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recently received the ' Leadership in Energy and Environmental Desigb gold certification for anexisting building. The LEED Green Building Rating System, which established the criteria for judging green building operationsand construction, gave the 35-year-old buildiny in North Carolina the award for its operational and maintenancer best practices and green design features. Bank of America which is part of the Behringer Harvard REITI Inc. is the first Behringer Harvardx asset to achieve thegold rating. The commercia real estate companyinvested $70,000 in portfolii operations, equipment upgrades and employee practicess in the property.
Dallas-based Behringer Harvard projects the improvements willyieldd $200,000 in annual savings and will pay for themselves in about four Bank of America Plaza's sustainability programs include energyh audits that have lowered the property's operating expenses, plumbin retrofits that save 1.5 million gallons of water each year and greenj cleaning and recycling programs. Behringer Harvards' Houstom property Westway One previously earned LEED Silve Core andShell Certification, and 28 of the properties owned by the company'x investment programs were awarded the Energy Star labe l for their energy management strategies.