EPA honors Lowe's with sustainable retailer award

Moorseville, N.C. -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has named Lowe’s winner of the Energy Star Sustained Excellence Award in Retail for the second consecutive year. The 2011 award recognizes Lowe’s long-standing leadership as a retailer of energy-efficient products and will be presented to the company at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., on April 12. According to Lowe's, it is being honored for outstanding achievements year after year in customer outreach, employee training and product selection. Lowe’s has won nine consecutive Energy Star awards (2003 to 2011), including four Retail Partner of the Year awards and the 2010