The U.S. Green Building Council’s 2009 Federal Summit in Washington DC showcased President Obama’s commitment to greening federal buildings and operations around the world. Among attendees were environmental adviser Nancy Sutley, leaders from GSA, Department of State, Department of the Navy, EPA and representatives from many other federal departments and agencies.
One of the administration’s long-term goals is to convert 15% of the federal building stock to “high performance” category, meeting LEED Silver standards. Military bases are no exception to this. LEED refers to the US Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design ratings system.
To the end, dollars have been assigned as follows:
$58 billion for environmental activities
$500 million for the Clean Tech fund
$2 billion for climate change science
$475 million to restore the Great Lakes
$600 million for EPA’s enforcement program
“There is a huge opportunity to green federal government buildings,” said Sally Ericsson, Program Associate Director, Natural Resources Programs Office of Management and Budget. Ericsson was joined by Kevin Kampschroer of GSA, Dennis Talton, Dr. Teresa Pohlman (DHS), Melanie Berkemeyer (Dept. of State) and many others representing the leading edge of sustainability in the federal government.
Following is the agenda to provide an outline of events that took place and better understand the topics:
Opening session speakers
Rick Fedrizzi
President, CEO & Founding Chairman
U.S. Green Building Council
Nancy Sutley
Chair
White House Council on Environmental Quality
Workshop A Leveraging Stimulus Funding to Advance Green Building: New Resources, Challenges, and Opportunities
William Guerin
Executive
Recovery Act Program Management Office
US General Services Administration
Richard Kidd
Program Manager
Federal Energy Management Program
U.S. Department of Energy
Kathleen Hogan
Director
Climate Protection Partnerships
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Moderator: Doug Gatlin
Vice President, Market Development
USGBC
Workshop B Energy Performance Contracting
Cynthia Vallina
Deputy Associate Administrator for Procurement and Senior Budget Analyst
Office of Management and Budget
Schuyler Shell
Supervisory Energy Technology Program Specialist
Federal Energy Management Program
U.S. Department of Energy
Jonathan Cohn & Irvin Gray
Project Managers, USG Datacenter Project
U.S. Department of State, third-party contractors
Moderator:
Tom Hicks
Vice President
USGBC
Workshop C Green Building Success Stories from the Federal Government
Randy Overbey
Oakridge National Laboratory Green Campus Initiatives
Rick Pospisil
LEED AP, Operations & Maintenance
USAA Real Estate Company
FBI Regional Headquarters, Chicago, IL
Robert Matya
Project Manager, Omaha District Corps of Engineers
Ft. Carson, Colorado
Moderator:
Ken Sandler
Co-Chair, EPA Green Building Workshop
Office of Policy, Economics & Innovation
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Workshop D Advancing Sustainability and Security
Richard J. Cofer, P.E.
Special Assistant for Antiterrorism and Security Engineering
Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Atlantic
U.S. Department of Navy
Dr. Teresa Pohlman
Director, Occupational Safety and Environmental Programs
US Department of Homeland Security
Melanie Berkemeyer
Acting Sustainability Program Manager
Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations
U.S. Department of State
Moderator:
Dennis Talton
Sustainable Development Program Manager
Naval Facilities Engineering Command
U.S. Department of Navy
Workshop E The Launch of LEED Version 3
Scot Horst
Senior Vice President, LEED
USGBC
Mike Opitz
Vice President, LEED Implementation
USGBC
Brendan Owens
Vice President, LEED Technical Development
USGBC
Workshop F Federal Department/Agency Success Stories
Kenny Floyd
Director, Division of Environmental Protection
National Institutes of Health
William Ridge
Chief, Architecture, Engineering and Asset Management Branch
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Matt Gray
Chair, Interagency Sustainability Working Group
Federal Energy Management Program
U.S. Department of Energy
Josh Silverman
Deputy Director
Office of Environmental Policy and Assistance
U.S. Department of Energy
Julie Thomas McNamee
Air Resources & Climate Change Liaison
National Park Service
Moderator:
Melissa Gallagher-Rogers
Manager, Government Sector
US Green Building Council
The Role of the Federal Government in a Low-Carbon Economy
Kevin Kampschroer
Acting Director
Office of Federal High Performance Green Buildings
General Services Administration
Mark Bailey
State and Local Programs
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
U.S. Department of Energy
Chris Pyke
Director of Climate Change Services
CTG Energetics
Moderator: Scot Horst
Senior Vice President, LEED
USGBC
Leading the Way on Energy and Climate
Sally Ericsson
Program Associate Director, Natural Resources Programs
Office of Management and Budget
Introduction by: Michelle Moore
Senior Vice President, Policy and Public Affairs
USGBC
I have several pages of notes from several sessions and will be posting them soon.
Semper Fi
Chris Moline, LEED AP, Former 0351 Marine
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