SBIC - Federal Buildings Program

Federal Buildings

Goals of the Program

"As the largest single energy consumer in the United States, the Federal government has both a tremendous opportunity and a clear responsibility to lead by example with smart energy management.

While the government has made considerable progress improving its use of energy, much more can be done to save energy, promote the use of renewable technologies, and reduce our dependence on foreign oil.

Energy management is one of the most challenging tasks facing today's Federal facility manager. Luckily, Federal agencies do not need to meet this challenge alone. Chartered in 1973, FEMP helps agencies find innovative solutions to their most difficult energy challenges and address their full range of energy management responsibilities."

—U.S. Department of Energy

SBIC's Federal Buildings programs revolves around the strategies we have developed for designing low-energy, sustainable, secure buildings. We have expanded these strategies into a FEMP workshop. In addition, this information is used several places throughout the Whole Building Design Guide.

Federal Energy Management Program
As the largest energy consumer in the United States, the federal government has both a tremendous opportunity and a clear responsibility to lead by example with smart energy management. By promoting energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy resources at federal sites, the Department of Energy's Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) helps agencies save energy, save taxpayer dollars, and demonstrate leadership with responsible, cleaner energy choices.

SBIC and FEMP
Federal buildings provide a unique design challenge with the need of incorporating security, sustainability, and safety requirements. How buildings use energy plays a critical role in integrating these three complex needs.

Through our work with the Whole Building Design Guide and our Design Strategies for Low-Energy, Sustainable, Secure Buildings curriculum, we help promote the FEMP program's mission to reduce the cost and environmental impact of the Federal government. SBIC training workshops, forum style events, and literature teach participants about energy efficiency and water conservation, the use of distributed and renewable energy, and utility management decisions at Federal sites.

To learn more about SBIC's Federal Buildings Program please email Richard Paradis.

SBIC also conducts workshops and seminars nationwide.

Learn more about our workshops or browse through our calendar of upcoming events.

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