Last year, EPA's ENERGY STAR program for commercial buildings and industrial plants helped businesses and organizations avoid:
$14 billion in energy costs1
230 billion kWh of electricity
170 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions
Since 1992, the program has helped businesses and organizations avoid:
Nearly $200 billion in energy costs1
Nearly 2.7 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions
ENERGY STAR in the Commercial Buildings Market
Last year alone, more than 275,000 buildings, comprising 25% of all commercial building floorspace in the U.S., used EPA's ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager® tool to measure and track their energy use, water use, and waste and materials.
Over the last five years, the number of buildings using Portfolio Manager to benchmark their energy use grew by more than 20%.
Every day, on average, nearly 430 buildings of all types--retail stores, schools, hospitals, data centers, and more--are added to Portfolio Manager.
34 local governments, three states, and one Canadian province rely on EPA’s ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager as the foundation for their energy benchmarking and transparency policies.
Nearly 900 designs for new construction projects have achieved "Designed to Earn the ENERGY STAR" designation from EPA.
ENERGY STAR Certification for Commercial Buildings
In 2020, nearly 6,500 commercial buildings earned the ENERGY STAR, saving $1.6 billion and preventing more than 5 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions.
Since 1992, nearly 38,000 commercial buildings have earned the ENERGY STAR, comprising 5.6 billion square feet of floor space.
On average, ENERGY STAR certified buildings use 35% less energy than typical buildings nationwide.
Studies find that ENERGY STAR certified buildings command a premium of up to 16 percent for sales prices and rental rates.2
ENERGY STAR in the Industrial Sector
Nearly 800 industrial companies partner with EPA's ENERGY STAR program.
33 diverse industrial sectors work with ENERGY STAR to strategically manage their energy use, from cookie and cracker bakeries and pharmaceutical plants to integrated steel mills and petroleum refineries.
580 industrial sites have signed on to the ENERGY STAR Challenge for Industry, saving 92 trillion Btus of energy.
ENERGY STAR Certification for Industrial Plants
Since 1996, more than 230 industrial plants have earned ENERGY STAR certification, helping those companies avoid:
$2 billion in energy costs1
35 billion kWh of electricity
40 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions
References
Estimated energy cost savings represent the present value of net energy cost savings, calculated by taking the difference between total energy bill savings and the incremental additional investment in energy-efficient technologies and services.