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on the blink? Need a new air conditioner? Consumers shopping
for new appliances now have key information about energy efficiency
at their fingertips. The American Council for an Energy-Efficient
Economy (ACEEE) is pleased to announce that updated lists of
top-rated energy-efficient appliances are now available on the
Internet. ACEEE has posted "best of the best" product
lists on its Consumer Guide Web site at www.aceee.org/consumerguide.
 Consumers
who want to know "Which products are most energy efficient?"
can quickly access and download this information for free. Lists
of top-rated refrigerators, clothes washers, dishwashers, air
conditioners, and heat pumps are available now; lists of top-rated
furnaces, boilers, and water heaters will be added this fall.
ACEEE will keep these lists up-to-date.
This website
contains other tips on saving energy and money in the home from
ACEEE's popular Consumer Guide to Home Energy. An updated edition
of the Consumer Guide will be released this October.
Remember,
energy-efficient appliances are good for your pocketbook and
good for the environment. Here are a few key facts:
- Replacing a typical 15-year-old refrigerator
with a top-rated new model will typically save $50 -- $100 in
electric bills and cut up to a ton of carbon dioxide emitted
by your local utility every year!
- A resource-efficient clothes washer, usually
front-loading, will save about 100,000 gallons of water and $750
-- $1,200 in energy and water bills during its lifetime!
- A top-rated central air conditioner consumes
one-third less power than a standard model, saving $100 or more
each year in cooling costs and improving air quality by reducing
power plant operation during the summer!
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