Top 25 Cities With the Most ENERGY STAR
Labeled Buildings in 2009
Number of
ENERGY STAR Total Cost Emissions Prevented
2009 Labeled Buildings Floorspace Savings (Equal to __ homes’ 2008
Rank Metro Area in 2009 (million sq. ft.) (millions) electricity use) Rank
1 Los Angeles, CA 293 76.0 $93.9 34,800 1
2 Washington, DC 204 55.1 $62.3 36,100 4
3 San Francisco, CA 173 51.6 $69.4 24,700 2
4 Denver, CO 136 31.5 $29.6 39,300 7
5 Chicago, IL 134 59.9 $50.2 44,500 6
6 Houston, TX 133 64.0 $73.9 53,400 3
7 Lakeland, FL 120 11.5 $8.3 6,300 n/a
8 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX 113 33.1 $33.7 25,600 5
9 Atlanta, GA 102 29.6 $23.9 24,000 9
10 New York, NY 90 50.4 $88.3 31,800 12
11 Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN 89 34.5 $36.4 45,400 8
12 Portland, OR 80 13.6 $11.1 7,600 18
13 Boston, MA 74 28.0 $40.3 16,700 11
14 Seattle, WA 69 20.1 $15.4 13,500 10
15 Detroit, MI 62 12.9 $12.3 12,500 14
16 Sacramento, CA 61 8.5 $9.1 4,300 21
17 San Diego, CA 58 9.7 $13.4 4,300 n/a
18 Austin, TX 55 8.0 $6.2 4,800 13
19 Miami, FL 54 12.3 $12.6 10,800 23
20 Phoenix, AZ 52 11.1 $11.4 9,900 22
21 Ogden, UT 51 5.5 $2.8 2,200 n/a
22 Charlotte, NC 44 4.7 $2.2 2,300 18
23 Indianapolis, IN 39 8.2 $4.9 6,100 n/a
24 Des Moines, IA 36 4.6 $1.9 3,600 n/a
Fort Collins, CO 36 2.5 $2.1 1,300 n/a
Philadelphia, PA 36 12.5 $14.3 8,700 17
25 Louisville, KY 35 4.2 $1.8 2,700 n/a
*Metropolitan areas defined by U.S. Census
January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009
Numbers have been rounded