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ENERGY STAR for Government
Government agencies spend more than $10 billion a year on energy to provide public services and meet constituent needs — while grappling with tightening budgets. Yet nearly one-third of the energy used to run typical government buildings goes to waste. EPA provides local and state governments, as well as federal agencies, a proven energy management strategy and no-cost tools to save energy and money and demonstrate their environmental leadership.
ENERGY STAR Tools and Best Practices Supporting the Recovery Act
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Use Sample Text
(169KB) to incorporate ENERGY STAR into Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant activity worksheets.
- Make the Most of Your Energy Efficiency Stimulus Funding — Plan, Monitor, and Report Results with ENERGY STAR Tools (1hr)
- Maximize Stimulus Funding with Performance Contracting and ENERGY STAR (1.20 hr)
- ENERGY STAR and Revolving Loan Funds (1 hr)
- ENERGY STAR and State Energy Programs for Commercial Buildings (1.20 hr)
Learn more about leveraging EPA's Portfolio Manager 
(900KB) and the benchmarking starter kit to quickly and easily prioritize energy efficiency projects in buildings, measure progress, and verify/report results.
Incorporate ENERGY STAR qualified products into ARRA funded projects for single and multi family homes, public buildings, and K-12 schools.
What Governments Can Do
Local and state governments, as well as federal agencies, that partner with EPA and take the ENERGY STAR Challenge demonstrate their commitment to taxpayers as well as the environment.
- Prepare an Energy Strategy for the Future
- Join the ENERGY STAR Challenge
- Become an ENERGY STAR Partner and demonstrate your commitment to improving your own facilities' energy performance.
- Promote energy efficiency to your community with the ENERGY STAR Challenge Toolkit.
- Learn about governments leveraging ENERGY STAR in legislation and voluntary campaigns (146KB)
- Find out how governments are using The Power of Information to Motivate Change.
- Learn more about ENERGY STAR for Affordable Housing.
- Learn about Clean Energy Financing Programs
for state and local governments - Learn about the benefits of Submetering Building Energy and Water Usage (3.18KB) from the White House's National Science and Technology Council.
Learn more about ENERGY STAR for:
| Local Governments | State Governments | Federal Agencies | Water and Wastewater Utilities |
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