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Lasting Performance
By Mike kaMen
the golden Hill office center received a 99 energY star rating in 2010, placing it in the top 2% of all U.s. buildings. this achievement is noteworthy because the building was built in 1983. How can a nearly 30-year-old facility achieve such high levels of energy efficiency when it did not have access to 21st-century technologies at the time that it was built? Designed in response to the second energy crisis of the late 1970s, golden Hill used low-cost energy-saving strategies and natural resources to deliver lasting performance.
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