Energy-efficient appliances

Book · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:6975243

Geller, H S

The major issues confronting policy makers in their effort to promote energy-efficiency in the home are: performance testing and ratings, marketing and foreign competition, federal standards and incentives, utility load management and incentives, and consumer education. The report concludes by describing some new directions, some of which are extensions of existing programs. They include taxes on inefficient appliances, utility rebates, programs to replace or to audit and modify equipment, appliance ratings as part of home-efficiency ratings, advertising, and public procurements. A research agenda stresses field performance, analytical work, data gathering, and program evaluation. Economic analyses of return on investment, the cost of conserved energy, and early retirement appear in an appendix. 216 references, 14 figures, 15 tables.

• OSTI ID: 6975243
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
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Consumption
& Utilization-- Residential Buildings-- (-1987)
APPLIANCES
CONSUMER PRODUCTS
DECISION MAKING
EFFICIENCY
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ENERGY POLICY
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
INFORMATION NEEDS
MARKETING
PERFORMANCE TESTING
TESTING