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ENERGY STAR for Restaurants
Savor the profits from energy efficiency! Your restaurant’s profit is typically only 3–9% of total revenue. Follow ENERGY STAR’s cost-effective recommendations and your investment in energy efficiency can give you up to a 30% return. Furthermore, you may also receive other delightful surprises such as increased customer comfort, better lighting, more repeat business, and increased employee productivity.
What You Can Do
- Get started with the ENERGY STAR Restaurant Guidebook
(668KB) and Restaurants Fact Sheet (91KB) - Establish a comprehensive energy management program using the ENERGY STAR Guidelines for Energy Management
- Make smart energy investments to reduce operating costs and increase profits
- Join ENERGY STAR
- Receive training on building benchmarking and other energy efficiency topics
- Benchmark the energy used in your facility, using ENERGY STAR’s Portfolio Manager
- Purchase ENERGY STAR qualified products to save energy throughout the building
What Others Are Doing
ENERGY STAR Success Stories
- Jose O’Shea Café and Cantina
- Reedville Café
- SUBWAY
- Tripp’s Grill & Six Pack: North Bend Pennsylvania
Related ENERGY STAR Qualified Products
Food Service
- Commercial Fryers
- Commercial Hot Food Holding Cabinets
- Commercial Solid Door Refrigerators & Freezers
- Commercial Steam Cookers
Heating & Cooling
- Air-Source Heat Pumps
- Boilers
- Central Air Conditioners
- Ceiling Fans
- Dehumidifiers
- Furnaces
- Geothermal Heat Pumps
- Home Sealing (Insulation)
- Light Commercial HVAC
- Programmable Thermostats
- Room Air Conditioners
- Ventilating Fans
Electronics
Lighting
Office Equipment
- Copiers & Fax Machines
- Computers
- Desk Lamps & Bulbs
- Digital Duplicators
- Mailing Machines
- Monitors
- Notebook Computers/Tablet PCs
- Printers, Scanners & All-in-One Devices
- Water Coolers
- Vending Machines
Other
Did You Know?
The money you save on operating costs adds to what you get to keep, so saving 20% on energy operating costs can increase your profit as much as one-third.
