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Article: 20 commercial buildings sport `Energy Star' label.(Energy Efficiency Forum rating)
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- Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News
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- June 21, 1999
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WASHINGTON--Twenty commercial buildings--the first of more such energy-efficient buildings to come--will sport the "Energy Star" label, according to two federal agencies that developed the program.
The announcement was made at the June 9 Energy Efficiency Forum, sponsored by Johnson Controls and the United States Energy Association (USEA).
Breaking the news were Dan Reicher, assistant secretary for energy efficiency and renewable energy at the Energy Department, and Paul Stolpman, director of atmospheric programs for the Environmental Protection Agency.
"Before, there was no uniform way to rate energy efficiency in buildings," said Reicher. ...