The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched the program in 1992 to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. The program is not mandatory, and vendors who voluntarily comply with the program can label their qualified products with the Energy Star label. It was in computers and other information appliances, but later it was extended to motors, office equipment, lighting, and home appliances. After that, Energy Star extended to the area of architecture. Furthermore, The EPA started promoting the Energy Star buildings program in 1996. The EPA assists the volunteer in assessing building energy usage (including lighting, air conditioning, and office equipment), and they are working on the plans for the building energy efficiency improvement. They follow up on tracking tasks, So the Energy Star logo can also be found in homes and buildings that introduce a new concept of environmental protection.
Nowadays, Energy Star is widely involved in businesses and organizations, individual homes, utilities, and local governments.
The United States, Australia, Canada, Japan, Taiwan, New Zealand, and the European Union participate in the ENERGY Star program promoted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and have held the International Energy Star program meeting annually since 2001.
Energy Star is a symbol backed by the government for energy efficiency. It means reducing energy waste; it helps use less energy to do the same job and avoid unnecessary pollution in the process. Since 1992, Energy Star helped save 5 trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity for U.S. businesses and families, achieved 4 billion metric tons to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and avoided energy costs of more than $450 billion.
Here are the links to the post:
https://www.energystar.gov/about
https://www.epa.gov/energy/reduce-environmental-impact-your-energy-use
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