Los Angeles commercial property landlords are going green on a bigger scale than their counterparts in other cities, the federal Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday. (Saving $87.2 Million USD)
The EPA awarded the most Energy Star ratings in the country last year to Los Angeles, where 262 buildings earned the agency's conservation designation. Energy Star buildings use at least 35% less energy than average buildings and emit 35% less carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
San Francisco came in second in the country. (Saving $83.8m USD)
Rounding out the top 10 in 2008 were
3 Houston; ($70.6m USD)
4 Washington; ($42.2m USD)
5 Dallas-Fort Worth; ($31.9m USD)
6 Chicago; ($42.2m USD)
7 Denver; ($32.9m USD)
8 Minneapolis-St. Paul; ($36.3m USD)
9 Atlanta; ($16.4m USD)
and 10 Seattle. ($16.3m USD)
The rankings weren't ordered on the actual cost savings but on the number of buildings that acheived the energy star status in 2008.
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