Facilities/Construction

  • Every agency has submitted a plan, per the White House request. David Erne, senior associate at Booz Allen, joined the DorobekINSIDER to discuss what agencies put together.

    October 07, 2010
  • EPA employee Barbara Klieforth bikes the six miles to work everyday.

    October 07, 2010
  • The Department of Education is taking a taking a leadership role in the work of educating the next generation of green citizens

    October 07, 2010
  • Council on Environmental Quality issues new guidance giving agencies instructions to measure greenhouse gas emissions. Council chair Nancy Sutley said the directive includes approaches used inside and out of government. Agencies have until January 2011 to complete an initial baseline inventory.

    October 07, 2010
  • With the majority of federal employees located outside of the Washington, D.C. metro area, how are feds in regional offices answering the White House\'s mandates regarding the greening of government? The answer: the Federal Executive Boards organized groups of executives who find ways to collaborate across agency lines.

    October 07, 2010
  • The Air National Guard\'s new Readiness Center at Andrews Air Force Base is a great example of how technology can lower energy costs while also lowering the impact on the environment. Galen Jamison, project manager with CH2M Hill, joined the DorobekINSIDER to discuss the construction of the center.

    October 06, 2010
  • The White House Council on Environmental Quality on Wednesday issued guidance detailing how departments should go about developing a baseline measurement for greenhouse gas emissions. Nancy Sutley, chairwoman of the council, spoke with Federal News Radio\'s Jason Miller about how the guidance will help agencies achieve this goal.

    October 06, 2010
  • The General Services Administration and Metropolis Magazine have teamed up to offer $10,000 for a winning design that will make a 45-year-old GSA building more green. Susan Szenasy, the editor-in-chief of Metropolis Magazine, discusses the competition.

    October 06, 2010
  • American University Director of Sustainability Chris O\'Brien analyzes the Federal News Radio \"Greening the Government\" survey.

    October 06, 2010
  • Green is good, but a building also has to serve the people inside. GSA\'s Kevin Kampschroer explains.

    October 06, 2010
  • Agriculture plans to update its second version of its green IT strategy this year. State is implementing power management tools and could save almost $2 million. Both agencies are making headway to change the culture of how IT is used by their respective employees.

    October 06, 2010
  • From the soon-to-be renovated headquarters of the General Services Administration, to the green roof of the main New York City Post Office, the federal government is making energy-efficient-and-sustainable buildings a top priority. But a little over three years ago, one federal building in the D.C. area led the way in the design and construction of a new generation of green buildings.

    October 06, 2010
  • DoE wants to make all of its roofs white or light color to help reduce the amount of heat buildings absorb. GSA is testing solar panels, geo-thermal and solar chimneys in different buildings around the country. The goal is to help reduce the government\'s $25 billion annual energy bill.

    October 06, 2010
  • Christine Parthemore, a fellow at the Center for a New American Security, discusses with the DorobekINSIDER the findings of a CNAS study about DoD\'s transition away from reliance on oil.

    October 05, 2010