ENERGY STAR GUIDELINES FOR
SUPERIOR ENERGY MANAGEMENT
EPA, through its ENERGY STAR® program, provides guidelines for superior energy
management built on the best practices of leading organizations. The guidelines help
you use energy more efficiently, take control of energy costs, and distinguish your
organization as an environmental leader. Learn more atwww.energystar.gov.
Make Commitment
Atop-level commitment to superior energy
management is crucial to success-no matter your
business line or size. To make that commitment,
EPA recommends:
• Partnering with ENERGY STAR to join the many
business leaders committed to continuous
improvement in energy use.
• Appointing an Energy Manager and establishing
an energy management team that can develop
and effectively implement an energy program.
• Adopting an energy policy that encourages
continuous improvement by clearly outlining
performance goals and objectives.
Re-Assess
Build on your success! Continuously
improve your energy efficiency to realize
greater financial and environmental benefits.
Assess Performance
& Set Goals
Leading organizations understand their energy use and set performance goals
to improve their energy efficiency. EPA's tools and on-line training help you:
Gauge the efficiency of your buildings and the opportunity for improvement
using EPA's national energy performance rating system.
Evaluate the opportunities to improve the operations of your systems,
processes, and equipment.
Estimate the cost savings of potential energy efficiency investments (using a
financial value calculator).
Set performance goals that will allow you to determine the scope and timing
for improvements and measure your success.
Action plans deliver savings to your bottom line.
Successful plans create a road map for achieving
your performance goals, outline technical
improvements needed, and define roles and
responsibilities. EPA helps by providing:
• Example action plans from leading organizations.
• On-line training for using tools and resources
that support your efforts.
• A building upgrade manual that walks you
through a proven, staged strategy.
• A directory of experts to assist with your
upgrades and links to programs providing
technical and financial resources.
Implement
Action Plan
Routine evaluation is an essential step in continual
improvement. EPA helps by providing:
• Easy tracking of your efficiency improvements
through the national energy performance
rating system.
• Access to building profiles and case studies to
learn how other partners achieved real results.
Evaluate Progress
Create Action Plan
Recognize
Achievements
EPA can recognize your hard work and achievements by:
• Awarding the ENERGY STAR to top energy performers.
ENERGY STAR is the national symbol for environmental
protection through energy efficiency, recognized by
more than half of all U.S. households.
• Highlighting outstanding organizations as a Partner of
the Year.
• Selecting as ENERGY STAR Leaders those organizations
demonstrating energy efficiency improvements of 10, 20,
30 percent or more across their entire building portfolio.
• Awarding the "Designed to Earn the ENERGY STAR" graphic
for building designs that incorporate superior energy
efficiency.
• Providing promotional and communications ideas for
sharing your success with employees, customers, and
the media.
For more ways to take control of your energy costs and
improve your bottom line please visitwww.energystar.gov.
United States
Environmental Protection Agency
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