[Greenbuilding] Energy Star Clothes Dryers Program Launch
David Bergman
bergman at cyberg.com
Mon Jul 30 18:33:07 CDT 2012
At 07:02 PM 7/30/2012, Reuben Deumling wrote:
>
>And I think a major exception cited is televisions, where they've
>become more energy-efficient but they've also gotten much larger.
>But you can argue that there are two separate factors at work there.
>Similarly for refrigerators.
>
>
>The point I'd make is that the two are not necessarily separate.
>Bigger fridges and bigger TVs are not so easily separated from the
>energy efficiency efforts that rescue large fridges and large TVs
>from the erstwhile scorn of energy authorities, by slapping
>endorsement labels on them.
That's a reasonable point. I guess the question is: would people have
shifted to buying larger TV's and frig's had the technology not also
become more energy-efficient? I tend to think the answer is yes, and
that energy has never been the driving force behind choosing these
types of appliances, but that's only a guess/opinion.
I do agree that it is unfortunate Energy Star compares to "similar"
models, though, in fairness, they also show how much each unit will consume.
David
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