The Untapped Potential
to Reduce Household
Energy Use


The untapped potential for home appliances to save energy, cost effectively, is summarized in the table below:


Cost-Effective Savings For Various Appliances (1)

Home Appliances

Electricity

Fuel

Site

Levelized Cost (1990$)

Average Site Cost-Effective Savings ($/MBtu)

Refrigerator/freezer

76.1 %

---

76.1 %

25.7

10.35

Freezers

72.6 %

---

72.6 %

21.0

10.65

Electric hot water

64.9 %

---

74.9 %

82.1

7.94

Gas hot water

---

38.7 %

38.7 %

21.0

2.41

Lighting

76.0 %

---

76.0 %

17.7

6.83

Clothes washer

45.8 %

---

45.8 %

---

---

Electric clothes dryer

85.7 %

---

85.7 %

29.8

9.62

Gas clothes dryer

---

59.4 %

59.4 %

10.5

4.9

Electric oven/cooktop

38.9 %

---

38.9 %

6.9

6.98

Gas oven/cooktop

---

44.9 %

44.9 %

4.0

4.37

1) Copies of the report this data came from are available for $15 from the Union Of Concerned Scientists, 26 Church St., Cambridge, MA 02238; the technical appendices are an additional $25. Add 20% of the total cost to cover shipping & handling.

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Last revised
07/21/2003

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