Architects applaud Federal Building Performance Standard to Further Reduce Building Emissions
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) commends the Biden Administration for developing the first-ever Federal Building Performance Standard, setting an ambitious goal to cut energy use and electrify equipment and appliances in 30 percent of the building space owned by the Federal government by 2030.
“The AIA supports the Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) Federal Building Performance Standard requiring agencies to cut energy use and electrify equipment and appliances to achieve lower emissions in 30 percent of their buildings by square footage by 2030,” said 2022 President of The American Institute of Architects Dan Hart, FAIA. “While there is still more work to do to decarbonize the building sector, the development of this standard is an important step for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the federal buildings sector.”