Federal Green Building Council

Vision: In pursuit of its core mission, each Federal agency practices sustainable environmental stewardship, restoring and renewing resources for this and future generations.

Mission: The Federal government plans, acquires, sites, designs, builds, operates, maintains, and disposes of facilities in a manner that achieves our agencies' functional missions, uses sound financial practices, provides a healthy and safe workplace, and protects and sustains the environment. The Federal Green Building Council guides research and policy development among Federal agencies to empower them to be world leaders in green building.

Core Practices: The Federal government will use resources efficiently and effectively, protect our natural environment, and create a healthy built environment by:

• Leading by example: As the largest purchaser of goods and services in the world, the Federal government will demonstrate leadership and transform the market;
• Planning holistically: The Federal government will research, demonstrate, and use life cycle assessments, cradle-to-cradle design and construction methodologies, and whole building design guidance to achieve the most effective result for the taxpayer, the worker, and the environment;
• Working together: The Federal government will build partnerships, communicate, and educate, in and outside the Federal government, about green building policies, practices, and programs; and
• Measuring performance: The Federal government will identify performance goals, best practices, and policies; establish long-term improvement objectives; identify barriers and solutions; and then use specific criteria and metrics to measure actual performance and ensure effective implementation.

• Optimize site potential, including in ways that strengthen neighborhoods, promote economic opportunity, and improve transportation
• Protect and conserve natural resources, including water, materials, and the atmosphere
• Expand renewable energy consumption, and ultimately create net energy
• Effectively and efficiently use materials, and ultimately recover materials for use in new products and services
• Provide a safe, healthy, and productive built environment for inhabitants and users
• Reduce facility life-cycle costs and optimize operations and maintenance costs
• Use green products and services

Participants

Department of Commerce:
Pete Wixted, Environmental Program Manager, pwixted@doc.gov
Regina Larrabee, Energy Manager, 202-482-3580, rlarrabee@doc.gov
Denise Wells, Acting Director, Office of Administrative Services, 202/482-1200, dwells@doc.gov
Alternate: Jim Woods, Director, Office of Real Estate, 202/482-1200, JWoods@doc.gov

Department of Defense:
Philip W. Grone, Principal Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations and Environment, 703-697-5371, philip.grone@osd.mil
Alternate: Dr. Get Moy, Director of Installations Requirements & Management, 703-695-6774, get.moy@osd.mil,

Department of Energy:
Mark Ginsberg, Senior Executive, on EERE's Board of Directors, 202-586-1394, mark.ginsberg@ee.doe.gov

Environmental Protection Agency:
Bill Sanders, Deputy Ass't Administrator (Prevention, Pesticides & Toxic Substances), 202-564-2188, sanders.william@epa.gov

General Services Administration:
Don Horn, Acting Director, Office of Business Performance Environmental Strategies, Public Building Service, 202-501-4525, donald.horn@gsa.gov

Department of Health and Human Services:
Charles Blumberg, Architect, National Institutes of Health, 301-496-3860, blumberc@ors.od.nih.gov
Camille Beben, Director, Division of Real Property Policy and Management Programs, 202-619-3690, camille.beben@hhs.gov
Julia P. Chlarson, Architect, Centers for Disease Control, 404-498-2645, zkq0@cdc.gov

Department of Homeland Security:
Bill McGovern, Office of Safety and Environment, 202-692-4225, bill.mcgovern@dhs.gov
Edmund Tupay, Senior Engineer, Office of Real Property Asset Management, edmund.Tupay@dhs.gov

Department of the Interior:
Marc Koenings, Commissioner of New York City Harbor Parks
Dan Wenk, Manager, Denver Service Center, 303-969-2100, Dan_Wenk@nps.gov

Department of Labor:
Patrick Pizzella, Agency Environmental Executive, pizzella-patrick@dol.gov
Terrance Wear, wear.terrance@dol.gov

National Aeronautics and Space Administration:
Richard Wickman, Acting Director, Environmental Management Division, 202-358-0230, richard.a.wickman@nasa.gov
Calvin Williams, Facilities Engineer, 202-358-2322, calvin.williams@nasa.gov

Social Security Administration:
Bette Hoffman, Director, Division of Field Support and Delegated Programs, Office of Facilities Management, bette.hoffman@ssa.gov

Department of State:
Vincent J. Chaverini, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations, 202-647-1638, chaverinvj@state.gov
Alternate: Steven J Rodriguez, 202-647-1638, rodriguezsj@state.gov
Robert H. Sanders, 202-736-7827, sandersrh@state.gov

Tennessee Valley Authority:
David R. Zimmerman, Manager, Sustainable Design, 423-751-7708, drzimmerman@tva,gov
Alternate: Stephen L. Brothers, Manager, Energy Legislation and Management, 423-751-7708, slbrothers@tva.gov

United States Postal Service: Ujwala Tamaskar, Manager, Design & Construction, ujwala.tamaskar@usps.gov

Projects

The Council, working closely with OFEE and the Interagency Sustainability Working Group, is working on four key items:

• Measuring Performance: The Federal government should develop the appropriate green building performance criteria and study the impacts of using green building techniques.
• Identifying Research and Development Needs: The Federal government should work in partnership with research universities and other organizations to effectively communicate the latest research findings, identify research needs, and identify how best to meet those needs in the green building field.
• Developing Life Cycle Cost Assessment Tools: The Federal government should work with others to develop effective, easy-to-use life cycle assessment and cost tools to improve management of Federal assets.
• Sharing Information: The Federal government should more effectively share green building information, tools, and resources.