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Yeah .

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Mm . The Navy is focused on

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environmental awareness and with no

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buildings like the submarine learning

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center in Groton Connecticut . The

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future is looking green . The building

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was designed and built to the highest

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standards set down by leadership and

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energy environmental design or leed

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well , it's a brand new facility

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created in the leed certification

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model to be environmentally friendly

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and energy officials . We have a

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geothermal heating and cooling system ,

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we have a rain collection system . We

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have environmentally friendly plannings

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outside . Uh , we have a natural light

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to aid in our lighting of the building .

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The geothermal system of the building

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uses 21 wells That are drilled through

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400 ft of rock . It's a water system

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that cycles water through as it goes

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down the well . It cools or raises the

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temperature of the water to

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approximately 55 degrees . When it

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comes into the building , it goes

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through a heat exchanger and at the

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heat exchanger it will either ,

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depending on the season , it will

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either raise the temperature in the

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winter or lower the temperature of the

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air in the building to that um , aspect

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with the geothermal system doing most

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of the work , any extra heating or

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cooling can be done with the system

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designed for a much smaller building .

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All the innovations put into this

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building work together toward better

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energy savings and environmental

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awareness . one of the things I'm most

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proud of with this building is being a

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lead structure and combining all the

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environmental design that we have with

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this . It is the future of the Navy and

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it's the future of the buildings that

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we will be building from here on out ,

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reporting from Washington . I'm Petty

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Officer James still a peck .