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Issue Number 9 - February 2012

  • DOE Standards: Ballasts, Microwaves, Transformers
  • A First for DOE - Regional Standards
  • Standards Backlog at OMB
  • Enforcement Activity Continues
  • A Bright Start to the Year
  • California: Big Energy Savings Come in Little Boxes
  • Set-Top Boxes
  • Fun Facts: How Many Battery Chargers in the U.S.?

Issue Number 8 - September 2011

  • New Refrigerator Standards the 'Coolest' Yet
  • More Cool Savings
  • California Scopes Out the Next Energy Savers
  • Pumps, Hoods, Blowers, What???
  • What's Up at DOE?
  • State of the States
  • Fun Facts: How Many Cable Boxes in the U.S.?
  • More Fun Facts: Water Waste

Issue Number 7 - March 2011

  • Lighting a Hot Topic
  • Myths and Reality
  • See the Light! Visual Primer on Lighting Choices
  • Watt's a Lumen???
  • Fun Facts: Consumers Like the Lighting Alternatives
  • Fact Sheets

Issue Number 6 - October 2010

  • An 'Agreeable' Year for Appliance Standards
  • Enforcement: An End to 35 Years of Inaction
  • New Lables to Bring Information to Light!
  • Why Care About Test Procedures?
  • DOE Update
  • TV Standards Official in CA
  • Fun Fact: Cooking with Incandescents

Special E-Brief - September 2010

  • White Goods Turn a New Shade of Green - New Agreement Between Efficiency Advocates and the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM) for Six Major Home Appliances: Clothes Washers, Dishwashers, Dryers, Refigerators, Freezers, and Room Air Conditioners

Issue Number 5 - April 2010

  • New Water Heater Standards
  • DOE says "Follow the Rules"
  • Federal Legislation: Appliance Standards in the Senate
  • DOE Update - Refrigerators, Fluorescent Lamp Ballasts, Small Motors, Dryers and Air Conditioners, Commercial Clothes Washers
  • States - 6 States Propose Bills
  • Fun Facts: Pay Only When You Play - Turn the Game Consoles Off!

Issue Number 4 - Novemeber 2009

  • California Makes TV Efficiency a Reality
  • Historic Agreement on HVAC Systems
  • DOE Rescinds Obsolete TV Method
  • Busy Times at DOE
  • Massachusetts Heats Up the Action
  • Court Orders DOE to Reconsider California's Clothes Washer Standards
  • Washington State Sets New Standards

Issue Number 3 - August 2009

  • President Obama Announces New Lighting Standards
  • Ka-Boom Report Released
  • Up Next: Water Heaters and Commercial Clothes Washers
  • Arizona Passes State Standards
  • Rulemaking 101

Issue Number 2 - February 2009

  • Appliance Standards Move Into the Limelight

Issue Number 1 - December 2008

  • Upcoming Fluorescent Tube and Incandescent Reflector Lamp Rulemaking
  • Department of Energy Scheduled to Set 25 Appliance Standards in 3 Years
  • Cooking Products and Commercial Clothes Washers
  • Fun Fact: Are There More TVs or People in the US?
  • Breaking New Ground: California to Set New Lighting Standards

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