[Greenbuilding] Re-fridgeration

Corwyn corwyn at midcoast.com
Sun Jul 29 16:13:16 CDT 2012


On 7/29/2012 5:09 PM, Corwyn wrote:
> On 7/22/2012 4:43 PM, Clarke Olsen wrote:
>> The culprit may be frost free. This involves heaters to melt frost
>> inside the fridge.
>> And, they have gotten bigger.
>> And the freezer section is colder. And bigger.
>> And don't get me started on the ice makers.
>
> And this is where Energy Star is a bit culpable.  Since refrigerators
> are rated *compared to similar units*, you can buy one which is 'most
> efficient' and still use more energy than you previous one.  Also, it
> can be used as a rationalization for buying a bigger, fancier one.  It
> would interesting to see how
actual energy use for refrigeration has changed over the years. 
Especially if you include all such devices (wine coolers, beer fridges, 
etc.)

[sorry about that.  computer send that before I was ready.]

Thank You Kindly,

Corwyn



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