- By choosing ENERGY STAR for every application in your home, you can save up to 20 percent or about $400 per year on your energy bills.
- ENERGY STAR recommends sealing the envelope that surrounds your living space: the ceiling, outer walls, windows and floors.
- Appliances account for about 20 percent of your household's energy consumption, with the refrigerator and clothes dryer being the biggest culprits.
- A typical household does nearly 400 loads of laundry per year, using about 40 gallons of water per full load with a conventional washer.
- An ENERGY STAR qualified clothes washer uses 18-25 gallons per load, saving you 7,000 gallons of water!
- An ENERGY STAR refrigerator uses less energy than a 75-watt bulb, saving you between $30-$70 a year.
A spin dryer is also an excellent alternative to the tumble dryer for those
who wish to reduced their carbon footprint. They are not well-known in the
USA, but spin dryers use about 1/100th of the energy that a tumble dryer does,
and are gentler on the clothes. Line drying is the best of all of course, but
in many cases it's not allowed, the weather can be rainy, too damp, etc. You
can read more about spin dryers at http://www.laundry-alternative.com/drying.htm.
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