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Somehow, Los Angeles Tops EPA's Most Energy-Efficient City List

by Lee Bains on March 4, 2009 at 05:11 PM


An unlikely trio of cities can lay claim to the United States' most energy-efficient buildings, thanks to a report in USA Today.

Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Houston have been named by the EPA as having the most efficient buildings in the U.S., with annual energy savings of $87.2 million, $83.8 million, and $70.6 million, respectively.

While we would love to jump on the bandwagon and slap these three cities on their backs, we have a little bit more sense than that. After all, anybody who has visited Los Angeles and Houston is well aware that these two places aren't exactly "green." They are, however, massive cities, not only in population, but in sheer geographical sprawl, as well. So, of course, each of these cities has more green buildings than Cheyenne, Wyoming, or Hattiesburg, Mississippi, or Lancaster, Pennsylvania. But that's because they have a lot more buildings, in general.

And while some of those buildings may be green, most of them aren't. We're not exactly students of the environment, but we're certainly confident in saying that Cheyenne, Hattiesburg, and Lancaster -- all put together -- have less of a negative environmental impact than Los Angeles alone. [From: USA Today]

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