3. The Link Between Energy Use &
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Every building uses energy, which is most
often generated by the burning of fossil
fuels.
• Burning fossil fuels, such as coal, releases
greenhouse gas emissions into the
atmosphere which contribute to climate
change.
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4. The Big Picture: Energy Use in the
United States
The buildings where we work, play, and learn are
responsible for nearly 50% of our country’s energy use
at a cost of over $200 billion a year.
Energy Information Administration, 2003 CBECS Detailed Tables
Residential
22%
Transportation
28%
Commercial
18%
Industrial
32%
6. Did You Know?
The energy used by a building to support
just one office worker for a day causes
more than twice as many greenhouse gas
emissions as that worker’s drive to and
from work?
7. Opportunities for Energy
Efficiency
• The average building wastes 30% of the
energy it consumes because of inefficiencies.
• If the energy efficiency of U.S. commercial
and industrial buildings improved by 10%:
– Savings of $20 billion.
– Reductions in greenhouse gas emissions
equal to about 30 million vehicles.
… a year
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8. EPA’s ENERGY STAR Program:
An Effective Solution
• Since 1992—good for the environment; good for the bottom
line.
• More than 60 different categories of ENERGY STAR
qualified products.
• Tens of thousands of ENERGY STAR certified buildings.
• More than 1 million ENERGY STAR qualified homes.
Energy
efficiency
Greenhouse
gas emissions
Carbon dioxide
in the
atmosphere
=
Healthier environment for American families
9. ENERGY STAR and the Buildings
Where We Work, Play and Learn
• Buildings that perform in the top 25% of energy
efficiency nationwide compared to their peers
may be eligible for the ENERGY STAR.
• ENERGY STAR certified buildings:
– Use 35% less energy.
– Generate 35% fewer greenhouse gas emissions.
– Cost 50 cents less per square foot to operate (office
buildings).
• Look for the ENERGY STAR next time you go to
the grocery store or choose a hotel for your next
vacation! (See energystar.gov/buildinglist.)
10. Helping Organizations Improve
Energy Efficiency
• EPA has challenged organizations to improve the
energy performance of their buildings by 10% or
more.
• Thousands of organizations are working toward this
goal—and beyond.
• We are answering this Challenge.
– Took the ENERGY STAR Challenge in XXXX [or] Joined
ENERGY STAR as a partner in XXXX.
– Taking steps in our organization to save energy and
educate our employees, such as this brownbag!
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What Our Partnership with ENERGY
STAR Means
• We’ve joined more than 5,800 other ENERGY
STAR partners to improve the energy
efficiency of buildings where we work, play
and learn.
• ENERGY STAR partners have helped prevent
emissions equal to the electricity used by
more than 60 million American homes per
year.
• Improving energy efficiency frees up financial
resources for other uses.
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What We’re Doing to Save Energy
• As part of the ENERGY STAR partnership commitment,
we agreed to:
– Measure and track energy use in the buildings we own
or manage.
– Develop a plan to improve energy performance.
– Make energy efficiency upgrades.
– Spread the word about energy efficiency to others.
– Design new buildings that we own or manage to be
energy efficient.
• In addition, we’ve decided to go green by:
– Recycling cardboard, paper, plastic, glass, and metals.
– Using recycled paper.
– Cutting down on water use.
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You Can Help!
• Like everything we do here at Organization
Name, energy efficiency is a team effort.
• Small changes make a big impact.
• By working together, we can save energy
and help protect the environment.
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Bring Your Green to Work
• www.energystar.gov/work
• EPA can help you make many of the same
green choices at work as you make at
home.
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Bring Your Green to Work
Resources
www.energystar.gov/work
Building tour video
Animated workplace tools
Tip card and posters
Green team checklist
Energy quiz
Fast facts
…and more!
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Explore an Energy-Efficient Office
Cubicle
www.energystar.gov/work
Blinds – During cold
weather, take advantage of
the sun’s warmth by keeping
blinds open during daylight
hours. To keep out the heat
of the summer sun, close
blinds in warm weather.
Vent – Make sure window
vents are clear of papers
and other items so the air
can circulate freely.
Monitor/ computer – Look for the
ENERGY STAR and enable power
management settings on your work
computer and monitor so they
automatically enter a low-power
mode when not in use.
Programmable thermostat –
programmable thermostats
can automatically adjust
your building’s temperature
settings so energy is not
wasted to cool or warm air
when the building is empty.
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20. 20
Explore an Energy-Efficient Office
Cubicle
www.energystar.gov/work
Cell phone – Unplug battery chargers or power adapters
when equipment is fully charged or disconnected from
the charger. On average, ENERGY STAR qualified
battery chargers and adapters use 30-35% less energy
than conventional models.
Challenge poster – Take the ENERGY STAR Challenge, a national
call-to-action to improve the energy efficiency of America’s
commercial and industrial buildings. Encourage your employer and
co-workers to do the same! You can also order free brochures and
posters for your office or for employee fairs and Earth Day
activities at energystar.gov/publications.
Multifunction device (printer/copier/scanner) – An ENERGY
STAR qualified multifunction device that combines several
capabilities (print, scan, copy) can save energy and space.
Make sure power management features are enabled for
additional savings.
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21. 21
Explore an Energy-Efficient Office
Cubicle
www.energystar.gov/work
Desk lamp – Replace the bulbs in desk lamps with ENERGY STAR
qualified compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs). These light bulbs use
about 75% less energy than incandescent bulbs and last up to 10 times
longer! ENERGY STAR qualified lamps and light fixtures are also available
for even more energy savings.
Water cooler – Did you know EPA qualifies water
coolers? On average, ENERGY STAR models
require about half as much energy as standard
units. Encourage your employer to look for one that
has earned the ENERGY STAR.
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22. 22
Explore an Energy-Efficient Office
Cubicle
www.energystar.gov/work
Power strip – Even when
turned off, electronic and IT
equipment often use a small
amount of electricity when
plugged in. Use a power strip
as a central “turn off” point
when you are done using
office equipment to
completely disconnect the
power supply.
You – You can make a difference by getting
involved! Create a Green Team with your co-
workers to help save energy and reduce office
waste. Set a goal to make your building one of
the most energy efficient in the nation and earn
EPA’s ENERGY STAR.
Light switch –
Remember to turn off
your lights when
leaving conference
rooms and your work
space, especially at the
end of the day.
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23. 23
Explore an Energy-Efficient
Manufacturing Plant
www.energystar.gov/work
Bay Door – Close bays and
doors when not in use to
prevent loss of heat or
cooled air.
Motor – Maintain motors. Create a motor
management plan, and use the right-sized
motor for the application. Install variable
frequency drives for fluctuating loads, and
replace old motors with premium efficiency
motors.
Light switch – Don’t
overlook lighting in
plants. It is a great
opportunity for energy
savings. Turn off lights
when not in use, and
install lighting controls.
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Energy Management –
Develop an energy
management program.
Plants with sound
energy management
practices save more
energy. Use EPA’s
ENERGY STAR
Facility Energy
Assessment tool to
evaluate your energy
management
practices!
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Explore an Energy-Efficient
Manufacturing Plant
www.energystar.gov/work
You – You can make a difference by getting
involved! Create an Energy Team with your co-
workers. Set a goal to make your plant more
energy-efficient. Encourage your company to take
the ENERGY STAR Challenge for Industry and
adopt a goal to improve energy efficiency by 10%
within 5 years. Order brochures and posters from
EPA to promote saving energy in your workplace.
Exhaust System –
Don’t blow money
out the vent!
Exhaust systems are
big energy users.
Turn them off when
not needed. Add
variable frequency
drives to fan motors.
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Compressed Air Pipe – Did you know that tiny
leaks in compressed air systems can cost
hundreds of dollars extra each year? Compressed
air is the most expensive plant utility! Repair leaks
regularly, use compressed air only for critical
uses, reduce pressure where possible, and
monitor compressor performance.
25. 25
Explore an Energy-Efficient
Manufacturing Plant
www.energystar.gov/work
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Power Switch – Turn off equipment during non-
production periods. Walk the plant when it is down
for maintenance, at night, and during other off hours
to see what can be shut down when not in use
(lighting, motors, etc.). Create shutdown procedures,
train employees on how to use them, and make sure
they are followed.
Lighting – If some work
spaces seem too bright,
they may be over lit. Talk to
your energy and safety
teams about optimizing
lighting levels and upgrading
lights with more efficient
technology.
Boiler – Tune your
boilers. Install or
improve existing
insulation. Consider
an economizer to
recover waste heat.
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Explore an Energy-Efficient
Manufacturing Plant
www.energystar.gov/work
Monitor/ computer – Purchase
ENERGY STAR qualified
computers and enable power
management settings on your
computer and monitor so they
automatically enter a low-power
mode when not in use.
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Steam Trap – If your plant
uses steam, odds are that
10% of your steam traps are
failing—wasting energy and
money! Maintain steam traps
regularly and know how to
identify non-performing
traps.
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Tips for Saving Energy at Work
• Use the ENERGY STAR power
management settings on your
computer and a power strip as a
central “turn off” point.
• Unplug electronics once they are
charged.
• Replace the light bulb in your desk
lamp with an ENERGY STAR qualified
bulb, and turn off lights when you
leave.
• Keep air vents clear of paper, files,
and office supplies.
• Create a Green Team with your co-
workers. 27
28. 28
Tips for Saving Energy at Home
• Replace your five most frequently
used light fixtures or the bulbs in
them with ENERGY STAR qualified
lights.
• Use a programmable thermostat.
• Look for the ENERGY STAR when
buying home appliances,
electronics, and heating and
cooling systems.
• Find and seal air leaks to the
outside.
• Take the ENERGY STAR pledge.
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29. 29
Create a Green Team
• What is a Green Team?
– A group of people from
across the organization
who want to create a
greener workplace.
• Why a Green Team?
– A team approach helps
build momentum for
positive change and
improves buy-in from all
levels of the organization.
– Empowers staff to address
energy efficiency issues
directly.
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What Our Green Team Can
Accomplish
• Identify areas for improvement.
• Brainstorm energy efficiency steps to take in our
office.
– Which ideas from the tip card and ENERGY STAR @
work and/or @ the factory tools can we apply now
individually?
– What ideas should the team tackle?
– What ideas might need support from senior
management?
– Others?
31. 31
Get Started
• Determine Green Team first steps:
– Identify interested coworkers and candidate
members.
– Schedule a kick-off meeting.
• Consider how to win company support for:
– Becoming an ENERGY STAR partner.
– Taking the ENERGY STAR Challenge.
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Kids Can Help, Too
• Visit the ENERGY STAR Kids’ Site
– www.energystar.gov/kids
• Join Dr. Seuss’ the Lorax to learn fun ways kids
can save energy and help protect the
environment.
• Interactive games, puzzles, quizzes,
brainteasers, and stories.
39. For more information, please contact:
Organization contact:
Your name
Phone #
Email address
EPA’s ENERGY STAR program
1.888.STAR.YES
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Editor's Notes
*Note to presenter: This presentation is designed to be a 40-minute brown bag session, with 20 additional, optional minutes for group discussion and a fun review quiz. Text in red should be customized to fit your organization’s specific situation.
You can order free ENERGY STAR brochures, posters, and other materials online (www.energystar.gov/publications) or by calling toll-free at 800-490-9198.
Before the presentation, consider ordering the following for attendees:
BYGTW tip card (EPA Document #430-F-08-017)
BYGTW poster (EPA Document #430-H-08-002)
BYGTW Notepad (EPA Document #430-E-09-002)
Before the presentation, you may also wish to download and print copies of the following for attendees:
Green Team checklist (download and print from http://www.energystar.gov/ia/business/challenge/bygtw/Green_team_checklist_FINAL_4.pdf)
Test Your Energy IQ quiz (download and print from http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=bygtw.view_showQuiz)
Text has been provided in the speaker notes to help guide your presentation. Slides 16-26 and 38 have options for interactive activities online. For this reason, access to the Internet during the presentation is suggested but not necessary.
During this presentation, we’ll discuss how to save energy, save money, and help protect the environment by taking the same green steps at work that we already take at home. But first, let’s discuss energy use and how it impacts the environment.
To generate energy, power plants typically burn fossil fuels, such as coal, oil, or natural gas. The burning of these fuels sends greenhouse gases into the environment. These gases, in turn, cause climate change by trapping the sun’s heat in the atmosphere.
By learning to use energy more efficiently, we can protect the environment.
The energy used to power the buildings in our communities—such as schools, stores, and manufacturing plants—makes up half of our nation’s “energy pie” at a cost of over $200 billion annually.
The energy used to power the places where we work, play, and learn results in half of our nation’s greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change.
Over the next 25 years, greenhouse gas emissions from buildings are projected to grow faster than any other sector, and are expected to increase almost 2 percent a year through 2030. We have the largest opportunity to save energy, save money, and protect the environment by increasing energy efficiency in the buildings where we work, play, and learn.
This is a striking fact, and it emphasizes that the steps we take at work to save energy—as individuals and as an organization—can make a big difference for the environment.
When we leave lights on or run the air conditioning in an empty building, we waste energy. Wasting energy results in higher utility bills, more greenhouse gas emissions, and consequently, more climate change. And typically 30% of the energy used by a building is wasted!
If the energy efficiency of buildings in the United States improved by just 10 percent, we would save about $20 billion and reduce greenhouse gases equal to the emissions from about 30 million vehicles.
EPA’s ENERGY STAR program helps businesses and consumers capitalize on opportunities to save energy, save money, and protect the environment.
Established in 1992, EPA’s ENERGY STAR program helps individuals and organizations across the country to strategically manage energy performance, cut energy use, lower utility bills, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. An important part of this effort is EPA’s recognition of top performance.
The ENERGY STAR label is EPA’s mark of superior energy efficiency. It is recognized by more than 80 percent of Americans as a trusted label on energy-efficient products for our homes and workplaces. But it’s not just dishwashers that can earn the ENERGY STAR—homes and buildings can too!
If we look back to the pie chart we saw just a moment ago, we know that buildings consume a lot of energy and have a huge impact on climate change. So it’s very important that we not only try to be more energy efficient at home but at work too. And EPA’s ENERGY STAR program can help.
EPA’s ENERGY STAR program can help an organization measure and assess its energy performance; develop and implement a plan to reduce energy use; and engage employees and tenants with fun, interactive tools.
When the energy performance of a building reaches the top 25 percent nationwide, the building may be eligible for the ENERGY STAR.
Buildings that are currently eligible for the ENERGY STAR include:
Commercial Buildings:
Bank branches
Courthouses
Data Centers
Dormitories
Financial Centers
Hospitals
Hotels
Houses of Worship
K-12 Schools
Medical offices
Offices
Retail
Supermarkets
Senior Care and Assisted Living
Warehouses
Industrial Plants:
Auto assembly
Cement plants
Container glass manufacturing
Flat glass manufacturing
Frozen fried potato processing
Juice processing
Petroleum refineries
Pharmaceutical manufacturing
Wet Corn Mills
Organizations can improve their energy efficiency with help from EPA. Thousands of organizations are doing so already, including 30% of the Fortune 500, eight of the 10 largest U.S. healthcare systems, major league baseball teams, colleges and universities, small businesses, and more.
As a first step, some organizations have taken the ENERGY STAR Challenge. The ENERGY STAR Challenge is a national call-to-action to improve the energy efficiency of America’s commercial and industrial buildings by 10 percent or more. We’re proud to be one of the organizations working toward this important goal.
*Note to presenter: To find out if your organization has taken the ENERGY STAR Challenge: 1) If you are a commercial business or organization, visit www.energystar.gov/challenge and click on “See all Challenge Participants.” 2) If your organization is an industrial company or manufacturing plant, visit www.energystar.gov/industrychallenge to find out of your organization has take the ENERGY STAR Challenge for Industry.
Other organizations have taken it a step further by joining ENERGY STAR as a partner and making an organization-wide commitment to improving energy efficiency with help from EPA. And we’re proud to be one of them.
*Note to presenter: To find out if your organization is an ENERGY STAR partner, visit www.energystar.gov/buildings and click on the Buildings & Partner list.
This brownbag is one of many steps we’re taking to engage employees so everyone can get involved in our efforts to save energy.
*Note to presenter: Please use this slide and customize if your organization is an ENERGY STAR partner. If your organization is not an ENERGY STAR partner, please delete this slide and use slide 12 with appropriate edits.
Our company has joined more than 5,800 other organizations as an ENERGY STAR partner working to improve the energy efficiency of the buildings we own and manage—with help from you, our employees.
And the results speak for themselves—ENERGY STAR partners have helped prevent emissions equal to the electricity used by more than 60 million American homes for a year . . . and counting!
It’s no accident that nearly 30 percent of Fortune 500 companies are ENERGY STAR partners. Saving energy saves money, which helps the bottom line. By cutting operational costs, our organization can spend that money somewhere else—such as funding employee salaries.
*Note to presenter: Please add or delete steps being taken by your company, and tell your employees what else your company is doing or has done to be greener. In particular, if you are not an ENERGY STAR partner, please replace the first bullet and associated sub-bullets with your organization’s energy mission statement and appropriate highlights.
*Note to presenter: Resume the presentation with this slide, whether or not your organization is an ENERGY STAR partner.
Through Bring Your Green to Work, EPA offers tips and advice on how to make the same green choices at work as you make at home.
The Bring Your Green site includes all of these resources…and more (free of charge!).
In this video, green guru Danny Seo takes viewers on a behind-the-scenes tour of an ENERGY STAR certified building. Fun and engaging, this video can help you learn what makes a building energy efficient and what you can do to help.
*Note to presenter: To add an interactive element, watch all (if time permits) or part of the video online. You can also download it to your computer before the presentation and play it from your desktop.
*Note to presenter: If you have Internet access, click through the interactive online tools to demonstrate the energy-saving measures to employees. Otherwise, the tips are provided in the following slides.
EPA created two online tools to demonstrate simple measures we can take around our own workplaces to save energy, save money, and protect the environment. All you have to do is click on the blue stars to have energy-saving advice at your fingertips!
*Note to presenter: Click the mouse to see details about each efficiency measure.
*Note to presenter: Click the mouse to see details about each efficiency measure.
*Note to presenter: Click the mouse to see details about each efficiency measure.
*Note to presenter: Click the mouse to see details about each efficiency measure.
*Note to presenter: Click the mouse to see details about each efficiency measure.
*Note to presenter: Click the mouse to see details about each efficiency measure.
*Note to presenter: Click the mouse to see details about each efficiency measure.
*Note to presenter: Click the mouse to see details about each efficiency measure.
*Note to presenter: Hand out tip cards if you’ve printed them out or ordered them from EPA. Briefly review the tips with the group.
*Note to presenter: Hand out tip cards if you’ve printed them out or ordered them from EPA. Briefly review the tips with the group.
One way to jumpstart energy savings is to create a green team. A green team should include members from across the organization, who work together to tackle energy efficiency issues directly or with the help of senior management.
*Note to presenter: Hand out copies of the Green Team checklist if you ordered or printed them out, and briefly review steps.
*Note to presenter: Consider customizing this slide with ideas specific to your organization to stimulate conversation. During the discussion, try to gather a specific list of items on which future efficiency efforts can focus.
*Note to presenter: Consider customizing this slide with ideas specific to your organization to stimulate conversation. During the discussion, try to gather a specific set of action items and next steps to help move energy efficiency efforts forward after the session.
*Note to presenter: If time and interest allow, consider reviewing additional ways employees can save energy and money outside the workplace. Otherwise, delete slides 31-36 and complete the quiz as a review.
In addition to taking steps inside the workplace, there are many other ways for you and your family to save energy at home, at work, and in your community.
First, Change the World, Start with ENERGY STAR is a national movement encouraging all Americans to join with millions of others and take small, individual steps that make a big difference in protecting our climate.
The ENERGY STAR Pledge includes everyday actions, such as enabling your computer to power down when not in use, properly programming your thermostat, and more—actions individuals and organizations can take to save energy, save money, and help protect the environment.
In addition, look for the ENERGY STAR the next time you stay in a hotel or go shopping.
You can use the ENERGY STAR labeled building registry to find buildings in your area that have earned the ENERGY STAR.
By entering your city, state, or zip code, you can also find a map of those buildings near you or anywhere else in the country that have earned the ENERGY STAR and use an average of 35 percent less energy than similar buildings nationwide.
You can get your family involved, too. Visit the ENERGY STAR Kids’ site with your child to learn fun ways to save energy and help protect the environment. The site features a host of interactive games, puzzles, quizzes, brainteasers, and stories to make learning about energy efficiency fun and entertaining.
*Note to presenter: To add an interactive element and reinforce the information presented, complete the Bring Your Green to Work quiz. If you have Internet access, you can complete the quiz online and have attendees call out answers. Or, you can print out the quiz questions, review the answers out loud after everyone is finished, and recognize top scorers.
Consider giving out small prizes to help reinforce the messages (free ENERGY STAR magnets or posters ordered from EPA, ENERGY STAR qualified CFL desk light bulbs, etc.)
