U.S. General Services Administration

Brian Gilligan, PE – GSA, Office of Federal High Performance Green Buildings

Professional Development for Facilities Staffand the Federal Buildings Personnel Training Act

Office of Federal High Performance Green Buildings | 1800 F Street, NW Washington, DC 20405 | www.fmi.gov

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FBPTA: What is required?

• Core Competencies for Federal buildings Personnel

• Recommended Curriculum and Continuing Education

• Annual updates to Competencies and Curriculum

• Compliance by all Federal buildings personnel

• Method for contractor compliance

“…core competencies …relating to building operations and maintenance, energy management, sustainability, water efficiency, safety (including

electrical safety) and building performance measures.”

FBPTA: Why?

Perhaps $2B / year in operational costsPerhaps $2B / year in operational costs

Source: General Services Administration (GSA) Estimates based on the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Study “Assessing the Potential for a FEMP Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Program to Improve Energy Efficiency”, 2002

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FBPTA: Who?

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FBPTA: Who?

Agency Facility Management

Energy Management

Building Operations

GSA • 11XX, • 8XX, • 6XX, • 3XX

• 8XX, • 3XX, • 11XX

• 16XX, • Contractor

DoD(DHA Pilot)

• 8XX, • 11XX, • 3XX• Military

• 8XX, • 3XX, • Military

• 16XX, • 54XX, • Contractor

VA(Baltimore Pilot)

• 8XX • 8XX • 42XX,• 47XX, • 53XX

Early / Transitional Journeyman Master

Facility Management

EnergyManagement

BuildingOperations

FEDSA

T Com

pletion

BOMI – PAC BOMI – RPA

BOMI - SMC BOMI – SMT

BOC – BOC I BOC – BOC II

IFMA - FMP IFMA - CFM

AEE - EMIT AEE - CEM

“FBPTA – Aligned” & “BBWG – Approved” credentials

ASHRAE - OPMP

ASHRAE - BEAP

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FBPTA: What does “compliance” look like?

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FBPTA: Core competencies explained

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Accelerate FM\

Long-term professional development

FEDSAT

Identify and fill basic knowledge gaps

What do I need to know?How well do I know it?

What resources can help me?

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GAO – Report and recommendations

• GSA has met its obligations

• To drive further agency implementation the Act should:

– Designate a lead agency for implementation

– Identify individual agency responsibilities

– Establish reporting requirements

– Establish centralized funding?• GSA advised to propose legislative improvements

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GAO – Response and timeline

• Gather agency input for proposal (tentative)

– Convene cross-agency working group (12/15)

– Propose enhancements to Act (1/15)

– Submit to FRPC, Deputy CHCOs for comment (2/15)

– Submit recommendations to OMB for review (2/15)

• Our “ask” of the Federal Real Property Council

– Propose agency contacts for our working group

– Review and comment on recommendations 

• Data quality competency• Include in “Performance Measures” Competency Area

• Cybersecurity competency• Adopt Better Buildings Workforce Guidelines

requirements for Energy Managers

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Annual Updates – Other new requirements

Conclusion• GAO Report is an opportunity to define compliance

– As professional development

– As an integral part of buildings-related positions

• FMI has tools in place to help agencies & staff– FEDSAT: identify gaps and links to free training

– AccelerateFM: locate credentials, degrees and classes

• Contact information: Brian Gilligan brian.gilligan@gsa.gov

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