What’s New
- May 5 – Green Power Leader- ship Awards Nomination Period is Open
- May 4 – Greenversations blog posting: College & University Challenge
- April 27 – EPA Unveils Top 50 U.S. Green Power Purchasers
- April 20 – EPA Recognizes Colleges and Universities in the Green Power Challenge
- May 19 - Webinar: Onsite Use of Biomass and Biogas
Top Rankings
- National Top 50
- Fortune 500 Challenge
- 100% Green Power Purchasers
- Green Power Communities
- Top 20 Lists
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Green Power Communities
Do you live in a Green Power Community? GPCs are cities, towns, and villages in which the local government, businesses, and residents collectively buy green power in amounts that meet or exceed EPA’s Green Power Community purchase requirements. Find out more information on how your community can buy green power and become a Green Power Community.
Fortune 500 Challenge
America’s leading corporations are stepping up to protect the environment by buying green power and participating in EPA’s Fortune 500 Challenge. EPA is challenging Fortune 500 companies to collectively exceed 10 billion kilowatt-hours in green power purchasing by year end 2009. Find out which companies are leading the way!
College & University Challenge
Is your alma mater making the grade? Throughout the 2009-10 academic year, EPA’s Green Power Partnership will track and recognize individual schools and collegiate athletic conferences with the highest combined green power purchases in the nation. Find out how your school can win a Green Power Championship today!
EPA/ABA Climate Challenge
The American Bar Association (ABA) and the EPA are partnering to encourage law offices to buy green power to combat climate change. Visit the EPA/ABA Climate Challenge Web site for more information on how your law firm can participate.
Green Power Leadership Awards
The Green Power Leadership Awards recognize the leading actions of EPA Partners that significantly advance the development of green power sources nationwide. The Awards are presented annually at the Renewable Energy Markets Conference.
The Green Power Partnership is a voluntary program that supports the organizational procurement of green power by offering expert advice, technical support, tools and resources. Partnering with EPA can help your organization lower the transaction costs of buying green power, reduce its carbon footprint, and communicate its leadership to key stakeholders. Green power is electricity produced from a subset of renewable resources, such as solar, wind, geothermal, biomass, and low-impact hydro. Buying green power is one of the easiest and most effective ways to improve your organization’s environmental performance.
Steps to becoming an EPA Green Power Partner:
What You Need to Get Started
- Guide to Purchasing Green Power (PDF) (50 pp, 1.1MB, About PDF)
- Partnership Requirements (PDF) (19 pp, 690K, About PDF)
- Partnership Agreement (PDF) (2 pp, 760K, About PDF)
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