By Luda Fieguth
ENERGY STARŪ is a government-backed program helping
businesses and individuals protect the environment through superior energy
efficiency. The ENERGY STARŪ label (shown below) is now on major
appliances, office equipment, lighting, home electronics and more.
Through its partnerships with more than 7,000 private and
public sector organizations, the ENERGY STARŪ program delivers the
technical information and tools that organizations and consumers need to
choose energy-efficient solutions and best management practices.
Executive Order 13123 (issued by President Clinton on June
3, 1999) calls for Federal agencies to purchase ENERGY STARŪ and other
energy-efficient products when acquiring energy-using products (if
life-cycle cost-effective). For product groups where ENERGY STARŪ labels
are not yet available, we are required to select products that are in the
upper 25 percent of energy efficiency as designated by the Federal Energy
Management Program.
SLAC is committed to encouraging the purchase of
energy-efficient products in a manner that does not impede product
performance, safety or overall value.
For more information about the ENERGY STARŪ products and
to obtain access to the product database, see:
http://energystar.gov/
