New Guidance for Historical Federal Buildings

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The ACHP is pleased to provide this guidance to assist federal agencies in their efforts to meet the requirements of Executive Order (EO) 13514 while also meeting the requirements of the National Historic Preservation Act. Section 2(g) of the EO charges federal agencies to,

“Implement high performance sustainable federal building design, construction, operation and management, maintenance, and deconstruction including by…[among other considerations] ensuring that rehabilitation of federally owned historic buildings utilizes best practices and technologies in retrofitting to promote long-term viability of the buildings.”

This guidance was developed with the support of the President’s Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and was prepared by a work group comprising staff representatives of the ACHP, Department of Defense, Department of the Interior, Department of Veterans Affairs, and General Services Administration.

The goal of this guidance is to assist federal decision makers, usually capital asset managers, facility managers, and other program and project managers, in their considerations regarding sustainability and historic federal buildings. Decision makers will benefit from the ACHP’s recommended strategies to consider historic preservation along with energy efficiency and sustainability concerns; to seek out historic preservation outcomes; and to take advantage of opportunities for meeting historic preservation, energy efficiency, and sustainability goals together in the administration of federal buildings. We request the assistance of Senior Policy Officials and Federal Preservation Officers in distributing this guidance to its intended audience and others in federal agencies who may benefit from the guidance.