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Executive Order S-20-04, the Green Building Initiative, requires all state
buildings to reduce grid-based electricity purchases 20 percent by 2015
from a 2003 baseline and design all new and renovated state buildings to
LEED Silver standard. To meet the mandate, the department identified a DGS
Green Action Team. The team defined and kick-started the green building
effort throughout the department; brought together federal, state and
local agencies, non-profits and commercial organizations to develop new
ideas and funding models; increased the legislature’s and public’s
awareness and support for green building; and identified cultural,
financial, and organizational barriers to the adoption of green building
and energy technologies.
To date, most state building energy use has been benchmarked, all new
state construction is LEED Silver or better, and the department is on
target to meet the mandate required by Executive Order S-20-24. DGS has
effected a paradigm shift regarding the expenditure of billions of dollars
for state construction and renovation projects, as well as spawning new
ideas for the purchase and use of products and services.
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