ENERGY STAR
CELEBRATING
2OYEARS
                                 ENERGY STAR®  OVERVIEW OF
                                 2012 ACHIEVEMENTS
   TWENTY YEARS OF SAVING MONEY AND PROTECTING OUR CLIMATE
   Climate change continues to be one of the nation's most important environmental challenges, and improving energy efficiency is
   one of the easiest, fastest, and most cost-effective solutions. For the past 20 years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
   has effectively captured and channeled the ingenuity of the marketplace through ENERGY STAR, a voluntary energy-efficiency
   program.

   Since 1992, EPA has partnered with organizations throughout America to implement practical, proven, cost-effective solutions
   for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions with outstanding environmental and financial success. Through cutting-edge
   investments in energy-efficient technologies and practices, the ENERGY STAR program contributes to important health and
   environmental benefits by addressing the challenges of climate change while strengthening our economy.

   EPA will continue to dismantle barriers to widespread energy efficiency through ENERGY STAR by serving as a trusted source of
   unbiased information that helps consumers and businesses make choices that are good for the  environment and the economy. This
   document provides a brief overview of key ENERGY STAR achievements in 2012.


   RESULTS FOR 2012
   In 2012,18,000 organizations partnered with EPA, improved efficiency, and realized significant environmental and financial
   benefits. They help protect the climate while making energy efficiency accessible to their customers, the public, and their own
   organizations. These committed partners and individuals across the country have tapped the value of ENERGY STAR to achieve
   dramatic energy savings while cumulatively preventing more than 1.8 billion metric tons of GHG  emissions (see Fig 1)1 and saving
   over $230 billion on utility bills.

   By partnering with ENERGY STAR, consumers and businesses also reduced their utility bills by $24 billion, due to investments  in
   energy-efficient technologies and practices that will continueto provide bill savings for years to come. In 2012 alone, Americans,
   with the help of ENERGY STAR, prevented 242 million metric tons of GHG emissions2—providing over $5.8 billion in benefits to
   society due to reducing damages from climate change.3
    Fig. 1. ENERGY STAR Program Benefits Have Nearly Tripled in its Last Decade
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3 Societal benefits are based on the social cost of carbon which monetizes the damages associated with an incremental increase in carbon emissions in a given year,
including (but is not limited to) changes in net agricultural productivity, human health, property damages from increased flood risk, and the value of ecosystem services.
Interagency Working Group on Social Cost of Carbon. 2010. Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis under Executive Order 12866. February. United States
Government. http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/inforeg/for-agencies/Social-Cost-of-Carbon-for-RIA.pdf

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 ENERGY STAR FOR PRODUCTS
 As the national symbol for energy efficiency, ENERGY STAR
 makes it easy for consumers and businesses to purchase
 products that save them money and protect the environment.
 EPA remains focused on maintaining program integrity, while
 expanding ENERGY STAR'S role as a trusted resource for
 Americans in the fight against climate change.
 Certified Products. Americans purchased about 300 million
 ENERGY STAR certified products in 2012 across more than
 65 product categories for a cumulative total of more than
 4.5 billion products since 1993 (see Fig. 2). Today, 85% of the
 American public recognizes the ENERGY STAR label. Global
 support for the program remains strong, as exemplified by
 the signing of a 5-year renewal of the ENERGY STAR Office
 Equipment agreement with the European Union.
 ENERGY STAR Most Efficient 2012. By the end of the year,  as
 this initiative became a permanent part of the program, more
 than 1,400 models from over 50 manufacturers were recognized
 as the "best of the best" in energy efficiency. Categories
 included televisions, computer monitors, clothes washers,
 refrigerators, and  heating and cooling equipment.
 ENERGY STAR Product Specifications. EPA updated
 performance requirements for televisions, displays, audio/
 video equipment, room  air conditioners, residential water
 heaters, and vending machines as well  as commercial clothes
 washers, ice machines, and dishwashers. ENERGY STAR added
 requirements for uninterruptible power supplies.
 Third-Party Certification for ENERGY STAR Products. All products
 that earn the ENERGY STAR are subject to strict testing and
 certification requirements before they can carry the label. By
 year's end, EPA certified over 40,000 products. Verification testing
 administered by EPA-recognized certification bodies is also in
 process for all product categories. In 2012, EPA disqualified 87
 models based on the results of this post-market testing. The
 program's emphasis on testing and third-party product review
 ensures that consumers can trust ENERGY STAR certified
 products to deliverthe energy savings promised by the label.

 Fig. 2.  More than 4.5 Billion ENERGY STAR Certified Products
 Purchased Since 1993
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                          Change the World, Start with ENERGY STAR Campaign. At
                          the end of the 2012 campaign, more than 3.5 million people had
                          taken the ENERGY STAR Pledge, committing to make energy-
                          efficient changes at home. Through EPA's new youth outreach
                          effort. Team ENERGY STAR, kids across the country helped
                          their families save energy. This  effort integrated elements from
                          Universal's Dr. Seuss' The Lorax movie and asked people to
                          share an energy-saving success story. More than 10,000 young
                          people participated, including those from 150 Boys & Girls
                          Clubs of America. In October, ENERGY STAR Day celebrated
                          the collective achievements of both families and organizations
                          in changing the world with ENERGY STAR. These initiatives,
                          along with thousands of partner-led ENERGY STARs Across
                          America events, represent a vital and growing national
                          movement to protect the climate.

                          ENERGY STAR FOR HOMES
                          Through ENERGY STAR, EPA works to increase the energy
                          efficiency of the nation's new and  existing housing stock
                          to cost-effectively reduce GHG  emissions, while lowering
                          Americans' utility bills and improving the comfort of their
                          homes.
                          Transition to New Requirements for ENERGY STAR Certified
                          Homes. In 2012, EPA completed the transition to new, more
                          rigorous requirements for homes to earn the ENERGY STAR
                          label. Homes certified under the new requirements are at least
                          15% more efficient than those built to the 2009 International
                          Energy Conservation Code (IECC), and  include additional
                          energy-saving features to deliver a performance advantage of
                          up to 30% compared to typical new homes. More than 100,000
                          new homes earned the ENERGY STAR in 2012, bringing the
                          total number of certified homes to more than 1.4 million (see
                          Fig. 3). Since EPA began labeling new homes in 1995, American
                          homeowners have saved more than $4 billion on their energy
                          bills and reduced GHG emissions by more than 39 billion
                          pounds. In 2012 alone, families living in ENERGY STAR certified
                          homes saved $527 million  on their utility bills.
                          ENERGY STAR for New Multifamily High-Rise Buildings. Since
                          multifamily high-rise buildings first became eligible to earn the
                          ENERGY STAR label, 40 buildings containing more than 3,800
                          individual units have been certified. These high-rise buildings
                          must meet EPA's energy efficiency guidelines and be designed
                          to be at least 15% more efficient than the building energy code.
                          In 2012,16 buildings containing  over 900 multifamily high-rise
                          units were  certified.
                          Home Performance with ENERGY STAR. In 2012, an estimated
                          75,000 homes were improved through the whole house retrofit
                          program. Home Performance with ENERGY STAR (HPwES).
                          This work was performed  by 50 locally sponsored programs,
                          including 5 new programs launched in  2012, and more than
                          1,900 participating contractors across the nation. Since the
                          program's inception, more than  250,000 homes have been
                          improved through HPwES. The HPwES program is administered
                          by the U.S. Department of Energy,  with support from EPA.
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Energy Efficiency Guidance and Tools for Homeowners. This
year, 1.3 million Americans visited the ENERGY STAR website to
find information about home efficiency improvements, and use
the Home Energy Yardstick and Home Energy Advisor to assess
their homes' energy use and get recommendations to help
reduce utility bills and improve comfort. In 2012, EPA began a
project to enhance the Home Energy Yardstick to incorporate
"Green Button" functionality, which will enable quicker and
more accurate input of a consumer's utility data into the tool,
making it easier to receive a home's score.
Affordable Housing. In fiscal year 2012, more than 8,500
ENERGY STAR  certified  homes were built within the affordable
housing sector using funding from the U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development. In addition, more than 320
Habitat for Humanity affiliates nationwide built more than 1,700
ENERGY STAR  certified  homes for low-income families.

ENERGY STAR FOR BUSINESS
ENERGY STAR  partners continue to  demonstrate solutions
that deliver significant GHG emissions reductions through
energy efficiency. Year after year, these organizations are
leading examples of how to implement successful strategies,
technologies, and practices to increase the efficiency of U.S.
buildings and plants based on EPA's proven ENERGY STAR
framework, posting significant results for the environment and
their bottom line.
Benchmarking Shows Big Savings. Unveiling the largest
U.S. building energy benchmarking data analysis to date, EPA
examined over 35,000 buildings that consistently used the
ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager measurement tool from 2008
to 2011. The buildings showed an average of 7% energy savings
and 6% GHG emissions reductions over three years—with the
buildings that were initially the lowest performers making the
greatest improvements. In addition to this analysis, EPA released
a series of ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager Data Trends in 2012
(see Fig. 4).
ENERGY STAR Certification for Top Performance. By the end
of 2012, more than 8,200 buildings and plants became ENERGY
STAR certified, for a total of more than 20,000 facilities.
ENERGY STAR buildings emit 35% fewer GHG emissions and
use 35% less energy than average buildings.
Significant Portfolio-Wide Savings. More than 270 leading
companies and school districts have been recognized as
ENERGY STAR Leaders for portfolio-wide energy savings,
a 30% growth. Some organizations earned recognition
for reducing energy use up to 60%. Energy management
strategies—such as executive commitment; active
involvement of staff, tenants, or students; and investment in
new technologies—were integral to their success.
Biggest National Building Competition Yet. At the midpoint
weigh-in of EPA's 2012 ENERGY STAR Battle of the Buildings, an
elementary school in New Jersey was the leading competitor
with a 47% reduction in energy use intensity. In the first six
months of the competition alone, teams representing more
than 3,200 buildings around the country had saved more than
$37 million on utility bills and reduced GHG emissions equal to
those emitted by the annual electricity use of more than 16,000
homes. Final results will be released in April 2013.
New Levels of Industrial Efficiency. Nearly a decade of energy
efficiency work with the wet corn milling industry enabled EPA
to re-benchmark the industry's energy performance, revealing
improvements in energy efficiency across the sector, including
an annual  energy use reduction of 6.7 trillion British thermal
units (Btu), representing a 4.3% improvement. In 2012, EPA
expanded the use of ENERGY STAR tools in the integrated paper,
metalcasting, printing, and dairy industries. A record number
of industrial sites committed to the ENERGY STAR Challenge
for Industry, and 75 met or exceeded their targets in 2012 by
achieving a 10% reduction in energy intensity, saving 14.7 trillion
Btu in energy.
Fig. 3. More than 1.4 Million Homes Nationwide Have Earned
the ENERGY STAR Label
   Fig. 4. Steady Growth in Building Space Benchmarked
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   Portfolio Manager. Building space benchmarked over multiple years is only counted
   once in the cumulative total.

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 ENERGY STAR
                                             ENERGY STAR® Award  Winners
PARTNER OF THE YEAR-
SUSTAINED EXCELLENCE

3M Company
St. Paul, MN

AEP Texas Central
Corpus Christi, TX

Andersen Corporation
Bayport, MN

APS (Arizona Public Service)
Phoenix, AZ

ArcelorMittal USA
Chicago, IL

Austin Energy
Austin, TX

Bentall Kennedy
Toronto, ON

Bosch Home Appliances
 Corporation
Irvine, CA

Building Owners and Managers
 Association (BOMA)
 International
Washington, DC

CalPortland  Company
Glendora, CA

CBRE, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA

Cenergistic
Dallas, TX

CenterPoint Energy
Houston, TX

Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Colgate-Palmolive Company
New York, NY

ComEd
Chicago, IL

Constellation Energy/Baltimore
 Gas and Electric Company
 (BGE)
Baltimore, MD

Ecova
Spokane, WA

Energy Inspectors Corporation
Las Vegas, NV

EnergyCAP, Inc.
State College, PA

EnergyLogic
Berthoud, CO

Evergreen Public Schools
Vancouver, WA

Focus on Energy
Madison, Wl

Food Lion, Bottom Dollar Food,
 Harveys and Reid's
Salisbury, NC
GE Lighting
Fairfield, CT
General Motors
Detroit, Ml

Gresham-Barlow School District
Gresham, OR
Habitat for Humanity of Greater
Nashville
Nashville, TN
Habitat for Humanity of Metro
Denver
Denver, CO
Hanesbrands Inc.
Winston Salem, NC
HEI Hotels & Resorts
Norwalk, CT
Hines
Houston, TX
ITW Food Equipment Group
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Ivey Residential, LLC
Evans, GA
J. C. Penney Company, Inc.
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Jones Lang LaSalle
Chicago, IL
KB Home
Los Angeles, CA
Kohls Department Stores, Inc.
Menomonee Falls, Wl
KPPC - Kentucky Pollution
Prevention Center
Louisville, KY
LG&E and KU
Louisville, KY
Long Island Power Authority
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(LlrA)
Uniondale, NY
Loudoun County Public Schools
Ashburn, VA
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
IVIoorBsvills I\!C
Manitowoc Foodservice
New Port Richey, FL
Merck
Whitehouse Station, NJ
Meritage Homes
Scottsdale, AZ
New Jersey Board of Public
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Trenton, NJ
New York State Energy
Research and Development
Authority (NYSERDA)
Albany, NY
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
New York, NY
Nissan North America, Inc.
Franklin, TN
Northeast Energy Efficiency
Partnerships, Inc. (NEEP)
Lsxinoton IVIA

Northwest Energy Efficiency
Alliance (NEEA)
Portland OR

Pacific Gas and Electric
Com oanv
San Francisco, CA
Panasonic Eco Solutions North
America
Secaucus, NJ
repsi Uo, inc.
Purchase, NY
Public Service Company of
Oklahoma (PSO)
Tulsa, OK
Raytheon Company
Waltham, MA
Saint-Gobain
Valley Forge, PA
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Suwon, South Korea
Sears Holdings Corporation
Hoffman Estates, IL
Servidyne
Atlanta, GA
Southern California Edison
Rosemead, CA
Southern Energy Management
Morrisville, NC

Staples, Inc.
Framingham, MA
The Boeing Company
Chicago, IL
The E Group, a Division of
FirstEnergy Solutions Corp.
Akron, OH
TIAA-CREF
New York, NY
Toyota Motor Engineering &
Manufacturing North America,
Inc.
Erlanger, KY
TRANSWESTERN
Houston, TX
USAA Real Estate Company
San Antonio, TX
PARTNER OF THE YEAR
AEP Ohio
Columbus, OH
Air Force Medical Support
Agency- Health Facilities
Division
San Antonio, TX
Air King, Ltd.
West Chester, PA
Allergan, Inc.
Irvine, CA

AVR Homebuilders
Yonkers, NY
Beacon Capital Partners, LLC
Boston, MA
Brandywine Realty Trust
Radnor, PA
Burton Energy Group
Alpharetta, GA
CassidyTurley
Washington, DC
Columbia Gas of Ohio
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Lolumbus, UH
Des Moines Public Schools
Des Moines, IA
DIRECTV
El Segundo, CA
Dominion East Ohio
Richmond, VA
Eastman Chemical Company
Kingsport, TN
El Paso Electric
El Paso, TX
Energy Services Group
New Castle, DE
Entergy Texas
Beaumont, TX
Fanning/Howey Associates,
Inc.
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Grayhawk Homes, Inc.
Columbus, GA
Hoshizaki America, Inc.
Peachtree City, GA
Kenton County School District
Ft. Wright, KY
LG Electronics, Inc.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Liberty Property Trust
Malvern, PA
Memorial Hermann Healthcare
System
Houston, TX
Nationwide Marketing Group
Winston Salem, NC
New Hampshire CORE Utilities
Manchester, NH
North Penn School District
Lansdale, PA
PECO Energy Company
Philadelphia, PA
Pella Corporation
Pella, IA
Philips Lighting Company
Somerset, NJ
ProVia
Sugarcreek, OH

Scotsman Ice Systems
Vernon Hills, IL
Scott County Schools
Georgetown, KY
Sharp Electronics Corporation
Mahwah, NJ
Southern Maryland Electric
Cooperative (SMECO)
Hughesville, MD
Technical Consumer Products,
Inc. (TCP)
Aurora, OH
The Connecticut Energy
Efficiency Fund with Ul and
CL&P
Orange, CT
The Home Depot
Atlanta, GA
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Verizon wireless
Basking Ridge, NJ
Vornado Realty Trust
New York, NY
Wells Real Estate Funds
Norcross, GA
AWARDS FOR
EXCELLENCE
ENERGY STAR Promotion
Amerlux
Fairfield, NJ
FSL Home Energy Solutions
Phoenix, AZ
National Grid
Waltham, MA
South Carolina Electric & Gas
Company
Cayce, SC
Affordable Housing
Milford Housing Development
Corporation
Milford, DE
Energy-Efficient Product Design
Cree, Inc.
Durham NC

Retailing
Metro Lighting
Brentwood, MO



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All values and figures for 2012 are preliminary as of March 1, 2013. Source for all figures: EPA Climate Protection Partnerships Division.

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