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Green Appliances

 
Appliances refer to items like microwaves, stoves, ovens, dishwashers, washers and dryers and others found around the home and some businesses, most of which are major energy hogs. Green appliances, often given "Energy Star" approval, are ones that have been improved on the eco-friendliness scale — they use less energy and therefore emit a decreased amount of carbon emissions and are better for the environment. (Photo: Flickr)

Articles about Green Appliances


Use purified water for a cleaner coffee maker

Mon, Jan 23 2012 at 2:12 PM EST
Cleaning the coffee maker has gotten a lot easier since I switched to purified water.
 

Blue retailer gets greener with home energy resource

Wed, Nov 16 2011 at 8:30 AM EST
Best Buy enters the home energy-efficiency game by launching an interactive, info-packed Home Energy Learning Center online and at three brick-and-mortar stores.
 

Style rules as solar power goes mainstream

Wed, Aug 03 2011 at 3:46 PM EST
In cleantech, innovation often speaks of high-tech jargon in the future tense. A new generation of solar panels uses existing technology and a present-tense vocabulary of style and convenience to bring green energy to the mainstream.
 

Home appliances to get new EnergyStar-issued superlative

Fri, Jul 15 2011 at 10:09 AM EST
WIth the new 'Most Efficient' designation, the EPA and DOE single out the creme de la creme of EnergyStar-rated washing machines, refrigerators, televisions and heating and cooling devices.
 

Hiber-Nation: Space heaters

Mon, Feb 14 2011 at 9:00 AM EST
Like to hunker down in a specific room when the weather outside is frightful? Instead of heating your entire home while doing so, lower the thermostat and invest in an energy-efficient electric space heater.
 

Are you overpaying for electricity?

Fri, Feb 04 2011 at 4:21 PM EST
You may be paying too much for electricity. Shop around, check your meter and check appliances.
 

Get yourself connected: GE at CES 2011

Tue, Jan 11 2011 at 9:00 AM EST
Showing off smart appliances, an EV charging station and a pint-sized home energy management system, GE gives attendees of the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show a glimpse of the 'Connected Home of the Future'.
 

DOE: Fridges must have smaller carbon footprints

Tue, Oct 05 2010 at 5:14 PM EST
Although refrigerators continue to grow in size and become more tricked out, new standards will also require them to be drastically more energy efficient.
 

The Snail wins the Electrolux Design Lab 2010 race

Wed, Sep 29 2010 at 8:52 AM EST
Peter Alwin's The Snail, a portable cooking and heating device, wins top prize at Electrolux Design Lab 2010.
 

EcoloBlue extracts water from thin air

Thu, Sep 02 2010 at 1:39 AM EST
Hi-tech Atmospheric Water Generator sucks humidity out of the air and purifies it for about 20 cents per gallon.
 
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