The Green Building Initiative on Thursday announced the launch of Guiding Principles Compliance for New Construction (GPC NC) for federal buildings. This program for assessing building sustainability was developed with extensive input from federal government agencies and is now in use. As a sister product to the GBI's program for existing federal buildings-Guiding Principles Compliance EB, which to date has been used to certify more than 250 existing federal buildings and facilities-GPC NC was developed to significantly reduce the amount of time and effort required from federal agency personnel to achieve a green building certification.
"The GBI's existing-building program has been extremely successful in driving current federal buildings toward higher performance goals with reduced environmental impact," GBI president Jerry Yudelson said in a statement. "The GPC NC program will do the same for new construction and major renovations in a way that's far more time-efficient for agency staff."
The GPC NC Program is the first third-party assessment and rating program designed specifically for federal agencies to assess compliance with the Guiding Principles for Federal Leadership in High Performance and Sustainable Building, established by Executive Order 13514 and issued by President Barack Obama in 2009. The Guiding Principles Compliance for New Construction can be accessed here.
