Better Buildings Federal Award

The Better Buildings Federal Award recognizes the Federal Government's highest-performing buildings through a competition to reduce annual energy use intensity (Btu per square foot of facility space) on a year-over-year basis. The Federal building that achieves the greatest percentage energy intensity savings for that year wins.

2013 Competition

The 2013 competition is on! Track the competition on the chart below. Click on the building name to see its individual progress. For highlights on each building, click the cards below.

Track the Competition

Energy Use Intensity

Argonne Information Center Building

Charles Evans Whittaker Courthouse*

Columbia Plaza*

Goodfellow Air Force Base Building

Hartinger Building

Picatinny Arsenal Building

Richard Bolling Federal Building*

Robert V. Denney Federal Building*

Tinker Air Force Base Building

White Sands Missile Range

Wichita U.S. Courthouse*

Wiley Federal Building*

Click the building name to highlight its trajectory. Roll over the dots to see each building's percentage of energy intensity reduction (Btu per square foot) over time. The Y axis represents the percentage of energy intensity from a common baseline of 0%, recorded on September 2012. The X axis represents the month and year the data was collected.

* Awaiting current data updates.