An energy efficient government building in California – once ridiculed by President-elect Trump – will be formally dedicated to former House Speaker Nanci Pelosi on Monday.
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An18-storygovernmentbuildinginCalifornia–oncereferredtoas“oneoftheuglieststructures”inSanFranciscobyPresident-electTrump–willbeformallydedicatedtoformerHouseSpeakerNanciPelosinextweek.
The SanFranciscoFederalBuilding,a234-foot-tallbuildinglocatedinthe city’sSouthofMarketneighborhood,haditsnamechangedto “SpeakerNancyPelosiFederalBuilding”lastyearandthehighrankingDemocratwillbeonhandtounveilnewsignageataceremonyonMonday,accordingtoBayCityNews.ThebuildingwasnamedafterPelosi inthe ConsolidatedAppropriationsAct,2023,a$1.7trillion omnibusspendingbill.
Theenergyefficient“green”buildingopenedin2007atacostof$144millionandconsistsofstainlesssteelpanelsV-shapedpanelsatthetopthatfoldoveritsbroadconcreteframe.Itisdesignedtoconsumeone-thirdtheenergyofatypicalCaliforniaofficebuilding,usenaturalligh
