Green Tips

Victoria has over 300 resource smart retailers that offer environmental friendly home appliances.

Tips for buying green home appliances:

• Buy energy efficient appliances - Buy only five star or better energy rated home appliances when current ones need replacing.
• Use online tools - Go to websites like this one to compare white goods.
• Switch lightbulbs - Use compact fluorescent lightbulbs instead of the usual incandescent lightbulbs.
• Avoid buying heavily packaged products - Packaging is a high energy user. Reduce your garbage by buying with discretion.
• Be active - Speak up in a positive way in your local community and organization and help others to commit to reducing greenhouse gas emmisions.

It is estimated by the U.S. Department of Energy that electric motors found in domestic "white" goods use 60 percent of the world's electrical power with refrigeration consuming nearly 10 percent of this energy. Homeowners spend phenomenal amounts each year to operate such home appliances as refrigerators, freezers, washing machines, tumble dryers, water boilers, furnaces, air-conditioners and of course - lights.

It is appliances such as these that account for about 70 percent of all energy used in homes around the world. By bringing digital electronic control to motors through the use of embedded chips, 30-50 percent of that energy can be saved, therefore making white goods more ecologically efficient.

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