Can manufacturing or industrial plants earn ENERGY STAR certification?

The following 12 industrial plant types are eligible for ENERGY STAR certification. To view the eligibility requirements, go to: www.energystar.gov/plants.

• Auto Assembly
• Auto Engine
• Auto Transmission
• Cement
• Commercial Bread & Roll 
• Container Glass
• Cookie & Cracker
• Flat Glass
• Frozen Fried Potato Processing
• Integrated Paper Mill
• Integrated Steel Plant
• Juice Processing
• Metal Casting
  • Aluminum
  • Iron
• Petroleum Refining (private system)
• Pharmaceutical
• Pulp Mill
• Wet Corn Milling

EPA is working with additional sectors on plant certification, which requires the publication of a plant Energy Performance Indicator (EPI). The following "industries in focus" are working with EPA to improve energy efficiency or develop EPIs:

• Aluminum Casting
• Corn refining
• Dairy processing
• Fertilizer manufacturing
• Food processing (Multiple sub-sectors)
• Glass manufacturing
• Iron and steel manufacturing
• Motor vehicle manufacturing
• Petrochemical manufacturing
• Petroleum refining
• Pharmaceutical manufacturing
• Printing
• Pulp and paper manufacturing
• Ready mix concrete manufacturing

Plants that cannot earn Certification are encourage to the take the ENERGY STAR Challenge for Industry.

• If you're not sure which tool to use to track energy in your industrial plant, read this FAQ.