Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Refrigerators manufactured after Jan. 1, 2014, will be more energy efficient than older models, thanks to newly enacted federal ...

As of now, the sole mode of enforcement for the pending regional energy efficiency standards will come in the form of a new-look Energy Guide sticker. Through the Appliance Labeling Rule, HVACR ...

WASHINGTON (CN) - The Federal Trade Commission plans to change the familiar yellow energy efficiency labels used on refrigerators, clothes washers, dishwashers, air conditioners and similar appliances ...

Ever wondered what the bright yellow EnergyGuide label was all about last time you went shopping for an appliance? It’s a standardize way of relaying how much energy an appliance uses, and it can be a ...

Have you ever seen a little blue sticker on your appliances, or paid attention to the EnergySTAR label when shopping for new ones? Those blue EnergySTAR labels are the most widely recognized symbol ...

Consumers sometimes wonder if they can really conserve energy by buying an appliance with the Energy Star label. "I think yes and no," said Dona Stankus, building programs manager with the North ...

A couple of weeks ago, the Food and Drug Administration and First Lady Michelle Obama announced changes to the official Nutrition Facts label. Burkey Belser is the graphic designer who did the ...

When old appliances need replacing, it is simple, good sense to upgrade them to energy-efficient models. Trading up to energy-efficient appliances, such as those certified as Energy Star, produces ...

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Magali Delmas received funding from the US EPA in 2002 for research on Environmental Management Strategies and Corporate Performance. Since the early 1990s, the small blue Energy Star label has ...