Green Buildings Go International
Check out what the U.S. State Department is doing to promote green buildings through its Office of Building Operations. There is always an inherent conflict between green building openness and the need for tight security at embassies and consulates, but State does a pretty good job with greening its facilities. And making facilities green is pretty good foreign policy as well.
The article in the State Department’s official magazine quotes Jerry as promoting at least wholesale relamping of all embassies and consulates, given the generally higher electricity costs overseas and the ease of re-lamping inside a conventional maintenance budget. As I am quoted as saying, “revamp via relamp.” New embassies in Sofia, Bulgaria and Panama City, Panama, showcase State’s approach to greening new building design.
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