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Interagency Sustainability Working Group

Here you'll find information about the Interagency Sustainability Working Group, including tools and resources that help agencies meet the requirements in Executive Order (EO) 13423 and other legislative requirements; publications and resources for the group; and minutes and presentations from the working group meetings.

EO 13423 Guidance

Resources and tools for meeting the sustainability guidelines mandated in Executive Order 13423.

Agency Resources

Publications and resources that discuss the work of ISWG.

Meeting Minutes and Presentations

Minutes and presentations from the Interagency Sustainability Working Group.

About the Working Group

The Interagency Sustainability Working Group (ISWG) was established in September 2001 in response to Executive Order 13123 – Greening the Government Through Efficient Energy Management. Under EO 13423 – Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management, issued in January 2007, the ISWG was charged with providing interagency assistance for implementing the EO 13423 sustainable building design requirements.

Chaired by FEMP, the ISWG is composed of approximately 300 representatives. The group consists of 249 members from 20 Federal departments and agencies and 35 selected members from the private sector, industry, and academia. Forty to fifty active members from the ISWG attend bimonthly meetings in Washington, D.C. or remotely by conference call to keep abreast on agency-wide sustainable design projects and policies.

The purpose of the ISWG is to:

  • Serve as a forum for the exchange of information within the Federal government on individual agency sustainable design activities
  • Foster and encourage each Executive Branch department and agency to consider the adoption of sustainable design practices and the technologies in new Federally owned, operated, and leased buildings as well as major renovations of existing Federal facilities
  • Identify and propose solutions to barriers for the adoption of sustainable design in the Federal sector.