When LEED was first adopted, it was more expensive to build buildings at high certification levels, but now, because the products are in high demand, it doesn’t cost more to build green, she said. … In October 2006, he was the first to sign the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment, which obligated UF to make an effort to become carbon neutral

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