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Liberty Property Trust Earns Energy Star Partner of the Year

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MALVERN, Pa. — Liberty Property Trust, a Malvern, Pa.-based real estate investment trust, earned the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2012 Energy Star Partner of the Year award for improving the energy efficiency of its office and industrial building portfolio in areas like energy performance, cost savings and environmental protection.

The company has certified more than 34 LEED buildings and implemented proprietary technology, such as building-wide area networks that track and display energy use in real time for property managers.

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President’s Budget Proposes $27.2 Billion to DOE, $8.3 Billion to EPA

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WASHINGTON — The president’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2013 includes $27.2 billion in discretionary funds to the Department of Energy and $8.3 billion to the Environmental Protection Agency, making up 15 percent and 22 percent of the total $3.8 trillion budget proposed budget, respectively.

The Department of Energy’s proposed budget is 3.2 percent more than last year’s, while the EPA’s proposed budget was 1.2 percent below the 2012 level.

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GAO Reviews Green Federal Initiatives

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WASHINGTON — In an effort to determine the benefits of interagency cooperation, the U.S. Government Accountability Office conducted a review of current initiatives by federal agencies to foster green building in the nonfederal sector, and determine what is known about the results of the initiatives.

The agency identified 94 initiatives implemented by 11 agencies, with 18 initiatives by the Environmental Protection Agency and 17 by the Department of Energy.

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EPA Awards WaterSense Partners

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency added new categories to its 2011 WaterSense Partner of the Year award at its annual awards program that recognize builders and certifying organizations who made efforts to promote water efficiency and WaterSense-labeled products.

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CEFPI and EPA Host Free IEQ Event

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SAN ANTONIO — CEFPI and the EPA are offering a free one-day training session with national indoor environmental quality experts for districts interested in learning more about maintaining healthy schools.
 
The program, “Healthy Schools: Effectively Implementing an IEQ Management Program,” will take place on May 12 at the North East Independent School District in San Antonio. 

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EPA Introduces Green Competition

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WASHINGTON — Fourteen commercial buildings across the county will compete head to head in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s first national energy efficiency contest. While trimming kilowatt hours off is their bottom lines, the business will also save money and help fight climate change.

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EPA and Three Partners Launch Design Challenge

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SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and three sustainable building industry partners have launched the “Lifecycle Building Challenge” competition, inviting the nation’s architects, builders, recyclers, educators and students to submit ideas that facilitate the reuse of materials from buildings undergoing disassembly.

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