Join the Retailer Energy Alliance

Although membership in the Retailer Energy Alliance (REA) is open only to retailers, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recognizes the critical part suppliers play in the effort to reduce energy consumption in commercial buildings.

As a retailer joining your colleagues in the Retailer Energy Alliance (REA), you are making a commitment to help shape an energy independent future for our nation. The REA will function as an independent resource for retailers, with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) helping to coordinate activities and provide technical expertise. As a member of this alliance, you can show business leaders how efficiency investments today may help offset energy price increases tomorrow.

Member Benefits

As a member of the REA, you will benefit from:

Efforts to evaluate, benchmark, and monitor energy efficiency practices.
Ideas that will help promote greater use of energy-efficient and renewable energy technologies and techniques that can reduce energy and operating costs and greenhouse gas emissions.
Semi-annual REA meetings to define, support, and continue the REA's ongoing efforts.
Opportunities to engage in joint development of specifications for technology procurement and to encourage market introduction of energy-efficient, competitively-priced technologies.
REA initiatives coordinated by DOE:
- A common set of best practice information, terminology, and tools.
- A Web site that provides easy access to tools and resources to implement retailer energy management programs—including benchmarking and retro-commissioning.
- A national campaign (summits, booths, Web site, press releases) to encourage retail building owners to obtain energy savings assessments that benchmark their energy (electric and thermal) consumption at respective facilities and identify potential improvements.
- Energy-saving training curricula for company personnel.
- Research and development on low-energy retail buildings and encouragement to the manufacturing sector to engage in such research and development.
- Energy-efficient technology implementation programs.
- A strategy to raise awareness of energy efficiency resources available to the commercial and retail building sector, such as loan guarantees for equipment installation, and state and utility energy efficiency incentive and rebate programs.

In order to support and promote REA efforts, DOE agrees to:

Develop specifications for equipment, components, and systems used in retail buildings that will advance the design and implementation of efficiency technologies to the maximum extent economically practical.
Provide technical expertise for testing, analyzing, developing, and implementing technologies, systems, and processes to improve energy efficiency in the retail sector.
Support and coordinate initiatives developed jointly with REA members (see number 5 above).

Member Responsibilities

As an REA member, you will be asked to:

Participate in two REA meetings per year* to establish objectives and direction.
Participate in at least one subcommittee of interest. (Time commitment of one hour-long conference call per month.)
Help establish retail building performance benchmarks by gathering and sharing your energy, equipment, and building data.**
Share your best energy efficiency practices in building design, operation, and maintenance.
Offer your input on future equipment purchases for new construction and retrofits, giving manufacturers an incentive to develop higher efficiency equipment based on potential market scale.
Explore recommended variations to system designs based on geographical locations.
Participate in scheduled equipment tests to determine real-world performance.

*Members will incur the cost of travel to these centrally-located meetings.
**No proprietary information will be shared without retailer permission.

Sign Up for the Retailer Energy Alliance

You must be a retailer in order to join the Retailer Energy Alliance (REA). Please complete the form below and click the "Submit" button to join the REA. The information you provide here will help the Department of Energy (DOE) better serve your needs. Your information is never sold, rented, distributed, or disclosed in any way. If you would like more information about the REA, but are not ready to join, please contact us.

Organization Name:

Contact 1

First Name:		Last Name:
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Address 1:		Address 2:
City:		State:
Zip:		Phone:

Contact 2

First Name:		Last Name:
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Address 1:		Address 2:
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Store Information

Number of stores:

Total square footage of stores:

Energy Considerations

What are your top 5 energy concerns/ issues?
What are your top 5 energy successes?
What are your energy goals?

Subcommittees (opens new window)

REA members are asked to sign up for one subcommittee of interest. Please indicate your choice below.

Agreements

DOE lists members of the REA in announcements, press materials, and other collateral. Do we have your permission to include your organization on those lists?	Yes No
May the REA use your company logo on posters and other printed material, with the understanding that permission will be confirmed before each use?	Yes No
If we have permission to use your logo, please enter the name and email address of someone who can provide a high-resolution (300 dpi) version of your logo.

I have read the list of REA membership benefits and responsibilities above. In order to support Energy Independence for our nation, I agree, on behalf of my organization, to fulfill the responsibilities of REA membership as outlined above.

Note: Membership in the REA initiative does not involve a binding commitment of specific resources or monetary contribution for REA members or for DOE.