Appliances can account for up to 20 percent of your household energy costs.
If just one in 10 homes used EnergyStar-qualified appliances, the environmental change would be like planting 1.7 million new acres of trees.
Putting a large pot on a smaller burner can waste 40 percent of the energy.
Replacing a 10-year old dishwasher with an EnergyStar-qualified dishwasher can save you more than $30 a year in energy costs.
Dishwashers made since 1994 have reduced hot water use by about 30 percent, to 7 to 10 gallons per load.
An automatic dishwasher uses less hot water than doing dishes by hand - an average of six gallons less, or more than 2,000 gallons per year.
An automatic dishwasher can save you an average of four hours per week. That's 26 eight-hour working days each year!
Nationwide, home refrigerators use the output of 25 large power plants every year!
Every time you open the refrigerator door, up to 30 percent of the cold air can escape.
Compared to a 10-year old model, an EnergyStar-qualified clothes washer can save up to $120 per year on your utility bills.
A high-efficiency clothes washer can save more water in one year than one person drinks in an entire lifetime!
A clogged lint screen can make your dryer use up to 30 percent more energy - and it's a fire hazard. |
