New York State's Energy Star Labeled Homes program reached a big milestone last year by surpassing the 10,000 mark. Instituted in 2001, Energy Star is sponsored by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), in coordination with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The idea behind it is to use a variety of strategies to cut down on the amount of carbon emissions houses emit daily, and since its inception, the program has resulted in saving nearly 14 million kilowatt-hours of electricity and 603 billion BTUs of fossil fuels.
It's actually quite interesting to think about how frequently we see the Energy Star label on different types of appliances, windows, doors, and other materials at hardware, appliance and other home improvement stores.
Energy Star is a concept that has had a sizeable impact on the marketplace, and so, the environment. For a long time, it appeared that many looked at Energy Star primarily as a nice thing to think about, but it has been much more. Every time a product with this label is purchased, it contributes to a much greater result.
To look at it another way, the sum total of this combined effort to date has been equivalent to taking 9,000 vehicles off the roads every year since the program began.
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