BCBSNC Constructing 100,000-Square-Foot ‘Green’ Building

Chapel Hill, N.C. (April 16, 2008) – Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) on 4-16-08 broke ground on an environmentally friendly building that will use 65 percent less energy and half the water per square foot of the company’s traditional office space. The five-story building, which will include a six-level parking deck, is being built across the street from the company’s Customer Service Center on Ivy Creek Blvd in Durham. The energy savings will be enough to power about 100 typical households(1). The amount of water saved will be enough to supply more than 10 local homes(2).
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