[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.
[FR Doc. 2018-27437 Filed 12-18-18; 8:45 am]
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