Among the highlights of the Cat Financial Center's green features are: * Restructured building operation and maintenance practices to be sustainable best practices consistent with the LEED process * Reduced consumption of electricity by 6%, water by 22% and reduced solid waste by 49% * Installed low Mercury level fluorescent lights * Initiated a recycling and composting program * Formed a Sustainability Committee with employee representatives from various departments to sustain progress

“These investments will save taxpayer dollars and create jobs in communities around the country,” said Vice President Biden. “Local leaders will have the flexibility in how they put these resources to work – but we will hold them accountable for making the investments quickly and wisely to spur the local economy and cut energy use.”

“I think it’s an unnecessary ordinance, but I think it’s the least obtrusive and it’s going to cost the city the least amount possible to enforce it,” Sheely said. “If we have to pass something, this has been the least obtrusive proposal so far.”