Best Policy Practices
Best Policy Practices
Best Policy Practices
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<strong>Best</strong> <strong>Policy</strong> <strong>Practices</strong><br />
Agency-specific use of standards and ratings systems in policy:<br />
• The General Services Administration (GSA) is the Federal<br />
government’s landlord and the largest real estate organization<br />
in the country, with more than 340 million square feet of<br />
buildings and an additional 90 million square feet currently<br />
under construction. GSA requires that all building projects<br />
meet the LEED-Certified level with a target of LEED-Silver.<br />
• In completing design-build contracts, the Pentagon strives<br />
to achieve the highest performance possible utilizing LEED<br />
as a benchmark; and the Pentagon Renovation Program’s<br />
long-term goal is to obtain a LEED rating for the entire<br />
Pentagon Reservation.<br />
• The Air Force has committed to achieving 100% LEED<br />
certifiable facilities by fiscal year 2009.<br />
• The Army requires that all military offices construct all<br />
vertical projects to the LEED-Silver level, beginning in<br />
fiscal year 2008.<br />
• The Assistant Secretary of Navy for Installations and<br />
Environment directs Department of Navy to plan, program<br />
and budget to meet the requirements of the Energy <strong>Policy</strong><br />
Act of 2005, the Federal Leadership in High Performance<br />
and Sustainable Buildings Memorandum of Understanding<br />
(MOU) and to earn a LEED Silver-level rating minimum,<br />
in new and replacement buildings, in a memorandum<br />
dated August 4, 2006.<br />
• The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) aims to have all<br />
of their new facility construction and new building acquisition<br />
projects of 20,000 gross square feet or larger meet LEED<br />
Silver. The EPA also aims to use LEED for new commercial<br />
interiors and existing building standards where space in an<br />
existing building is acquired.<br />
Beyond policies and goals, however, are the success stories<br />
of individual building projects and the marketplace trends that<br />
they signify. In the Federal community, approximately 320<br />
buildings (accounting for more than 60 million square feet) are<br />
currently registered for LEED certification, 51 have been certified<br />
(accounting for more than 5 million square feet) with many<br />
more certifications pending.<br />
Link: www.ofee.gov/sb/sb.htm Office of the Federal Environmental Executive<br />
(OFEE)<br />
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