Greening America’s Congregations Through Energy Efficiency

1. Greening America’s Congregations Through Energy Efficiency ENERGY STAR® Tools, Technical Support and Public Recognition

2. America’s Houses of Worship • If 370,000 congregations cut energy use by 20%… • Save nearly $630 million • for ministry, missions, priorities • Cut electricity use by 3.6 billion kWh • Prevent more than 2.6 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions • Equivalent to the emissions of about 480,000 cars • Equivalent to planting nearly 600,000 trees • But, on average 30% of energy use in buildings is wasted

3. White House Recognition for Documented Achievement • New Benchmarking in Portfolio Manager in 2012: • Create worship facility energy baseline; compare to national average • Maintain energy performance tracking • 20% Energy Savings: • Verify savings from baseline year as early as 2009 • New Certifications: • Achieve 75 score; data verified by licensed professional

4. A successful call to energy stewardship • Motivation based in your faith tradition • Accurate quantification of baseline and performance tracking • Objective, competent technical support and training • Recognition based on real data 4

5. Management Tool – Provides organizations a platform to: • Assess whole building energy and water consumption • Track changes in energy, water, greenhouse gas emissions, and cost over time • Track green power purchases • Share/report data with others • Create custom reports • Apply for ENERGY STAR certification with professional data verification • Metrics Calculator – Provides key performance metrics • Energy consumption (source, site, weather normalized) • Water consumption (indoor, outdoor) • Greenhouse gas emissions (indirect, direct, total, avoided) • ENERGY STAR 1-to-100 score (available for 15 building types) • Does not replace consultant or members’ “time and talent”… • Needed to analyze and assist with audits and upgrades  Accessible in a free, online platform:www.energystar.gov/benchmark

6. The standard national platform for benchmarking energy use in U.S. commercial buildings • Adopted by leading commercial real estate, retail, healthcare, and educational organizations • Including Building Owners and Managers Association and American Society for Healthcare Engineering; incorporated by U.S. Green Building Council for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) • Adopted by state and local governments for mandatory reporting under their benchmarking laws • New York City, California, DC, Seattle, Washington State, San Francisco, etc. • Required for buildings owned and occupied by U.S. Federal Agencies • Selected by the Canadian Government as national energy management platform for existing commercial and institutional buildings

7. Benchmarking in Portfolio Manager Continues to Increase • As of the end of 2011, 260,000 buildings benchmarked • About 40% of U.S. commercial space • Tens of thousands of active accounts • 3,500 logins each day • As of the end of 2011, nearly 16,500 buildings achieved ENERGY STAR certification 7

8. ENERGY STAR Certified Buildings • Grown exponentially in past decade • 30% last year alone • Annual Savings compared to average • $2.3 billion in utility bills • 12 million metric tons of CO2e • Use 35% less energy and are responsible for 35% less GHG emissions • Other advantages: • Lower operational cost • Increased asset value • Higher occupancy rates • Lower risk premiums 8

9. Reassess performance with Portfolio Manager Benchmark Worship Facility Join ENERGY STAR, ENERGY STAR Qualified Products Track savings in Portfolio Manager Free Tools, Resources & Technical Support www.energystar.gov/congregations Website, Monthly Webinars & Email Tech Support “How to…” Action Workbook, Guidelines for Energy Management, Fact Sheets, Calculators White House Recognition, ENERGY STAR Certification & Success Stories

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12. Other ENERGY STAR Platforms to Promote Energy Efficiency • Educate Your Youth • www.energystar.gov/Kids • Give College Students an Edge • www.energystar.gov/Course • Build Your Own CompetitionReward 10% - 20% - 30% savings www.energystar.gov/CompetionGuide • Bring Your Green to Work www.energystar.gov/Work • Save Energy at Home • www.energystar.gov/Home 12

13. Recognizing Success:www.energystar.gov/Energy_Stewardship_CallToAction White House will recognize: ENERGY STAR Firsts: First Certified Worship Facility and First Certified Church: Plantation Baptist Church Plantation, Florida First Certified Synagogue: Ohev Sholom Washington, DC First Certified Mosque: Islamic Society of Boston Community Center Roxbury, Massachusetts • New Benchmarking • As of the end of 2011, 2000+ worship facilities have benchmarked • New Certifications • As of the end of August, 28 worship facilities have earned the ENERGY STAR • 20% Energy Savings from baseline • As documented by Portfolio Manager 13

14. Achieving and Documenting Energy Stewardship • Technical support and training: • www.energystar.gov/congregations www.energystar.gov/Energy_Stewardship_CallToAction • www.energystar.gov/benchmark • Webinars: Sept. 27-1pm ET and Oct. 25 - 1pm ET • www.energystar.gov/training • Recognition: • ENERGY STAR certification • Build your own competition and recognize achievement • New construction Designed to Earn the ENERGY STAR • Submit your success stories