Apply for the ENERGY STAR for Your Buildings

Buildings achieving a rating of 75 or higher and professionally verified to meet current indoor environment standards are eligible to apply for the ENERGY STAR. Display the ENERGY STAR plaque to convey superior performance to tenants, customers, and employees. Highlighting the ENERGY STAR qualified buildings in your portfolio sends a positive message to lenders, appraisers, owners, investors, and potential tenants or customers.

Use Portfolio Manager to rate the performance of all your buildings and find ENERGY STAR candidates. Note: Portfolio Manager allows you to apply for the ENERGY STAR for a single building, or multiple buildings at once.

How to Apply for the ENERGY STAR Label

Follow the six steps below to qualify your building as ENERGY STAR.

1. Determine if the building meets the eligibility requirements.
2. Login to Portfolio Manager and enter the required energy and building information.
3. Determine if the building achieves a rating of 75 or above.
4. Validate the Statement of Energy Performance (stamped/embossed and signed) through a Professional Engineer.
   
   The role of the Professional Engineer is to verify that all energy use is accounted for accurately, that the building characteristics have been properly reported (including the square footage of the building), that the building is fully functional in accordance with industry standards, and that each of the indoor environment criteria has been met.
   
   The Professional Engineer should reference The Professional Engineer's Guide to the ENERGY STAR Label for Buildings (425KB) for guidance in verifying a commercial building to qualify for the ENERGY STAR. Note also that the Professional Engineer must be licensed in the state where the building is located. Exception: Professional engineers employed by the Federal government may evaluate any buildings located in the United States that are owned or primarily occupied by the Federal government. Contractors and consultants to the Federal government, however, are not covered by the exception.
5. Read and understand the ENERGY STAR Identity Guidelines.
6. Mail the signed Letter of Agreement and signed and stamped Statement of Energy Performance (SEP) to EPA (postmarked within 120 days of the Period Ending Date). Please note: an official Letter of Agreement will be provided for download in Portfolio Manager.
   
   ENERGY STAR Label for Buildings
   c/o SRA International, Inc.
   3434 Washington Blvd.
   Arlington, VA 22201

NOTE: The ENERGY STAR is awarded for a specific year. A building that has earned the ENERGY STAR becomes eligible to reapply one year after the last energy data included in the SEP submitted as part of the previous year's application. EPA conducts periodic reviews on randomly selected ENERGY STAR labeled buildings to monitor that all standards are met.