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Federal agencies have discovered many effective practices to make their buildings sustainable. Many share policies, strategies, case studies and tools through the Interagency Sustainability Working Group (ISWG)opens in new window.
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BEST PRACTICES & CASE STUDIES

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Case Studies

GSA Sustainability Award Logo GSA Sustainability Award Winner 
A view of large lawn with several large trees and multiple in-ground sprinklers watering the grass. A cement path curves around the lawn. Taken by Johnny Ferraro (7PMD).
GSA Sustainability Award LogoBPSH Del Rio Building #1 Administration Building
Photo of the Chicago Federal Center Courtyard. Three large, black, modern building surround the sides, with a bright red arched modern sculpture serving as the focal point of the courtyard. Taken by Massiel Lucca-Amador (5P1FB).
GSA Sustainability Award LogoChicago Federal Center
A rendering of the new CISA HQ building and central utility plant. The buildings are red brick and surrounded by green landscaping. There is a large, terraced office building in the center with two main towers. Two tall smokestacks from the utility plan are just visible on the right side.
GSA Sustainability Award LogoCISA HQ and Electrification of St. Elizabeth Central Utility Plant
Picture of a full-size Zion National Park Bus in a parking lot with the mountains of the park in the background. The bus has a bike rack on the front and says Zion National Park on the front banner. On the side it says
GSA Sustainability Award LogoGSA Fleet Zero Emission Bus Team – Zion National Park
A photo of the Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Courthouse with several downtown Richmond buildings in the background and a grass lawn in the foreground. The building is three stories tall and in the Italianate style with white stone walls and a red tile roof.
GSA Sustainability Award LogoLewis F. Powell, Jr. U.S. Courthouse
Photo of the CAB pedestrian plaza at Otay Mesa. It features desert landscaping, multiple staggered canopies, and a low tan building in the background. There are three large flagpoles in the foreground with an U.S. flag flying on one.
GSA Sustainability Award LogoOtay Mesa LPOE
Carter Keep Federal Courthouse
GSA Sustainability Award LogoCarter Keep Federal Courthouse Chilled Water Loop
Chiller pipe freeze and valve replacement
GSA Sustainability Award LogoNational Capital Region Portfolio-wide Energy Savings
John Minor Wisdom Court Building
GSA Sustainability Award LogoWater Use Reduction at the John Minor Wisdom US Court of Appeals Building
EV solar charging station
GSA Sustainability Award LogoElectric Vehicle Solar Charging Station Assisted Acquisition
Graphic illustrating embodied and operational carbon
GSA Sustainability Award LogoLow Carbon Material Requirements Development
Green Teams
Green Teams
ISWG
Interagency Sustainability Working Group
Daylight
The Importance of Daylight
PBS Office - Recreation Lounge
Health
AWL Workstations
Flexible Workplace Design
Operable Windows
Occupant Comfort
Open Workspaces
Spatial Equity
U.S. Custom House
U.S. Custom House in Portland, Maine
Philip J. Philbin Federal Building
Philip J. Philbin Federal Building
Bennett Federal Building May 2013 LEED.jpg
The Bennett Federal Building
Courtroom
Historically Sustainable Nakamura Courthouse
Portland 911 Federal Building
The 911 Federal Building
Exterior - After
Norris Cotton Federal Building
Good Visual Access
Collaborative Knowledge Work environment
Federal Center South Exterior
LEED EB as a Check up for LEED NC
SeattleUSCT
Cost and Benefit of Healthy Cleaning
Open Meeting Room
Connected Workplace
Skylight and Sculpture
Sense of Place
The Pit - Lounge
Workplace as a Catalyst for Social Change
Flexibility Before
Adaptable Workplace Laboratory
Building Finishes
GSA Green Carpet Spec
Centralized Filing Before
Centralized Filing

Other Case Studies

WBDG
Whole Building Design Guide
EPA WaterSense
WaterSense
Water Management
DOE Better Buildings
Better Buildings
Energy Management
FedCenter
FedCenter
WBDG
National Park Service
EPA WaterSense
USGBC LEED
Green Globes
Green Globes
Fitwel
Fitwel

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