Energy-efficiency program for clothes washers, clothes dryers, and dishwashers

Technical Report · Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1977

OSTI ID:5224535

The objectives of this study of dishwashers, clothes washers, and clothes dryers are: to evaluate existing energy efficiency test procedures and recommend the use of specific test procedures for each appliance group and to establish the maximum economically and technologically feasible energy-efficiency improvement goals for each appliance group. Specifically, the program requirements were to determine the energy efficiency of the 1972 models, to evaluate the feasibility improvements that could be implemented by 1980 to maximize energy efficiency, and to calculate the percentage efficiency improvement based on the 1972 baseline and the recommended 1980 targets. The test program was conducted using 5 dishwashers, 4 top-loading clothes washers, one front-loading clothes washer, 4 electric clothes dryers, and 4 gas clothes dryers. (MCW)

• Research Organization: Science Applications, Inc., La Jolla, CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5224535
• Report Number(s): SAI-77-839-LJ
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
29 ENERGY PLANNING
POLICY AND ECONOMY
CLOTHES DRYERS
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
CLOTHES WASHERS
DISHWASHERS
APARTMENT BUILDINGS
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
DATA ACQUISITION
ECONOMICS
ELECTRIC APPLIANCES
ENERGY CONSERVATION
ENERGY POLICY AND CONSERVATION ACT
GAS APPLIANCES
HOUSES
IMPLEMENTATION
RESIDENTIAL SECTOR
TESTING
THERMAL EFFICIENCY
APPLIANCES
BUILDINGS
DRYERS
EFFICIENCY
LAWS
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
320101* - Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization- Residential Buildings- (-1987)
291000 - Energy Planning & Policy- Conservation