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ENERGY STAR For Retail
Partner with ENERGY STAR to become an environmental leader. Through improvements in energy performance, retailers can reduce costs, increase customer satisfaction, and enhance corporate profitability, all while reducing the carbon footprint of retail stores, supermarkets, and restaurants.
Retail companies spend nearly $20 billion on energy each year. Make strong energy performance your competitive advantage.
- A 10 percent decrease in energy costs has an equivalent impact on operating income as a 1.26% increase in sales for the average retail store.
What You Can Do
- Join ENERGY STAR to show your organization-wide commitment to energy management.
- Take the ENERGY STAR Challenge.
- Establish a comprehensive energy management program using the Guidelines for Energy Management.
- Benchmark your building in Portfolio Manager. Use the Retail Benchmarking Starter Kit and the Retail Quick Reference Guide
(1.4MB) for additional guidance. - Participate in Online Training Sessions.
- Purchase ENERGY STAR qualified products to save energy throughout your building.
- Learn how service providers can offer energy management solutions for retail. (120KB)
- Learn about energy information services (236KB) and find companies that offer automated benchmarking.
- Communicate your energy management efforts to customers, shareholders, and peers.
- Pursue the Designed to Earn the ENERGY STAR for new store construction.
- Learn more about ENERGY STAR for Restaurants.
- Learn about other ways retailers and retail associations are managing energy and going green.
What Others Are Doing
- ENERGY STAR Retail Partners
- ENERGY STAR Labeled Retail Buildings
- ENERGY STAR Labeled Supermarkets and Grocery Stores
- Retailers that have taken the ENERGY STAR Challenge
- Learn about how jcpenney saved money and increased its ENERGY STAR scores by installing rooftop solar arrays in this case study (700KB).
ENERGY STAR Success Stories
- Food Lion Family, Bloom, and Bottom Dollar Food
- J. C. Penney Company, Inc.
- Kohl’s Department Stores: Success Story (135KB) | Partner of the Year Profile
- Staples, Inc.: Success Story (90KB) | Partner of the Year Profile
Earn Recognition for Your Achievements
Join the growing group of organizations honored and recognized by EPA for their outstanding contributions to protecting the environment through superior energy efficiency.
- Earn the ENERGY STAR
- ENERGY STAR Awards
- ENERGY STAR Leaders
- The ENERGY STAR Challenge
- Designed to Earn the ENERGY STAR
ENERGY STAR Qualified Products
The ENERGY STAR label appears on over 60 different product categories. Use these products in your facilities to lower energy use, save money, and help protect the environment.
