Tag: Appliances - Page 2
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Do Household Tasks While Asleep To Save Energy
Want to do a load of "green" laundry at 3 a.m. to ease pressure on the power grid and save money? If you live in Canada that could happen sooner than you think. Canadian broadcasters, CBC Radio and Quebec's
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Your Toaster Costs How Much to Run?? Interactive Graphic Gives Run-Down On Worst-Offender Gadgets
GE and Pentagram's Lisa Strausfeld have come up with a fantastic way to visualize how good or bad our appliances and devices are when it comes to using up our home's energy. We know that homes suck up about 20% of
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Whirlpool's GreenKitchen Not a Very Inspiring Vision
Kitchens of the Future sure aren't what they used to be, and Whirlpool's new version presented in Milan isn't even what their own vision was two years ago. It does have some nice features, such as a drawer fridge (we have promoted these because the
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How One Utility Company's Customers Save Enough Energy to Power 18,000 Homes
Talk about an energy efficiency success story! Consumers Energy, a utility in Michigan, needed to meet the requirements of Michigan's 2008 energy reform law, which says that utilities have to work with customers to
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Cutting It Fine With Solar Razors
It's a perennial question that defies an easy answer: how do I make my shaving greener? Whilst the simplest solution may be simply to not -- let that hair grow -- some folk do like a smooth face, legs or
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EPA and DoE Tightening Up on Energy Star Testing
Photo by Robert S Donovan via Flickr CC Americans are ready for a tightening up of Energy Star testing and so too, apparently, are the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy. While an independent review found a 98% compliance,
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LG Under The Gun for Cheating on Energy Efficiency Testing
LG has not been the brightest crayon in the box when it comes to gaining street cred for green labeling. They had their Energy Star label stripped from several of their refrigerator models after it was
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Time to Evolve! Americans Want A Better Energy Star Label
EcoAlign has just put out a new EcoPinion survey, this time about Energy Star. And the findings are not exactly surprising: most Americans want Energy Star to evolve because right now, the brand is losing meaning. While it's
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AirTap: A Heat Pump For Your Hot Water Heater: Hot or Not?
There are few appliances dumber than an electric hot water heater; it uses energy made from boiling water to run turbines to turn generators to be distributed over wires...to boil water again. The AirTap is a heat pump that improves the process
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Siemens Zeolith Dishwasher Uses Moisture-Sucking Minerals To Boost Efficiency
Engineers at Siemens have figured out a clever way recycle some of the energy a dishwasher uses during the wash cycle to make the dry cycle more efficient. Much of the energy used in the dry cycle goes toward countering the
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EcoRebates Links You Up With Rebate Deals for Appliances
If you're on the hunt for a new appliance and want to take part in rebate programs that give you money back when you buy energy efficient appliances, you may want to check out a new resource going by the name of
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Just What We Needed Dept: The YouTube Enabled Microwave
I just never know what to do for those ninety seconds when I am nuking the leftovers; the time just never seems to end and I often just can't wait and pull it out a few seconds early. Now, thanks to the geniuses at Keio University in Japan, my problem
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England Launches a "Cash for Boilers" Program
Homeowners in England today are rushing to their basements and mechanical sheds to see if their aged boilers—a furnace used to heat water in home heating systems—are eligible for a government upgrade
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Best and Worst of 2009: The Year (and Decade) in Review
In another week, it's out with the old and in with the new, but what about that old? Now's the time to reflect on the big events, the changes to the world as we know it. Over the next two weeks, we will dish up a total of 14 slideshows, focusing on
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The Great CRT TV Massacre: Berlin Victims Speak (Slideshow)
In Berlin, countless e-murders take place every day. Sprawled on just about every street corner, tumbled in alley ways, broken and exposed under the elements that scatter leaves, snow, rain over the bulky bodies that
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Ask Pablo: Electric Kettle, Stove, or Microwave Oven?
Whether you are making tea or cooking pasta, knowing which of these three options is the most efficient way to boil
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LG First Electronics Manufacturer to Get Thumbs Up From UL Environment
After the embarrassment of being stripped of its Energy Star labels for refrigerator models last year, LG gets vetted by UL Environment for a SteamWasher and an LCD television set. LG is one of the first companies to have its products
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Energy Star Products Aren't Actually Meeting Energy Star Requirements
Energy Star is regarded by consumers as one of the most reliable raters of electronics and appliances in terms of knowing how much energy a device consumes. The organization continually raises the bar (little by little, but still raises) on energy
