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The ENERGY STAR Challenge
Build a Better World 10% at a Time
The buildings in which we work, shop, and educate our children use about $80 billion worth of electricity
and natural gas* each year. These buildings use much of their energy at peak times, helping drive the
need for new power generation and more natural gas. They also contribute about 20% of our national
emissions of greenhouse gases.
It is time to make these buildings part of the energy efficiency solution - and help build a better world.
EPA, in partnership with business and community leaders, is challenging building owners across the
country to improve the efficiency of their buildings by 10% or more. EPA estimates that if each building
owner took on this challenge, by 2015 Americans would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more
than 20 MMTCE, equivalent to the emissions from 15 million vehicles, while saving about $10
billion. Leaders across the country already are showing that energy use in buildings can be reduced by
10%, 20%, 30% and even more with proven practices and technologies that pay off financially and for our
environment.
In light of events across the United States President Bush has called on American citizens, businesses,
and organizations to do their part by conserving energy. This call to action also reflects our country's goal
of reducing the greenhouse gas intensity of our economy by 18 percent by 2012. Progress on energy
efficiency provides one of the greatest opportunities for cost-effective reduction in pollution and
greenhouse gases, and improvement in energy security. EPA is working with commercial and
institutional building owners and managers to respond to this call and to showcase the actions of those
organizations and businesses that are responding.
The ENERGY STAR Challenge calls on businesses and institutions across the country to take the right
steps to identify the many buildings where financially attractive improvements can reduce energy use by
10% or more, and to make the improvements now through proven methods such as low-cost building
tune-ups, lighting upgrades, and replacement of old equipment.
The ENERGY STAR Challenge is promoting three important actions:
1)	Determine how much energy buildings are using. Systematically tracking building energy use
highlights buildings that may be using unnecessary amounts of energy. For many buildings, EPA
offers a national energy performance rating system that scores a building's energy efficiency, on
a scale of 1 to 100, relative to similar buildings across the country. Buildings with lower ratings
are typically good candidates for improvement, as the low rating reflects an important operational
issue or out-dated technology. The rating system is available for office buildings, schools, hotels,
hospitals, and grocery stores among others. Please visit www.eneravstar.gov/benchmark to
learn more.
2)	Establish efficiency improvement goals. An efficiency improvement goal of 10% or greater
should be established for a portfolio of buildings as a whole or for as many buildings as possible.
3)	Make improvements. EPA will recognize businesses and organizations that make
improvements to their buildings and share their results. By meeting or beating their goals, these
organizations are protecting our environment and improving their bottom line.
Many organizations are helping to build a better world, 10% at a time, through the ENERGY STAR
Challenge. States are encouraging improvements across government buildings and facilities, including
school districts and county and city governments, and reaching out to businesses in their communities.
Leading associations are developing industry-specific campaigns to help their members benefit from
improved energy efficiency. Many businesses and organizations already have demonstrated a 10%
improvement across their buildings and have earned the special designation of ENERGY STAR Leader
because of their efforts.
Based on data from the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration.
Energy use data is from 2003. Cost data is from 1999.
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ENERGY STAR® Challenge - Build a Better World 10% at a Time
ENERGY STAR Challenge participants have joined with EPA to encourage businesses and organizations
to improve building energy efficiency across the country by 10 percent or more. ENERGY STAR Leaders
have taken the ENERGY STAR Challenge and have achieved incremental energy efficiency improvements
across their entire building portfolios.
ENERGY STAR Challenge Participants
Alliance to Save Energy (ASE)*
American Hotel & Lodging Association
(AH&LA)
American Society for Healthcare Engineering
of the American Hospital Association (ASHE)
The American Solar Energy Society (ASES)
- Legacy Schools Program*
Arizona*
Association of Energy Engineers*
Association of School Business Officials
International (ASBO)
Building Owners and Managers Association
(BOMA)
California State Teachers' Retirement
System (CalSTRS)
Council of Educational Facility Planners
International (CEFPI)
Council of the Great City Schools*
Delaware
Efficiency Vermont
Florida*
Food Marketing Institute (FMI)
Hawaii*
Institute for Sustainable Energy
Illinois*
Indiana*
Kansas*
Kentucky*
Maine
Maryland*
Michigan*
Minnesota*
National Association of Counties (NACo)
National Association of Elementary School
Principals (NAESP)*
National Association of Energy Service
Companies (NAESCO)
National Association of Secondary School
Principals (NASSP)*
National Association of State Energy
Officials (NASEO)
National Energy Education Development
(NEED) Project*
National Energy Foundation (NEF)*
National Parent Teacher Association (PTA)*
The National School Boards Association
(NSBA)*
New Hampshire
New Mexico*
New York State Energy Research and
Development Authority (NYSERDA)
North Carolina*
North East Sustainable Energy
Association (NESEA)*
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Public Technology Institute
Real Estate Roundtable
SACIA-The Business Council of
Fairfield County, Connecticut
US Telecom Association (USTA)
Washington, DC*
Wisconsin*
ENERGY STAR Leaders
Buehler Food Markets*
Cambridge Savings Bank
Colorado Springs School District 11
Columbus Hospitality
Douglas, Emmett & Company
Food Lion, LLC
Giant Eagle, Inc.
Granite Properties
Gresham-Barlow School District*
H-E-B Grocery Company
Independent School District 197*
New York Presbyterian Hospital
Rochester City School District
Saunders Hotel Group*
South Colonie Central School District
The Vanguard Group
USAA Real Estate Company
York County School Division*
'indicates those participants and organizations that
have joined the ENERGY STAR Challenge since
March 2005.

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