The General Services Administration (GSA) has established an Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings to ensure full coordination of high-performance green building information and activities within the government as mandated by the recently-enacted Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. This newly created office will work in conjunction with the Department of Energy's office that will have a similar responsibility for commercial buildings. The duties of the office outlined in the legislation are to: establish a Federal Green Building Advisory Committee; identify and develop technical standards for high-performance green buildings; establish green practices for operations and maintenance of facilities; provide information and disseminate research results; identify practices and tools to achieve high-performance green buildings through budgeting and contracting; identify opportunities to demonstrate innovative technologies and concepts; and, identify incentives to encourage high-performance green buildings and technologies.