March 5, 2010
Sustainability Roundtable, Inc. Announces Partnership with EPA’s ENERGY STAR® Program
March 5, 2010
Sustainability Roundtable, Inc. Announces Partnership with EPA’s ENERGY STAR® Program
Sustainability Roundtable, Inc (SR Inc) is pleased to announce that it has partnered with the U.S. EPA by becoming an ENERGY STAR Partner. Through this voluntary partnership SR Inc will work with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to improve energy efficiency and reduce climate change.
As Members of SR Inc’s Sustainable Corporate Real Estate Roundtable service have long demonstrated making more energy-efficient choices is smart business.
Using less energy saves organizations, particularly our Members, money while protecting the environment. The buildings where Americans work, shop, play, and educate our children use about $200 billion worth of electricity and natural gas each year and are responsible for 45 percent of our national greenhouse gas emissions. These buildings use energy at peak times, driving the need for new power generation and more natural gas consumption. The U.S. EPA estimates that if the energy efficiency of commercial and industrial buildings in the U.S. improved by 10 percent, Americans would save about $20 billion and reduce greenhouse gases equal to the emissions from almost 30 million vehicles. In partnership with ENERGY STAR, SR Inc will:
- Help spread the word about the importance of energy efficiency to its staff and Member community;
- Support the ENERGY STAR Challenge, a national call-to-action to help improve the energy efficiency of America’s commercial and industrial buildings by 10 percent or more;
- Highlight its achievements with recognition offered through ENERGY STAR.
“ENERGY STAR partners such as SR Inc are leading the fight against global warming by improving the efficiency of their buildings and facilities,” said Jean Lupinacci, chief of EPA’s ENERGY STAR Commercial and Industrial branch. “We applaud these efforts to help protect our global environment for generations to come.”
ENERGY STAR was introduced by EPA in 1992 as a voluntary, market-based partnership to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through energy efficiency. Today, the ENERGY STAR label can be found on more than 60 different kinds of products, new homes, and commercial and industrial buildings. Products and buildings that have earned the ENERGY STAR designation prevent greenhouse gas emissions by meeting strict energy-efficiency specifications set by the government. Last year alone, Americans, with the help of ENERGY STAR, saved about $19 billion on their energy bills while reducing the greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those of 29 million vehicles.
For more information about ENERGY STAR, visit www.energystar.gov.