About Us

COG is the one place in metropolitan Washington that regularly brings leaders together to develop solutions to the region's major challenges. COG prepares plans enabling the region to receive federal funding, provides members with research and data to inform decision-making, and offers a wide range of programs, including commuter services, cooperative purchasing, technical assistance and grants, and public outreach campaigns.

Transportation

Through the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB), area officials, planners, and engineers ensure a well-managed and maintained transportation system. The TPB, which is staffed by COG, conducts the federally mandated transportation planning process for the region and ensures the uninterrupted flow of federal transportation funds that area jurisdictions receive.

Environment

COG's work engages leaders in various environmental fields from water quality experts to climate scientists. Together, they are advancing regional efforts to restore local waterways, improve air quality, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and address climate change, promote recycling, and enhance and preserve green space and agriculture.

Community

Area officials and experts, including planning and housing directors and child welfare and health officials, work together with their counterparts at COG to help shape stronger communities throughout the region.

Homeland Security & Public Safety

COG brings police chiefs, fire chiefs, emergency managers, and other leaders together as part of its work to strengthen regional public safety coordination, homeland security planning, and emergency communication.

Built Environment & Energy Advisory Committee

The Built Environment and Energy Advisory Committee (BE-EAC) was established in 2013 and serves as a technical advisory committee to Climate, Energy and Environment Policy Committee (CEEPC). Membership includes local government energy managers, government staff supporting Green Building initiatives, as well as interested stakeholders. The group serves as a forum for discussion and monitoring of energy and green building issues in the National Capital Region (NCR).

The BE-EAC represents a merger of the Energy Advisory Committee (EAC) and the region's Intergovernmental Green Building Group (IGBG). The groups merged in response to the increasing overlap between their core issues. As holistic green building practices have evolved to place a greater emphasis on energy, the energy community is focusing more attention on the built environment, energy efficiency, distributed generation, and energy security.

The group also supports the Emergency Support Function (ESF) #12 lead under the National Response Framework. The group is responsible for coordinating with state and local agencies and emergency response teams to maintain continuous and reliable energy supplies through preventive measures, restoration, and recovery actions.

The committee will meet on the third Thursday of every other month from 10am- noon (unless otherwise noted).

Built Environment & Energy Advisory Committee

Featured Documents

BEEAC Priorities

Committee Members

Staff