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		<description><![CDATA[The great news about Washington's new green building policy. | Good leadership in Olympia, in the form of House Bill 1272. The bill would require all new public buildings that get state funding to meet national standards for energy efficiency. The U.S. Green Building Council&#8217;s standards, called Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), rate commercial construction on a variety of measures (pdf) of sustainability. HB 1272 would mandate that state-funded public buildings meet LEED&#8217;s &quot;silver&quot; rating (the second most...]]></description>
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