According to an article in today’s Portland Business Journal, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ranked Portland 19th for the highest number of energy efficient buildings in the country. Portland has 45 buildings that meet the criteria.
Los Angeles has the most buildings with the EPA “Energy Star” rating, with 262, followed by San Francisco with 194 and Houston with 145. Those cities are followed by Washington, D.C.; Dallas-Fort Worth; Chicago; Denver; Minneapolis-St. Paul; Atlanta and Seattle.
For buildings to be considered for Energy Star classification they must use 35 percent less energy and emit 35 percent less greenhouse gases than average buildings.
For a list of the 45 buildings in Portland that meet the Energy Star classification go to – http://tinyurl.com/bjggoc
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