Energy Efficiency for Restaurants

Savor the profits from energy efficiency! Your restaurant's profit is typically only 39% of total revenue. Follow ENERGY STAR® cost-effective recommendations and your investment in energy efficiency can give you up to a 30% return. Furthermore, you may also receive other delightful surprises such as increased customer comfort, better lighting, more repeat business, and increased employee productivity.

What You Can Do

• Get started with the ENERGY STAR Restaurant Guidebook and Restaurants Fact Sheet
• Establish a comprehensive energy management program using the ENERGY STAR Guidelines for Energy Management
• Make smart energy investments to reduce operating costs and increase profits
• Join ENERGY STAR
• Receive training on building benchmarking and other energy efficiency topics
• Benchmark the energy used in your facility, using ENERGY STAR’s Portfolio Manager
• Purchase ENERGY STAR qualified products to save energy throughout the building

For additional information on energy-efficiency opportunities in food service/restaurant facilities visit:

Did You Know?

The money you save on operating costs adds to what you get to keep, so saving 20% on energy operating costs can increase your profit as much as one-third.

• Green Restaurant Association
  Provides on environmental and energy conservation practices. Learn how to become a Certified Green Restaurant
• Energy Reduction Action Plan for Hotels, Motels and Restaurants
  Pacific Gas and Electric Company provides workshops, rebates and incentives to help food service and lodging businesses become more energy efficient.
• Energy-Saving Solutions for Restaurants
  Learn how ways your restaurant or food service operation can reduce energy costs. Produced by San Diego Gas and Electric.
• Food Service Technology Center
  Information energy efficiency performance of commercial kitchen equipment and appliances.

Learn more about the following technologies and practices that are applicable in food service/restaurant facilities.

• Building Shell
• Commercial Food Service Equipment
• Heating, Cooling and Ventilating - HVAC Systems
• Lighting
• Office Equipment and Appliances
• Refrigeration

What Others Are Doing

ENERGY STAR Success Stories

• Jose O’Shea Café and Cantina
• Reedville Café
• SUBWAY
• Tripp’s Grill & Six Pack: North Bend Pennsylvania

Produced in partnership with the U.S. Small Business Administration, Business Gateway and ENERGY STAR®