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Aspen, USA, 2011-Jun-30

Press conference: US and Canada Green City Index

San Francisco grabbed the mantle of "greenest" major city in the US and Canada Green City Index, with New York, Seattle, Denver and Boston rounding out the top five US cities. The US and Canada Green City Index analyzes the environmental sustainability of 27 major metropolitan areas in both countries.

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Munich, Germany / Aspen, USA, Jun 30, 2011

San Francisco leads the U.S. in environmental sustainability - U.S. and Canada Green City Index analyzes the environmental sustainability of 27 major metropolitan areas in both countries.

San Francisco grabbed the mantle of "greenest" major city in the U.S. and Canada Green City Index, with New York, Seattle, Denver and Boston rounding out the top five U.S. cities. The unique study conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), and commissioned by Siemens, assesses and compares 27 major U.S. and Canadian cities on environmental performance and policies across nine categories – CO2 emissions, energy, land use, buildings, transport, water, waste, air quality and environmental governance.

Study "US and Canada Green City Index"

Study: US and Canada Green City Index

Presentation

Presentation of the final results, Economist Intelligence Unit

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Cities Press Conference Videos

Cities

Charlotte - US and Canada Green City Index... Charlotte, located in the southern U.S. state of North Carolina, is an important financial center and home to several of the U.S.'s largest banks. It is the third-most prosperous city in the Index, ge...

Pittsburgh - US and Canada Green City Inde... Pittsburgh, located in the U.S. northeastern state of Pennsylvania, was once home to a thriving steel industry. Today companies in the finance, technology, services, and health care sectors dominate t...

Sacramento - US and Canada Green City Inde... Sacramento is the capital of the U.S. state of California with a population of 2.1 million people in the wider metropolitan area. The government is the largest employer, and services drive the local e...

San Francisco - US and Canada Green City I... San Francisco, located in the U.S. state of California, is the overall leader in the Index. It is one of the smallest cities in terms of area, but it is the second most-densely populated one with 4.3 ...

Seattle - US and Canada Green City Index 2... Seattle is located in the U.S. northwestern state of Washington and is home to 3.4 million people in the wider metropolitan area. The economy is goods-intensive, owing largely to manufacturing compani...

St. Louis - US and Canada Green City Index... St. Louis, located in the U.S. state of Missouri at the border of the Mississippi River, is still the second-largest inland port in the U.S. The metropolitan area is home to 2.8 million residents, and...

Toronto - US and Canada Green City Index 2... Toronto is the largest city in Canada and the fourth-largest in the Index. Its quickly growing metropolitan area includes 5.1 million people. The capital of the province of Ontario is a center for Can...

Vancouver - US and Canada Green City Index... A coastal city in western Canada, the Vancouver metropolitan area is home to some 2.1 million people, making it the third-most populous city in the country. Vancouver houses Canada's largest port, and...

Washington D.C. - US and Canada Green City... Located on the Potomac River, Washington D.C. is the U.S. capitol with 5.5 million people living in the metropolitan area. The federal government dominates the economy, but it also houses a wide array...

Houston - US and Canada Green City Index 2... Houston, located in the U.S. state of Texas, has the Index's second-largest administrative area at 579 square miles. 5.9 million people live in the wider metropolitan area. The city's goods-intensive ...

Los Angeles - US and Canada Green City Ind... The Los Angeles metropolitan area spans across five counties and boasts a population of 12.9 million people, making it the second-largest city in the U.S. behind New York. Media production and financi...

Miami - US and Canada Green City Index 201... Miami is the smallest city in the Index in terms of area, but it has a rather large population with 5.5 million people living in the wider metropolitan area. The economy is more service-oriented than ...

Minneapolis - US and Canada Green City Ind... Minneapolis is comparatively small both in terms of area and population. 3.3 million people live in the wider metropolitan area. With a GDP of $50,200 per capita, Minneapolis is one of the high-income...

Montreal - US and Canada Green City Index ... Montreal is the largest city in Canada's French-speaking province of Quebec, with 3.6 million people living in the metropolitan area. The city boasts one of the largest inland ports in the world, and ...

New York City - US and Canada Green City I... New York City is the largest city in the U.S., with some 19 million people living in the metropolitan area. A global financial and business capital, New York City's economy is 91 percent service based...

Orlando - US and Canada Green City Index 2... Orlando is located in the U.S. southern state of Florida. Home to several of the country's largest theme parks and resorts, Orlando's tourism sector dominates the local economy, which generates a GDP ...

Ottawa - US and Canada Green City Index 20... Ottawa, the capital of Canada, is the Index's largest city in terms of area, but only 1.1 million people live in the metropolitan area. Ottawa's economy, dominated by services, is based primarily on h...

Philadelphia - US and Canada Green City In... Philadelphia, the largest city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, is home to 6 million people in the wider metropolitan area. It has a broad-based economy that ranges from pharmaceuticals and financia...

Phoenix - US and Canada Green City Index 2... Phoenix is the capital of the U.S. state of Arizona and home to 4.4 million people in the wider metropolitan area. With a services-oriented economy, including a large contribution from tourism, Phoeni...

Detroit - US and Canada Green City Index 2... Detroit is located in the U.S. northern state of Michigan, with 4.4 million people living in the wider metropolitan area. Traditionally a center of automobile manufacturing and home to three big autom...

Atlanta - US and Canada Green City Index 2... Atlanta, the capital of the U.S. state of Georgia, is a regional economic hub, with one of the highest concentrations of Fortune 500 companies in the U.S. Its economy is service intensive, generating ...

Boston - US and Canada Green City Index 20... Boston is the capital of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and the largest city in the New England region. 4.6 million people live in the wider metropolitan area....

Calgary - US and Canada Green City Index 2... Calgary is the largest city in the Canadian province of Alberta, with 1.1 million people living in the metropolitan area. The city is located about 400 miles south of the oil sands, one of the world's...

Chicago - US and Canada Green City Index 2... Chicago is the third-largest city in the Index, with 9.6 million people living in the wider metropolitan area. Home to many U.S. companies' headquarters and a major financial center, Chicago is the ec...

Cleveland - US and Canada Green City Index... Located on the shores of Lake Erie, Cleveland is one of the smaller U.S. cities in the Index. 2.1 million people live in the wider metropolitan area. The economy is more industry-oriented than most of...

Dallas - US and Canada Green City Index 20... Dallas is situated in the U.S. southern state of Texas. 6.4 million people live in the wider metropolitan area. Dallas' economy is dominated by banking and energy, and it is also home to a large numbe...

Denver - US and Canada Green City Index 20... Denver is the capital of the U.S. western state of Colorado and is home to 2.6 million people in the larger metropolitan area. Local economic activity is dominated by transportation, telecommunication...

Press Conference

Press conference: US and Canada Green City... Journalists at the press conference of the US and Canada Green City Index. The US and Canada Green City Index is a unique study on the environmental performance of 27 North Amercian cities, commission...

Press conference: US and Canada Green City... The US and Canada Green City Index is a unique study on the environmental performance of 27 North Amercian cities, commissioned by Siemens and conducted by the independent research institute Economist...

Press conference: US and Canada Green City... The US and Canada Green City Index is a unique study on the environmental performance of 27 North Amercian cities, commissioned by Siemens and conducted by the independent research institute Economist...

Videos

US and Canada Green City Index... Cities have a tremendous potential to decrease greenhouse gases and thus play an important role in the battle against climate change. Siemens helps with its infrastructure solutions and the Green City...

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Image Collection: US and Canada Green City Index

Contact

USA:

Ms. Elizabeth Cho
PR Director, Siemens Corp.

Tel: +1 (212) 258-4589

Elizabeth.Cho@siemens.com

Canada:

Mr. DL Leslie
Director Branding and Media Relations, Siemens Canada

Tel: +1 (905) 819-5926

dl.leslie@siemens.com

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2011-08-04
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