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    Prepare Your Building for Evolution

    Oct. 26, 2011
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    October 2011 ♦ Vol. 9 Issue 10

    Prepare Your Building to Evolve

    The gap between where your building is now and where it will need to be in the future as new high-performance buildings enter the market is potentially huge.

    Read more about building evolution …»

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