For Service & Product Providers

Service and Product Providers (SPPs) can achieve a market advantage with ENERGY STAR. SPPs can use ENERGY STAR tools and resources to add value to their business and bring more sales to their organizations. Partnering with ENERGY STAR provides more visibility and easier recognition to promote an SPP's efforts to save energy and make a lasting impact on the environment.

SPPs are in a unique position to help their customers improve their bottom lines through improved energy performance. Listed below are selected examples:

• Hospitals - Each dollar saved in energy costs is equivalent to generating new revenues of $20 for non-profit hospitals, or $10 for non-profit medical offices and nursing homes.

• Hotels - A 10% reduction in energy costs is equivalent to increasing Average Daily Room Rate by $0.62 for limited service hotels and $1.35 for full service hotels.

• Office Buildings - Saving 30% of energy costs in a commercial office building is equivalent to increasing the net operating income by 5%, which would support a 5% increase in asset value.

• Supermarkets - For the average supermarket, reducing energy costs by 10% is equivalent to increasing sales per square foot by nearly $42.

Companies that provide energy performance improvement services or products for commercial buildings are a crucial component in the network of participants increasing a property's value, while acting as environmental stewards.

Use the ideas and examples on this Web page to demonstrate to your clients the importance of improving energy performance and the benefits of partnering with ENERGY STAR. Then, use the materials to help your clients develop a communications strategy to promote your joint successes with ENERGY STAR.

Visit the Examples and Templates for Service and Product Providers page to view items that SPPs have used to promote their achievements and service offerings, and for ideas on how SPPs can help clients to promote their achievements.

Also visit ENERGY STAR's Examples and Templates page to view additional ideas and items that ENERGY STAR partners have used to promote their own energy performance improvements.