SEM earns award for protecting the environment through superior energy efficiency
Having been named an ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year, the EPA continues to acknowledge SEM for its long-term commitment to energy efficiency testing and certification within the residential housing market.
SEM’s Building Performance department, responsible for the testing and certification of new home projects, has reached several significant milestones, which include certifying over 11,000 ENERGY STAR and green homes throughout the southeast. In 2012 alone, SEM partnered with over 100 homebuilders, helping them construct more than 1,500 ENERGY STAR certified homes; that equates to preventing at least 16-million pounds of carbon dioxide emissions from entering the atmosphere.
Over the past 20 years, with the help from ENERGY STAR, American families and businesses have saved nearly $230 billion on utility bills and prevented more than 1.8 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions.
The 2013 Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Awards are given to a select group of organizations that have exhibited outstanding leadership year after year. These winners have reduced greenhouse gas emissions by setting and achieving aggressive goals, and employing innovative energy efficiency approaches. These awards recognize ongoing leadership across the ENERGY STAR program, including energy-efficient products, services, new homes, and buildings in the commercial, industrial, and public sectors. Award winners are selected from the nearly 20,000 organizations that participate in the ENERGY STAR program. Award recipients will be recognized at an awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, March 26, 2013.
Media Contacts:
Sam Burner, SEM: sam@southern-energy.com or (919) 836-0330
Kristinn Vazquez, EPA: Vazquez.Kristinn@epa.gov or (202) 343-9062
About Southern Energy Management
Southern Energy Management is a North Carolina-based sustainable energy company offering energy efficiency testing, green building certification and turn-key solar services for homeowners, builders, and companies across the mid-Atlantic. A certified B Corp, SEM’s mission is to have a measurable impact on reducing greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change, and to build a sustainable triple-bottom-line company. SEM is consistently recognized as an industry leader both locally and nationally, and is among a small handful of companies in the U.S. to earn the National ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year award seven times (2007 – 2013). SEM also received the City of Raleigh 2011 Environmental Stewardship Award and the 2010 Green Jobs Award from SJF Institute & Green For All. For more information about Southern Energy Management, visit www.southern-energy.com or call (919) 836-0330.
About ENERGY STAR
ENERGY STAR was introduced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 1992 as a voluntary market-based partnership to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through increased energy efficiency. Today, ENERGY STAR offers businesses and consumers energy-efficient solutions to save energy, money, and help protect the environment for future generations. Nearly 20,000 organizations are ENERGY STAR partners committed to improving the energy efficiency of products, homes, and buildings. For more information about ENERGY STAR, visit www.energystar.gov or call toll-free 1-888-STAR-YES (1-888-782-7937).
