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Biotechnology Building retrofit saves $670K in annual energy

The outside of the Biotechnology Building on a grey cloudy day. It is a building with five floors, peach concrete walls, and sixteen windows per floor covering the entire span of the building.
The Biotechnology Building has been retrofitted since 2004 to recover heat, save energy and reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Photo by Jason Koski.
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By Blaine Friedlander
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Campus engineers have verified that the building – tailored for energy efficiency, including a recent retrofit of four rooftop exhaust stacks to recover heat – now saves the university nearly $670,000 a year.

Campus engineers have verified that the building – tailored for energy efficiency, including a recent retrofit of four rooftop exhaust stacks to recover heat – now saves the university nearly $670,000 a year.

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