[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 144 (Friday, July 26, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60633-60634]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[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.

 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)
 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)
 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 [email protected] or 312-805-6799. 
Additional information about the Committee, including meeting materials 
and agendas, will be made available on-line at https://www.gsa.gov/gbac.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

 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 https://www.gsa.gov/gbcertificationreview. 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.
 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.
 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 [email protected]: 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 [email protected] 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.
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