New sustainability standard approved for multifamily properties.(INDUSTRY NEWS & NOTES)(Brief article)

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced that six metropolitan areas in the Midwest region were on its Top 25 list of energy-efficient buildings that earned the Energy Star certification in 2008. Chicago ranked sixth with 125 buildings; Minneapolis-St. Paul was eighth with 102; Detroit was 14th with 65; Milwaukee was 15th with 62; Grand Rapids, Mich., was 20th with 42; and Madison, Wis., was 25th with 33.

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In total, the 429 buildings have saved their owners $137.1 million in utility bills and prevented carbon dioxide emissions equal to those associated with electricity use from more than 114,000 homes for a year.

A complete list of Energy Star buildings, including the 2008 Top 25 Cities, is available at http://energystar.gov/buildinglist.

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