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City of Atlanta | 9 TOTO is proud to partner with the City of Atlanta in your continuous efforts to save water and conserve energy one drop at a time. www.TOTOUSA.com 800-350-TOTO the City of Atlanta Proudly partnering with by Atlanta being designated as one among only eight U.S. cities to participate in the Beta-phase of the ICLEI USA STAR Com- munities Index program, an initiative striv- ing to create standardization models for mu- nicipalities working toward sustainability. Much has transpired in the two years since these benchmarking exercises took place, demonstrating not only Atlanta’s rising to the challenge, but the City’s stewardship of objectives that result in greater quality of life for residents as well as enhanced operational quality for businesses. REDUCING ENERGY, WASTE, AND WATER CONSUMPTION An important catalyst in this City’s path to excellence has been a program known as the AtlantaBetterBuildingsChallenge (ABBC). In response to Atlanta’s leadership and stew- ardship of grant objectives affiliated with the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, PresidentObama’s administrationalongwith the U.S. Department of Energy chose Atlan- ta as one of three pilot cities for the launch of the national Better Buildings Challenge. The goal of the challenge is to have commercial buildings 20 percent more energy efficient by 2020. That endeavor prompted numer-