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in the Green Procurement CompilationLearn & Plan Topics
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Overview
Individual sustainability projects should support strategic long-term goals. Here you can explore practical approaches to strategic long-term planni... -
Sustainable Sites
Choosing a building's site and managing that site during construction are important to ensure a project's sustainability. Environmentally responsibl... -
Time Indoors
People in the U.S. spend about 90% of their time indoors.
Source: Environmental Protection Agency (1987).
Building Systems Upgrades
This page details Sustainable Strategies to consider as your space undergoes a building system upgrade to improve energy, water use, and occupant co...Building Operations and Maintenance Services
Follow these sustainable strategies as your space renovations are complete and the building and interiors are operated in an environmentally sustai...Life Cycle Perspective (Life Cycle Thinking)
Life cycle thinking represents a holistic approach to examining the impacts of a product from raw material extraction through production, use, and f...Using Acquisition Life Cycle Tools
Guidance on how government tools and resources can be utilized during each phase of the procurement life cycle.Enhancing Resilience and Reducing Vulnerability to Observed and Expected Changes in Climate
Adapting to observed and expected changes in climate is a complex, long term process that requires personnel to work together across their organizat...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...Tools & Training
This section covers and links to systems, methods, databases, calculators, checklists, etc. designed to help Federal officials and their partners ac...Energy Management Systems (EnMS)
Energy Management Systems (EnMS) are a set of business processes that enable facility managers to act on energy usage data and optimize eff...
Responsible Business Conduct
This responsible business conduct module provides a framework for how best practices and resources for improving business conduct can be incorporate...When You Pass FEDSAT, You Also Earn One Hour of Continuing Education
You can get one free hour’s worth of continuing education / professional development by passing the Federal Facilities Skills Ass...
Enhancing Health with Indoor Air
Four key levers to enhance health and performance by improving indoor air.Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings
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Assessments
Assessments are essential tools for linking science and decision making. They survey, integrate, and synthesize science, within and between scientific disciplines and across sectors and regions.
Source: USGCRP: Assess the U.S. Climate - What are assessments?Whole Building Systems
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IEQ - EPA | Building Assessment Survey and Evaluation (BASE) Study
https://www.epa.gov/indoor-air-quality-iaq/building-assessment-survey-and-evaluation-study
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IEQ - EPA | Building Assessment Survey and Evaluation (BASE) Study
https://www.epa.gov/indoor-air-quality-iaq/building-assessment-survey-and-evaluation-study
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IEQ - EPA | IAQ Building Education and Assessment Model (I-BEAM) Computer Software
https://www.epa.gov/indoor-air-quality-iaq/indoor-air-quality-building-education-and-assessment-model
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HVAC - EQc4
Indoor Air Quality Assessment
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HVAC - EQc4
Indoor Air Quality Assessment
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IEQ - EPA's I-BEAM
https://www.epa.gov/indoor-air-quality-iaq/indoor-air-quality-building-education-and-assessment-model
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IEQ - EQc6
Green Cleaning - Custodial Effectiveness Assessment
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IEQ - EQc4
Indoor Air Quality Assessment
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IEQ - EQc4
Indoor Air Quality Assessment
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Planted Roof - Life Cycle Analysis
When making roofing project decisions, you should compare the life cycle cost of the proposed planted roof to the conventional option for your facil...
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IEQ - Integrated Pest Management
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is an economically and environmentally sensitive approach to pest management that utilizes preventative measures, m...
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IEQ - Moisture Control
Moisture can enter the office building in a number of ways, including leaks in the building envelope and plumbing systems or excessive moisture in t...
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Solid Waste - Building Recycling Program and Janitorial Service Contracts
A recommended approach to developing and managing a cost-effective, sustainable waste management program is to: Form a multi-disciplinary team to r...
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Planted Roof - GreenGlobes NC
Is there a Stormwater Management Report by a Civil Engineer that shows that: The project meets municipal and/or local watershed flood and erosion co...
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Submetering - Facility Managers and Operations and Maintenance Staff
No matter how sustainable a building may be in design and construction, it can only remain so if it is operated responsibly and maintained properly....
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Submetering - Green Globes New Construction
Green Globes emphasizes the importance of submetering, specifically. Submeters are a central focus of Metering, Measurement and Verification assessm...
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Solid Waste - GreenGlobes NC
Has a life-cycle assessment been performed to compare the environmental burden and embodied energy effects of the following? Foundation and floor...
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Solid Waste - Resources
By instituting an effective building recycling program, recyclable material replaces virgin material through multiple product lives. Recycling avoid...