[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 19, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65166-65167]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-27437]
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
[Notice-MG-2018-03; Docket No. 2018-0002; Sequence No. 35]
Office of Federal High-Performance 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 this meeting and these conference calls is being
provided according to the requirements of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act. This notice provides the agendas and schedules for the
May 16, 2019 meeting of the Green Building Advisory Committee (the
Committee), as well as the schedule for a series of conference calls
for two task groups of the Committee.
DATES:
Meeting date: The spring meeting of the Committee will be held on
Thursday, May 16, 2019, starting at 10 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time
(EDT), and ending no later than 4 p.m. EDT.
The two subcommittees will have alternate weekly conference calls,
one call every other week, beginning Wednesday, January 9, 2019,
through Wednesday, May 8, 2019, from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
The Building and Grid Integration Task Group, Phase II will hold
recurring, bi-weekly conference calls on Wednesdays beginning January
9, 2019, through May 1, 2019, from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m., EDT.
The Data-Integrated Building Systems Task Group will hold
recurring, weekly conference calls on Wednesdays, beginning January 16,
2019, through May 8, 2019, from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m., EDT.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 1800 F Street NW, Room 1425,
Washington, DC 20405. The in-person meeting is open to the public and
the site is accessible to individuals with disabilities. The task group
conference calls are open for the public to listen in. Interested
individuals must register to attend as instructed below under
Supplementary Information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Michael Bloom, Group Federal
Officer, Office of Federal High-Performance Buildings, Office of
Government-wide Policy, General Services Administration, 1800 F Street
NW, Washington, DC 20405, at email address [email protected].
Additional information about the Committee, including meeting materials
and agendas, will be available on-line at http://www.gsa.gov/gbac.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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
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federal building innovations in planning, design, and operations to
reduce costs, enable agency missions, enhance human health and
performance, and minimize environmental impacts.
The purpose of the GBAC Meeting is to convene experts in buildings,
including architects, material suppliers, construction contractors,
environment, health, security and transportation to accelerate the
successful transformation of the Federal building portfolio to
sustainable technologies and practices.
The Building and Grid Integration Task Group, Phase II will build
on the recommendations of the first phase of this Task Group, to
prioritize federal building and grid integration strategies and develop
implementation plans and scenarios with future rate structures,
including consideration of EVs and energy storage.
The Data-Integrated Building Systems Task Group will document and
recognize data-integrated building system (e.g., smart building system)
use cases that demonstrate the business case and quantify the multiple
benefits of integrating building technologies and systems.
The conference calls will allow the task groups to develop
consensus recommendations to the full Committee, which will, in turn,
decide whether to proceed with formal advice to GSA based upon these
recommendations.
Meeting participants will provide advice and expertise regarding
how the Office of Federal High-Performance Buildings can most
effectively accomplish its mission. Subcommittees will present their
findings to the full committee for feedback and direction. Participants
will discuss topics about which the Committee would like to engage,
especially those related to market failures that the Federal government
might substantially impact with cost-effective solutions.
Procedures for Attendance and Public Comment
Contact Mr. Michael Bloom at [email protected] to register to
attend the in-person meeting or listen to any of these conference
calls. To attend any of these events, submit your full name,
organization, email address, and phone number, and which you would like
to attend. Requests to attend the conference calls must be received by
5:00 p.m. EDT; on Friday, January 4, 2019 (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). Requests to attend the May 16, 2019 meeting must be
received by 5:00 p.m., EDT, on Friday, January 4, 2019.
Contact Mr. Bloom to register to comment during the May 16, 2019
meeting public comment period. Registered speakers/organizations will
be allowed a maximum of five (5) minutes each, and will need to provide
written copies of their presentations. Requests to comment at the
meeting must be received by 5:00 p.m., EDT, on Friday, January 4, 2019.
Written comments may be provided to Mr. Bloom by the same deadline.
May 16, 2019 Meeting Agenda
Updates and introductions.
Building-grid integration task group findings &
recommendations.
Lunchtime speaker (TBD).
Data-integrated building systems task group findings &
recommendations.
Additional topics proposed by Committee members.
Public comment.
Next steps and closing comments.
Dated: December 12, 2018.
Kevin Kampschroer,
Federal Director, Office of Federal High-Performance Buildings, General
Services Administration.
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