ENERGY STAR Launches National Building Competition

Teams from 245 buildings across the country are competing to use the least amount of energy as part of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s ENERGY STAR National Building Competition.

While benchmarking their building’s monthly energy use, the teams will make improvements to their energy performance and share their progress through July, when EPA will narrow the group to a select few finalists. These finalists will compete to reduce the most energy use by November, when EPA will recognize the winner.

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Actor John Corbett of "Sex and the City" and "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," is the spokesperson for the event, which is co-sponsored by jcpenny. 

On the competition website, you can browse through a live Twitter feed, look up profiles of all competitors and read up on energy-saving strategies. Teams are sharing ideas and exchange tips on the Facebook competitors forum; join the conversation at www.facebook.com/energystar.