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…the UniSource Energy corporate headquarters building in downtown Tucson, Arizona, had finally received LEED Gold status, more than nine months after initial occupancy.
“The LEED certification effort showed me once again how easy it is to achieve a Gold certification on a conventional building budget.”
“…the LEED goals did require the project to achieve a projected 24% lower energy use than the ASHRAE 90.1-2007 standard, reduce water use 30% from code levels, install a 100-kW solar thermal system for water heating, and a 150,000-gallon rainwater collection cistern for site irrigation….”
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