United States. The American Council for an Efficient Energy Economy (ACEEE) presented the second edition of the Report Energy Efficiency in Cities that left the city of Boston as the winner.
The ACEEE report concludes that Boston remains the most energy-efficient city in the country, receiving 82 out of 100 possible points, an improvement of more than five points from 2013. Dragging Boston, the top 10 U.S. cities in energy efficiency are New York (#2), Washington DC (#3), San Francisco (#4), Seattle (#5), Chicago (#6), Minneapolis (#7), Portland (#8), Austin (#9) and Denver (#10). With 9 of the top 10 cities improving their scores compared to 2013, Boston faces increased competition for first place.
The main conclusions of the study are as follows:
Washington, Los Angeles, Chicago, Minneapolis and Seattle are the cities that have improved the most compared to 2013, with many double-digit improvements showing in their scores. Los Angeles, for example, set a strong energy-saving goal, and Chicago enacted a new commercial building benchmarking ordinance.
* Other cities have also improved their results since the last edition, including several in the southeastern United States. Atlanta, the main city in the Southeast, saw a 5-point improvement, earning new points for local government operations, building policies, energy and water utilities, and transportation policies. Charlotte did a good result improving by almost 8 points. Jacksonville, the lowest-scoring city in the 2013 edition, saw a 50% increase in its score.
* All ranked cities, even the highest-scoring ones, have ample room for improvement. Boston was the only city to score more than 80 points, and only 13 cities won more than half of the possible points.
The full ranking can be seen at the following link http://aceee.org/local-policy/city-scorecard
