ENERGY STAR News: Business and Industry Edition Winter 2010.

Cookies and Cracker processing plants can now earn the ENERGY STAR. More

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is recognizing nine small businesses and congregations for their achievements in the fight against climate change. Through effective energy management practices and innovative efficiency solutions, all nine organizations demonstrate that no matter the size, it is possible to save money and use significantly less energy and to power the buildings where Americans work, play, and learn.

EPA has launched two new resources on the Bring Your Green to Work website to help every member of an organization play a role in saving energy and fighting climate change. The first is an off-the-shelf package of resources for HR professionals who want to encourage employees to save energy and help the organization’s bottom line. Use this downloadable toolkit to hold and promote a brown bag session to educate employees about energy use, its impact on the environment, and what they can do to help. The second is a companion piece to the animated office cubicle illustrating steps to take in a manufacturing plant to reduce energy use and save money. Check out both these tools and other energy-saving ideas at energystar.gov/work.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ENERGY STAR program has helped improve the energy efficiency of the auto manufacturing industry, which has cut fossil fuel use by 12 percent and reduced greenhouse gases by more than 700,000 tons of carbon dioxide, according to a recent report by the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University. The emissions reductions, which help to fight climate change, equal the emissions from the electricity use of more than 80,000 homes for a year.

• EPA Press Release

• Read the Report 

Each year, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Department of Energy (DOE) honor organizations that have made outstanding contributions to protecting the environment through energy efficiency.

All organizations participating in the ENERGY STAR program are encouraged to apply for a 2011 ENERGY STAR Award. To be considered, an organization must meet the specific eligibility requirements in the award application and submit a complete online application package by 8 pm EST, December 3, 2010.**

EPA is pleased to announce that, effective April 1, 2010, the verification required for all applications for the ENERGY STAR label for commercial buildings can now be performed by Registered Architects.

ENERGY STAR News: Business and Industry Edition Spring 2010.

Today EPA recognized the first group of manufacturing sites that have met the ENERGY STAR Challenge for Industry and reduced their energy intensity by 10% within 5 years or less. The U.S. manufacturing industry is responsible for nearly 30% of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States and spends almost $100 billion annually on energy. Under the umbrella of the ENERGY STAR Challenge for Industry, EPA is working with individual manufacturing sites and their parent companies to fight climate change through improvements in energy efficiency. More ...

14 US buildings jump on EPA's energy scale and compete to work off the waste in EPA's National Building Competition. EPA is hosting a national competition among commercial buildings to save energy and fight climate change. Competitors will "work off the waste" through improvements in energy efficiency with help from EPA's ENERGY STAR program. The building that sheds the most energy waste will be recognized as the winner. More ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a list of U.S. metropolitan areas with the largest number of energy efficient buildings that earned EPA’s Energy Star in 2009. The list is headed by Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Denver, Chicago, Houston, Lakeland, Dallas-Fort Worth, Atlanta and New York. Energy efficiency saves building owners money and fights climate change.

• 2009 ENERGY STAR Labeled Buildings
• Press Release

Each year, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Department of Energy (DOE) honor organizations that have made outstanding contributions to protecting the environment through energy efficiency. More ...

In 2009, EPA’s Energy Star Leaders prevented the equivalent of more than 220,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide and saved more than $48 million across their commercial building portfolios. These savings have quadrupled since 2008 and represent the single greatest year of savings since EPA recognized the first Energy Star Leaders in 2004. Over the past five years, Energy Star Leaders are saving money and helping our environment by preventing greenhouse gas emissions equal to the emissions from the electricity use of nearly 39,000 homes annually.

• 2009 ENERGY STAR Leaders Achieve Record Savings (132KB)
• Press Release

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is recognizing the first three frozen fried potato processing plants to earn the ENERGY STAR for superior energy performance. More ...

ENERGY STAR, best known for its resources to measure energy use in commercial buildings, now has a resource to help determine if building design projects meet EPA criteria for energy efficiency. The new Designed to Earn the ENERGY STAR Guide helps architecture firms, building owners, and real estate developers design and operate buildings that perform among the best in the nation. More ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded the ENERGY STAR to the first building in 1999. Now, a decade later, EPA is celebrating this landmark anniversary with a historical retrospective of the ENERGY STAR buildings program. More ...

ENERGY STAR News: Business and Industry Edition Winter 2010.

K-12 schools can search the PE Directory on the ENERGY STAR Web site to find Professional Engineers (PEs) who have volunteered their services - free of charge - to help verify schools applying for the ENERGY STAR! More ...