A study just released by energy economists, author and Texas A&M professor, Jerry Jackson, shows that Maine leads the country in office building energy efficiency, followed by Massachusetts and New Hampshire. The following list/ranking show the percentage of office buildings that exceed EPA’s Energy Star standard and the cost savings
Percent Exceeding Percent
Rank State Energy Star Standard Cost Savings
1 Maine 41.70 % 29.9 %
2 Massachusetts 40.07 27.8
3 New Hampshire 37.77 24.9
4 Vermont 37.72 24.1
5 Nevada 35.57 22.2
6 New York 33.27 18.9
7 California 33.22 19.2
8 Connecticut 33.17 19.0
9 Rhode Island 33.13 19.4
10 New Jersey 32.64 19.1
This ranking is important because it provides the first assessment of
efficiency achievements in individual states and, more importantly,
uncovers how much efficiency potential still exists,” says Jackson, author
of Energy Budgets at Risk (EBaR)(R): A Risk Management Approach to Energy
Purchase and Efficiency Choice.
“Maine’s efficiency score shows that 41.7 percent of office buildings
exceed the Energy Star standard with electricity use and cost savings of
29.9 percent compared to the least efficient states. However, even in
Maine, 58.3 percent of office buildings can still upgrade to the Energy
Star standard.”
The complete state rankings are available in the report, “State-Level
Office Building Energy Efficiency Rankings”
(http://energybudgetsatrisk.com/effic.htm ).
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