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Green Power Community Benefits
Green Power Communities
Your community can benefit from using green power and becoming an EPA Green Power Community (GPC). Benefits include:
- Improved living and community environment
- Reduced greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants
- Enhanced community image
- Increased citizen pride
To help GPCs take full advantage of these benefits, EPA offers the following support:
Credibility
Becoming a GPC signifies that your community’s green power commitment meets nationally accepted standards in terms of size, content, and resource base. This allows for you to compare your community’s green power commitment to others and increase your community’s stakeholders’ confidence in your purchase.
Recognition
EPA actively promotes and recognizes Green Power Communities as environmental leaders. Your community can benefit from EPA’s recognition and publicity efforts by:
- Being highlighted on EPA’s website
Using the EPA Green Power Partner mark on marketing materials and websites. - Becoming eligible for EPA’s Green Power Community of the Year Award
- Receiving two Green Power Community signs for outdoor display
Tools and Resources
EPA’s tools and resources can be invaluable by:
- Offering relevant and timely answers to procurement questions
- Fostering peer exchange opportunities for communities to share information on best practices and lessons learned about green power procurement
- Assisting with messaging and promoting the concept of green power to your community stakeholders, including press release templates and event banner artwork recognizing the community’s achievements
- Providing you with a means to estimate the environmental benefits of switching to green power