[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 15, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 2425]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-00503]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[Notice-MG-2020-02; Docket No. 2020-0002; Sequence No. 3]


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 
June 11, 2020 meeting of the Green Building Advisory Committee (the 
Committee) and the schedule for a series of conference calls for two 
task groups of the Committee. 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.

DATES: Meeting date: The spring meeting of the Committee will be held 
on Thursday, June 11, 2020, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern time 
(ET), at 1800 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20405, Room 1425.
    The Renewables Outleasing Task Group will hold recurring, biweekly 
conference calls on Tuesdays from February 4, 2020, through July 28, 
2020, from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., ET.
    The Embodied Energy Task Group will hold recurring, weekly 
conference calls on Wednesdays from January 29, 2020, through July 29, 
2020, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., ET.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Ken Sandler, Designated Federal 
Officer, Office of Federal High-Performance Buildings, Office of 
Government-wide Policy, General Services Administration, 1800 F Street 
NW, (Mail-code: MG), Washington, DC 20405, at [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:

Procedures for Attendance and Public Comment

    Contact Mr. Ken Sandler 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. ET, on Monday, January 27, 2020. (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 June 11, 2020 meeting must be 
received by 5:00 p.m., ET, on Friday, April 3, 2020.
    Contact Mr. Sandler to register to comment during the June 11, 2020 
meeting public comment period. Registered speakers/organizations will 
be allowed a maximum of five 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., ET, on Friday, April 3, 2020.

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.
    The Renewables Outleasing Task Group will explore third-party, 
onsite, renewable power generation, with a focus on solar power and 
perhaps energy storage, on federal building roofs, parking lots, 
garages and other parcels where conducive.
    The Embodied Energy Task Group will study the energy savings as 
well as pollution and cost savings to be garnered by a more precise 
focus on the energy embodied in Federal building construction and major 
renovation.
    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.

June 11, 2020 Meeting Agenda

 Updates and introductions
 Renewables outleasing task group findings & recommendations
 Lunchtime speaker (TBD)
 Embodied energy task group findings & recommendations
 Additional topics proposed by Committee members
 Public comment
 Next steps and closing comments

    Dated:
Kevin Kampschroer,
Federal Director, Office of Federal High-Performance Buildings, General 
Services Administration.
[FR Doc. 2020-00503 Filed 1-14-20; 8:45 am]
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