California Just Put Its Buildings on an Environmental Scoreboard

Earth911
Jun 10, 2026, 7:00 am260 ptsTop
Every year, California’s commercial and apartment buildings burn through 109 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity, guzzle 240 billion gallons of water, and release 23 million metric tons of carbon — and until now, almost none of that was easy for the public to see in one place. That changed on May 28, when…

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