GSA’s Smart Buildings: Here’s What People are Saying
Earlier this week, GSA announced an exciting new smart buildings initiative that will install new technology in some of our most energy intensive buildings, gathering critical data, allowing more efficient operations, and providing an estimated $15 million in savings per year. Here’s what some leaders in sustainability and our industry partners are saying about this new initiative:
“We know from our research and experience that the marketplace already has the necessary technology and skill sets to reduce energy and operational costs in new ways. Our research and others have shown that information technology could help accomplish these goals. This initiative will allow GSA to demonstrate these findings in practice, demonstrating the potential for significant savings for GSA and the taxpayer.”
— Rick Diamond – Lawrence Berkeley National Labs – Science & Technology
“It is with much anticipation that the GSA/PBS [smart buildings] award was announced today. After many years of traveling the world, looking at the smartest, most connected, high performance, intelligent buildings, I am confident that the combined team of IBM and its subcontractors, along with the vision and commitment of GSA/PBS will result in a world-class methodology for owning and operating commercial space. This is much more than just an announcement about a project award, starting today we are much closer to 1) creating real green jobs, 2) operating buildings with extraordinary efficiency, 3) reducing our reliance on energy exports, 4) significantly lowering carbon emissions and 5) creating a solution set that is “Made in the USA” and sold to the rest of the world, showing once again that innovation is alive and well in America!”
— Jim Young – Co-Founder and Producer – Realcomm & IBCON
“LEED recognizes the importance of continual improvement in operational performance and the foundational role of information, communication systems, and analytics in reducing operating costs and the broader impacts of excess energy consumption. GSA’s new initiative is an important milestone and an another example of their continuing leadership on these critical issues. We are looking forward to learning from their experience to further our shared mission of creating high-performance green buildings that benefit people and the environment.”
— Roger Platt – US Green Building Council – SVP Global Policy
“We are pleased to see the GSA innovation and leadership in the area of data and analytics. All of us in the facilities related business realize the importance of this trend towards more data-centric building management and with the size of GSA, it will only help spur more solutions and development that are good for the industry.”
— Phil Rogers – Division Vice President – Sodexo North America Solution Center
“Childress Klein Properties, with the backing and leadership of Wells Fargo, has been able to understand the relevance and efficiencies gained with smart building technology in a small scale setting. I am pleased to see the federal government taking the initiative to deploy this on a very large scale. The lessons they will learn in reducing building operation costs and saving energy will provide valuable data to building owners across the world for years to come. This is truly an industry changing event.”
— Ryan Allbaugh – Childress Klein Properties – CIO
“This is great news for the American taxpayer. We worked hard with the GSA to create a bold, exciting vision of an energy efficient future – one where smart, energy efficient buildings save money, save resources, and make the people who occupy them both productive and happy. This award is a big step to fulfilling that vision. It demonstrates the GSA’s commitment to employees and citizens alike.”
— Steve Bishop – IDEO – Global Lead of Sustainability
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