Facts & Quotes
- Public transit reduces gas consumption by 1.4 billion gallons each year. ICF International, 2007
- Moving 10% of long-distance trucking by rail would save over a billion gallons of fuel per year. Association of American Railroads: Rail Intermodal Keeps America Moving, May 2010
- Retrofitting public buildings to be greener would create as many as 800,000 jobs. Political Economy Institute, 2008
- Residential buildings account for 20% of energy use. U.S Energy Information Administration, 2000
- Commercial and industrial buildings account for as much as 50% of US energy use. U.S Energy Information Administration, 2000
- Rolling blackouts and electrical grid inefficiencies cost an estimated $80 billion a year. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2005
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- Published Report An Economic Analysis of Infrastructure Investment Read More
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U.S Energy Information Administration, 2000 Get The Facts
Commercial and industrial buildings account for as much as 50% of US energy use.
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