U.S. General Services Administration
Green Building Advisory Committee
The Green Building Advisory Committee (GBAC) 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 - 301 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:
| Committee Membership | Member | Organization |
|---|---|---|
| Chair | Ralph DiNola | New Buildings Institute |
| Federal | Nicolas Baker |
Council on Environmental Quality |
| Gopinath Boray |
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | |
| Vacant | U.S. Department of Defense | |
| Brent Kurapatskie |
U.S. Department of Transportation |
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| John Park |
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs | |
| Dr. Andrew Persily |
National Institute of Standards and Technology | |
| Dr. Costa Samaras |
Office of Science & Technology Policy | |
| Mary Sotos |
U.S. Department of Energy |
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| Conan Wilson |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
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| Christine Harada |
Office of Federal Procurement Policy |
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| Non-Federal | Fernando Arias | RE Tech Advisors |
| Donnel Baird | BlocPower | |
| Kevin Bates | Sharp Development Company | |
| Brett Bridgeland | Rocky Mountain Institute | |
| Roger Chang | Buro Happold | |
| Ralph DiNola | New Buildings Institute | |
| Projjal Dutta | New York State Metropolitan Transportation Authority | |
| Dr. Whitney Austin Gray | International WELL Building Institute | |
| Joyce Lee | IndigoJLD Green + Health | |
| Clay Nesler | The Nesler Group | |
| Kishia Powell | WSSC Water | |
| Keiva Rodriques | Maryland Aviation Administration | |
| Jane Rohde | JSR Associates | |
| Dr. Timothy Unruh | National Association of Energy Service Companies |