Contact Information
To take the ENERGY STAR Challenge or to access the
ENERGY STAR Challenge Toolkit materials online,
visitwww.energystar.gov/challenge.
ENERGY STAR Program
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Mail Code 6202J
Washington, DC 20460
For more information
www.energystar.gov
orcall1.888.STAR.YES
(1.888.782.7937).
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The ENERGY STAR Challenge:
Build a Better World 10% at a Time
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ENERGY STAR® is a government-backed program helping businesses
and individuals protect the environment through superior energy efficiency.
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Many of us are taking steps to improve the energy efficiency of our
homes with ENERGY STAR qualified lighting, appliances, electronics,
and heating and cooling systems. But what we may not realize is that
the buildings in which we work, shop, play, and educate our children
use about $200 billion worth of electricity and natural gas each year.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that if the
energy efficiency of commercial and industrial buildings in the U.S.
improved 10 percent, Americans would save about $20 billion and
reduce greenhouse gases equal to the emissions from about 30 million
vehicles. You can join us and help reach this goal!
When lights are left on and the heating and cooling system runs in
an unoccupied commercial building, energy is wasted. When this
happens, a power plant down the road burns fossil fuels to generate
that energy and sends emissions into our environment.
In fact, the energy used by commercial and industrial buildings in
the United States is responsible for nearly 50 percent of our national
emissions of greenhouse gases that contribute to global
climate change.
Thanks to the thousands of businesses and organizations that work
with EPA's ENERGY STAR Program, we're already saving billions of
dollars a year with strategic energy efficiency practices that reduce
operating costs and greenhouse gas emissions without tradeoffs
in performance or quality. But we're on a journey of continuous
improvement — we can do more.
Take the ENERGY STAR Challenge!
Whether you're associated with a small school
or a large corporation, a local government or
a national association, a community hospital
or a hotel group, a manufacturing plant or a
retailer — you can be part of the ENERGY STAR
Challenge and help improve the energy efficiency
of America's commercial and industrial buildings
by 10 percenter more.
Challenge participants and their members are
encouraged to:
• Measure and track energy use.
• Develop a plan for energy improvements.
• Make energy efficiency upgrades.
• Help spread the energy efficiency word
to others.
Now is the time to help build a better world and
take many of the same steps atworkthatyou
are taking at home to protect our environment.
The ENERGY STAR Challenge Toolkit can show
you how.
Use the ENERGY STAR Challenge
Toolkit to:
• Help you get started on the path toward
energy efficiency at work and at home.
• Learn more about energy efficiency for
specific building types and howto bring the
ENERGY STAR Challenge to your community.
• Access ENERGY STAR brochures, public
service announcements, press releases,
posters, event ideas, and templates to help
spread the word about energy efficiency.
TOOLKIT MATERIALS
Get Started!
• Quick Lists of ENERGY STAR Resources explain how
to help improve energy efficiency in commercial and
industrial buildings as well as at home.
• Create a Challenge Team offers ideas on who can help
create an organized effort in your building, town, school,
or company to improve energy efficiency.
• Bring the Challenge to Your Community provides a model
for establishing a program or campaign to accelerate
energy efficiency activities in your community.
Learn More!
• Did You Know? provides a summary of key energy
efficiency points and information about the ENERGY
STAR Challenge.
• Fast Facts provide useful statistics to help understand
the important role commercial and industrial buildings
play in global climate change.
• Work with Different Groups in the Community offers
a series of fact sheets that provide information on
energy use, energy efficiency opportunities, partnership
possibilities, and key leverage points for major groups
including: new and existing homes, commercial real
estate, healthcare, education, hospitality, supermarkets,
industry, small business, congregations, and
local governments.
• Grow with ENERGY STAR describes the different
levels and benefits of participation with ENERGY STAR,
beginning with taking the ENERGY STAR Challenge and
moving beyond to Partner, earning the ENERGY STAR
label. Leader, and then the pinnacle — Partner
of the Year.
Spread the Word!
• ENERGY STAR InfoCards help consumers and businesses
learn about energy efficiency and ENERGY STAR.
• Sample News Releases for the media.
• Sample Text provides copy for Web sites, e-mails,
newsletters, and more to help you communicate with
clients, constituents, employees, and business-to-
business networks.
• Energy Efficiency Presentation you can use to talk about
energy efficiency and your involvement in the ENERGY
STAR Challenge.
• Celebrate with ENERGY STAR suggests events and ideas
to promote the ENERGY STAR Challenge and celebrate
energy efficiency.
• Certificate of Participation announces your involvement
in the ENERGY STAR Challenge and can be displayed to
share the good news of your efforts with others.
• Web Banners can be easily downloaded to use on
Web sites.
• Posters and other materials communicate energy
efficiency messages and provide information on how to
get involved.
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