Andrew Fanara
ENERGY STAR Product Specifications, Team Leader, EPA
Andrew Fanara manages the ENERGY STARŪ Product Specifications Development Team. ENERGY STAR is part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Climate Protection Partnership Division. The ENERGY STAR Program is intended to help businesses and individuals protect the environment by identifying products with superior energy efficiency and water savings.
Mr. Fanara's team is responsible for writing product specifications and for teaming with manufacturers to encourage the design, manufacture, and sale of products that meet them. To date, more than 40 product categories have been created for the residential and commercial sectors. Over 1.5 billion ENERGY STAR products have been sold in the US, and in 2005, these products will realize electricity savings in excess of $6.5 billion.
Mr. Fanara's team also manages the program's national energy model which is used to track energy consumption, savings and market penetration data for ENERGY STAR products sold in the US. Lastly, Mr. Fanara is responsible for managing the implementation of a product compliance testing verification initiative and for managing policy coordination with countries using ENERGY STAR in their markets. This includes Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, Canada, China, and the European Union.
He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin - Madison and has worked for the EPA for more than 10 years.
Appearances
- State of the Net Conference January 31, 2007
Biography last updated January 16, 2007