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The ENERGY STAR logo appears on major appliances such as refrigerators, clothes washers, dishwashers, and air conditioners; on light bulbs and light fixtures; and on many other products. 
Learn more at www.energystar.gov

 

 

Buy Efficient Stuff

When your old lights and appliances need to be replaced, ask your parents to buy energy-efficient models. The ENERGY STAR® label identifies super-efficient products that let you save energy and help the environment. For example:

• ENERGY STAR certified light-emitting diode bulbs use up to 90% less energy than standard incandescent bulbs and last up to 25 times longer. Replacing a 60-watt incandescent with a comparable LED can save your famly up to $80 in electricity costs over the bulb’s lifetime. If every American home did this, we would save enough energy to prevent greenhouse gases equivalent to the emissions of more than 550,000 cars!
• ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators and freezers use about half the energy used by those built before 2001. Replacing an old refrigerator with a new ENERY STAR model can save your family more than $270 over the next five years.
• New ENERGY STAR certified clothes washers clean your clothes with 25% less energy and 33% less water than regular washers.  Replacing a standard clothes washer with a full sized ENERGY STAR certified clothes washer can save you up to $40 on your utility bills annually—and can save more than 3,000 gallons of water per year!

EnergyGuide Labels

Yellow and black EnergyGuide labels show the cost to run each appliance per year. The lower the dollar figure on an EnergyGuide label, the more efficient the appliance and the less it costs to run.