Greening Federal Buildings

GSA, the government’s largest civilian landlord, leads the way in green building design, construction, retrofit and sustainable operations and maintenance. Through its commitment to sustainable design, GSA pledges to serve as a forward thinking and responsible steward of our nation’s economic and natural resources.

Green programs at GSA

Deep energy retrofits

Learn about deep energy retrofits and what agencies can do to further their efforts toward energy and cost reduction in federal buildings.
Energy and water management program

Reduces federal utility costs by promoting optimal energy use.
Environment program

Optimizing operations to provide sustainable, high performance workplaces to federal employees.
Integrated pest management

Award-winning program teaches federal and local agencies a coordinated system of technological and management practices to control pests in a safe, environmentally sound, and economical manner.
Landscape management

Benefits GSA with healthier, longer-lived plantings which rely less on pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers, and minimize water use.
Green leasing

Steps for making all government offices compliant with Energy Star requirements.
Green products, services, vehicles

How to use federal buying power to make sustainable choices.
GSA Proving Ground

Leveraging our real estate portfolio to evaluate sustainable building technologies.
Office of Federal High-Performance Buildings

Enabling and enhancing Federal leadership in sustainable real property portfolio management and operations by promoting, coordinating, and stimulating green building across the Federal government.
Smart buildings

Partners people and technology to create a green building strategy.
Sustainable buildings

An integrated approach positively impacts all phases of a building’s life-cycle.
LEED building information

GSA requires LEED Gold as the minimum requirement for new construction and substantial renovation of GSA-owned facilities.

Guidance and policy

Online tools

Sustainable facilities tool

Other resources

Publications and reports

Assessing Green Building Performance: A Post Occupancy Evaluation of 12 GSA Buildings
- Full report [PDF - 11 MB]
- White paper [PDF - 828 KB]
Re-Assessing Green Building Performance: A Post Occupancy Evaluation of 22 GSA Buildings
- Full report
The Benefits and Challenges of Green Roofs on Public and Commercial Buildings [PDF - 9 MB]
Expanding Our Approach to Sustainable Design [PDF - 3 MB]
High performance building certification system review
GSA Net Zero Renovation Challenge Charrette
Key Sustainable Products Standards [PDF - 999 KB]
National Academies Report: Achieving High-Performance Federal Facilities – Strategies and Approaches for Transformational Change
Submetering of building energy and water usage
Sustainability Matters [PDF - 11 MB]
Sustainable Building Rating Systems Summary
Workplace Matters [PDF - 4 MB]

Federal partners

White House

Office of the Federal Sustainability

Department of Agriculture

Department of Defense

Department of the Interior

Department of Energy

Environmental Protection Agency

Department of State

Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations – Green Initiatives

Interagency Sustainability Working Group

ISWG Forum

NASA

Office of Strategic Infrastructure

Last Reviewed: 2023-02-06

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