Press Releases
ASAP Press Releases
- New Department of Energy Transformer Standards Are a Mixed Bag (released 4/10/2013)
- NEMA and Efficiency Advocates Petition for New Energy-Saving Standards for Electric Motors
(released 8/20/2012)
Electric Motors
- New Clothes Washer and Dishwasher Standards Will Save Consumers Loads of Money; Protect the Environment (released 5/16/2012)
- Efficiency Standards Save Consumers, Businesses More Than $1.1 Trillion (released 3/7/2012)
- Proposed DOE Standards for Transformers Sacrifice Billions of Dollars in Savings To Protect Old Technology (released 2/3/2012)
- New Refrigerator Standards the “Coolest Yet” (released 8/26/2011)
Refrigerators and Freezers- U.S Sets First Regional Energy-Savings Standards for ACs and Furnaces, Upgrades National Heat Pump Standards (released 6/10/2011)
- Today’s Energy Standards for Refrigerators Reflect Consensus By Advocates, Industry to Increase Appliance Efficiency (released 9/27/2010)
Refrigerators and Freezers- Major Home Appliance Efficiency Gains to Deliver Huge National Energy and Water Savings and Help to Jump Start the Smart Grid (released 8/3/2010)
- New National Water Heater Standards Give Efficiency a Major Boost (released 4/1/2010)
- New Water Heater Efficiency Standards Deliver Savings – But Not Enough (released 12/2/2009)
- HVAC Manufacturers, Efficiency Advocates Ink Historic Efficiency Standards Agreement (released 10/13/2009)
- New Standards Will Make Beverage Vending Machines Energy Sippers (released 8/31/2009)
Vending Machines- Ka-BOOM! Appliance Standards Make a Big Bang (released 7/22/2009)
Incandescent Reflector Lamps, General Service Fluorescent Lamps, Boilers, Commercial, Vending Machines, Incandescent Reflector Lamps (includes certain BR and Other Exempted IRLs), Clothes Washers, Commercial, Small Electric Motors, Direct Heating Equipment, Pool Heaters, Water Heaters, HID Lamps, Refrigerators and Freezers, Microwave Ovens, Furnaces, Fluorescent Lamp Ballasts, Clothes Dryers, Room Air Conditioners, Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps, Battery Chargers, External Power Supplies, Clothes Washers, Metal Halide Lamp Fixtures, Walk-In Coolers and Freezers, Distribution Transformers: Liquid-Immersed, Distribution Transformers: Low-Voltage Dry-Type, Furnace Fans- President Obama Announces New Light Bulb Standards (released 6/29/2009)
- New Efficiency Standards for Vending Machines Deliver Energy Savings "Pop" (released 5/28/2009)
Vending Machines- U.S. DOE Heats Up New Energy Standards for Home Furnaces (released 4/23/2009)
- Bush Fumbles Hand-Off to Obama on Energy Efficiency Standard (released 1/15/2009)
- Energy Department Gives Energy Savings the "Cold Shoulder" (released 1/9/2009)
Commercial Refrigeration Equipment- New U.S. Standard for Home Furnaces is a ¨Turkey¨ (released 11/19/2007)
Furnaces- U.S. Energy Department Sets New Energy Savings Standards (released 10/12/2007)
- Transformer Manufacturer Announces Support for Efficiency Standard (released 7/17/2007)
- Appliance Industry Joins Energy, Water Efficiency Organizations to Announce Agreement for New Minimum Efficiency Standards, Updated Energy Star Levels, and Energy-Efficiency Tax Credits (released 5/1/2007)
- Utilities, Efficiency and Environmental Groups Join to Propose New Efficiency Standard for Electric Transformers (released 2/20/2007)
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