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Take a look inside to find dozens of new communications materials! From brochures to posters to news releases to fact sheets, the new ENERGY STAR Challenge Toolkit has it all!
- Get Started with useful lists of resources and suggestions from ENERGY STAR
- Learn More about ENERGY STAR partnership opportunities and find energy efficiency facts, figures, and key points
- Spread the Word with brochures, public service announcements, press releases, posters, event ideas, and templates
Instructions for printing, editing, and co-branding Toolkit materials 
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The ENERGY STAR Challenge Brochure — Folded Version (4.31MB)
The ENERGY STAR Challenge Brochure — Two-Page Version (854KB)
Use the folded version of the brochure for a more compact, easy-to-read introduction to the Challenge, or select the two-page version for an easy-to-print alternative.
Quick Lists of ENERGY STAR Resources
Help improve energy efficiency in commercial and industrial buildings as well as at home.
- For Buildings (2.90MB)
- For Homes (1.04MB)
Create a Challenge Team
Offers ideas on who can help create an organized effort in your building, town, school, or company to improve energy efficiency.
Bring the Challenge to Your Community
Provides a model for establishing a program or campaign to accelerate energy efficiency activities in your community.
Learn More
Did You Know?
Provides a summary of key points and information about energy efficiency and the ENERGY STAR Challenge
Fast Facts
Provides useful statistics to help understand the important role commercial and industrial buildings play in global climate change.
- ENERGY STAR Snapshot (Spring 2008): Measures progress in the commercial and industrial sectors on a biannual basis
Working with Different Groups in the Community
Offers a series of fact sheets that provide information on energy use, energy efficiency opportunities, partnership possibilities, and key leverage points for major groups.
Bring Your Green to Work
By making many of the same green choices at work that you make at home, you can help save energy and fight global warming. Follow these 5 simple steps.
Grow with ENERGY STAR
Describes the different levels and benefits of participation with ENERGY STAR, beginning with the ENERGY STAR Challenge and moving beyond to Partner, earning the ENERGY STAR label for commercial and industrial buildings, Leader, and then the pinnacle — Partner of the Year.
Spread the Word
Ready-to-Use Materials from EPA
ENERGY STAR InfoCards
Help tell the story of the important role commercial and industrial buildings play in the fight against climate change and how we can all do our part.
- For Businesses (563KB)
- For Employees and Consumers (714KB)
ENERGY STAR Posters
Communicate energy efficiency messages and provide information on how to get involved.
ENERGY STAR Co-Brandable Print Advertisement (7.45MB)
Associations and government groups may add their logo to this advertisement to promote the Challenge in print publications.
ENERGY STAR Web Banners
Spread the message about the ENERGY STAR Challenge online.
ENERGY STAR Public Service Advertisements
The ENERGY STAR logo
- How to Use
- Download Logos
ENERGY STAR Publications
Find a comprehensive catalogue of brochures, posters, and other materials provided by ENERGY STAR that you can order or download.
Ideas and Samples to Help You Spread the Word
- Sample News Release for the media.
- Sample Text provides copy for Web sites, newsletters, and more
- Sample Event Ideas and Promotional Items
Suggestions for events and ideas to promote the ENERGY STAR Challenge and celebrate energy efficiency. - Certificate of Participation (476KB)
Announces your involvement in the ENERGY STAR Challenge and can be displayed to share the good news of your efforts with others.
