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On May 14, 2015, the San Francisco Chronicle (visit link) ran the following story:

"Gold-domed City Hall boasts platinum rating for sustainability
By John King and Emily Green Updated 5:53 pm, Thursday, May 14, 2015

San Francisco’s sumptuous City Hall turns 100 years old this summer, but the landmark has a new claim to fame: It’s the nation’s oldest super-sustainable building.
That’s a shorthand way to describe the platinum rating from the United States Green Building Council, which was announced Thursday by Gina McCarthy, administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in a news conference at, where else, City Hall. The platinum level is the top certification available under the council’s LEED system, for Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design.

Adding a platinum sheen to a structure that already has gold leaf on its dome follows a series of subtle but methodical upgrades that aren’t that different from what any smart homeowner can do. Old fluorescent lights were replaced with new low-mercury ones; aged toilets and faucets were replaced with ones that use less water. The night-lights that accent City Hall’s granite walls and regal dome now go dark at midnight rather than 2 a.m.
All told, the upgrades should translate to a 20 percent reduction in energy consumption and a savings of 825,000 gallons of water each year, according to the city’s Public Utilities Commission — all the more reason to be dazzled by what the Library of Congress calls “one of the most elegant civic buildings in the U.S.”
For the record, City Hall is the fifth building owned by the city to be certified platinum. The overall cost of the upgrade was roughly $1 million, paid for with grants from the city’s PUC and the EPA.
— John King"

Type of publication: Newspaper When was the article reported?: 05/14/2015 Publication: San Francisco Chronicle Article Url: [Web Link] Is Registration Required?: no How widespread was the article reported?: local News Category: Arts/Culture

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