To ensure that next Architect of the Capitol is a licensed architect, AIA President-elect Marshall Purnell, FAIA, testified before the Subcommittee on Public Buildings of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on June 8. Purnell reiterated the Institute’s message that the role of the Architect of the Capitol requires three equally important traits: leadership skills, facilities management expertise, and a license in architecture. To read more about the issue and to get involved, visit the AIA’s Architect of the Capitol Web site.

In separate actions, a House committee approved legislation that will require the federal government to adopt the AIA’s 2030 energy goals for federal buildings, and a Senate committee is providing $30 million to create a photovoltaic “Sun Wall” at the Department of Energy’s Washington, D.C., headquarters. For more information, see the Angle.