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Region 8 Energy Star buildings save $27 million and prevent 700 million pounds of greenhouse gas emissions -- annually

Release Date: 02/12/2008
Contact Information: Patty Crow, 303 312-6464; Richard Mylott 303 312-6654

Class of 2007 includes 73 facilities in five states

{Denver, Colo. -- February 12, 2008} The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 welcomed 73 buildings to the 2007 Class of Energy Star-Qualified Buildings.

"These facilities are America's energy all-stars," said EPA's regional administrator in Denver, Robert E. Roberts. "The schools, offices, hospitals, and federal facilities that join us today are part of the growing roster of Energy Star buildings that reduce millions of tons of greenhouse gas emissions each year."

Region 8's 2007 class of Energy Star buildings includes private offices, schools, and federal, state and municipal buildings across Colorado, Montana, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming. The 73 buildings announced today bring the total number of buildings in Region 8 states that have participated in the Energy Star program to 212. Collectively, these facilities represent more than 37 million square feet of building space, save nearly $27 million annually in lower energy bills, and prevent more than 700 million pounds of greenhouse gas emissions, equal to the emissions from about 58,000 vehicles.

Nearly 4,100 buildings and manufacturing plants have earned the EPA’s Energy Star through the end of 2007, with the addition of more than 1,400 in 2007 alone. They include about 1,500 office buildings, 1,300 supermarkets, 820 K-12 schools, and 250 hotels. Also, more than 185 banks, financial centers, hospitals, courthouses, warehouses, dormitories, and - for the first time - big-box retail buildings earned the Energy Star. More than 35 manufacturing plants such as cement, auto assembly, corn refining, and - for the first time - petroleum refining are also being recognized.

In total, these award-winning commercial buildings and manufacturing plants have saved nearly $1.5 billion annually in lower energy bills and prevented carbon dioxide emissions equal to the emissions associated with electricity use of more than 1.5 million American homes for a year, relative to typical buildings. Commercial buildings that have earned the Energy Star use nearly 40 percent less energy than average buildings and emit 35 percent less carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, offering a significantly smaller carbon footprint. About 500 Energy Star buildings use 50 percent less energy than average buildings. Many of these buildings excel due to good energy management practices such as routine energy efficiency benchmarking.

Energy use in commercial buildings and manufacturing plants accounts for nearly half of the total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions and nearly 50 percent of energy consumption nationwide. For more than a decade, EPA has worked with businesses and organizations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through strategic energy management practices. Today, there are Energy Star qualified facilities in every state across the country. To qualify for the Energy Star, a building or manufacturing plant must score in the top 25 percent using EPA’s National Energy Performance Rating System.

Energy Star was introduced by EPA in 1992 as a voluntary, market-based partnership to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through energy efficiency. In 2006, Americans, with the help of Energy Star, saved about $14 billion on their energy bills and prevented greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those from 25 million vehicles.

To learn more about Energy Star buildings and facilities: http://www.energystar.gov/buildings

To find Energy Star buildings and industrial facilities in your area: http://www.energystar.gov/LabeledList


Region 8 2007 ENERGY STAR® Labeled Buildings

Colorado

Facility Name	Location
1125 Seventeenth Street	1125 17th Street Denver, CO 80202
16 Market Square	1400 16th Street Denver, CO 80202
1670 Broadway	1670 Broadway Denver, CO 80202
1801 California	1801 California Suite 280 Denver , CO 80202
1999 Broadway	1999 Broadway Denver, CO 80202
555 17th Street	555 17th Street Denver, CO 80202
ACJC District Courthouse	7325 S. Potomac St. Centennial, CO 80112
Administration Building I	5334 S. Prince St. Littleton, CO 80166
Administration Building II	7305 S. Potomac St. Centennial, CO 80112
Air Academy High School	6910 Carlton Drive USAF Academy, CO 80840
Atrium 2	6060 South Willow Drive Greenwood Village , CO 80111
Bacon Elementary	5844 S. TImberline Road Fort Collins, CO 80528
Bauder Elementary	2345 W. Prospect Read Fort Collins, CO 80526
Cache La Poudre Junior High School	3511 West County Road 54g Laporte, CO 80535
Dunn Elementary	501 S. Washington Fort Collins, CO 80521
Federal Department of Transportation Building	12300 W. Dakota Avenue Lakewood, CO 80228
Fossil Ridge High School	5400 Ziegler Road Fort Collins, CO 80528
Gates World Headquarters	1551 Wewatta St. Suite 150 Denver, CO 80202
Guaranty Bank Building	1331 17th Street Denver, CO 80202
Harris Bilingual	501 East Elizabeth St. Fort Collins, CO 80524
Independence Plaza	1050 17th St. Denver, CO 80202
Johnson Elementary	4101 Seneca Street Fort Collins, CO 80526
Kinard	3002 E Trilby Rd Fort Collins, CO 80528
Kruse Elementary	4400 Mcmurry Av. Fort Collins, CO 80525
Linton Elementary	4100 Caribou Dr. Fort Collins, CO 80525
Lopez Elementary	637 Wabash Ft. Collins, CO 80526
Manville Plaza	717 17th Street Denver, CO 80202
McGraw Elementary	4800 Hinsdale Ft. Collins, CO 80526
Minoru Yasui Plaza	303 West Colfax Ave. Denver, CO 80202
Olander Elementary	3401 Auntie Stone St. Fort Collins, CO 80526
Operations Building	2445 LaPorte Ave Fort Collins, CO 80521
Peakview Tower	6465 South Greenwood Plaza Blvd. Centennial, CO 80111
Plaza of the Rockies North Tower	111 South Tejon Colorado Springs, CO 80903
Plaza of the Rockies South Tower	121 S. Tejon Colorado Springs, CO 80903
Plaza Tower One	6400 S. Fiddlers Green Circle Englewood, CO 80111
Republic Plaza	370-17th Street Denver, CO 80202
Rocky Mountain High School	1300 W. Swallow Road Fort Collins, CO 80526
Seventeenth Street Plaza	1225 17th Street Denver, CO 80202
Support Services Center	2407 LaPorte Avenue Fort Collins, CO 80521
The Denver Post Tower	1560 Broadway Ste1195 Denver, CO 80202
The Point at Inverness	8310 South Valley Hwy. Englewood, CO 80112
Tolin Mechanical	12005 E 45th Ave Denver, CO 80239
Traut Elementary	2515 Timberwood Drive Fort Collins, CO 80528
Tuscany Plaza	6312 S Fiddlers Green Circle Greenwood Village, CO 80111
Union Tower	165 South Union Blvd. Lakewood, CO 80228
Waterview One	8005 S. Chester St. Centennial, CO 80112
Waterview Three	8000 S. Chester St. Centennial, CO 80112
Wellington E. Webb Municipal Office Building	1445 Cleveland Place Denver, CO 80201
Wells Fargo Center	1700 Lincoln St. Denver, CO 80203
Werner Elementary	5400 Mail Creek Ln. Fort Collins, CO 80525
Zach Elementary	3715 Kechter Road Fort Collins, CO 80528

Montana 2007 ENERGY STAR® Labeled Buildings

Facility Name	Location
Billings Refinery	401 South 23rd St Billings , MT 59101
Home on the Range	220 S. 27th St. Billings, MT 59101
Max Sieben Baucus Federal Building	10 West 15th Street Helena, MT 59626
St. Patrick Hospital	500 West Broadway Missoula, MT 59802

South Dakota 2007 ENERGY STAR® Labeled Buildings

Facility Name	Location
Aberdeen C.C. Lee Elementary	1900 N State St. Aberdeen, SD 57401
Aberdeen Lincoln Elementary	414 S 10th St. Aberdeen, SD 57401
Aberdeen May Overby Elementary	612 SE 14th St. Aberdeen, SD 27401
Aberdeen O.M. Tiffany Elementary	819 8th Avenue NE Aberdeen, SD 57401
Aberdeen Simmons Elementary	1500 S Third Street Aberdeen, SD 57401
Beadle Elementary School	1214 Mulberry Street Yankton, SD 57078
Lincoln Elementary School	815 Locust Street Yankton, SD 57078
HSBC Sioux Falls	2200 E. Benson Rd. Sioux Falls, SD 57104
Stewart Elementary School	208 West Twenty-First Street Yankton, SD 57078
Webster Elementary School	317 East Seventh Street Yankton, SD 57078
Yankton Middle School	2000 Mulberry Street Yankton, SD 57078

Utah 2007 ENERGY STAR® Labeled Buildings

Facility Name	Location
Cottonwood Corp Center NOP Hines Bld. #10	2825 Cottonwood Parkway Salt Lake City, UT 84121
Cottonwood Corp Center NOP Hines Bld. #11	2855 E Cottonwood Parkway Suite 175 Salt Lake City, UT 84121
Cottonwood Corp Center NOP Hines Bld. #8	2755 East Cottonwood Parkway Salt Lake City , UT 84121
Cottonwood Corp Center NOP Hines Bld.# 9	2795 Cottonwood Parkway Salt Lake City, UT 84121
Lone Peak Elementary	11515 South High Mesa Drive Sandy, UT 84092
Twin Rivers Office Building	2262 Wall Avenue Ogden, UT 84401

Wyoming 2007 ENERGY STAR® Labeled Buildings

Facility Name	Location
Trihydro Corporation	1252 Commerce Drive Laramie, WY 82070