As I’ve mentioned before, small businesses (and some large) are generally strapped for resources. More often than not, they don’t have the money or time to devote to things outside of business services themselves. This becomes an acute disadvantage at a time when the government is throwing billions of dollars at businesses across the country, especially those in the green business sector.

Luckily, the intelligent editors at Greenbiz.com have put together a map of the nearly $5.5 million that has been provided to the General Services Administration (GSA) from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The funds will be used to build new federal energy-efficient buildings, and weatherize and reduce water and energy consumption in existing federal buildings. The emphasis, according to Greenbiz.com, is “to convert the buildings into ‘high performance green buildings,’ including adding solar panels or small wind turbines, and weatherizing old, leaky structures.”

There are about 250 projects located in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and The Virgin Islands that are broken into four categories: new construction (including Land Ports of Entry), full and partial building modernization, limited scope projects, and small projects.

So how can the mapped be used by small green businesses?

Easy. Look for the region where your business is located and find out if there are any projects funded by the GSA. The map will give you the name of the building/project, address, and amount of money received for the project. A single federal building complex in Detroit received $30,000,000 for green renovations, which means serious business opportunities for Michigan business who are appropriate for the project.

The map does not give information about the bidding process though. For that, go to the Federal Business Opportunities site.