Small Business and Green Energy

This podcast is an interview put together for the Small Business Administration (SBA). Ron Johnson interviews Jerry Lawson, a manager at Energy Star SB&CN for the Environmental Protection Agency. In this podcast you’ll learn how you can use green energy to further your Florida business.

Highlights from the podcast:

Ron Johnson: So Jerry, let’s get started. What is EPA’s ENERGY STAR Program for small businesses?

Jerry Lawson: Well, to cut through all those words, small business energy efficiency is what we do in ENERGY STAR. More than 75 percent of Americans now recognize our bright blue and white ENERGY STAR label. It is the symbol of energy efficiency on over 50 types of consumer and business products and equipment. For example, we work with hundreds of manufacturers to voluntarily qualify virtually all types of office equipment, many types of commercial food service equipment and other products to earn the ENERGY STAR.

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Ron Johnson: How do new business owners get started and what are some of the simple steps they can take to cut energy cost?

Jerry Lawson: Well, the first place to start is our website. It is www.energystar.gov/smallbiz. Here they can learn several things. First, they can email us any specific questions they have. We have a free online guide we call “Putting Energy Into Profits.” They can use it as webpages or download it. We also have a tool called Portfolio Manager. The basis for it is for them to determine their baseline energy cost from month to month over a year and to be able to accurately measure and verify their savings. We provide free webinars on how to use this and other ways to manage energy performance.

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Putting Energy Into Profits:  Energy Star – Guide for Small
Business

This podcast has some helpful information about how small Florida businesses can begin on the road to lessening energy wastes, using “green” energy, and benefit the environment – all while putting more money in your own pockets.

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Do YOU use any green techniques in your Florida business that you want to share? Share them in the comments below… Thanks!