# Presentation: 363801

## ENERGY STAR®SALES ASSOCIATE TRAINING

- ENERGY STAR®SALES ASSOCIATE TRAINING

- EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLIES

## What is ENERGY STAR?

- ENERGY STAR is the
- government-backed program
- that helps consumers identify
- energy-efficient products.
- ENERGY STAR qualified products:
-    Save energy
-    Save money
-    Save the environment

## Consumers Trust ENERGY STAR 

- Consumers Trust ENERGY STAR

- The ENERGY STAR mark ranks among the highest level of influence on product purchase among all consumer emblems, similar in ranking to the *Good Housekeeping* Seal and *Consumer Reports.*

- Source: Fairfield Research 2003 survey of 4211 respondents, sponsored by Good Housekeeping

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## ENERGY STAR Qualified Models

**External Power Supplies (EPSs) and Battery Charging Systems (BCSs) make up two different product groups:  **
-    EPSs are used with consumer electronics (e.g. cell phones, PDAs,
-     mp3 players).
-    BCSs** **are used with power tools, shavers, and vacuums.
**On average, EPSs and BCSs are:**
-    30% more efficient than conventional models.
-    Often lighter and smaller in size, and therefore easier for the
-      transport of products like laptops.

## Saving Energy = Saving Money

**   ****Did you know?**
- 	Conventional battery 	chargers—even when not 	actively charging a product—	can draw as much as 5 to 20 	times more power than is 	needed to maintain the battery’s 	charge!** **
-    Combined, ENERGY STAR 	qualified BCSs and EPSs could 	save Americans more than $500 	million annually.

- ENERGY STAR qualified products use less energy and cost less to operate resulting in:

## Saving Energy Helps Protect the Environment

- 	If all external power adapters in use in the U.S. were ENERGY STAR qualified, we would save more than 5 billion kWh of energy and prevent more than 4 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions.
- 	That’s the equivalent of preventing greenhouse gas emissions from 700,000 cars each year!

## Why Buy ENERGY STAR?

**High quality performance**
-  Often lighter and smaller in size.** **
-  Saves energy in both active and standby modes.
**Numbers add up**
- Approximately 230 million products with battery charging systems are currently in use in American homes and businesses.
- EPA estimates that there are as many as 1.5 billion power adapters in the U.S.
**Save money without sacrifice**
- On average, ENERGY STAR qualified battery chargers and external power supplies will use 30% less energy than conventional models.

## ENERGY STAR Qualified Brands

**Trusted brands like these...**
-    Samsung
-    Sharper Image
-    D-Link
-    Makita
-    BenQ
-    Salom
-    NEC
-    HP
- [customize as appropriate]

- ENERGY STAR Qualified Brands

## External Power Supplies:Overview

**ENERGY STAR is:**
- The government-backed program dedicated to helping individuals protect the environment through superior energy efficiency. Look for the ENERGY STAR on qualified power supplies.
**ENERGY STAR Qualified External Power Supplies**:
-    Are typically 30% more efficient than conventional models.
-    Are often lighter and smaller in size.
-    Help prevent global warming by reducing the greenhouse gas emissions
-     caused by burning fossil fuels at power plants.

## A user-friendly and easily navigable micro-site containing training tools
for partners. Users can navigate throughout three main categories to
find training resources relevant to them: 

products, campaigns, utilities/energy efficiency program sponsors.

Benefits:
EASY: Access to all ENERGY STAR training materials and resources on your own.

ACCURATE: The most current training materials to share with your sales associates for increasing the sale of ENERGY STAR qualified products and services.

RELEVANT: A location for collaboration and idea exchange with other partners.

- for partners. Users can navigate throughout three main categories to
- find training resources relevant to them:
**products, campaigns, utilities/energy efficiency program sponsors**.
***Benefits:***
**EASY:** Access to all ENERGY STAR training materials and resources on your own.
**ACCURATE:** The most current training materials to share with your sales associates for increasing the sale of ENERGY STAR qualified products and services.
**RELEVANT:** A location for collaboration and idea exchange with other partners.

**To LEARN MORE, visit the ENERGY STAR Training Center page at: **
**www.energystar.gov/training**