ENERGY STAR is now recognizing the top-performing products among those that already have the ENERGY STAR label. The new "Most Efficient" designation will be awarded to products that "demonstrate exceptional and cutting-edge efficiency performance that...
Energy Efficient Products & Technologies
Cooling Tips From ENERGYSTAR
Here are some great summer cooling tips, courtesy of ENERGYSTAR: Ditch the incandescents. Not only do they use more energy, they produce more heat. Swap them out for CFLs or LEDs. Get with the program. Anyone who hasn't installed a programmable thermostat is simply...
LED Future Gets Brighter with Philips 17-Watt LED Bulb
Royal Philips Electronics is set to unveil the world's first LED replacement for the venerable 75-watt incandescent light bulb. The great reveal will take place tomorrow at the LIGHTFAIR International tradeshow in Philadelphia, PA. Dubbed the Philips EnduraLED A21,...
Water-Saving Rebates
Feeling the mood of the dreary, wet spring day, I settled in last night to watch a streamed Netflix movie. Although there were no shortage of dramas, action flicks and horrors I found myself selecting "Blue Gold: World Water Wars," a documentary about the planet-wide...
Earth Month Tip #5: Install Energy Efficient Lightbulbs
Are you still rocking the incandescent bulbs in your home? Tsk, tsk. Okay, so swapping out every incandescent bulb in the home can seem quite tedious. But trust us -- it's well worth it. Whether you replace them with a CFL (look for bulbs that feature low mercury...
ENERGY STAR’s ‘Top Tier’ Label
A mutli-tiered ENERGY STAR label? According to a recent press release by the EPA and DOE partnership, ENERGY STAR has begun the process of targeting "early adopters" of a "super star" label or Top Tier of highly efficient products. It appears ENERGY STAR has listened...
Weekend Project: Weatherstripping
Cutting down on your heating bill has two positive effects: it saves you money and it’s good for the environment. And it's not as though you have to take drastic steps to cut down on the bill, either. There are plenty of cheap, easy ways to make your house warmer in...
The “Run Dry” Clothes Dryer
It might not be love at first sight, but I came around on the concept of the Run Dry, a clothes drying system that I stumbled upon on the
Innovative Ways to Dry Your Clothes | Energy Efficiency
Myoo Create recently announced the winners of its Care to Air Design Challenge, a challenge run in partnership with Levi Strauss & Co. to find the most innovative and sustainable way to dry your clothes. $10,000 in prize money was doled out to the winners, among which...
Upgrade Those Clunker Appliances
Back in September, we told you about the appliance version of the Cash for Clunkers program, which offers consumers a rebate on old appliances when they are replaced with new, EnergyStar-approved models. We thought we'd check in and let you know that in much of the...