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Thanks to space utilization efforts,
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by Rebecca Amber of the two-story building. During Air Force photograph by Rebecca Amber

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company some day and that’s the and Family Readiness Center in the National Environmental Policy
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the 412th Civil Engineering Group list to move is the 412th Comptrol- zation to move in. It could become
temperatures and energy usage. That demolition is currently wrap- home to several smaller units, or it
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ing cabinet with a cushion on top to Air Force Test Center Directorate impact, reduce energy and main-
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The guidance is designed to execute Air Force initiative “20/20 by 2020,” which aims to reduce the Air Force’s A space-saving library system in Bldg. 3735 reduces the amount of
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property footprint and associated operating costs 20 percent by the year 2020.