The US General Services Administration (GSA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have awarded the construction contract for building the new $524 million headquarters for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).
The new CISA HQ will be at the St. Elizabeths West Campus in Washington, DC. This is part of the DHS’s ongoing effort to consolidate the agency in one location.
The total amount for the new CISA headquarters includes an investment of over $115 million in Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funding. The IRA, among other goals, aims to combat climate change, including by making federal buildings more energy efficient.
Clark Construction has been tasked with building the 630,000 square foot sustainable state-of-the-art facility for CISA.
The builder has been given $80 million for low-embodied carbon construction materials such as asphalt, concrete, glass and steel, and $35 million to meet high-performance green building standards.
“The CISA headquarters design sets a new standard for the energy performance of federal buildings in the National Capital Region, with an anticipated energy use of intensity of 28.9 thousand Btus per square foot per year. That is a 72% reduction compared to typical office buildings (CBECS 2003 baseline),” the GSA said in a press release.
“Additionally, the project includes sustainable design features such as chilled beams, a dedicated outside air system with energy recovery and demand-controlled ventilation, advanced lighting controls, and a high-performance building envelope,” it added.
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