ENERGY STAR Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 12:03:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 General Motors Meets the ENERGY STAR Challenge for Industry https://www.greenoptimistic.com/general-motors-meets-energy-star-challenge-industry-20140423/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/general-motors-meets-energy-star-challenge-industry-20140423/#respond Wed, 23 Apr 2014 15:52:50 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=47146 The ENERGY STAR Challenge for Industry, run by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), is an encouragement for corporations to improve efficiency and reduce their impact on the environment. Part of the ENERGY STAR Challenge for Industry is to reduce energy intensity by 10% over five years, with multiple benefits to environment and industry. Of course, […]

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