Notice2024-16493
Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings; Green Building Advisory Committee; Notification of Upcoming Public Meetings
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Published
July 26, 2024
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General Services Administration
Abstract
In accordance with the requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, this notice provides the agenda for three separate open public meetings of the Green Building Advisory Committee (GBAC or the Committee). The meetings are open to the public to observe and will be held either entirely online or include an online option. Online attendees are required to register in advance to attend as instructed below.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 144 (Friday, July 26, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60633-60634]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16493]
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
[Notice-MG-2024-03; Docket No. 2024-0002; Sequence No. 35]
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, as amended, this notice provides the agenda for three
separate open public meetings of the Green Building Advisory Committee
(GBAC or the Committee). The meetings are open to the public to observe
and will be held either entirely online or include an online option.
Online attendees are required to register in advance to attend as
instructed below.
DATES: The Committee plans the following three meetings.
<bullet> GBAC August 13th Public Meeting: GSA's Green Building
Certification System (GBCS) Review Briefing
[cir] Tuesday, August 13th from Noon-2 p.m. eastern time, (ET)
(Virtual Only via Zoom)
<bullet> GBAC September 26th Public Meeting: Artificial Intelligence
(AI) and Federal Buildings
[cir] Thursday, September 26th from 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. ET
(Virtual Only via Zoom)
<bullet> GBAC October 22nd Public Meeting: Green Building Advisory
Committee Fall Meeting
[cir] Tuesday, October 22nd, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., ET (Hybrid, in person
and online via Zoom)
ADDRESSES: The GBAC October 22nd Public Meeting will be held at
National Academies of Science, NAS Board Room, 201 Constitution Ave.,
Washington, DC. The other two meetings will be virtual only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Michael Bloom, Designated Federal
Officer, Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings, Office of
Government-wide Policy, GSA, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#90f7f2f1f3d0f7e3f1bef7ffe6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e186838082a1869280cf868e97">[email protected]</span></a> or 312-805-6799.
Additional information about the Committee, including meeting materials
and agendas, will be made available on-line at <a href="https://www.gsa.gov/gbac">https://www.gsa.gov/gbac</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
<bullet> GBAC August 13th Public Meeting: GSA's Green Building
Certification System (GBCS) Review Briefing
[cir] Agenda: GBCS Review Review
[ssquf] Opening & Welcome
[ssquf] GBCS brief--Bryan Steverson; GSA
[ssquf] Discussion--GBAC Members
[ssquf] Public Comment
[ssquf] Adjourn
[cir] Details: The public meeting will consist of a briefing by
GSA's Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings to the
Committee about the 2024 Green Building Certification System Review
Findings Report (Findings Report) The Findings Report can be accessed
at <a href="https://www.gsa.gov/gbcertificationreview">https://www.gsa.gov/gbcertificationreview</a>. This report summarizes
GSA's formal review of six green building certification systems (BOMA
BEST, BREEAM, Green Globes, LEED, Living Building Challenge, and
Passive House US, Inc). These systems were assessed against a set of
review criteria contained in statute that evaluate how they were
developed and how the systems align with current federal green building
performance requirements.
<bullet> GBAC September 26th Public Meeting: Artificial Intelligence
(AI) and Federal Buildings
[cir] Agenda: AI & Federal Buildings
[ssquf] Welcome & Opening Remarks
[ssquf] AI in Operations (Panel)
[ssquf] AI in Renovations (Panel)
[ssquf] AI in New Construction (Panel)
[ssquf] Public Comment
[ssquf] Closing Remarks & Adjourn
[cir] Details: This public meeting will investigate the
opportunities AI offers GSA to optimize resources and improve facility
operations and consider how AI technologies can accelerate building
decarbonization.
<bullet> GBAC October 22nd Public Meeting: Green Building Advisory
Committee Fall Meeting
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[cir] Agenda GBAC Fall Meeting
[ssquf] Updates and Introductions
[ssquf] Ethics Review
[ssquf] Buy Clean Implications Task Group: Proposed Advice Letter
[ssquf] AI and Federal Buildings Update
[ssquf] Health and Wellbeing in Federal Buildings Update
[ssquf] New Committee Topics and Directions
[ssquf] Public Comment
[ssquf] Next Steps and Closing Comments
[cir] Details: This public meeting will serve as an annual review
of GBAC activities. Members will have the opportunity to ask questions
about ongoing Task Group work and suggest future topics they wish to
investigate.
Procedures for Attendance and Public Comment
To register to observe any or all of these public meetings, please
send the following information via email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8ee9ecefedcee9fdefa0e9e1f8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1572777476557266743b727a63">[email protected]</span></a>: your first
and last name, organization and email address, the meeting(s) you wish
to attend, and whether you would like to provide public comment.
Requests to observe meetings must be received by 5 p.m. ET on the
Tuesday before the meeting in question.
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 Mr.
Bloom at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3057525153705743511e575f46"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7017121113301703115e171f06">[email protected]</span></a> at least five 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
(76 FR 35894) 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.
Kinga Hydras,
Acting Director, Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings,
General Services Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-16493 Filed 7-25-24; 8:45 am]
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