ENERGY STAR® OVERVIEW OF
2008 ACHIEVEMENTS
ENERGY EFFICIENCY COMBATS CLIMATE CHANGE AND SPURS ECONOMIC GROWTH
Volatile energy prices, energy security, global climate change, and the current economic downturn are critical national
and global issues. Yet, we have one practical, proven solution at our fingertips—energy efficiency. Widespread improvements
in the efficiency of the nation's housing, buildings, and industries can address our energy and environmental challenges, while
creating new jobs and stimulating the U.S. economy.
Today's economic concerns and the accelerating pace of discussions on climate legislation demand an immediate,
massive increase in the use of energy-efficient products and practices. Well-targeted policies and programs to help
meet this demand are also necessary. Energy efficiency represents the lowest cost, fastest, and largest untapped
solution for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the near term. To maximize this potential, energy-reduction strategies
must complement carbon-focused policies; together, they can overcome the persistent market barriers that limited the
adoption of energy efficiency in the past. Such policies will allow us to achieve greater reductions in greenhouse gas
emissions at lower cost, resulting in greater protection of our global environment.
Since its inception by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1992, the ENERGY STAR program has overcome
many market barriers and helped revolutionize the marketplace for cost-effective, energy-efficient products and
services. The program is a trusted source of unbiased information that helps homeowners, businesses, and other
consumers understand their opportunities for energy savings and identify the reliable, cost-effective, efficient products
and services that capture these savings. The ENERGY STAR program focuses on driving greater efficiency in the
following areas:
• Bringing to market new energy-efficient products that operate well beyond federal minimum efficiency requirements
across more than 60 product categories for the home and office.
• Constructing efficient new homes and commercial buildings—public housing, multifamily and single family housing,
schools, office buildings, hospitals, hotels, and others—that exceed code and meet rigorous benchmarks for
energy efficiency.
• Improving the efficiency of existing homes, commercial buildings, and industrial facilities through standardized
measurement systems, proven energy management strategies, and new energy efficiency services that overcome
lingering market barriers.
Through 2008, more than 15,000 organizations have partnered with ENERGY STAR. They have achieved and helped the
country achieve significant environmental and financial benefits. This document provides a brief overview of the key
2008 ENERGY STAR achievements.'
RESULTS FOR 2008
Americans, with the help of ENERGY STAR, prevented 43 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions in 2008
alone—equivalent to the annual emissions from 29 million vehicles—and saved more than $19 billion on their utility bills
(see Fig. 1). These savings are expected to grow substantially in the coming years as more households, businesses, and
organizations rely on ENERGY STAR for guidance on investing in energy-efficient products, practices, and policies.
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FIG. 1. Since 2000, ENERGY STAR Benefits Have More Than Doubled
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UTILITY BILL SAVINGS (BILLIONS)
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
EMISSIONS SAVED IN VEHICLE EQUIVALENTS (MILLIONS)
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ENERGY STAR PARTNERS
ENERGY STAR FOR THE HOME
Across the residential, commercial, and industrial sectors, businesses
and institutions are helping to fight global climate change and save
money through energy efficiency. A diverse set of public and private
organizations nationwide are joining forces with EPA and the U.S.
Department of Energy (DOE) through ENERGY STAR to protect the
environment, while bringing the value of energy efficiencyto their
customers, the public, and themselves. The more than 15,000 ENERGY
STAR partners include:
• Over 2,400 manufacturers using the ENERGY STAR to label and
differentiate more than 40,000 individual product models, many of
which carry the brands that today's consumers prefer.
• More than 1,000 retail partners bringing ENERGY STAR qualified
products and educational information to their customers.
• Over 6,500 builder partners constructing new homes that qualify as
ENERGY STAR in every state and the District of Columbia—saving
homeowners money while maintaining high levels of comfort.
• Nearly 4,500 private businesses, public sector organizations, and
industrial facilities investing in energy efficiency and reducing
energy use in their buildings and facilities.
• More than 40 states, 550 utilities, and many other energy efficiency
program sponsors nationwide leveraging ENERGY STAR to improve
the efficiency of commercial buildings and homes.
• Thousands of energy service providers, home energy raters,
financial institutions, architects, and building engineers making
energy efficiency more widely available through ENERGY STAR—
providing additional value to their customers.
The collective efforts of these partners and EPA have resulted in
steady growth of consumer awareness of the ENERGY STAR label.
By the end of 2008, more than 75% of the American public could
identify the ENERGY STAR label. The influence of the label is growing
in tandem. In 2008, one in three households knowingly purchased an
ENERGY STAR qualified product and more than 75% of those
households credited the label as an important factor in their decision.
FIG. 2. More Than 2.5 Billion ENERGY STAR Qualified Products
Purchased Since 2000
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HOME OFFICE EQUIPMENT
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"Lighting category does not include purchases of compact fluorescent bulbs.
The American public trusts ENERGY STAR as the national symbol
for energy efficiencyto guide their purchasing decisions, save them
money, and protect the environment. By looking to ENERGY STAR for
best practices and products, households can reduce their energy
use and save about one-third, or $750 annually, on their utility bills/
while reducing the greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to
climate change.
HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2008
• Change the World, Start with ENERGY STAR Campaign. This
national campaign challenged Americans to pledge to make
energy-efficient choices at home that help reduce greenhouse gas
emissions. The 2008 campaign—capped off by a six-city tour of an
energy-efficient home exhibit—had a reach of 28 million people
and generated nearly 500,000 pledges.
• Qualified Products. Americans purchased about 550 million
ENERGY STAR qualified products in 2008 across more than
60 product categories for a cumulative total of more than
2.5 billion products since 2000 (see Fig. 2). The categories—
including appliances, heating and cooling equipment, consumer
electronics, office equipment, lighting, and more—offer consumer
savings of as much as 75% relative to standard models.
• New Home Construction. Despite the continued downturn in
the new housing market in 2008, more than 100,000 new homes
were constructed to meet ENERGY STAR guidelines, bringing the
total number of ENERGY STAR qualified homes to nearly 940,000
(see Fig. 3).
• Home Improvement. Over 50,000 homeowners are saving energy
and enjoying greater comfort in their homes thanks to state and
locally sponsored Home Performance with ENERGY STAR
programs—a whole-home retrofit program with growing support
across the country. Four new sponsors launched this program in
2008 for a total of 27. Further, EPA debuted the ENERGY STAR HVAC
Quality Installation program to increase the number of properly
installed HVAC systems. Systems that are not properly installed
use 25% more energy.
• Public Housing. More than 6,000 ENERGY STAR qualified homes
were built using public funding in 2008. Forty state housing finance
agencies (HFAs) now give preference to projects that include
ENERGY STAR products and practices, while seven state HFAs
require all new homes funded with low-income housing tax credits
to be ENERGY STAR qualified.
• ENERGY STAR Product Specifications - New and Revised. In
2008, new ENERGY STAR requirements for televisions went into
effect, and for the first time they address the energy use of
televisions when in use, not just in standby/off mode. EPA
established a new specification for set-top boxes that includes
requirements for active-mode energy use, and also introduced a
new ENERGY STAR partnership for the service providers who bring
the cable, satellite, and telecommunications boxes into people's
homes. EPA expanded the ENERGY STAR computer requirements to
'A more detailed summary of the program's 2008 achievements and plans for the
future will be provided in an Annual Report, which will be published in the fall of 2009.
Average household utility bill is approximately $2,200 per year.
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include thin clients and small-scale servers, made the requirements
for desktops and notebooks more rigorous, and raised the efficiency
bar again for qualified imaging equipment. New ENERGY STAR
requirements for refrigerators also went into effect.
ENERGY STAR FOR BUSINESS
Through the ENERGY STAR program, EPA provides tools and
resources to thousands of commercial and industrial partners to help
them reduce energy use and offers recognition opportunities to
showcase partners' energy efficiency efforts. Partners' successes
grew significantly in 2008.
HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2008
• ENERGY STAR Challenge. More than 2,400 organizations and
individuals—including over 300 local governments—have joined
EPA's ENERGY STAR Challenge to improve the efficiency of the
nation's buildings by 10% or more as measured by EPA's energy
performance rating system. Key Challenge organizations continued
to work with their members to benchmark building energy use, set
savings goals, track performance, and strive for the ENERGY STAR
as the symbol for top performance.
• Local and State Government Initiatives. In 2008, local and state
governments initiated strategic programs to promote energy
efficiency and protect the environment. The City of Louisville
inspired and engaged the business and broader community to
benchmark and improve the city's buildings. The Wisconsin
Lieutenant Governor issued the ENERGY STAR Challenge to
K-12 school districts across her state, with the goal of committing
100 districts to reduce energy use by 10% within one year. The
District of Columbia enacted legislation, which requires that,
beginning in 2010, eligible privately owned commercial buildings be
benchmarked using EPA's energy performance rating system on an
annual basis and that the information be made publicly available
through an online database.
i EPA's Energy Performance Rating System. As a result of numerous
initiatives across the country, more than 11.5 billion square feet of
floor space has been rated using EPA's energy performance rating
system, representing about 16% of U.S. building space (see Fig. 4).
This includes over 83,000 buildings, representing more than: 60% of
acute care hospitals; 40% of offices (including banks); 20% of
schools, supermarkets, and retailers; and 15% of hotels and
residence halls.
i Buildings Earn the ENERGY STAR. In 2008, more than twice as
many buildings earned the ENERGY STAR as in 2007. Overall, more
than 6,200 buildings—representing over one billion square feet—
and 45 plants have been recognized for top performance.
i New Buildings are Designed to Earn the ENERGY STAR. A total
of 130 building designs have achieved Designed to Earn the
ENERGY STAR, each with the intent of earning the ENERGY STAR
after occupation and when sufficient energy-use verification data
are available. The number of these completed buildings that have
gone on to earn the ENERGY STAR continued to increase in 2008.
i Leading Organizations in Saving Energy. Sixty-five partners have
been recognized as ENERGY STAR Leaders for reducing the energy
use in their buildings by as much as 30% or achieving top-performing
portfolios, as verified through EPA's energy performance rating
system. These organizations, mostly K-12 school districts, manage
nearly 325 million square feet across about 4,900 facilities.
i Portfolio Manager Expansion. For the first time, utilities are able to
exchange and download their customers' utility bill data directly into
EPA's Portfolio Manager where the building rating system resides.
i ENERGY STAR for Industry. Important progress was made across
EPA's 16 ENERGY STAR Industrial Focuses. EPA kicked off a new
Steelmaking Focus with participants from over 95% of steel
producers with integrated U.S. mills. EPA also finalized the plant-
level energy performance indicators for the pharmaceutical industry
and made great progress toward completing indicators forthe glass
and food processing industries. The ENERGY STAR Energy Guide for
petrochemical plants was released.
FIG. 3. Nearly 940,000 Homes Nationwide Bear the
ENERGY STAR Label
FIG. 4. Commercial Building Rating and Labeling Activity
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ENERGY STAR
ENERGY STAR®
AWARD WINNERS
SUSTAINED EXCELLENCE
3M
St Paul, MN
Advantage IQ, Inc.
Spokane, WA
Anderson/Vanguard
Homes, Inc.
Can/, NC
Austin Energy
Austin, TX
Building Owners &
Managers Association
(BOMA) International
Washington, DC
CalPortland Company
Glendora, CA
CenterPoint Energy
Houston, TX
Food Lion, LLC
Salisbury, NC
Ford Motor Company
Dearborn, Ml
GE Consumer & Industrial
Louisville, KY
Giant Eagle Incorporated
Pittsburgh, PA
Gorell Enterprises, Inc.
Indiana, PA
Gresham-Barlow School
District
Gresham, OR
Mines
Houston, TX
J. C. Penney Company, Inc.
Piano, TX
Marriott International, Inc.
Washington, DC
Merck & Co., Inc.
Whitehouse Station, NJ
National Grid
Waltham, MA
Nevada ENERGY STAR
Partners
Las Vegas, NV
New York State Energy
Research and
Development Authority
(NYSERDA)
Albany, NY
Northeast ENERGY STAR
Products Initiative
Lexington, MA
Oncor
Dallas, TX
OSRAM SYLVANIA
Danvers, MA
Pacific Gas and Electric
Company
San Francisco, CA
Pella Corporation
Pella, IA
PepsiCo, Inc.
Purchase, NY
ProVia Door
Sugarcreek, OH
Providence Health &
Services
Renton, WA
Raytheon Company
Waltham, MA
Sea Gull Lighting Products
LLC
Riverside, NJ
Southern California Edison
Company
Rosemead, CA
Toyota Motor Engineering
& Manufacturing North
America, Inc.
Erlanger, KY
TRANSWESTERN
Houston, TX
USAA Real Estate Company
San Antonio, TX
Whirlpool Corporation
Benton Harbor, Ml
Winton/Flair Custom Homes
El Paso, TX
Wisconsin Focus on Energy
Madison, Wl
PARTNER OF THE YEAR
Akridge
Washington, DC
APS (Arizona Public Service)
Phoenix, AZ
ArcelorMittal USA
Chicago, IL
Bosch Home Appliances
Huntington Beach, CA
CB Richard Ellis, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
CEMEX USA
Houston, TX
Colorado Governor's
Energy Office
Denver, CO
Council Rock School District
Newtown, PA
Energy Education
Dallas, TX
Energy Inspectors
Corporation
Las Vegas, NV
EnergyLogic
Berthoud, CO
Energy Trust of Oregon, Inc.
Portland, OR
Fox Energy Specialists
Fort Worth, TX
ITW Food Equipment
Group - North America
Troy, OH
The Joint Management
Committee representing
Massachusetts
New Homes with
ENERGY STAR
Massachusetts
Kennedy Associates Real
Estate Investment
Advisors
Seattle, WA
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Irving, TX
MaxLite
Fairfield, NJ
Nash-Rocky Mount Public
Schools
Nashville, NC
NJBPU, New Jersey's Clean
Energy Program
Newark, NJ
Northwest Energy Efficiency
Alliance
Portland, OR
Puget Sound Energy
Bellevue, WA
Rocky Mountain Power, a
Division of PacifiCorp
Salt Lake City, LIT
Saint-Gobain
Valley Forge, PA
Satco Products, Inc.
featuring Nuvo Lighting
Brentwood, NY
Schering-Plough
Corporation
Kenilworth, NJ
SENERCON
El Paso, TX
Servidyne
Atlanta, GA
Southern Energy
Management
Morrisville, NC
Sunoco, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
Technical Consumer
Products, Inc.
Aurora, OH
TIAA-CREF
New York, NY
Whitefish Bay School
District
Whitefish Bay, Wl
Xcel Energy
Minneapolis, MN
AWARDS FOR
EXCELLENCE
Actus Lend Lease
Nashville, TN
Best Buy Co., Inc.
Richfield, MN
Blue Hills Community
Services
Kansas City, MO
City of Topeka, Housing &
Neighborhood
Development
Topeka, KS
CoStar Group, Inc.
Bethesda, MD
Energy Kinetics, Inc.
Lebanon, NJ
Georgia Power
Atlanta, GA
Ithaca Housing Authority
Ithaca, NY
Ivey Residential, LLC
Augusta, GA
KB Home
Los Angeles, CA
Maryland Energy
Administration
Annapolis, MD
Menards
Eau Claire, Wl
Nashville Area Habitat for
Humanity
Nashville, TN
Nationwide Marketing
Group
Winston-Salem, NC
Samsung Electronics Co.,
Ltd.
Suwon Korea
Seattle Lighting and
DestinationLighting.com
Seattle, WA
Vietnamese American
Initiative for Developmer
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
Mooresville, NC
Inc.
Dorchester, MA
For more information, visitwww.energystar.gov
All values and figures for 2008 are preliminary as of March 1,2009. Source for all figures: EPA Climate Protection Partnerships Division
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