Better Buildings Project and Partners Map
| Title | Sector | Content type | Building Type | City | State | Image | Description |
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| Eastman Eastman Chemical: Improved Control of Process Water Systems in Hydrocarbon Cracking Plant |
Industrial | Showcase Project | Chemicals | Longview | TX | Eastman Chemical reduced energy use by more than 10% at it's Longview, Texas site by implementing an advanced tiered level control system to optimize water usage and reduce steam use in the dilution steam generator. |
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| Eastman Eastman Chemical: Steam Reduction in Solvent Production |
Industrial | Showcase Project | Chemicals | Longview | TX | |
The Eastman team at the Longview, Texas, site began an evaluation of a solvent process at their facility. |
| Eastman Eastman: Real-Time Optimization of Utility Systems |
Industrial | Showcase Project | Industrial, Chemicals | Kingsport | TN | |
Access to real-time setpoint recommendations enabled operators to implement changes that reduced energy use by over 2% at the Kingsport site, saving approximately 960,000 MMBtu per year and avoiding 72,000 tons per year of CO2 emissions. |
| Eaton Corporation | Industrial | Partner Profile | Electrical equipment, appliances and components | Cleveland | OH | |
Eaton is a power management company with 2016 sales of $19.7 billion. We provide energy-efficient solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power more efficiently, safely and sustainably. Eaton is dedicated to improving the quality of life and the environment through the use of power management technologies and services. Eaton has approximately 95,000 employees and sells products to customers in more than 175 countries. |
| EBALDC: Casa Arabella |
Multifamily | Showcase Project | Affordable | Oakland | CA | |
Casa Arabella, a 94-unit affordable housing apartment community from East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation (EBALDC), was designed to exceed California’s Title 24 energy code by 13% and to achieve an 18% energy savings above ASHRAE standards. |
| Eck Industries | Industrial | Partner Profile | Primary metals | Manitowoc | WI | |
Eck Industries specializes in premium aluminum castings and is an ISO 9001:2008 registered company. Eck Industries utilizes a wide range of aluminum alloys to produce a variety of castings, such as aircraft cylinder heads, marine parts, military equipment, and specialty car parts. |
| EcoDistricts | Partner Profile | Portland | OR | ||||
| Ecolibrium3 | Local Government | Partner Profile | Duluth | MN | |
Ecolibrium3's mission is to inspire and lead change in our community toward an equitable and sustainable future. |
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| Eden Housing | Multifamily | Partner Profile | Multifamily, Affordable | Hayward | CA | |
Eden Housing is a non-profit with more than 50 years’ experience creating safe and secure communities serving for very low and moderate-income families, seniors, veterans, people living with physical, mental, or developmental disabilities, and the formerly homeless. |
| Eden Housing Eden Housing: Camphora Apartments |
Multifamily | Showcase Project | Residential, Multifamily, Affordable | Soledad | CA | |
Eden Housing constructed the 44-unit low-rise Camphora Apartments in 2016, achieving net-zero electricity and LEED-H Platinum certified affordable housing status for performing 80% more efficiently than the state energy code. |
| Edison Electric Institute (EEI) | Partner Profile | Washington | DC | ||||
| EEtility | Financial Services | Partner Profile | Little Rock | AR | |
At EEtility, we believe that energy providers and the residents they serve want an alternative to escalating energy costs that keep taxing the consumer and burdening energy providers with constant infrastructure expansion. |
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| Efficiency Vermont | Industrial | Partner Profile | Burlington | VT | |||
| El Paso, TX | Local Government | Partner Profile | El Paso | TX | |
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| Elderly Housing Development and Operations Corporation (EHDOC) | Multifamily | Partner Profile | Sunrise | FL | |||
| Electrolux | Industrial | Partner Profile | Electrical equipment, appliances and components | Charlotte | NC | |
Electrolux is a producer of home appliances, designed using deep consumer insight and developed in close collaboration with professional users. |
| Elevance Health, Inc. | Commercial | Partner Profile | Office, Administrative or professional office | Thousand Oaks | CA | |
As a leading health benefits company, Elevance Health, Inc., formerly Anthem, Inc., recognizes the link between our environment and our health. Through energy and water conservation, recycling, community wellness, and carbon management, Elevane Health is committed to continuously improving the environmental sustainability of its operations and business activities. |
| Elevate (formerly Elevate Energy) | Partner Profile | Chicago | IL | |
We design and implement efficiency programs that lower costs, protect the environment, and ensure the benefits of energy efficiency reach those who need them most. This “triple bottom line” approach—and the holistic solutions that result—makes us unique. |
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| Emerson | Industrial | Partner Profile | St. Louis | MO | |
Emerson’s two core business platforms — Automation Solutions and Commercial & Residential Solutions — allow them to identify and confront the challenges of an increasingly complex and unpredictable marketplace from a position of strength, driving near- and long-term value as a trusted partner for their customers. |
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| Emory University | Education | Partner Profile | Education, College or university | Atlanta | GA | ||
| Empire State Realty Trust | Commercial | Partner Profile | Office | New York | NY | |
Empire State Realty Trust’s portfolio is comprised of approximately 9.4 million rentable square feet of office space, 700,000 rentable square feet of retail space and 625 units across two multifamily properties. |
| Encina Wastewater Authority | Industrial | Partner Profile | Utilities: Water and wastewater treatment | Carlsbad | CA | |
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| Energize Connecticut | Residential | Partner Profile | CT | |
Energize Connecticut is an initiative dedicated to empowering Connecticut to make smart energy choices, now and in the future. |
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| Energy Efficiency for All | Multifamily | Partner Profile | New York | NY | |
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| Orlando, FL Energy Efficient Retrofit for Orlando's Firehouse 5 |
Local Government | Showcase Project | Fire station | Orlando | FL | |
In line with the City of Orlando's Mayor’s Greenworks Initiative, the Facilities Management Division decided to retrofit the aging Firehouse 5 to be more energy efficient. Updating the 24-hour facility while it was in operation presented a challenge, but the new insulation, LED lighting and air conditioning units would prove worthwhile in terms of comfort and cost savings. |
| Energy Outreach Colorado | Financial Services | Partner Profile | Denver | CO | |
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| EnerSys | Industrial | Partner Profile | Reading | PA | |
EnerSys serves the global community with stored energy solutions that meet the growing need for energy efficiency, reliability, and sustainability. |
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| ENERVEX, Inc. | Industrial | Partner Profile | Miscellaneous Manufacturing | Alpharetta | GA | ENERVEX, Inc. joined the Better Plants Program in May 2025. Full partner details are coming soon. |
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| Enhabit | Residential | Partner Profile | Residential, Single family | Portland | OR | ||
| Entegris | Industrial | Partner Profile | Computers & electronics | Billerica | MA | |
Entegris, Inc. is a world-class supplier of advanced materials and process solutions for the semiconductor, life sciences, and other high-tech industries. |
| Enterprise Community Development | Multifamily | Partner Profile | Multifamily, Affordable | Silver Spring | MD | |
Enterprise Community Development is the leading nonprofit owner and developer of affordable homes in the Mid-Atlantic with 114 multi-family properties in its current portfolio. |
| Enterprise Community Partners | Financial Services | Partner Profile | Columbia | MD | |
Enterprise Community Partners has introduced solutions through public-private partnerships with financial institutions, governments, community organizations and other partners, to enact the vision that one day, every person will have an affordable home in a vibrant, healthy, economically, environmentally and socially sustainable community. |
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| Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) | Partner Profile | New York | NY | ||||
| Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory | Data Center | Partner Profile | Data center | Richland | WA | ||
| Epson Portland, Inc. | Industrial | Partner Profile | Printing and related support | Hillsboro | OR | |
Epson Portland, Inc. joined the Better Climate Challenge in November 2024.
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| EQT Exeter | Commercial | Partner Profile | Office, Mixed-use office | New York | NY | ||
| Essex Management | Multifamily | Partner Profile | Newark | ||||
| Eugene Water & Electric Board | Residential | Partner Profile | Eugene | OR | |
Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB) is a publically owned utility serving 87,000 electric and 51,000 water customers in Eugene, Oregon, and the surrounding McKenzie River area. |
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| Evanston, IL | Local Government | Partner Profile | Evanston | IL | |||
| Evergreen Public Schools: Mill Plain Elementary School HVAC Upgrade |
Education | Showcase Project | K-12 schools | Vancouver | WA | |
Evergreen Public Schools implemented a series of HVAC upgrades at Mill Plain Elementary School that will annually save the school $24,000 and cut energy consumption by 36%. |
| Eversource Energy | Utility | Partner Profile | Berlin | CT | |||
| Fairfax County Public Schools | Education | Partner Profile | Education, K-12 schools | Falls Church | VA | |
Fairfax County Public Schools is located in Northern Virginia. |
| Fairfax County, VA | Local Government | Partner Profile | Fairfax | VA | |
Fairfax County pledges to be energy carbon neutral by 2040, work with state and federal partners to advance this goal, and ensure it is implemented equitably. |
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| FirstService Energy | Multifamily | Partner Profile | New York | NY | |
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| Flagstar Bank | Commercial | Partner Profile | Office, Bank or other financial institution | Troy | MI | ||
| FLEXCO Corporation | Industrial | Partner Profile | Plastics & rubber | Tuscumbia | AL | |
Manufacturer of rubber and vinyl flooring products, including wall base and base board. |
| Flint, MI | Local Government | Partner Profile | Flint | MI | |||
| Florida A&M University | Education | Partner Profile | College or university | Tallahassee | FL | |
Florida A&M University (FAMU), prominently located on the highest hill in Florida’s capital city of Tallahassee, is a part of the State University System of Florida and the premiere school among historically black colleges. |
| Flowers Foods, Inc. | Industrial | Partner Profile | Food | Thomasville | GA | |
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| Flowers Foods, Inc. Flowers Foods: 40-year Old Bakery Conversion Prioritizes Energy and Water Performance |
Industrial | Showcase Project | Food | Lynchburg | VA | To meet the increasing demand for Dave’s Killer Bread (DKB) organic products in the Mid-Atlantic market, Flowers Foods converted an existing bakery into a state-of-the-art, energy-efficient, sustainable bakery. |