1. Top Cities with the Most ENERGY STAR
Certified Buildings in 2012
ENERGY STAR Total Annual Cost Emissions Prevented
2012 Certified Floorspace Savings (Equal to ___ Homes' 2011 2010 2009 2008
Rank Metro Area Buildings in 2012 (million sq. ft.) (millions) Annual Electric Use) Rank Rank Rank Rank
1 Los Angeles 528 112.5 $134.8 52,300 1 1 1 1
2 Washington, DC 462 116.1 $127.4 83,100 2 2 2 4
3 Chicago 353 130.4 $92.3 118,400 4 4 5 6
4 New York 325 111.5 $144.6 63,600 6 5 10 12
5 Atlanta 304 63.6 $52.3 55,500 3 6 9 9
6 San Francisco 291 70.1 $106.5 39,300 5 3 3 2
7 Houston 241 88.6 $73.8 72,900 7 7 6 3
8 Dallas-Fort Worth 214 59.0 $47.3 48,400 8 10 8 5
9 Phoenix 202 31.6 $34.4 32,500 13 17 20 22
10 Boston 188 45.5 $67.5 25,000 10 12 13 11
11 Philadelphia 174 33.3 $26.7 23,700 15 14 24 17
12 Denver 161 36.7 $37.8 50,500 11 11 4 7
13 Cincinnati 137 21.1 $13.5 17,800 25 25 n/a n/a
14 Charlotte 133 17.2 $15.2 10,800 17 18 22 18
14 Minneapolis-St. Paul 133 42.7 $49.3 67,300 14 13 11 8
15 San Diego 123 16.9 $18.1 7,100 19 20 17 n/a
16 San Jose 114 11.7 $18.5 7,400 21 22 n/a n/a
17 Seattle 108 23.2 $18.7 15,200 16 16 14 10
18 Miami 104 19.8 $19.3 17,300 18 21 19 23
19 Detroit 100 16.2 $13.8 15,200 20 9 15 14
20 Sacramento 97 11.7 $14.7 6,400 12 8 16 21
21 Indianapolis 91 15.1 $10.4 14,200 n/a 24 23 n/a
22 Albuquerque 89 10.4 $5.6 5,300 n/a n/a n/a n/a
23 Kansas City, Mo. 82 20.6 $14.0 22,900 n/a n/a n/a n/a
23 Portland, Ore. 82 14.4 $10.1 7,600 23 15 12 18
24 Riverside, Calif. 69 9.2 $10.2 3,500 9 n/a n/a 24
25 Virginia Beach 67 6.4 $4.1 3,700 n/a n/a n/a n/a
*Metropolitan areas defined by U.S. Census
January 1, 2012 – December 31, 2012
Numbers have been rounded