[ATTACH] GSA officials say the 2024 P100 Facilities Standards...

GSA officials say the 2024 P100 Facilities Standards for the Public Buildings Service establishes mandatory design and construction standards and performance criteria for 300,000 federal buildings nationwide. The updated standards will help advance the adoption of cleaner, more efficient building technologies, lead the way toward achieving net-zero emissions from all federal buildings by 2045 and promote the use of American-made, low-carbon construction materials.
“These new standards represent GSA’s decades-long commitment to sustainable design practices and will accelerate our progress toward achieving a net-zero emissions portfolio by 2045,” says GSA administrator Robin Carnahan. “We will continue to drive clean energy innovation and make smart investments in sustainability that get us a triple win: good jobs, taxpayer savings through increased efficiency and healthier communities across the nation.”
P100 requires facilities to adopt advanced energy conservation strategies and eliminate onsite fossil fuel use. The standard calls for grid-interactive efficient buildings to leverage innovative technologies through GSA’s Green Proving Ground and requires the use of low-embodied carbon materials.
The 2024 P100 establishes benchmarks for:
Embodied Carbon: Requiring low-embodied carbon materials, including salvaged, reused, regenerative and biomimetic options.
Energy Efficiency: Enhanced building envelope performance to minimize energy loss and improve overall efficiency.
Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings: New measures to support a more resilient, responsive grid.
Construction Decarbonization: New low-carbon methods for constructing federal buildings, including clean energy operations, material salvage and offsite assemblage.
Labor Practices: New standards to protect workers from unfair or unsafe labor practices, ensure supply chains are free from child and forced labor and protect workers from the impacts of extreme heat.
P100 is updated and published every three years.