Gov. Deval Patrick in good company with the exception of the Yankees fan to his right

From the Building Energy 08 website:

"BOSTON, MA—March 12, 2008—Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick announced the establishment of a task force on net zero energy buildings Wednesday morning at the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association’s (NESEA) Building Energy Conference and Trade Show at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston.

The Governor further thrilled the audience of 1,000 by saying that he would return to the NESEA’s 34th annual event in 2009 to announce the recommendations of the task force.

“Buildings that reduce their energy use by 40% are great, but that is simply not enough,” the Governor said. “We need to set our sights lower. Therefore I am establishing this task force on net zero energy buildings today and asking them to have their recommendations, including recommendations for construction finance, ready for announcement to you here at the Building Energy conference one year from today..."

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