State Government: State of Pennsylvania
Article: Money Matters
Buildings Magazine August 2002 - Jim Toothaker, Former Director State of Pennsylvania
“By comparing one of the state’s more traditional buildings with one he calls “a high-performance green building, predicated by it being located on a raised floor and using that as your heating and cool air distribution plenum” he has calculated a 90- percent reduction in costs associated with relocating an employee or reworking an office area. “As a result, we don’t do any office buildings anymore that don’t contain a raised floor.”