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Source: USGBC/NBI

The actual savings vary much more widely than the proposed savings that were predicted in the LEED submissions—with some projects actually showing negative savings (usage that exceeds their base case). The boxes show the quartiles (25% of projects) above and below each median. Note that LEED assigns energy points for predicted energy cost savings, which do not always correspond to predicted energy savings.

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