ENERGY STAR

Attention professional engineers and registered architects: EPA is offering special recognition to licensed professionals who perform cost-free verifications for buildings in need. You will receive: - A personalized letter from the director of EPA's Climate Partnership Programs recognizing your participation - Recognition in an annual press release - A participation badge Learn more and sign up today! https://lnkd.in/g_QpT5_D

Want to earn the ENERGY STAR for your building, but can’t afford to pay for verification? More and more licensed professionals now offer no-cost verification of ENERGY STAR applications to buildings in need. Simply check the box for “cost-free verification offered” to see the full list: https://lnkd.in/eTyVTkQG

This year’s Salt Lake Parade of Homes featured homes built to the U.S. EPA’s new ENERGY STAR NextGen specification! In addition to being highly energy-efficient, these innovative builds featured advanced electric appliances and equipment such as heat pumps, heat pump water heaters, electric cooking equipment, and pre-wiring for EV charging. Thank you, Utah Clean Energy, for partnering with Ivory Homes and Sego Homes to showcase high-performance building and leading-edge technologies! 👏 Utah Clean Energy, Utah Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity, Ivory Homes, Sego Homes

Calling all home builders! ENERGY STAR partners know that #EnergyEfficiency can be a key feature for new homebuyers. ENERGY STAR NextGen certification offers you a new way to set your homes apart with advanced electric technologies and EV charging. Learn more about the NextGen program at: https://lnkd.in/eTZrVPip

We’re excited to join the #SaveOnCleanEnergy Coalition with Civic Nation and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to empower consumers with the knowledge they need to lower their energy bills and save on energy efficient upgrades. Thanks to new financial incentives for ENERGY STAR certified products, it’s more affordable than ever to invest in energy-saving upgrades like heat pumps, heat pump water heaters, insulation, and more. Find savings available to you now at energystar.gov/homesavings.

Across the country, the residential new construction market is adopting the EPA’s new ENERGY STAR NextGen (ESNG) certification. The EPA thanks the utilities ⚡and builders 🏘️ who are partnering to bring their customers the first ESNG homes in the nation! 🎉 ⚡Baltimore Gas and Electric (Maryland) ⚡Snohomish County PUD (Washington) ⚡Utah Clean Energy (Utah) ⚡Xcel Energy (Minnesota and Colorado) 🏘️ Beazer Homes (Maryland) 🏘️ GreenSmith Builders (Minnesota) 🏘️ Sheffield Homes (Colorado) 🏘️ Thrive Home Builders (Colorado) 🏘️ New Tradition Homes & Quantum Equities (Washington) Learn how you can get started with ENERGY STAR NextGen today: https://lnkd.in/e8f5nnSv

If you benchmark water use in Portfolio Manager, one of the key metrics you'll see is water use intensity, or WUI. For most property types in Portfolio Manager, WUI is expressed as gallons per square foot per year. It's calculated by dividing the building’s total annual water consumption by its total gross floor area. And now, for the first time, you can compare your WUI to other commercial buildings across the country. Let’s say you manage a multifamily building and your WUI is 16. Is that good? Is that bad? According to the data, it’s very, very good. Better than 95% of your peers. Congratulations! Compare your WUI to those of your peers: https://lnkd.in/g3PhZ-sg

The EPA’s ENERGY STAR Residential Branch (ESRB) is now seeking candidates to support innovative residential energy efficiency initiatives. For three decades, ESRB has set national standards for improving the energy efficiency of America’s homes. Nearly 2.7 million ENERGY STAR certified single-family, multifamily, and manufactured new homes and apartments have been built to date, including more than 190,000 in 2023, representing more than 12% of all U.S. homes. Successful candidates will demonstrate experience in and passion for building science and green building technologies. Program management experience and understanding of the building/development, energy rating, and utility sectors is also recommended but not required. The position is based in Washington, D.C., and candidates must live within commuting distance of the EPA headquarters. Please use this link to submit your resume, paying careful attention to the EPA’s official resume formatting requirements: https://lnkd.in/egEHRwHV (Note that while the job description in the link does not reference ESRB specifically, we will see your resume if it passes the initial HR screening process.) Learn more about the ESRB program: https://lnkd.in/e2u5WDYj

Need some fresh ideas for engaging employees around energy efficiency? Here’s a quick summary of a webinar in which Nissan discusses how they’ve engaged employees: • Ran a "Save at Home, Save at Work" campaign with videos, newsletters, email communications, and a phone app to give employees energy saving tips and connect actions they can take at home and work. This included monthly energy saving suggestions they publicized through their internal TV network. • Encouraged employees to sign up for ENERGY STAR's Home Energy Yardstick to understand their home energy use and how theirs compares to others'. • Tailored messaging and tips to production line workers with reminders about turning off equipment, lights, and compressed air when not in use. Learn more by listening to our 55-minute recorded webinar at: https://lnkd.in/g4Y9CVq9

Maryland’s first ENERGY STAR NextGen certified homes are here! Built in Ellicott City’s Hampton Hills community, these homes have met the EPA's highest requirements for efficiency and include advanced electric heat pumps, heat pump water heaters, and EV charging capabilities. One of them has even been rated to, on average, generate more energy than it consumes! Celebrate 🎉 this milestone and join us in congratulating Beazer Homes and Baltimore Gas and Electric for bringing the first of these future-forward homes to the citizens of Maryland. Learn more about ENERGY STAR NextGen certification and how you can bring these homes to your customers at: https://lnkd.in/ekkMAavq PC: BGE