ENERGY STAR for Higher Education

Colleges and universities spend close to $2 billion each year on energy¹. Adopting a strategic approach to energy management can lower your energy bills by 30% or more. ENERGY STAR brings you a proven energy management strategy to distinguish your institution as an environmental leader and save money for repair and renovation, hiring of new faculty, new construction, and other core activities.

Be Strategic About Energy Management

• Guidelines for Energy Management

Use the ENERGY STAR Partnership

• Menu of Offerings (140KB)
• Join ENERGY STAR

Find More Energy Management Resources

• List of Energy Service Providers for Schools
• Indoor Air Quality for Schools
• On-Line Training Presentations
• Financing
• Submetering Energy Use in Colleges and Universities (199KB)

Earn Recognition for Your Achievements

• ENERGY STAR Showcase Dorm Room
• ENERGY STAR Awards
• Communications Kit

• Activate Monitor Power Management Organization-Wide to Save Thousands of Dollars Annually

1. ref: EIA 1995 CBECS higher education data, apportioned to higher education using square footage, converted to 2002 dollars