Several eco-friendly construction and design features helped the building earn a total of 43 points towards LEED Gold certification including the use of materials with recycled content, regionally sourced materials, energy efficiency upgrades and windows with a special coating to reduce heat transmission.

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The front half of the car is brutally ventilated with multiple air scoops to feed the ravenous supercharger and to cool the engine, brakes and transmission heat exchanger.

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Roughly half is lost as heat and nearly 10% more is lost during transmission.

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The assessment came with a warning: Operating procedures are available to maintain power in the unlikely event that a combination of severe conditions a power outage and delayed transmission projects occur at the same time as a prolonged heat wave with high humidity that keeps air conditioners running nearly non-stop.

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Sabre Industries, which provides wireless towers, monopoles and transmission structures, and Nobao Renewable Energy, a Shanghai-based provider of heat pumps used to cool commercial buildings, did not price as expected.

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