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As climate change continues to impact communities and facilities, the push goes on for increased sustainability standards for institutional and commercial facilities that will increase energy efficiency and cut greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming.
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) released updated standards for federal buildings. P100 Facilities Standards for the Public Buildings Service establish mandatory design and construction standards and performance criteria for 300,000 federal buildings nationwide.
P100 requires that facilities adopt advanced energy-conservation strategies and eliminate on-site fossil fuel use. The standards call for grid-interactive, efficient buildings, leverage innovative technologies through GSA’s Green Proving Ground, require the use of low-embodied carbon materials and direct potable water reuse. The standards establish benchmarks for:
Dan Hounsell is senior editor for the facilities market. He has more than 30 years of experience writing about facilities maintenance, engineering and management.