Energy Star
ENERGY STAR is a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency voluntary program that helps businesses and individuals save money and protect our climate through superior energy efficiency. Key ENERGY STAR programs are:
- ENERGY STAR certified products have earned the ENERGY STAR label from the EPA through an independent certification process that insures, quality, performance, and energy savings.
- ENERGY STAR certified homes are at least 10% more energy efficient than homes built to code and achieve a 20% improvement on average, while providing homeowners with better quality, performance, and comfort
- ENERGY STAR resources for businesses and organizations help commercial and industrial buildings to save energy. One popular tool is ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager®, which calculates a building’s 1–100 ENERGY STAR score. It has become the industry standard for rating a facility’s energy performance.
All commercial buildings can use the ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager program to track their energy and water use. To earn the ENERGY STAR certification, a building must outperform 75 percent of similar buildings nationwide, by earning an ENERGY STAR score of 75 or higher on a 1-100 scale. The City of Columbus has received the ENERGY STAR certification on the following buildings: City of Columbus Division of Police Central Safety Headquarters, located at 120 Marconi Boulevard, Columbus, OH 43215, and the Columbus Jerry Hammond Government Center at 1111 E Broad Street, Columbus, OH 43205.