I guess then I will not buy any appliance. Literally, every refrigerator, stove, TV etc that I buy, I first look at the power consumed and then the rating. Then okay we open it up to the scrutiny of my wife for the looks and other features. No way. If it comes to it, I'm bringing my own battery bank and measurement devices to test the appliances on site. The cost of owning a thing in the long run heavily includes how much it eats.
this post was submitted on 07 May 2025
32 points (97.1% liked)
Hacker News
1321 readers
324 users here now
Posts from the RSS Feed of HackerNews.
The feed sometimes contains ads and posts that have been removed by the mod team at HN.
founded 8 months ago
MODERATORS
Interestingly enough, appliance makers actually have historically pushed against this
The companies urged the administration to preserve the program, which certifies appliances as meeting high efficiency standards, after CNN first reported on Tuesday that the Environmental Protection Agency planned to eliminate the Energy Star program as part of a massive restructuring.
[...]
The program is so popular that appliance companies and trade associations, including General Electric and the American Gas Association, have historically lobbied for the program to be preserved every time there is a proposed challenge to its budget or its function. Trump proposed eliminating the program in a 2017 budget and drew immediate widespread industry condemnation at the time.
https://www.notus.org/energy/epa-energy-star-program-appliances-pushback