I thought not, reader. ;-)
Read until end please:
"Boston's biggest property owner going all green; Equity Office cites social, fiscal benefits to upgrades" by Casey Ross, Globe Staff | August 28, 2008
The city's largest property owner - spurred by high energy prices and rising demand from tenants - is seeking "green" certification for all of its office buildings, marking a major milestone in Mayor Thomas M. Menino's push to make Boston the nation's most environmentally friendly city.
Equity Office Properties Trust, which owns 20 structures in and around Boston, is outfitting its buildings with features ranging from energy-saving heating and cooling units to new bike racks as part of a multimillion-dollar effort to stamp its buildings with the green label.
Equity Office, which was acquired by Blackstone Group last year, operates office towers across the country, but it is installing the green technologies only in its Massachusetts properties, beginning what could become a national effort, executives said.
While early environmental efforts have focused on curbing vehicle emissions, commercial and residential buildings consume about 70 percent of the nation's electricity and they also account for 39 percent of its carbon dioxide emissions, making homes and workplaces the largest collective source of harmful greenhouse gases, according to the US Green Building Council. Transportation accounts for about 30 percent of emissions.
You get tired of the lying agenda-pushing, don't you, readers?!
Environmental regulators said the movement toward green buildings has been aided by the sharp increases in costs for fuel and electricity, which have been crippling corporate budgets across the country. Studies have shown that implementation of green technologies can increase productivity between 10 and 15 percent, according to the State Environmental Resources Center, an organization that tracks the impacts of green energy policies. The group cites research showing that cleaner air quality and better temperature control improves alertness of employees and decreases absenteeism.
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Now the overseer is going to be armed with an environmental lash, AmeriKan slaves and serfs!
And the whole issue is NOT ABOUT ENVIRONMENT, it's about BIDNESS!!!!!
PFFFFFFFFTTT!
