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San Francisco’s Green Building Nightmare…the new George H.W. Bush Federal Building now looms over midtown San Francisco….it is a disaster… lack of air conditioning or heat…workers seek to relieve the heat by opening windows, which not only sends papers flying…some employees must use umbrellas to keep the sun out of their cubicles…federal office workers do not get enough exercise. To address this, elevators in the building only stop at every third floor. This requires employees to walk up or down one or two flights of metal stairs...employees seeking to avoid stairs use the disabled access elevator, leaving this car crammed with people and making the ride to the top extremely slow...deliveries must use the disabled access elevator…the project’s huge cost overruns and functional inadequacies have apparently been ignored solely due to excitement over its “Green” stature….even though it FAILED to get a pass in the Green Building Rating System!