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 ...

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 ...

Schools Chancellor Klein and City's Sustainability Director Aggarwala benchmark public schools as part of Mayor Bloomberg's PlaNYC Goal to reduce city greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent. New York City becomes the first public school district in the nation to join the green schools alliance.

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 ...

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 ... 

ENERGY STAR News: Business and Industry Edition Winter 2010.

The Obama administration is calling on federal agencies to cut energy consumption in their data centers as part of the broader effort to green federal operations. The executive order President Barack Obama signed Oct. 5 requires agencies to begin measuring greenhouse gas emissions and set targets for reducing them.

When it comes to saving energy, everyone can make a difference. Developing a successful energy-management program, therefore, requires support at all levels—from the front desk to maintenance to management. But obtaining this buy-in is not just a matter of policies, procedures, memos or mandates. Equally important, staff must understand the impact of their participation—not just with regard to the hotel’s energy reduction goals, but also in the context of the global effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions and the effects of global warming.

Effective energy operations are an asset that protects a building's value in a competitive marketplace. A building will only perform as well as it is run. For new buildings built to the LEED for New Construction (NC) standard, it means that the highest performance can only be achieved with high operations and maintenance standards.