Demonstrate your energy and environmental leadership by starting with your own buildings. Benchmark your energy use in Portfolio Manager, EPA's online energy management tool, and follow the energy management guidelines to establish an action plan for energy improvement. For planned construction of new buildings, achieve Designed to Earn the ENERGY STAR using EPA's Target Finder, which allows architects and building designers to set aggressive, realistic energy targets and rate a building design's estimated energy use. Include links to the ENERGY STAR Challenge and the ENERGY STAR homepage on your Web site to engage the community and increase awareness of your energy improvement efforts.
Louisville Metro Government has made progress towards meeting environmental stewardship goals, including reducing the city's vehicle fleet, consolidating government facilities, and purchasing more environmentally preferable products and vehicles.
As Mayor Abramson promotes ENERGY STAR resources to schools and business leaders in Louisville, the City is leading by example and beginning its efforts by benchmarking all city-owned buildings in EPA's Portfolio Manager energy tracking tool. By adding benchmarking in Portfolio Manager to the city's existing energy service contract with Energy Watchdog®, the city has provided its facility managers with access to EPA's 1–100 national energy performance rating for eligible buildings, and can track carbon emissions associated with the operation of all city buildings.