Minneapolis Named Fourth Greenest City for Office Minneapolis Named Fourth Greenest City in the U.S. for Office Buildings

MINNEAPOLIS – Nov. 4, 2019 – Minneapolis ranks among the greenest cities in the country according to the annual Office Green Building Adoption Index, ranking fourth respectively.

Minneapolis’ office space became greener over the past year, with 57.1 percent of its space now green certified, up from 55 percent the previous year and enough to move it up one spot to fourth overall.

“We continue to see Minneapolis rise each year in the office rankings as Minneapolis has emerged as not only as a green market in recent years, but as a model for green trends that much of the country continues to follow,” said CBRE’s Brent Karkula, senior vice president in Minneapolis.

The 2019 Green Building Adoption Index found green certified office space across America’s 30 largest office markets has reached 42.2%, up from 41.9% last year, marking a new high.

Chicago took the top spot in the Green Building Adoption Index for the third straight year, with 71 percent of its space green certified.

Office:

RANK MARKET TOTAL SQ. FT. TOTAL GREEN SQ. FT. % OF MARKET CERTIFIED GREEN
1 Chicago 235,167,156 167,159,631 71.1%
2 San Francisco 123,365,451 83,249,026 67.5%
3 Atlanta 135,269,837 80,204,198 59.3%
4 Minneapolis/St. Paul 70,147,960 40,038,997 57.1%
5 Los Angeles 204,047,455 115,487,171 56.6%

This is the sixth release of the annual Green Building Adoption Index. Based on a rigorous methodology, the Green Building Adoption Index shows the growth of ENERGY STAR- and LEED-certified space for the 30 largest U.S. office markets, both in aggregate and in individual markets, since 2005.