. 76, No. 118) pursuant to Section 494 of the
Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA, 42 U.S.C. 17123).
Under this authority, the Committee provides independent policy advice
and recommendations to GSA to advance federal building innovations in
planning, design, and operations to reduce costs, enable agency
missions, enhance human health and performance, and minimize
environmental impacts.
May 10, 2023 Meeting Agenda
<bullet> Introductions
<bullet> GSA Updates
<bullet> Federal Building Decarbonization Task Group Update
<bullet> Federal Green Leasing:
[cir] The Challenge and Proposed Plans
[cir] Public Discussion: How to Engage the Commercial Building Market?
<bullet> Additional Public Comment and Closing Comments
Green Leasing Task Group
The Green Leasing Task Group will explore and recommend approaches
to help GSA meet federal requirements for net zero greenhouse gas
emissions in its leasing of space in privately-owned commercial
buildings for federal use.
The purpose of these Web-based meetings is for the Task Group to
develop consensus recommendations for submission to the full Committee.
The Committee will, in turn, deliberate on the Task Group
recommendations and decide whether to proceed with formal advice to GSA
based upon them.
Kevin Kampschroer,
Federal Director, Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings,
General Services Administration.
[FR Doc. 2023-08769 Filed 4-27-23; 8:45 am]
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