Meeting the standards increases housing construction costs by 2%, which is rapidly paid back by lower running costs. Even the positioning of a window to get most daylight can help save energy.

　　Michael. Bloomberg, New York's mayor, plans to create 165,000 affordable housing units for500,000 New Yorkers. Almost 80% of New York City’s greenhouse-gas emissions come from buildings, and 40% of those are caused, by housing. . So he recently announced that the city’s Department of Housing and Preservation and Development (DHPD) , whose duty is to develop and keep the city’s supply of affordable housing, will require all its new projects to follow ECP’s green standards.

　　Similar measures have been taken by other cities such as Cleveland and Denver, but New York’s DHPD is the largest city developer of affordable housing in the country.

　　45. What is the purpose of describing the boiler room in the first paragraph?

　　A.

　　To explain the measures the city takes to care for poor people.

　　B.

　　To suggest that affordable housing is possible in all areas.

　　C.

　　To show how the environment-friendly building works.

　　D.

　　To compare old and new boiler rooms.

　　46. What is an advantage of the buildings meeting the Green Communities Standards?

　　A.

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