The General Services Administration has posted a request online, asking those in industry, academia and nonprofits for information on green building technologies. The agency plans to study technologies promoting building energy-efficiency on its existing facilities under the Green Proving Ground’s 2014 program. Technologies that are chosen for the program are tested in the GSA’s federally owned buildings.
(http://www.environmentalleader.com/2013/11/06/gsa-seeks-green-building-technologies-to-test/)
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