Energy Empowers water cooler: Quiet rides and green TVs
Posted Nov 15 2010 11:00am
Employees at the DOE had a chance to take the Nissan LEAF, the company’s new electric car, around the parking lot this week. No gas required. | Photo courtesy of DOE
Find out what the Energy Empowers editorial team is talking about this week...around the water cooler.
Driving without a tailpipe: Energy Empowers writer Lindsay Gsell took a spin in Nissan’s new, 100 percent electric car, the LEAF, this week to see what all the talk was about. Turns out, it’s really quiet, easy to drive and very modern inside. It even shows you how close a charging station is. Read her full story here.
A sticky, but good situation: You’ve seen them on new washing machines, but now TVs will start getting them. TVs manufactured after May 2011 must display EnergyGuide labels , the Federal Trade Commission said. The bright yellow and black labels will have two main disclosures: the TV’s estimated annual energy cost and a comparison with the annual energy cost of other TVs with similar screen sizes. You may start turning it off more when you know how much energy it uses.
Employees at the DOE had a chance to take the Nissan LEAF, the company’s new electric car, around the parking lot this week. No gas required. | Photo courtesy of DOE
Find out what the Energy Empowers editorial team is talking about this week...around the water cooler.
Driving without a tailpipe: Energy Empowers writer Lindsay Gsell took a spin in Nissan’s new, 100 percent electric car, the LEAF, this week to see what all the talk was about. Turns out, it’s really quiet, easy to drive and very modern inside. It even shows you how close a charging station is. Read her full story here.
Home ‘MPGs’: Cars have them but homes don’t—until now. This week, the DOE launched the Home Energy Score program to help consumers save money by saving energy. The Score is like a miles per gallon rating – but for your home. Learn more about the program from Acting Under Secretary Cathy Zoi in a video posted on the Energy.gov blog.
A sticky, but good situation: You’ve seen them on new washing machines, but now TVs will start getting them. TVs manufactured after May 2011 must display EnergyGuide labels , the Federal Trade Commission said. The bright yellow and black labels will have two main disclosures: the TV’s estimated annual energy cost and a comparison with the annual energy cost of other TVs with similar screen sizes. You may start turning it off more when you know how much energy it uses.