{"id":4337,"date":"2019-04-09T00:00:29","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T05:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/?p=4337"},"modified":"2019-04-09T13:23:30","modified_gmt":"2019-04-09T18:23:30","slug":"columbia-association-earns-energy-star-award-for-excellence-from-epa-and-doe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/chains\/columbia-association-earns-energy-star-award-for-excellence-from-epa-and-doe\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbia Association Earns ENERGY STAR Award for Excellence from EPA and DOE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Columbia-Association-300x100.png\" alt=\"Columbia Association\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-632\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Columbia-Association-300x100.png 300w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Columbia-Association-200x66.png 200w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Columbia-Association.png 410w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Columbia Association<\/p>\n<p><strong>COLUMBIA, MD<\/strong> &#8211; Columbia Association (CA) is proud to receive the <em>2019 ENERGY STAR Award for Excellence<\/em> for important contributions to energy efficiency. CA will be honored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy at a ceremony on April 11 in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled to be recognized as a leader in reducing energy consumption, lowering utility costs and protecting the environment,\u201d said Jeremy Scharfenberg, CA\u2019s energy manager. \u201cOver the past five years, CA has worked aggressively to advance clean energy practices and promote ENERGY STAR programs in the community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CA became an ENERGY STAR Partner and created a formal energy management program in 2012. Since then, CA\u2019s energy use has decreased by 20%, while its carbon footprint has been reduced by more than half. CA has also engaged with the community to be more energy-efficient.<\/p>\n<p>CA\u2019s community engagement initiatives included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Promoting ENERGY STAR products and programs, and associated commercial and residential rebate opportunities.<\/li>\n<li>Advocating for energy efficiency and clean energy at 22 community events, including quarterly community energy meetings.<\/li>\n<li>Promoting the Home Performance with ENERGY STAR program.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cI applaud the 2019 ENERGY STAR award winners,\u201d said Bill Wehrum, the EPA\u2019s assistant administrator for air and radiation. \u201cTheir innovation and leadership enhance America\u2019s economic competitiveness. Reducing costly energy waste improves air quality and public health while protecting the environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CA\u2019s outreach efforts recognize that the community can have a far greater impact on the environment than Columbia Association\u2019s efforts alone. During one recent 12-month period, CA\u2019s total energy consumption \u2014 electricity, natural gas, propane, fuel oil, gasoline, and diesel \u2014 was equal to that of more than 900 homes of average square footage. Columbia\u2019s population, meanwhile, includes approximately 40,000 households. Learn more about CA\u2019s energy and watershed programs at <a href=\"http:\/\/ColumbiaAssociation.org\/sustainability\" target=\"_blank\">ColumbiaAssociation.org\/sustainability<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>COLUMBIA, MD<\/strong> &#8211; Columbia Association (CA) is proud to receive the <em>2019 ENERGY STAR Award for Excellence<\/em> for important contributions to energy efficiency. CA will be honored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy at a ceremony on April 11 in Washington, D.C. CA became an ENERGY STAR Partner and created a formal energy management program in 2012. Since then, CA\u2019s energy use has decreased by 20%, while its carbon footprint has been reduced by more than half. CA has also engaged with the community to be more energy-efficient.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[123,11],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4337"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4337"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4338,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4337\/revisions\/4338"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}