Meeting Minutes - US Department of State

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reduce that. Without having that baseline of what
you're giving out, it's very difficult to see if you
are achieving reduction, because reduction has to do
with what are you currently doing?
And as Donna mentioned, by 2015, 30 percent
reduction, this is with this new bill, the lead is
40 percent reduction and a lead is going to go to 50
percent reduction by 2030.
One other new thing I wanted to mention is
there is a new standard that is being developed, I
don't know if anyone else here knows about it,
called a living building. And I don't want to go
into it yet, because maybe we can talk about it
another time, but it's a whole new standard and
something that OBO needs to be thinking about
because it will be here.
And so looking again for this baseline of
emissions will help you understand how OBO can
become carbon neutral with zero emissions.
That's it.
GENERAL WILLIAMS: Okay. Thank you.
Questions? Yes, Craig?
MR. UNGER: I'll add some commentary here,
as opposed to a presentation. But I would like to
offer, you'll think I never left, as if I won't be
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