Statistics

Building Green for Energy Efficiency

Green building means energy efficiency and better design, construction, operation, maintenance and removal of building materials. Many local governments are seeing the savings generated by green building, which lowers energy bills and reduces greenhouse gas emissions considerably. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification is a scoring system that allows builders to quantify their carbon emissions savings as well as their savings on energy bills.

LEED Certified Square Footage for Top 20 Cities
with Most LEED Certified Space

LEED Certified Square Footage (thousands of square feet)
Sacramento
Los Angeles
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
Irvine
Fairfield
Torrance
Santa Monica
4,298,988
1,852,579
1,689,109
1,232,718
1099,,827
1,013,102
643,000
625,000
623,724
Cabazon
Oakland
South San Francisco
Santa Barbara
Merced
Bakersfield
Pasadena
Pleasanton
Cupertino
Truckee
396,000
366,178
194,674
192,268
146,380
144,000
136,784
99,545
91,540
86,424

Sources:
ENERGY STAR
US Green Building Council