Making 15 appliances energy efficient would significantly benefit Pennsylvanians, environmentalists say

Making 15 appliances energy efficient would significantly benefit Pennsylvanians, environmentalists say

As we face more extreme weather across the state, new research is showing that certain standards could reduce energy, while helping to save money and the environment.

According to new data from the PennEnvironment Research and Policy Center, the statewide citizen-based environmental nonprofit, in partnership with the Appliance Standards Awareness Project, a national nonprofit, we can achieve the following with energy efficiency standards.

"Saving energy, saving water, cutting pollution, and lowering utility bills," said Flora Cardoni, PennEnvironment's deputy director. "These energy efficiency standards for just 15 commonly used appliances would bring significant environmental, financial and public health benefits to Pennsylvanians by 2050."

Those 15 commonly used appliances include everything from showerheads to faucets and toilets, along with commercial ovens and fryers.

They said their research shows that with the standards for these 15 appliances, by 2050, we would save more than 10,500 gigawatts of electricity, more than all the households in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia use ...