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Super-Efficient Home Appliances Initiative Refrigerators |
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Through the Super-Efficient Home Appliances Initiative (SEHA), CEE is promoting energy-efficient refrigerators that use significantly less electricity than the federal standard. SEHA appliances are defined as the upper end of the ENERGY STAR® spectrum, based on energy efficiency. In addition to refrigerators, SEHA efficiency specifications have been established for clothes washers, room air conditioners and dishwashers. In the United States, there are approximately 130 million refrigerators, which run 24 hours a day, year round. The refrigerator is the single biggest power consumer in most households, accounting for about 15 percent of residential electricity usage. Additional information about manufacturers of SEHA-compliant products is available in the Resource Library.
SEHA expands scope for refrigerators
Results from
CEE ENERGY STAR Household Survey
CONTACT For more information about ENERGY STAR State Appliance Rebate Programs, please visit http://www.energysavers.gov. For questions regarding CEE qualifying product lists, please contact Nick Dahlberg. Technology Summary Long-term design options for improving the efficiency of refrigerators include:
Other more near-term options include:
The incremental cost of a model with a combination of the above-mentioned near-term features would be $106 (at retail) with a $16 annual savings.
Regulatory Information Standards: A new federal minimum standard became effective in July 2001. This standard calls for a 30 percent improvement on the old AEC levels. The U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE) standards specify a maximum AEC as a linear function of adjusted volume (AV). The formulas, arranged by product type, are listed in the table below.
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