{"id":448,"date":"2014-07-18T14:41:42","date_gmt":"2014-07-18T19:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/electricityexpress.com\/?p=448"},"modified":"2024-03-29T17:18:43","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T22:18:43","slug":"energy-star-3rd-habit-energy-efficient-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/electricityexpress.com\/en\/energy-star-3rd-habit-energy-efficient-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy Star: 3rd Habit of Energy-Efficient Homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Cheaper Electricity Bills With Energy Star Appliances<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #008080;\">3rd Habit of Energy-Efficient Homes<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Energy Star appliances are important for saving money in your home.\u00a0 The 1980s saw the private ownership of computers explode, and with it came more demands on our energy system.\u00a0 In 1992, the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) created the Energy Star program to slow down the drain of electricity caused by computers <a href=\"http:\/\/home.howstuffworks.com\/home-improvement\/construction\/green\/energy-star.htm\">http:\/\/home.howstuffworks.com\/home-improvement\/construction\/green\/energy-star.htm<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6957\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6957\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6957\" src=\"https:\/\/electricityexpress.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/02\/Energy-Guide-Yellow-Lable-150x104.jpg\" alt=\"Ways to Lower Your Energy Bill\" width=\"150\" height=\"104\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6957\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Decision Maker Info<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Back in that day, the Energy Star label stated that the computer was the most energy-efficient in its category.\u00a0 Today the same goal has spread to other appliances found in your home, including refrigerators, dishwashers and clothes washers.<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Prepaid electricity helps you see your energy-saving efforts<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>What are the benefits of using a product qualified as \u201cEnergy Star\u201d?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Money back in your pocket <\/strong><\/span>\u2013 Energy Star products save you up to 30% on your electric bills http:\/\/www.ase.org\/resources\/top-5-reasons-be-energy-efficient.<br \/>\nWith appliances counting for roughly 20% of an American family\u2019s energy use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energystar.gov\/\">https:\/\/www.energystar.gov\/<\/a>, that\u2019s a lot of money that comes straight back to you each month.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Products of better quality that last longer <\/strong><\/span>\u2013 In order to use less energy, manufacturing companies create products with better components.\u00a0 This means fewer disasters, like losing all your frozen food because your freezer suddenly stopped working.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Less air pollution<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 The Dallas\/Fort Worth area ranks among the most polluted cities in the United States http:\/\/mashable.com\/2014\/04\/30\/most-polluted-cities-us\/.\u00a0 Power plants often burn fossil fuels to provide energy for our homes http:\/\/www.energyeducation.tx.gov\/energy\/section_3\/topics\/where_does_electricity_come_from\/index.html. \u00a0This\u00a0in turn produces air pollution.\u00a0 By using Energy Star products, you reduce the number of pollutants that we breathe every day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Still not convinced? \u00a0Look at these numbers showing the energy savings of four Energy Star appliances vs. other models:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Refrigerators \u2013 At least 15%<\/li>\n<li>Dishwashers \u2013 At least 41%<\/li>\n<li>Freezers \u2013 At least 10%<\/li>\n<li>Clothes Washers \u2013 At least 40%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As time goes on products that aren\u2019t Energy Star will probably be phased out of our stores. \u00a0Yet it still makes financial sense to check the label of that new dishwasher.\u00a0 The benefits can\u2019t be denied.\u00a0 For more information on how Energy Star products can save energy and reduce your utility bill, <strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">call the Customer Care department at Electricity Express at 855 781 6970<\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Cheapest electricity service in Texas<\/h4>\n<p><a>Check our Power Blog for more ideas on how to save energy<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>No Deposit Electricity Texas<\/h4>\n<p><strong>855-781-6970<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a>Energy plans and sign-ups, click here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cheaper Electricity Bills With Energy Star Appliances 3rd Habit of Energy-Efficient Homes Energy Star appliances are important for saving money in your home.\u00a0 The 1980s saw the private ownership of computers explode, and with it came more demands on our energy system.\u00a0 In 1992, the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) created the Energy Star program to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12957,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[54,29,30],"tags":[8,10,55,7,9],"class_list":["post-448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy-efficiency","category-how-to-save-money","category-lower-electric-bills","tag-control-your-electricity","tag-energy-saving","tag-energy-star","tag-save-money","tag-tips"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/electricityexpress.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/07\/Energy-Star.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfEdyg-7e","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/electricityexpress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/electricityexpress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/electricityexpress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electricityexpress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electricityexpress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/electricityexpress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electricityexpress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/electricityexpress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electricityexpress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electricityexpress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}