Energy Star Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary
(U.S. EPA Press Release) – In 1999, for the first time, the Environmental Protection Agency awarded the ENERGY STAR to a building. Now, a decade later, EPA is celebrating this landmark anniversary with a press release and a historical retrospective of the ENERGY STAR buildings program.
The 20-page retrospective shares the story of how it all began, where we are today, and a glimpse of the exciting future that lies ahead for the ENERGY STAR buildings program. The report also features interesting case studies, and highlights some of the more notable buildings that have earned the label over the years, including:
- The oldest building to earn the Energy Star: Cambridge Savings Bank in Cambridge, Mass.
- The tallest building to earn the Energy Star: Aon Center in Chicago, Illinois
- The largest building to earn the Energy Star: USAA McDermott Building in San Antonio, Texas
- The first building to earn the Energy Star: Ridgehaven Green Building in San Diego, Calif.
To read the press release and download a copy of the retrospective, visit www.energystar.gov/decade.
