# Everyday Energy Efficiency Across the South

- Link: https://greenlivingguy.com/2020/03/everyday-energy-efficiency-across-the-south/
- Published: 2020-03-22T21:23:03-04:00
- Author: greenlivingguy

The Behavioral Program staff at ACEEE is pleased to announce today’s publication
of [Trusted Partners: Everyday Energy Efficiency Across the South](https://aceee.org/research-report/b131).
We used a case study approach at sites in [Georgia](https://greenlivingguy.com/2015/03/three-facilities-in-georgia-among-top-performing-energy-star-certified-manufacturing-plants-across-the-country/),
Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana and talked with people in small towns and big
cities, in their homes, on their farms, and about their businesses. Each interview
included a core set of questions. All moreover about demographics. Also about basic
energy use attitudes. This is for a general picture of energy consumption consequently
in the South. During fieldwork, they collected about 60 hours of audio. All from
formal interviews alone!

As I wrote before and back in 2015; The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
announced that 70 manufacturing plants have achieved Energy Star certification. 
All for their superior energy performance in 2014.

Together, these manufacturing plants saved a record amount of energy. I mean cut
their energy bills consequently by $725 million. Also they reduced greenhouse gas
emissions by more than 8 million metric tons. That’s the equivalent therefore of
the annual total energy use of more than 650,000 households.

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So from implementing corporate energy management programs to implementing energy
efficiency projects. It seems like there are many ways plants can save energy with
EPA’s Energy Star program.

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#### In addition, Energy Star certified plants are independently verified on an annual basis. All to consequently reach the top 25 percent of energy 󠀁[performance](https://greenlivingguy.com/2014/02/kansas-certifies-coned-solutions-to-deliver-energy-performance-contracting-services-to-public-entities/)󠁿 for their industries nationwide.

One of our over-arching questions was “Are end-users of energy in these states interested
in energy efficiency?” The biggest take-away from this project is YES! Consumers
of energy in the South are interested. They want as a result to practice energy 
efficiency. Because Southerners are also telling us what they need to advance energy
efficiency. For that it is a neutral source of trustworthy information. All about
what activities best suit their needs and specific contexts…

In conclusion, to continue reading the blog post visit: [http://aceee.org/blog/2013/03/everyday-energy-efficiency-across](https://web.archive.org/web/20140701085413/http://aceee.org/blog/2013/03/everyday-energy-efficiency-across)

Finally and to read the report visit: [http://aceee.org/research-report/b131](https://aceee.org/research-report/b131)

_Source: American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy: ACEEE [aceee.org](https://web.archive.org/web/20190824231044/https://aceee.org/)._

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