EPA ranks New York City #4 in terms of buildings under Energy Star

The EPA'S 2014 rankings for cities with the most Energy Star buildings has good news for New York. While the Big Apple ranks fourth behind perennial "first place city," Los Angeles, in terms of the number of buildings under Energy Star, New York has gone from #12 in 2009 to #4 in 2013, the ranking it held onto this year. No other city has improved its ranking by so much or so quickly. It is even bigger news when considering that New York has 500 million s/f-plus of commercial space and a solid proportion of it was built before 1950. Adding to the positive news is that fact that New York holds one of America's biggest concentrations of commercial real estate, more than twice as big as the next largest commercial center, Chicago. Where New York is Number 1 In addition to being "Most Improved" in terms of Energy Star scores, no other city has saved more energy dollars: $142.4 million per year as compared to Los Angeles' $132.2 or the next closest city, Washington, D.C. at $119 million a year. And there is one more improved ranking for New York — the most amount of s/f under Energy Star certification: Los Angeles comes in at 102.7 million s/f compared to New York's 113.8 million s/f, which is surpassed only by Chicago's 116.2 million s/f. New York also ranked second in emissions prevented. BOMA/New York is also proud to have encouraged Energy Star certification for more than two decades through their annual Energy Action Day and many seminars; by using the BOMA International standards and their heavy reliance on Energy Star rankings in their Pinnacle Awards, and through the on-going work of their energy/sustainability committee.