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Energy Conservation and Reducing Emissions

Updated May 2026

Boyd Gaming continues to focus on ways to reduce energy consumption throughout our organization. Through capital investments in more energy efficient equipment and rolling out new operational initiatives to reduce consumption we continue to make progress in decreasing energy usage. These efforts have resulted in us reducing energy consumption each year since 2021.

The company continues to invest in energy efficient capital projects, such as LED lighting and upgrading building system and aging equipment. These investments had a meaningful impact on our energy consumption nationwide in 2025. For example, our installation of LED lighting at our racetrack at Evangeline Downs lowered the property’s electricity consumption by more than 2.3 million kilowatt-hours in 2025 – a savings of over 16%.

Operational initiatives also ensure our property HVAC and lighting systems are functioning at peak performance and efficiency. Examples of key improvements we made in 2025 include:
  • A 6% reduction in electricity usage at Gold Coast, following a review that fixed several programming issues in the property’s HVAC system;
  • Suncoast also lowered electricity usage by 5%, by making improvements to equipment and adjusting temperature schedules so we operate at peak efficiency;
  • Aliante achieved electricity savings of nearly 7% through monitoring-based commissioning, which identified programming faults following a recent system upgrade;
  • And Ameristar Kansas City reduced its electrical consumption by 7.3% for the year through new energy conservation initiatives, as well as the property’s teams ongoing commitment to energy efficiency.

These efforts have helped us achieve a 34.4% reduction in weather-normalized energy consumption in 2025 when compared to our 2017 baseline.

Weather-Normalized Energy Consumption

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Weather Normalization is key in addressing variance due to extreme temperatures which could impact visibility of the decarbonization efforts led by a company. This process normalizes natural gas and electricity consumptions using an annual feed of normalized weather data for a site, which means that the weather is averaged over a recent 10-year period using the actual weather (sourced from NOAA) from each location.

Annual Carbon Emissions

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Carbon emissions are based on Scope 1 (natural gas) and Scope 2 (purchased electricity) only from 2017 to 2025.

Reducing Carbon Emissions


Boyd Gaming continues to focus on ways to achieve long term reductions in energy consumption and carbon emissions to improve our environment. We have tracked Scope 1 (natural gas) and Scope 2 (purchased electricity) since 2017 and have reduced our annual carbon emissions by more than 40% over this time period.

Carbon Footprint

Boyd Gaming 2025

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Fugitive emissions were calculated based on the Simplified Material Balance Method as defined by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. (EPA) Fleet emissions for all vehicles and maintenance equipment were calculated using factors provided by the United States EPA.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Region

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Emissions by Region include Scope 1 (natural gas, fugitive & fleet) and Scope 2 (purchased electricity) which are location based. Data excludes Scope 3 (waste) emissions.