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Maria Cantwell: “Forty percent of our energy use is in buildings and these facilities, I equated, to the next phase of efficiency.”

On the recordJune 9, 2017
Forty percent of our energy use is in buildings and these facilities, I equated, to the next phase of efficiency.
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Maria Cantwell
Democratic · Washington

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Senator Cantwell highlights the significant energy consumption of buildings.

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