B & P - Higher Education - 2013 http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=business.bus_news Matt_Kirchoffner@sra.com http://www.getmura.com Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:29:44 -0400 en-us EPA Announces Winner of the Energy Star National Building Competition http://www.energystar.gov/cms/default/index.cfm?LinkServID=37505810-C297-489F-EAE83D0E41A87447&showMeta=0 37505810-C297-489F-EAE83D0E41A87447 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that Demarest Elementary School in Bloomfield, New Jersey, is the winner of EPA’s 2012 Energy Star National Building Competition: Battle of the Buildings. In its third year, the competition featured teams from across the country racing to improve energy efficiency, lower utility costs and protect health and the environment. Demarest Elementary School won the competition by demonstrating the largest percent-reduction in energy use, adjusted for weather and the size of the building. Demarest Elementary School was able to reduce its energy use by 52 percent in one year. Together, competitors cut their energy costs by more than $50 million.

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]]> EPA Announces Cities with the Most ENERGY STAR Buildings in the US http://www.energystar.gov/cms/default/index.cfm?LinkServID=5F7F976B-C297-489F-E2AE516D2D10B10F&showMeta=0 5F7F976B-C297-489F-E2AE516D2D10B10F Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400 Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its annual list of U.S. metropolitan areas with the most Energy Star certified buildings in 2012. The list is headed by Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Chicago, New York, Atlanta, San Francisco, Houston, Dallas, Phoenix, and Boston. In 2012, more than 20,000 Energy Star certified buildings across America helped save more than $2.7 billion in annual utility bills while preventing greenhouse gas emissions equal to emissions from the annual electricity use of more than two million homes.

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Top 25 Cities with Most ENERGY STAR Certified Buildings in 2012

List of Buildings in the Top 25 Cities

]]> EPA Sees 30 Percent Growth in Number of Organizations Reducing Carbon Emissions Portfolio-Wide http://www.energystar.gov/cms/default/index.cfm?LinkServID=F397641B-1EC9-2E06-C1308F0D18C59F1E&showMeta=0 F397641B-1EC9-2E06-C1308F0D18C59F1E Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0400 As of the end of 2012, more than 270 organizations have been recognized as ENERGY STAR Leaders by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Since the program began in 2004, ENERGY STAR Leaders have cumulatively saved more than $150 million on utility bills and prevented greenhouse gas emissions equal to the annual electricity use of nearly 130,000 homes.

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