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Chaun Benjamin: Inside the Edith Green renovations

The General Services Administration is one of the agencies leading the drive to improve energy efficiency in federal buildings. Last year, it commissioned a com...

July 15, 2015 8:58 am

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The General Services Administration is one of the agencies leading the drive to improve energy efficiency in federal buildings. Last year, it commissioned a complete transformation of the Edith Green-Wendell Wyatt Building in Portland, Oregon. Originally built in 1974, it's now one of the most efficient federal buildings in the country. In part two of our special report, "The Federal Office of the Future," Chaun Benjamin, the Region 10 commissioner for GSA's Public Buildings Service, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with a behind-the-scenes look at the renovations.