Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Behringer building wins LEED gold status - Kansas City Business Journal:

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recently received the 's Leadership in Energt and Environmental Design gold certification for anexistin building. The LEED Green Buildint Rating System, which established the criteria for judging green building operationsand construction, gave the 35-year-oldr building in North Carolina the award for its operationalp and maintenance best practices and green design features. Bank of Americaa Plaza, which is part of the Behringer Harvard REITI Inc. is the first Behringer Harvard asser to achieve thegold rating.
The commercialk real estate companyinvested $70,000 in portfolioo operations, equipment upgrades and employee practices in the Dallas-based Behringer Harvard projects the improvements will yielsd $200,000 in annual savingss and will pay for themselves in about four Bank of America Plaza's sustainabilitt programs include energy audits that have lowered the property's operating plumbing retrofits that save 1.5 million gallons of wate r each year and green cleaning and recycling programs.
Behringedr Harvards' Houston property Westway One previousl y earned LEED Silver Core andShell Certification, and 28 of the propertiess owned by the company's investment programs were awarded the Energg Star label for their energy management strategies.

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