NADA Energy Star Partnership: Recognition for Reductions
The greatest benefit to cutting your dealership’s energy usage appears every day in the savings you generate by using less. But there are other perks, too. One of those is getting the recognition you deserve. As part of the NADA Energy Star challenge, if you cut 10 percent or more, we want you to be recognized.
What you’ll receive:
• A certificate of achievement from NADA and Energy Star
• A press release for your local media
• Coverage on www.nada.org
• Recognition at NADA’s Washington Conference in September.
How to be recognized:
• E-mail RegulatoryAffairs@nada.org with the following information: Your name, the name of your dealership, and your approximate energy savings per year (20 percent? 30 percent? More?)
• Share your data with us through Energy Star’s Portfolio Manager*. You can do this by clicking on “Share Facilities” under “Work with Facilities” on the main page of your account. Choose the third box and scroll down to “National Automobile Dealers Association MASTER ACCOUNT.” Continue on to choose the level of access you desire.
* If you have not yet set up an account in Portfolio Manager, it’s easy to do so. Simply click here and select “register” in the login window.
Background
In January 2007, NADA and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Energy Star Program jointly announced an Energy Stewardship Initiative to help improve the energy efficiency of dealership facilities and operations.
This initiative offers data, tools, and strategies to help dealerships implement a variety of cost-effective retrofit and new construction strategies involving energy-efficient lighting, climate controls, equipment, and building design as well as improved energy practices and technologies. It builds on the jointly developedA Dealer Guide to Energy Star: Putting Energy into Profits, available online from NADA University, by calling 800-557-6232, or emailing nadauniversity@nada.org.
The Energy Stewardship Initiative challenges dealerships to achieve energy savings of at least 10 percent annually by using the data, documents, and tools found at www.energystar.gov/autodealers. The Initiative will recognize dealerships that achieve significant annual energy savings.
How to Get Involved
It’s easy to take action and begin saving energy—and money.
1. Check out the Energy Star Web site to learn about energy saving opportunities for automobile and truck dealers.
2. Join the Energy Star Small Business Network. Demonstrate your commitment to improving the energy efficiency of your dealership. Receive the bimonthly Energy Star e-update and make use of the Energy Star promotional mark.
3. Take the Energy Star Challenge:
A. Determine how much energy your buildings are using— Use Energy Star's online tool, Portfolio Manager, to easily measure your monthly energy use and to track reductions over time. Step-by-step Portfolio Manager instructions, tailored to dealers, are available here.
B. Establish energy efficiency improvement goals— Commit to improving your dealership’s energy efficiency by 10 percent or more over current use.
C. Make improvements to your facilities.
D. Receive recognition— Dealerships that reach a goal of improving energy efficiency by at least 10 percent over current use will be recognized by NADA and Energy Star. Recognition is also available for Energy Star Small Business Network members.
Questions?
Contact NADA Regulatory Affairs at regulatoryaffairs@nada.org or call (703) 821-7040.