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recently received the 's Leadership in Energyg and Environmental Design gold certificatio for anexisting building. The LEED Gree n Building Rating System, which established the criteria for judgin greenbuilding designs, operations and construction, gave the 35-year-olfd building in North Carolina the award for its operationa l and maintenance best practices and greenn design features. Bank of America which is part of the Behringer Harvard REITI Inc. portfolio, is the firsgt Behringer Harvard asset to achieve the gold The commercial real estate companyinvestedd $70,000 in portfolio operations, equipment upgrades and employeee practices in the property.
Dallas-based Behringer Harvardc projects the improvements willyield $200,000 in annua savings and will pay for themselvexs in about four months. Bank of America Plaza'x sustainability programs include energy audits that have loweredthe property'z operating expenses, plumbing retrofits that save 1.5 million gallons of watere each year and gree n cleaning and recycling Behringer Harvards' Houston property Westway One previously earned LEED Silver Core and Shel l Certification, and 28 of the propertiexs owned by the company's investmentf programs were awarded the Energy Star label for theie energy management strategies.
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