The Green Building Initiative (GBI) has seated a consensus body to conduct a revision of ANSI-GBI 01-2021: Green Globes Assessment Protocol for Design, New Construction, and Major Renovations, the only standard produced by a green building organization under the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) consensus process.
“We are greatly appreciative of the many subject matter experts giving of their time as we revise our Green Globes for New Construction standard,” says Brenda Steinhauer, Life Safety Coordinator and Quality Manager for W.A. Richardson Builders LLC, and current chair of GBI’s Standards Committee.
GBI became an approved ANSI Standards Developing Organization in 2005, making it the first green building organization to publish an ANSI-approved American National Standard for commercial green building certification. The resulting program signifies that GBI’s procedures meet the Institute’s requirements for openness, balance, consensus and due process.
“GBI is proud of its leadership-level commitment to transparency, balance and due process in the development of our rating systems that are used for validating sustainability best practices and performance outcomes for both private and public sector facilities,” states Vicki Worden, GBI president and CEO.
GBI’s consensus body members are highly qualified subject matter experts and industry leaders including academics and public health representatives, architects, engineers, product manufacturers and individuals with expertise in high-performance buildings. They will work collaboratively in the review of proposals for change throughout the formal consensus processes for GBI’s American National Standards.
GBI expects to release an updated standard in 2023. The schedule for continuous maintenance can be found on the GBI website.
The individuals selected by GBI’s Standards Committee to serve as consensus body members for BSR/ GBI 01-202x include:
- Senthil Arunachalam, BTU Engineers, LLC
- Jeff Bradley, American Wood Council
- Karen Butler, EPA, Office of Air and RadiaRon
- Virgil Campaneria, Gurri Matute PA
- Michael Cudahy, PPFA-PPEF
- Larry Eisenberg, Ovus Partners 360
- Ashley Eusey, Hoefer Welker
- Tehmina Husain, Merrick and Company
- Michael Lehman, ConTech Lighting
- Christoph Lohr, IAPMO
- James O’Brien, Independent Environmental Consultant
- Thomas Pape, BMP (representing Alliance for Water Efficiency)
- Max Puchtel, American Institute of Steel Construction
- Jane Rohde, JSR Associates Inc. (representing Resilient Floor Covering Institute)
- Gord Shymko, G. F. Shymko & Associates Inc.
- Stephen Szoke, American Concrete Institute
- Angela Tin, American Lung Association
Parties seated on the consensus body will review and vote on proposals for changes to the Standard, which may be submitted at any time using forms available on the GBI website and are considered according to the aforementioned schedule and GBI’s ANSI-approved consensus procedures.