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ENERGY STAR - The Power to Protect the Environment Through
Energy Efficiency
Introduction
The ENERGY STAR® program has been a tremendous success in its first decade. Established by
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1992 for energy-efficient computers, the
ENERGY STAR program has grown to encompass more than 35 product categories for the home
and workplace, new homes, and superior energy management within organizations. Some
highlights demonstrating the impact of this program are:
- Thousands of organizations have partnered with the federal government to demonstrate a
commitment to protecting the environment through energy efficiency.
- Americans have purchased more than 1 billion ENERGY STAR qualified products.
- More than 100,000 families live in new homes that have earned the ENERGY STAR.
- More than 40 percent of the American public recognizes the ENERGY STAR.
- Thousands of buildings have undergone effective energy improvement projects.
- More than 15,000 of the nation’s buildings have been rated using EPA’s national energy
performance rating system. More than 1,100 buildings have earned the ENERGY STAR label for
superior energy performance.
Further, because using energy more efficiently avoids emissions from power plants, avoids the
need for new power plants, and reduces energy bills, sizable national benefits have accrued. In
2002, with the help of the ENERGY STAR program, Americans prevented greenhouse gas
emissions equivalent to those from 14 million vehicles and avoided using the power that 50 300-
megawatt (MW) power plants would have produced, while saving more than $7 billion.
With this success come questions about the future of the ENERGY STAR program, such as: What
is necessary to build and maintain the ENERGY STAR program over the next decade? Have the
most easily obtained benefits already been realized and will taxpayers receive a similar
environmental and economic return on their investment over the next 10 years as they did in the
first? This paper explains how EPA will continue to expand the ENERGY STAR program, and it
shows the expected growth in environmental and economic benefits. The overview—Why the
ENERGY STAR Program Works— describes what EPA is striving to achieve with ENERGY STAR.
Then for the major energy end-use sectors— residential, commercial, and industrial—the paper
summarizes accomplishments to date and program elements that require further development.
Finally, it outlines EPA’s longer term goals for greenhouse gas reductions and energy bill savings
for the nation, and shows that the ENERGY STAR program will continue to be a sound taxpayer
investment over the next decade.....
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Energy Efficiency
Introduction
The ENERGY STAR® program has been a tremendous success in its first decade. Established by
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1992 for energy-efficient computers, the
ENERGY STAR program has grown to encompass more than 35 product categories for the home
and workplace, new homes, and superior energy management within organizations. Some
highlights demonstrating the impact of this program are:
- Thousands of organizations have partnered with the federal government to demonstrate a
commitment to protecting the environment through energy efficiency.
- Americans have purchased more than 1 billion ENERGY STAR qualified products.
- More than 100,000 families live in new homes that have earned the ENERGY STAR.
- More than 40 percent of the American public recognizes the ENERGY STAR.
- Thousands of buildings have undergone effective energy improvement projects.
- More than 15,000 of the nation’s buildings have been rated using EPA’s national energy
performance rating system. More than 1,100 buildings have earned the ENERGY STAR label for
superior energy performance.
Further, because using energy more efficiently avoids emissions from power plants, avoids the
need for new power plants, and reduces energy bills, sizable national benefits have accrued. In
2002, with the help of the ENERGY STAR program, Americans prevented greenhouse gas
emissions equivalent to those from 14 million vehicles and avoided using the power that 50 300-
megawatt (MW) power plants would have produced, while saving more than $7 billion.
With this success come questions about the future of the ENERGY STAR program, such as: What
is necessary to build and maintain the ENERGY STAR program over the next decade? Have the
most easily obtained benefits already been realized and will taxpayers receive a similar
environmental and economic return on their investment over the next 10 years as they did in the
first? This paper explains how EPA will continue to expand the ENERGY STAR program, and it
shows the expected growth in environmental and economic benefits. The overview—Why the
ENERGY STAR Program Works— describes what EPA is striving to achieve with ENERGY STAR.
Then for the major energy end-use sectors— residential, commercial, and industrial—the paper
summarizes accomplishments to date and program elements that require further development.
Finally, it outlines EPA’s longer term goals for greenhouse gas reductions and energy bill savings
for the nation, and shows that the ENERGY STAR program will continue to be a sound taxpayer
investment over the next decade.....
TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE
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