Health Care Emissions Impact Calculator is an accounting tool specifically designed to help health care organizations measure their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It was developed following the GHG Protocol and can be used to develop a GHG inventory for all scopes 1, 2, and 3 emissions at the facility and/or system level. Note to access the calculator you need to provide contact information.

2006 White House Summit on Federal Sustainable Buildings presentation by Dr. John D. Spengler

This site provides pollution prevention and compliance assistance information for the healthcare sector. It is intended to be a comprehensive resource, covering all the varieties of hospital wastes, and all the rules that apply to them.

HERC provides pollution prevention and compliance assistance information for the healthcare sector. Areas of focus include hazardous materials, regulated medical waste, waste reduction, facilities and equipment, and regulations and standards.

An international coalition of hospitals and health care systems, medical professionals, community groups, health-affected constituencies, labor unions, environmental and environmental health organizations and religious groups. Their mission is to transform the health care sector worldwide, without compromising patient safety or care, so that it is ecologically sustainable and no longer a source of harm to public health and the environment.

This webinar is intended to help technicians and educators work with landowners to help them better understand and navigate methods for reducing GHG emissions from soil through soil carbon and N management while also addressing other social or economic considerations. Soils are fundamental to a secure future. With limited agricultural land and a changing climate, it is critical that we maintain our soils to ensure a resilient future for all. Improved soil carbon and nitrogen management increases soil health, increases grower profits, increases adaptability to extreme weather and reduces carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions to the atmosphere, reducing climate change and its impacts

DOE and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) are developing a vision for future buildings a century from now based on the collective views of our forward-thinking stakeholders. Post your thoughts, suggest topic areas, and share information on their website. Attend their panel sessions and workshop to join the discussions. They are also looking for partners who are interested in taking a more active role in this vision-such as hosting a webinar, organizing a panel discussion or coordinating a workshop.

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the "Climate Change and Health" webcast presentation that was orginally aired live on August 6, 2014. Based on the latest scientific evidence, HHS considers climate change to be one of the top public health challenges of our time. HHS assembled internationally-recognized experts from NOAA, CDC, and NIH for this webcast. It includes an overarching national perspective and regional snapshots on climate change, key health findings from the National Climate Assessment, and best practices to build health resilience in communities. The webcast can be accessed here.

The Interagency Sustainability Working Group (ISWG), as a subcommittee of the Steering Committee established by Executive Order (E.O.) 13423, initiated development of this guidance, dated 1 December 2008, to assist agencies in meeting the high performance and sustainable buildings goals of E.O. 13423, section 2(f). This guidance also includes the Comment Resolution Summary detailing responses to comments on the draft version of this document.

The Interagency Sustainability Working Group (ISWG), as a subcommittee of the Steering Committee established by Executive Order (E.O.) 13423, initiated development of this guidance, dated 1 December 2008, to assist agencies in meeting the high performance and sustainable buildings goals of E.O. 13423, section 2(f).

Based upon benchmark measurements of operating data centers and input from practicing designers and operators, the Design Guidelines are intended to provide a set of efficient baseline design approaches for data center systems. This guide was produced by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E).

This database showcasing examples of sustainable building projects in the federal government. Use the database to examine project details or to explore some construction or retrofit ideas for your facility. The High Performance Buildings Database is research sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy; it seeks to improve building performance measuring methods by collecting data on various factors that affect a building's performance, such as energy, materials, and land use. The database includes information from buildings around the world, ranging from homes and commercial interiors to large buildings and even whole campuses and neighborhoods. These may be certified "green" projects, or simply projects that have one or more notable environmental features. The information has been reviewed for consistency and presentation, but in most cases, the details have not been independently verified.

This is a quarterly magazine is published by ASHRAE with a mission to help decision makers in the building community learn about the benefits of innovative technologies and energy-efficient design and operation. We do this with case studies of exemplary buildings, developed through the support of leading practitioners in the sustainability movement. High Performing Buildings is available in digital form at no cost.

HPVIS is a database that provides access to health and environmental effects information obtained through the High Production Volume (HPV) Challenge. This program "challenges" companies to make this data publicly available on chemicals produced or imported into the United States in quantities of 1 million pounds or more per year. HPVIS enables users to search for summary information, test plans, and new data on HPV chemicals as they are received by the Agency. EPA is carefully reviewing HPV chemical data to characterize the hazards and risks associated with HPV chemicals. HPVIS contains HPV Chemical Hazard Characterizations prepared during EPA's ongoing review of the health and environmental effects data contained with each HPV Challenge Program submission. HPVIS also contains Risk-Based Prioritization documents prepared from EPA's examination of HPV Challenge hazard data along with chemical use and exposure information collected from the 2006 Inventory Update Reporting (IUR). These recommendation documents prioritize HPV chemicals for follow-up data collection or management actions based on their potential risks.

This system provides complete and easy access to technical health and environmental effect information on chemicals that are manufactured in exceptionally large amounts. Information in this database are submitted through EPA's High Production Volume (HPV) Challenge Program. HPVIS allows users to search for summary information, test plans, and new data on high production volume chemicals as they are developed.

This toolkit contains resources to help HVAC contractors and service companies work with their customers through a step-by-step method of evaluating and managing their inventory of RTUs and how to make the business case for high-efficiency replacements.

The portal is a partnership initiative of the NPS with other Federal Agencies. The portal is where users can discover the information and training opportunities needed to quickly and easily address problems, projects, and issues in the broad field of historic preservation. Additionally, the Portal helps users search for information on historic preservation websites.

Historic property management combines preservation maintenance with modern systems management. Learn how to read your building, search for solutions, and then care for the building envelope by maintaining its historic materials. Explore how to balance the environmental needs of the building with its users. Understand the impacts on historic properties of pest management practices and mechanical building systems--HVAC, plumbing, fire, security, and lighting. Discuss how to train in-house staff and when to hire a specialist to identify a problem or a contractor to handle a specific task.

This act, Public Law (PL) 74-292 (16 USC 470-470w-6), authorizes the designation of national historic sites and landmarks, authorizes interagency efforts to preserve historic resources, and establishes a maximum fine of $500 for violations of the act.

Presentation for FES 2022 energy and water efficiency webinar.

A do-it-yourself energy audit tool.

The Home Energy Score will offer homeowners straightforward, reliable information about their homes' energy efficiency. A report provides consumers with a home energy score between 1 and 10, and shows them how their home compares to others in their region. The report also includes customized, cost-effective recommendations that will help to reduce their energy costs and improve the comfort of their homes.

Sponsored by the Healthy Building Network (HBN), the goals of HomeFree are to raise awareness of toxic building materials and their associated health hazards, build the capacity of affordable housing practitioners to make informed decisions, and transform the current practice of affordable housing products specified to healthier options for everyone. This website offers guidance on choosing healthier building products.

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Sponsored by the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA), this archive of quarterly webinars address topics ranging from water recycling and endangered species challenges, permitting options for small MS4s, and CWA rule litigation updates.

Sponsored by the Energy & Environmental Building Alliance (EEBA), this 1-day workshop includes information on the EEBA, building science principles, window and door systems, foundations, mechanical systems, and the case for green buildings in general. This course does offer CEU credits.

HUD's Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan, per EO 13514, Section 8 requirements.

A regulated entity has 21 days from the time it discovers that a violation has, or may have, occurred to disclose the violation in writing to EPA. Discovery is when any officer, director, employee or agent of the facility has an objectively reasonable basis for believing that a violation has, or may have occurred. Entities must now make almost all disclosures through the eDisclosure System.

The chart on this page characterizes how standards/ecolabels included in EPA's Recommendations of Specifications, Standards and Ecolabels for Federal Purchasing address Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS). The recommendations help purchasers identify and use private sector environmental performance standards and ecolabels within federal procurement to help them meet various sustainability goals and requirements.

This is a checklist consisting of three sections, twenty-eight categories, one hundred and forty-two data points, all aimed at determining how your village, town or city is really doing in its efforts to be "green." It is addressing climate change, sustainability, and environmental health at the local level. The website provides ready-to-go policy solutions, program ideas and links to the most innovative, cost-effective and award-winning solutions from entities that have found their "piece of the puzzle."

To ensure that brownfield cleanups remain effective as the climate changes EPA has added a new term and condition to its cooperative agreements, starting with the FY13 Cleanup and Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) Grants, that requires recipients to "evaluate the resilience of the remedial options in light of reasonably foreseeable changing climate conditions (e.g., sea level rise, increased frequency and intensity of flooding and/or extreme weather events, etc.). This document will help grant recipients ensure that requirement is met.

This webinar shares how agencies can procure cloud computing. You'll learn about the advantages of cloud computing, and how to use GSA's contracts to make the cloud acquisition process easier and more efficient. Join this webinar to: Get valuable information about cloud computing and its benefits to government; Gain an overview of how GSA helps agencies with cloud acquisition; Learn everything you need to know about FedRAMP in 7 minutes; Learn how to take advantage of cloud consumption-based pricing; and Learn how to pick a contract type for cloud computing. Topics include: A definition of cloud computing that everyone can use; Costs associated with cloud solutions; and The acquisition barriers federal agencies are facing to acquire cloud, and the workarounds agencies use today.

This website provides links to the latest guidance supporting federal buyers in the purchase of energy- and water-efficient products.

Offered September 27, 2011. This DOE webcast will offer information on design considerations and market research insights for creating and marketing successful projects in specific neighborhoods. For example, energy efficiency retrofits in a specific neighborhood are often part of a neighborhood revitalization strategy. Implementing successful strategies requires a solid knowledge of the target market, including factors such as primary spoken language, residents' financial demographics, and other factors. Webcast participants will learn how other communities created high impact programs because they put in the effort to meet the design challenges of working in different types of communities. The webcast will feature speakers from Seattle, Washington; Volusia County, Florida; and the Greater Cincinnati Energy Alliance.

EPA's EMS basics website, including why develop an EMS, how to develop and EMS, costs and benefits, etc.

Granulated activated carbon is at the heart of a $43 million dollar system in Wilmington, NC used to treat their drinking water of PFAS. The 2024 limits put out by the EPA on PFAS levels have water treatment plants finding methods of reducing the PFAS levels below the limit. While granular activated carbon (GAC) is effective, it is not as effective with PFAS as it is with capturing other pollutants. Other focuses are trying to remove sources of PFAS from entering the environment from areas such as industrial facility runoff and wastewater. Additional questions are raised regarding what to do with captured PFAS and any methods to destroy it. As more research and efforts are being pushed, solutions are hopeful for this emerging large market.

2006 White House Summit on Federal Sustainable Buildings presentation by Kym Murphy

Learn the condition of local streams, lakes and other waters anywhere in the US... quickly and in plain language. See if your local waterway was checked for pollution, what was found, and what is being done. The source of this information is a US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) database of State water quality monitoring reports provided under the Clean Water Act.

Learn the condition of local stream, lakes, and other water anywhere in the U.S. See if your local waterway was checked for pollution, what was found, and what is being done.

How's My Waterway 2.0 is a tool that assembles publicly available water quality data into a user-friendly package of information on the quality of our nation's waters. The information the tool provides may help identify areas of need where green infrastructure can improve water quality, assist in the ecological restoration of water bodies, and have a positive impact on aquatic resources and recreational opportunities.

EPA's website of databases of human activity pattern data to provide input into researcher's exposure models.

This module introduces concepts used in the development of human health ambient water quality criteria (AWQC), as well as the methods for deriving these criteria. The Supplemental Topics Modules present text-based information across a sequence of pages that include links to further information and resources and then a brief quiz at the end. Because these modules are supplemental, they are not associated with the Certificate of Completion earned by completing the Key Concepts modules.

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A basic description of using hydrogen as a power source and its use in fuel cells.

A basic description about using flowing water as a source of energy.

The Department of Commerce is partnering with U.S. departments of Agriculture and Energy, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the National Science Foundation, and Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology and U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to promote clean energy innovation and economic growth. Up to $1 million will be awarded to each of six teams around the country with the most innovative ideas to drive technology commercialization and entrepreneurship in support of a green innovation economy, increased U.S. competitiveness and new jobs.

This search allows you to retrieve selected data from Integrated Compliance Information System (ICIS) databases in Envirofacts regarding facilities registered with the federal enforcement and compliance (FE&C) and holding National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits. Specify the facilities by using any combination of facility name, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit number, geographic location, facility industrial classification, and chemicals.

ICLEI is a global network of more than 1,750 local and regional governments committed to sustainable urban development. ICLEI engages at the local to global levels, shaping policy and sparking action to transform urban environments worldwide.

This is an USGS Web application where you can view aerial photographs and help classify them. USGS is looking for online volunteers to classify photos taken before and after Hurricane Sandy, and particularly targeting people with different kinds of coastal expertise, disaster skills, and volunteer interests.

A summary of information about several categories of products and services, including: Environmental attributes to consider, how to buy and useful resources. Categories include building construction, operations, and maintenance, carpet, cleaning, electronics, fleets, food service, insulations, landscaping, meetings and conferences, paints and coatings, paper and wood products.

Offered by the Association of Climate Change Officers (ACCO), in this bootcamp participants will receive an introduction to available community-relevant information sources and tools, climate data sets, and a template to help assess an organization's (or region's) climate risks and current resilience. Attendees will learn how to define climate-related hazards, recognize differential impacts of those hazards, identify existing and future risks, fully understand their current vulnerabilities and strengths, identify and utilize stakeholder partnerships to inform the decision making process, and evaluate the most critical vulnerabilities for their organization.

"Igniting the Science of Outdoor Recreation" is a multi-agency effort led by the USDA Forest Service that has engaged over one hundred outdoor recreation and tourism researchers, practitioners, and advocates to strategize about how research programs can better serve the evolving needs of sustainable recreation and tourism managers on public lands. In this webinar, the presenters will set the stage for the need for a new research strategy with key arguments from a recent report authored by 17 recreation thought leaders. They will then take the audience on an annotated tour through the research strategy, highlighting the interdisciplinary and cross-sector research areas and partnerships prioritized for a reinvigorated national recreation and tourism research program. Finally, they will share upcoming opportunities to engage with an expanding and evolving community of practice dedicated to implementing the research prioritized in the strategy.

Addresses how to develop a program to detect illicit discharges and eliminate them.

The Foundation was established in December 1999 as an independent foundation with a $225 million endowment provided by Commonwealth Edison. Their mission is to improve energy efficiency, advance the development and use of renewable energy resources, and protect natural areas and wildlife habitat in communities all across Illinois.

The DOI-developed Guidelines were initially developed in 1977 to help property owners, developers, and Federal managers apply the SOI's Standards for Rehabilitation (36 CFR 67) during the project planning stage by providing general design and technical recommendations. Unlike the Standards, the Guidelines are not codified as program requirements. Together with the Standards for Rehabilitation they provide a model process for owners, developers, and Federal agency managers to follow.

These illustrated guidelines were issued in 2013 by the Department of Interior, National Park Service, Technical Presentation Services. These guidelines replace the chapter on "Energy Conservation" in the "Illustrated Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings.". These guidelines offer specific guidance on how to make historic buildings more sustainable in a manner that will preserve their historic character and that will meet The Secretary of the Interior's "Standards for Rehabilitation." The written guidance is illustrated with examples of appropriate or "recommended" treatments and some that are "not recommended" or could negatively impact the building's historic character.

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In this June 2018 study GSA compares 100 GSA high-performance buildings to 100 GSA legacy stock buildings looking at actual performance data in five key metrics from the last three years. The comparison found that high-performance buildings save energy, save water, cost less to operate, produce less waste, and have more satisfied occupants compared with typical buildings.

This 2012 UNEP publication examines the implementation an approach for implementing sustainable public procurement (SPP) known as the "MTF Approach to SPP" which was developed by the Marrakech Task Force on Sustainable Public Procurement.

This EPA site consists of two tables. Table 1 lists various tools and information for the layperson. Each site is designed to allow citizens to find out more about a specific waterbody in his/her neighborhood or community in an easily understandable format. For most, all one needs is a location, waterbody name or zip code to begin. Table 2 provides more advanced tools and databases for water resource managers who may be assessing waters, developing TMDLs or planning restoration actions.

An EPA Brochure which highlights the implementation time frames.

This document outlines the necessary steps for cost-effective creation of a bicycle-friendly environment for employees at and visitors to Federal facilities. By taking these steps, agencies can expect increases in active transportation by employees and visitors alike, yielding a multitude of benefits to the Government and the broader community. This document was developed by the Office of the Federal Environmental Executive with assistance from the Inter-Agency Task Force on Bicycling and Active Transportation.

EPA issued a memorandum that provides guidance to EPA Regions, states, and territories on when and how to consider potential adverse climate change impacts in the hazardous waste permitting process under the RCRA. This guidance includes recommendations for conducting climate change vulnerability screenings and assessments for treatment, storage, and disposal facilities to determine whether there are climate vulnerabilities that hazardous waste permits should address.

Implementing EISA with Green Infrastructure - Power Point presentation June 10, 2008 Region I.

These instructions, dated 10 June 2015, provide Federal Executive departments and agencies with clarifying instructions for implementing EO 13693.

In accordance with Section 5(b) of E.O. 13514, CEQ has issued Instructions for Implementing Sustainable Locations for Federal Facilities. These instructions provide direction to Federal agencies seeking to acquire or develop owned or leased space as well as anticipated moves, expansions or consolidations that significantly impact the overall built environment and community, such as transportation (i.e., vehicle miles traveled, commuting time, congestion), infrastructure, economic development, water and air quality. These instructions will improve Federal agency sustainability performance by ensuring a balanced consideration and evaluation of land use, the built environment, cost, security, mission need and competition on facility location decision-making. This document is dated September 15, 2011.

EPA is updating the list of chemicals subject to toxic chemical release reporting under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) and the Pollution Prevention Act (PPA). Specifically, this action updates the regulations to identify nine per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) that must be reported pursuant to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (FY2020 NDAA) enacted on 20 December 2019. As this action is being taken to conform the regulations to a Congressional legislative mandate, notice and comment rulemaking is unnecessary. This final rule is effective 5 February 2025. POC is Daniel R. Ruedy, Data Gathering, Management and Policy Division (7607M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 564-7974; email: ruedy.daniel@epa.gov. (Federal Register 6 January 2024 [Rule] Pages 573-577)

This EPA guide walks decision-makers through six questions to determine whether infiltration or other stormwater management approaches are appropriate for a specific brownfield property.

This case study, released April 2017, by DOE's Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (EERE) Office, was prepared by Energetics, Inc. for DOE's Department of Energy Vehicle Technologies Office. The study focuses on many aspects of existing federal workplace charging programs.

REMINDER: On or about May 15, 2023, FedCenter will be integrating two-factor authentication into its login process. This will be a fundamental change in the way users will log into FedCenter.gov moving forward. It will require use of GSA's Login.gov authentication services, and there are things you need to do now to prepare for this action. Please read the attached information notice for all the details on what this means to you.

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EPA has updated its guidance on how to cleanup broken CFLs. When a CFL breaks, some of the mercury is released as vapor and may pose potential health risks.

Improving Process and Building Heating through Innovation and Energy Efficiency (Web-based, On Demand)

This Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) memorandum, issued 6 March 2012, provides guidance on the opportunities available in the regulations implementing NEPA in an efficient and timely manner. This guidance clarifies that many of the NEPA regulations specifically referring to Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) provide efficiencies that can also be used by Federal agencies when preparing an Environmental Assessment (EA).

This report documents an initiative of transportation practitioners nationwide to improve the quality of Environmental Impact Statements (EISs) and Environmental Assessments (EAs) written to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

This program seeks to recognize entities (businesses, governmental units, schools and other organizations) who act proactively, make decisions and engage in activities that enable them to reduce their environmental impacts. The categories include Energy/Renewable Resources, Greening the Government, Land Use, Outreach or Education, Pollution Prevention/Source Reduction, and Recycling/Reuse.

In the 11 April 2000 revised policy, the incentives that EPA makes available for those who meet the terms of the Audit Policy include the elimination or substantial reduction of the gravity component of civil penalties and a determination not to recommend criminal prosecution of the disclosing entity. The Policy also restates EPA's long-standing practice of not requesting copies of regulated entities' voluntary audit reports to trigger Federal enforcement investigations and reflects EPA's continuing commitment to encouraging voluntary self-policing while preserving fair and effective enforcement. It lengthens the prompt disclosure period to 21 days, clarifies that the independent discovery condition does not automatically preclude Audit Policy credit in the multi-facility context, and clarifies how the prompt disclosure and repeat violations conditions apply in the acquisitions context.

This online database provides information on pesticide-related incidents (both individually reported incidents and those submitted in aggregate) for the past 10 years. The database is updated every month to add the most recent month of incidents. EPA has limited confidence in the accuracy and validity of the data because the data entries are reports of one or more individual's perspective of what happened. These perspectives can vary widely, and EPA needs to verify the legitimacy of a report before using it for regulatory decisions. Caution should be used when analyzing these data as EPA does not guarantee the completeness or adequacy of the contents of the Incident Data System.

From the preface: This report was initiated to explore how to incorporate resilience into long-term transportation planning for state departments of transportation and metropolitan planning organizations and to inform the Transportation Research Board (TRB)--a division of the National Research Council of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine--about our findings. In this report, we consider not only the specific hazards associated with climate change but also all hazards, focusing on stresses to transportation systems that arise naturally but might be exacerbated by disturbances to the system, such as congestion. This work was sponsored by TRB under the National Cooperative Highway Research Program project 08-36, Task 146.

This EPA document, issued February 2013, supplements the Handbook for Developing Watershed Plans to Restore and Protect Our Waters. The webinar is intended to encourage the inclusion of proactive wetland management in the watershed planning process. The supplement promotes using a watershed approach that protects existing freshwater wetlands and maximizes opportunities to use restored, enhanced, and created freshwater wetlands to address water quality problems.

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) reports a sharp increase in the volume of electronics recycled through its eCycling Leadership Initiative in 2011. The eCycling Leadership Initiative, also known as the Billion Pound Challenge, represents a collaboration among consumer electronics manufacturers, retailers, collectors, recyclers, nongovernmental organizations and governments at all levels. The initiative has set the goals of increasing the amount of electronics recycled responsibly to 1 billion pounds annually by 2016, growing the number of collection opportunities available to consumers, improving consumer awareness of available eCycling collection sites and providing transparent metrics on eCycling efforts.

The 2010 IECC will have a 30 improvement in energy savings over the 2006 IECC. The IECC is the energy section of the building safety and fire prevention codes that set minimum safeguards for U.S. buildings.

The GSA Office of Federal High Performance Green Buildings developed a summary focusing on major findings and transferrable technologies for the Incremental Costs of Meeting ASHRAE Standard 189.1 at Air Force Facilities study.

The focus of this June 2011 Air Force study was to determine the incremental additional "first" cost to meet ASHRAE 189.1 (prescriptive path) for four facility types in four climate zones. Federal building performance requirements, the High Performance Sustainable Buildings Guiding Principles and LEED silver certification served as the baseline. The study is based on detailed examination of facility specifications, design drawings, and LEED submission documents, compared to ASHRAE Standard189.1 requirements. Both "minimal" and "substantial" additional costs are identified, as well as areas where mission requirements or policy considerations may prevent achieving compliance with ASHRAE 189.1. This report includes a crosswalk summarizing and comparing the high performance sustainable building requirements of ASHRAE 189.1, ASHRAE 90.1, applicable DoD directives,Unified Facilities Criteria, and the International Green Construction Code, and identifies instances where ASHRAE 189.1 is more stringent.

Indian Affairs is going to provide nearly $6.5 million to fund tribal projects that promote climate change adaptation and ocean and coastal management planning. A Notice of Funding Availability is being sent directly to the leaders of federally recognized tribes who are invited to apply online. The deadline for proposals is 23 May 2016.

This core set of 58 indicators and methodology were derived from working list of 134 indicators and related methodology sheets that were developed, improved and tested as part of the implementation of the Work Programme on Indicators of Sustainable Development (ISDs) adopted by the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) at its Third Session in April 1995 and presented to the CSD in 2001. These indicators are under review with an updated expected in 2006.

The United Nations Division for Sustainable Development is pleased to announce that the third, revised set of indicators of sustainable development prepared for the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) has been released. The CSD Indicators of Sustainable Development serve as reference for countries to develop or revise national indicators of sustainable development. The previous two editions of the CSD indicators were published in 1996 and 2001.

Includes the best practices for design, construction, and commissioning of new non-residential buildings. The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and an industry consortium developed this reference.

EPA website devoted to IAQ in large buildings such as office buildings.