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Please ask Gov. Blagojevich to Sign 4099 into law

From the Great Lakes Environmental Law & Policy Center:

Victory is close! On May 20th, the Illinois General Assembly
passed the Illinois Energy Efficient Commercial Building Act,
HB4099, which now goes to Governor Blagojevich for signature.
HB4099 covers all commercial, industrial and multi-unit
residential buildings, but not single-family homes and would
result in huge energy savings for Illinois.

Please take a minute to send the Governor the message that you
want him to sign HB4099 into law and bring energy-efficient
commercial buildings to Illinois.

You can take action on this alert via the web at:
http://actionnetwork.org/campaign/HB4099/

Visit the web address below to tell your friends about this.
http://actionnetwork.org/campaign/HB4099/forward/

We encourage you to take action by June 11, 2004

Sign HB 4099 into Law

INSTRUCTIONS TO RESPOND VIA THE WEB:
If you have access to a web browser, you can take action on this
alert by going to the following URL:

http://actionnetwork.org/campaign/HB4099/

Your letter will be addressed and sent to:
Governor Rod Blagojevich

----THIS LETTER WILL BE SENT IN YOUR NAME----
Dear [decision maker name automatically inserted here],

I am writing to urge you to sign HB4099 into law and bring
energy-efficient commercial buildings to Illinois.

Illinois is the largest energy-consuming state in the nation
without a statewide energy efficient building code, and one of
only twelve states with no energy code for commercial
construction. Doing energy efficiency "right" at the new
construction and major rehab stage is by far the most
cost-effective time to make these pro-environmental and energy
cost reduction investments. This is the single most important
policy step that a state can take to increase energy efficiency
in buildings and reduce pollution through avoided electric power
and natural gas use.

HB4099 establishes a uniform statewide energy efficient building
code for commercial construction and renovations. Moreover,
HB4099 will protect Illinois businesses from higher energy bills
resulting from inefficient buildings. This statewide energy
efficient commercial building code would:

1. reduce energy consumption for heating, cooling, and lighting,
resulting in ongoing savings for commercial owners,
2. reduce demand for natural gas during volatile markets,
3. cause the reduction of emissions of air pollutants, and
4. simplify rules for commercial builders, providing one uniform
statewide energy code.

I urge you to save energy and money for consumers by signing
HB4099. Thank you for your time and I look forward to your
response.

----END OF LETTER TO BE SENT----

Sincerely,
Xxxx Xxxx

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