WhereDaily News: Department of Defense Recognizes Green Globes for Assessing Building Sustainability

PORTLAND, OR--(Marketwired - Dec 3, 2013) - The Green Building Initiative (GBI) announced that its Green Globes® building assessment and certification program has been accepted for use by the United States Department of Defense (DoD). Following the lead of the General Services Administration (GSA), the DoD recently recognized Green Globes as an approved program for DoD facilities. The GBI noted that the DoD manages over 500 installations worldwide comprising nearly 300,000 buildings covering 2.3 billion square feet. The Department's footprint is 6 times larger than that of the GSA. Previously DoD's policy had referenced only the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) program. The updated policy to also allow use of Green Globes was made in a memorandum of November 10, 2013 from John Conger, Acting Deputy Undersecretary of Defense, regarding the Department's Sustainable Building Policy.

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