Benchmarking
These benchmarking tools will help you determine where your city can save energy and money and fight climate change at the same time. They will also help you set conservation and efficiency goals to bring your city closer to compliance with the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32), which requires the state’s global warming emissions to be reduced to 1990 levels by 2020.
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." Read more...
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 can all do our part — Take the ENERGY STAR Challenge and use the free Challenge Toolkit to help build a better world." Read more...