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What is Sustainability
Sustainability is best thought of as a process, rather than an end state. Sustainability means to create and maintain conditions that balance the ec... -
Sustainable Sites
Choosing a building's site and managing that site during construction are important to ensure a project’s sustainability. Environmentally r...
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Executive Order 13514 (Revoked): Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance
Executive Order 13514 was replaced by Executive Order 13693. Click on language throughout the document to reveal strategies, definitions, and lin...
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Executive Order 13693 (Revoked): Planning for Federal Sustainability in the Next Decade
Executive Order 13693 was revoked by Executive Order 13834. Click on language throughout the document to reveal strategies, definitions, and l... -
Policies & Strategies
This section is devoted to the broad policies and strategies covering the whole government or entire agencies, services or bureaus, which set the co... -
Best Practices & Case Studies
One of the best ways to learn and make the case for green building innovations is to point to others’ experience in implementing these innovat... -
Energy & Atmosphere
Buildings and facilities rely on the operation of mechanical systems and electrical systems to maintain a high level of indoor environmenta...
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Water Efficiency
Buildings are significant users of the Earth’s freshwater supply. The goal of a responsible building operator should be to encourage a sma...
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Whole Building Systems
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Submetering - The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA)
Adds to the metering requirements of Energy Policy Act of 2005 by requiring that agencies establish energy benchmarks for their facilities’ po...
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Lighting - Energy Independence and Security Act (2007)
EISA 2007 established energy management goals and requirements, of which a sustainable lighting strategy is necessary, for federal buildings. It est...
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HVAC - Energy Independence and Security Act (2007)
EISA 2007 established energy management goals and requirements, of which a sustainable lighting strategy is necessary, for federal buildings. It est...
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Water - Energy Independence and Security Act (2007)
The Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) requires facility managers, as defined by the act, to complete comprehensive water evaluations throu...
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Planted Roof - Energy Independence and Security Act (2007)
The Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) requires projects involving any Federal facilities with a footprint that exceeds 5,000 square feet t...
Materials
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Kitchen Exhaust Hoods
Kitchen exhaust hoods are a large energy consumer in cafeteria spaces. Significant amounts of energy can be conserved by utilizing transfer air – co... -
Occupancy-Control Device
Occupancy control can save a great deal of energy as it energizes outlets only when users are present and de-energizes them when the space is vacan... -
Oven
Convection ovens are common in food service. Look for equipment that carries the Energy Star label for energy efficiency.