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• OMB Guidance for High Performance and Sustainable Buildings, issued December 5, 2008  
• OMB Guidance for High Performance and Sustainable Buildings - comment resolution  
• Memo from Willie Taylor to Senior Officials regarding Sustainable Building Implementation Plan milestones  
• DOI Sustainable Building Implementation Plan  
• Appendix 1 - Executive Order 13423- Strengthening Federal Environmental, Appendix 2 - Energy, and Transportation Management signed by the President in January 2007 
• Appendix 2 - Instructions for Implementing Executive Order 13423 - Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management prepared by the Council for Environmental Quality and the Office of the Federal Environmental Executive 
• Appendix 3 -Sustainable Buildings Implementation Plan Required Components prepared by the Office of Management and Budget Guidance 
• Appendix 4 -Federal Leadership in High Performance and Sustainable Buildings Memorandum of Understanding that contains the Guiding Principles for Federal Leadership 
• Appendix 5 -Sustainable Building Rating Systems Crosswalk to the Guiding Principles 
• Appendix 6 -Secretary of the Interior memorandum regarding E.O. 13423 implementation dated April 4, 2007 
• Appendix 7 -Interior Assistant Secretary - Policy Management and Budget memorandum forming the DOI Sustainable Buildings Implementation Team dated March 23, 2007 
• Memorandum:: Department of the Interior's Federal Leadership in High Performance and Sustainable Buildings Implementation Plan and Work Group Formation  
• Avian Protection Plan Guidelines
• How to Use Energy Star Program Standards in Achieving Green Building Objectives
• National Park Service Director's Order #89 - Acquisition and Management of Leased Space - makes reference to Energy Conservation and Sustainable Design in part VII B.
• Clauses in BLM Solicitations for Offers related to EPA guidelines, energy savings, recycled materials, and green products
• DOI Signs Memorandum of Agreement for Federal Leadership in High Performance and Sustainable Buildings, January 2006 
• DOI's Designated Representatives to the Federal Green Building Council  
• Memorandum of understanding between U.S. General Services Administration, U.S. Department of the Interior, and the U.S. Green Building Council
• "Integrating Environmentally Beneficial Landscaping into Your Environmental Management System," U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, October, 2006

  This document provides practical guidance, potential language, and examples of environmentally beneficial landscaping practices for each of the EMS elements. The intended audience includes Federal facility staff tasked with developing an EMS and reducing the environmental impact of facility landscaping activities. The purpose of this guidance document is to assist with the addition of sustainable landscaping practices to an existing EMS or to the incorporation of sustainable landscaping into the development of an EMS.

• Presidential Memorandum on Environmentally and Economically Beneficial Practices on Federal Landscaped Grounds
• Guidance for Presidential Memorandum on Environmentally and Economically Beneficial Landscape Practices on Federal Landscaped Grounds 
• EPA's Comprehensive Procurement Guideline -
  2000 Buy Recycled Series - Landscaping Products
• Great Lakes National Program Office - Green Landscaping with Native Plants
• EPA's "A Sourcebook for Native Landscaping for Public Officials"
• National Site for the USDA Regional IPM Centers Information System
• National Park Service Integrated Pest Management Program
• National Park Service's Integrated Pest Management Manual

DOI Case Studies

• Secretary Kempthorne Dedicates First Green Roof on Department of the Interior Headquarters in Washington (Dec 16, 2008)
• DOI Building Projects Certified and Registered for Certification with the U.S. Green Building Council  

References

• The Forest Products Laboratory's Directory of Wood-Framed Building Deconstruction and Reused Building Materials Companies, 2004 
• NPS/PWR Environmental Carpet Report (Updated 10/05) 
• Environmental Considerations of Building Insulation -National Park Service – Pacific West Region 
• Environmental Considerations of Treated Wood National Park Service – Pacific West Region  
• Green Building Policy Profiles - Compiled by the NPS-PWR (Updated 11/3/2004)  
• Managing Your Environmental Responsibilities: A Planning Guide for Construction and Development (the MYER Guide) (April 2005)
  Developed by the U.S. Enviornmental Protection Agency, the MYER Guide contains checklists and detailed discussion designed to help the construction industry understand which environmental regulations apply to them. Use the Guide at the Pre-Bid phase to so appropriate costs can be taken into consideration early, and use the responsibility-assignment checklist to allocate responsibilities to all parties before breaking ground. Includes frequently asked environmental questions and self-audit checklists.
• DOI continues to explore the applicability and appropriateness of various green building standards for benchmarking environmental performance in its building portfolio. Benchmarks under consideration include:
• Federal Guide for Green Construction Specs
  Covering over 60 building materials and methods, this on-line tool allows Federal building professionals to "cut and paste" their way to greener office, residential, laboratory, and other buildings. Follows Construction Specifications Institute’s MasterFormatTM. Helps agencies create project-specific environmental goals and mandates.
• U.S. Green Building Council's LEED Rating Systems
• Guide for Procuring Architectural and Engineering Services for Energy Efficiency and Sustainability-for Federal Construction Project Managers 
• ASTM International Standards on Sustainability in Buildings
  Now available for purchase, new ASTM standards that address environmental problems & challenges related to the design, construction, and operation of environmentally-sound and resource-efficient sustainable buildings. 111 Standards (2005); CD-ROM
  $175 North America, ISBN: 0-8031-3341-3; Stock #: GREEN05
  www.astm.org
• Third Party Certifiers of Green Construction Products
• Green Seal
  Green Seal has developed standards for the following construction-related products: Anti-Corrosive Paints (GC-03), Commercial Adhesives (GS-36), Compact Fluorescent Lamps (GS-05), Degreasers (GS-34), Electric Chillers (GS-31), Green Facilities Operation and Maintenance Criteria (GS-39), Industrial & Institutional Cleaners (GS-37), Industrial & Institutional Floor-Care Products (GS-40), Occupancy Sensors (GC-12), Paints (GS-11), Photovoltaic Modules (GS-32), Residential Central Air Conditioning Systems (GC-09), Residential Central Air-Source Heat Pumps (GC-15), Reusable Utility Bags (GS- 16), Split-Ductless Air-Source Heat Pumps (GC-13), Windows (GS-13), Window Films (GS-14)
• Greenguard, a certifier of low emitting interior products
  Greenguard has developed standards for the following products: Adhesives, Appliances, Ceiling, Cleaning Systems, Consumer Products, Flooring, General Construction, Insulation, Office Equipment, Office Furniture, Paint, Textiles, Wallcovering>
• Greenguard's Free On-line Training Course - Helping Your Clients Maintain Good Air Quality