Energy Star is a joint program between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to monitor and improve energy efficiency efforts.
EAM works with the customer by sending the customer's energy consumption data to Energy Star's Portfolio Manager system (PM) via web services of the Automated Benchmarking System (ABS). The customer receives Energy Star ratings in return from PM through the ABS.
EAM helps commercial businesses monitor energy efficiency ratings through four of eight total web services through which data is exchanged with the EPA:
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Get Pending Authorizations
EAM receives ID information on the customer's facilities and meters.
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Confirm Pending Authorizations
Complete mapping of the customer's EAM IDs to facilities and meter IDs in PM.
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Manage Meter Information
Send energy consumption data from EAM to PM.
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Rating Exchange Service
Retrieve Energy Star Ratings for historical 12 month periods.