As we noted in a recent post, AIA DC (the Washington chapter of the American Institute of Architects) gave the U.S. Bureau of the Census headquarters a 2012 Award of Excellence in Architecture. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill…
Category: Sustainability
Your Stimulus Dollars at Work: Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse
Earlier this week (Wednesday, February 20), GSA rededicated the 95-year-old, 41,562-square-foot Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Grand Junction, Colo., after 23 months of construction that addressed the dual challenges of historic preservation…
Boxer Introduces Bill to Improve Federal Building Energy Efficiency
Last week, (Monday, January 21) in his second inaugural address, President Obama highlighted the need to mitigate the growing impacts of climate change, saying “We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing the failure…
Your Stimulus Dollars at Work: Hipolito F. Garcia Federal Building
A green roof is the centerpiece of the renovated 75-year-old Hipolito F. Garcia Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in San Antonio, part of what makes it the “greenest” building owned by GSA. It is the first…
Why Prince George’s County Won’t Improve Its Share of GSA Leasing Anytime Soon
Prince George’s County leaders and their Congressional representatives have long complained that they have been spurned by the GSA. As evidence, they point to a 2007 University of Maryland report, which determined that the County is…
GSA Regional Energy Monitoring System Nears Completion
GSA is on track to complete a two-year, $39 million project to link the building systems at 39 of its high-energy-use buildings in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico and Texas on schedule in October, Federal Times reported…
Your Stimulus Dollars at Work: Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building
The Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building is a seven-story, 617,600-square-foot structure in Fort Snelling, Minnesota, near the Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport. Designed by Cerny Associates in the austere modernist style popular in the 1960s and completed…
Southwest DC Ecodistrict Planned
The National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) has big plans for the smallest of the District of Columbia’s four quadrants. A preliminary plan released last week (July 12) for a 110-acre, 15-block section of Southwest Washington that is…
Your Stimulus Dollars at Work: Federal Center South
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), signed by President Obama on February 13, 2009, called for major new construction and the energy-efficient modernization of federal office buildings, courthouses and land ports across the country. This is…
LEED Under Fire
The federal government’s selection of a green building certification system for the next five years has become a controversial issue, with no clear resolution in sight. The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) requires GSA…