Green Building Advisory Committee
The Green Building Advisory Committee provides independent policy advice and recommendations to GSA’s Office of Federal High-Performance Buildings, as required by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA), to advance federal building innovations in planning, design, and operations to reduce costs, enable agency missions, enhance human health and performance, and minimize environmental impacts.
The Designated Federal Official for this Advisory Committee is Ken Sandler in GSA’s Office of Federal High-Performance Buildings.
- Notice of Establishment of the Green Building Advisory Committee: Federal Register Vol . 76, No. 118, Monday, June 20, 2011 [PDF 146 KB]
- Advisory Committee Charter [PDF - 302 KB]
Membership
The Green Building Advisory Committee’s membership reflects a broad range of stakeholders including senior officials from Federal agencies as well as leading high-performance building experts from state, local, private, non-governmental, and academic sectors. The members of the Committee include:
Member | Organization |
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Chair | |
David Kaneda | IDeAs Consulting |
Federal | |
Dee Siegel | Council on Environmental Quality |
Dr. Andrew Persily | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
Vacant | Office of Management and Budget |
Vacant | Office of Science & Technology Policy |
Vacant | U.S. Department of Defense |
Leslie Nicholls | U.S. Department of Energy |
Gopinath Boray | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
Mary Sprague | U.S. Department of Transportation |
John Park | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs |
David Gibson | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
Non-Federal | |
Reena Agarwal | Center for Active Design |
Fernando Arias | Clark Construction |
Kevin Bates | Sharp Development Company |
Chris Castro | City of Orlando |
Ralph DiNola | New Buildings Institute |
Projjal Dutta | New York State Metropolitan Transportation Authority |
Dr. Whitney Austin Gray | International WELL Building Institute |
David Kaneda | IDeAs Consulting |
Clay Nesler | Johnson Controls |
Victor Olgyay | Rocky Mountain Institute |
Kent Peterson | P2S Engineering |
Jane Rohde | JSR Associates |
Dr. Sarah Slaughter | Built Environment Coalition |
Dr. Timothy Unruh | National Association of Energy Service Companies |