Public Buildings Service takes up Net Zero Challenge  Tuesday -
11/1/2011, 10:46am EDT  Bob Peck, commissioner, Public Buildings
Service  Download mp3  By Michael O'Connell Web Editor Federal
News Radio  Not only is the General Services Administration
challenging the private sector to help reduce energy use at
federal buildings, the agency is leading the way in energy
efficiency itself.  The GSA recently commissioned Pacific
Northwest Labs to study the energy efficiency of federal
buildings. It found that 22 buildings are 25 percent more energy
efficient than comparable private buildings.  "What I love even
more is that they found that they are among our most popular
buildings with our tenants, because people seem to sense that
there's better air quality, there's more daylight, so that
should lead to more productive buildings as well," said Bob
Peck, the commissioner of the Public Buildings Service at the
GSA.  "We have an obligation to spend taxpayer money to help the
private sector get greener," Peck said.