On July 10th, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee gave unanimous, bi-partisan approval to move the Public Buildings Savings and Reform Act of 2013 (PBSRA) on from the committee to the House floor. Writing this legislation must have…
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USGBC Announces Approval of LEED v4
This time last year, we were reporting on the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) surprising delay of membership voting on an updated version of the dominant green building certification system, LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental…
Greetings From Fresno
The Colliers Government Solutions team represents owners of government-leased properties nationally. So, we travel a lot. This slideshow profiles my recent trip to Fresno, California. (Use arrow buttons to advance slides)
The 10 Largest GSA Property Investors
There are more than 5,000 distinct owners of GSA-leased properties in the United States but the ten listed above stand apart because, together, their properties house 15% of the entire GSA lease inventory. (GSA, take note:…
Tangherlini Confirmed as Administrator of GSA
Before closing up shop for July Fourth, the Senate confirmed Dan Tangherlini as Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA). Tangherlini had served as acting administrator since April 2012 and has been praised for reforms already…
White House Scorecards Benchmark Progress Toward Green Building
Among federal agencies, the General Services Administration (GSA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) score at the top of the class for green building. That’s according to the annual Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Sustainability…
Living Building Challenge is an Even Greener Alternative to LEED
LEED has been the sustainability standard for federal construction and renovation since 2003, but as discussed in an earlier post, the GSA is currently reviewing competing green building certification systems as required by law. Many assume…
The Federal Employment Trend Revisited
Politicians and economists can be accused of willfully obfuscating the “government employment trend” to serve their ideology. As an example, Republican Senator Rand Paul and liberal economist Paul Krugman engaged in a heated debate last Fall over…
Green Globes Offers Alternative to LEED for Government Buildings
Since 2003, the General Services Administration (GSA) has required basic LEED certification for all federal buildings, and it upped the ante in 2010 by requiring LEED-Gold. But every five years, thanks to the Energy Independence and…
Modernized Edith Green-Wendell Wyatt Federal Building Re-Opens
On May 30, Portland, Oregon, celebrated the completion of a $139 million renovation of the 18-story Edith Green-Wendell Wyatt Federal Building (EGWW). First opened in 1975, the boxy, concrete-and-steel high rise, aging home to the IRS,…