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the embassy or there might be also security issues
about buying things locally and not having huge
transportation, you know, carbon usage, in terms of
security. In other words, how do you inspect what
you are buying locally and how do you install it?
So there are some issues.
We talked a little bit about green power.
We are seeing locally here, in the Washington area,
a lot more buildings going partially fueled by
geothermal. And I don't know if OBO is looking at
geothermal, but that's becoming even common in
private sector buildings where, even if you have a
two-acre site, we are seeing people wanting to do
geothermal.
Energy consumption, you know, Donna just
talked about. And emissions, I think the emissions
thing is, you know, also perhaps a challenge for
OBO, because one of the ways to reduce energy
consumption and hence reduce emissions is to use
natural ventilation, which is not possible with
security windows. But perhaps there is a way of
looking at the SED again and incorporating some of
these things.
So I think, you know, there were wonderful
articles in the New York Times Magazine about two or
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