Arizona Appliance Efficiency Program |
Energy Efficiency is the quickest, cheapest, cleanest way to extend our world's energy supplies.
Arizona's Appliance Efficiency Regulations were established by ARS §44-1375 in 2005. These regulations were designed to reduce Arizona's energy consumption and became effective on January 1, 2008.
The Arizona law sets energy efficiency standards for 12 appliances and establishes schedules for the Energy Office to review these standards. Appliance standards also exist in eleven other states but in several instances these standards have been pre-empted by national standards.
Consumer purchases of appliances for home or business don’t have just one price tag, there are two. The first one covers the purchase price, think of it as a down payment. The second price tag is the cost of operating the appliance during its lifetime. You will be paying on that second price tag every month with your utility bill for the next 10 to 20 years, depending on the appliance. Appliance standards are designed to benefit consumers by requiring that appliance manufacturers reduce the energy and water use of their products, and thus the costs to the end-user to operate them.
INFORMATION LINKS AND RESOURCES
NEW! U.S. Department of Energy Implements More Stringent Criteria for ENERGY STAR® Clothes Washers, Expands CFL Program [U.S. Department of Energy web site, March 7, 2008] NEW INCENTIVES!
The City of Chandler is offering $100 in rebates to their residents who purchase and install a qualifying new front-loading washing machine. A conventional residential clotheS washer uses up to 39 gallons of water per load. While a high efficiency washer can use as little as 16 gallons of water per load. Models eligible for the rebate must have a water factor of 6 or less established by the Consortium for Energy Efficiency. For more information on the City of Chandler's water rebate program, go visit www.chandleraz.gov/default.aspx?pageid=746.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Appliance Efficiency Program
Arizona Department of Commerce
Energy Office
1700 W. Washington Street, Ste. 220
Phoenix, AZ 85007
Telephone: 602.771.1137
Fax: 602.771.1203
E-mail: Michelle Bermudes
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