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We're here in Brussels at eeGlobal and I have the opportunity to visit with Ambassador Warlick,
James Warlick, who's serving the U.S. in Bulgaria. So, first of all, delighted to see you. I
haven't seen you since Washington. Good to see you Bruce. So tell me about the small
things, because you guys are doing such a great job. Well I, I think we have arguably
the most energy efficient embassy in the world right now and it's improving from when it
was constructed in 2004. It's not a step point, it's a process. Of course, it's easy to talk
about the big things; this year, we're installing a multimillion dollar, multi-stack, heat exchange
chiller that will reduce our energy costs significantly and will pay itself off within
seven to eight years. That's a big step but what I've learned in Bulgaria, it's not just
about those big steps. It's about all of the little steps that, that make an embassy work
and are, are more efficient; efficient use of water, lighting systems, computer-assisted
electricity panels. All of these are relatively small investments and the return may be one,
two, three percent but you start adding that up and there are some significant savings.
We've even taken some other steps, you know, our motor, our motor pool, the favorite car
in our motor pool is now a Prius. Well hopefully, hopefully you'll see me there in a Chevy Volt
or a Ford, a Ford battery-powered car. I'm not sure about showing up at the President's
office in my, in the Prius but it's, it's a sensible car for the embassy motor pool.