Proposal for Commercial Clothes Washers Would Save $1 Billion in 30 Years, DOE Says

摘要

Commercial clothes washers would be required to be as much as 15 percent more efficient under a proposed Energy Department rule that it estimates would save consumers nearly $1 billion over 30 years. The rule, which is subject to a 60-day public comment period, would revise energy efficiency standards set in 2007 and is estimated to save nearly 6 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions over 30 years, the department said. There are 2 million to 3 million commercial washers in the U.S., which are replaced at a rate of about 10 percent per year, according to the nonprofit Appliance Standards Awareness Project, a Boston-based group that promotes energy efficiency standards.