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ENERGY STAR Social Media Commenting Policy

ENERGY STAR’s online communities were established to provide a place for discussion as well as to offer a resource for the public about the ENERGY STAR program and more broadly, how to save money and protect the environment through superior energy efficiency. Users are encouraged to post questions, comments and concerns, but should remember ENERGY STAR is a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) program and our communities are moderated by the Agency.

We welcome your comments, but expect interactions to be generally courteous and on topic. To that end, ENERGY STAR has established the following policy to guide the online discussion. We reserve the right to remove comments that:
• contain obscene, indecent, or profane language or images;
• contain threats or defamatory statements;
• contain hate speech directed at race, color, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, religion, or disability;
• contain multiple successive off-topic posts by a single user or repetitive posts copied and pasted by multiple users, or spam;
• suggest or encourage illegal activity;
• contain sensitive or personally identifiable information; and/or
• promote or endorse services or products (Note that links that are relevant to the topic or another comment are acceptable).

Users who do not comply with the stated protocol may see their comments removed and/or find themselves blocked from the community. The views expressed in comments reflect those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official views of the EPA or the federal government.

If you have any questions about our community guidelines, please reach out to ENERGY STAR directly by using the messaging functionality on Facebook.

Thank you for being a fan of ENERGY STAR and contributing to a productive discussion around climate change.