About GSA Proving Ground

The GSA Proving Ground program leverages our real estate portfolio to evaluate innovative building technologies. The program aims to drive down operational costs in federal buildings and help lead market transformation through the deployment of new technologies.

The GPG program has 40 ongoing technology assessments in GSA facilities across the country. Currently, 54 assessments have been completed with published results.

Accelerate market acceptance

Help bridge the technology valley of death

A line graph showing the level of market acceptance at different stages of the technology development lifecycle and underutilized GPG.

Assess innovative building technologies

Testbed deployments in real-world environments

Select promising emerging technologies at the edge of commercialization
Pilot emerging technology installations within GSA’s real-estate portfolio
Partner with Department of Energy national laboratories to evaluate real-world performance
Identify proven technologies with broad deployment potential for GSA

Provide actionable data

Evaluation results enable GSA to make sound investment decisions

1,289

Vendor submissions

105

Selected for evaluation

Published reports

Proven technologies

The Center for Emerging Building Technologies’ programs: GSA Proving Ground, Learning Labs, and Pilot to Portfolio enable GSA to make sound investment decisions in next-generation building technologies based on their real-world performance.