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ENERGY STAR for Multifamily Housing
Partner with ENERGY STAR to lower operating costs and demonstrate your commitment to the environment. Improved energy performance will save money, and may attract more residents, increase retention, and expand your market share.
What You Can Do
Actively manage your community’s energy usage to help control energy consumption and operating costs. Use EPA’s tools and resources below to help you establish an energy management program that includes benchmarking your building portfolio’s energy performance to track improvements over time, and making no– and low–cost O&M improvements.
- Join ENERGY STAR to show your organization–wide commitment to energy management.
- Establish a comprehensive energy management program using ENERGY STAR’s Guidelines for Energy Management.
- Learn from TIAA–CREF’s success
(64KB).
- Learn from TIAA–CREF’s success
- Read the Multifamily Housing Fact Sheet (375KB).
- Evaluate the energy use of your community using our free online tool Portfolio Manager and the Quick Reference Guide to Benchmarking for Multifamily Housing (190KB).
- Identify best practices with the No– and Low–Cost Energy–Saving Tip Sheet (146KB)
- Participate in Online Training Sessions.
- View the pre–recorded Multifamily Benchmarking training.
- Use the Building Upgrade Manual to help you identify profitable energy–saving building upgrades.
- Purchase ENERGY STAR qualified products to save energy throughout your communities. The ENERGY STAR label appears on over 60 different product categories. Use these products to lower energy use, save money, and help protect the environment.
- Use the Quantity Quotes Web site
for bulk procurement of select ENERGY STAR qualified products.
- Use the Quantity Quotes Web site
- Earn recognition for continual improvements through ENERGY STAR Awards
- Learn about other ways the Multifamily Industry is managing energy and going green.
Promote Energy Efficiency to Your Residents
Get your residents involved in your energy management program by raising awareness of the importance of energy efficiency and providing information on what your residents can do on their own.
- Share your energy management efforts with residents, employees, investors, and industry peers.
- Encourage residents to purchase ENERGY STAR Labeled Products.
- Use ENERGY STAR in your marketing Attract residents by advertising ENERGY STAR qualified products and appliances in apartment units.
- Plan an event or involve the local community to celebrate with ENERGY STAR (3.9MB).
