Living Like Ed - (Page 26) • televisions, • computers • fax VCRs, and DVD players and monitors machines, printers, and scanners phones fixtures • cordless • lighting Purchasing Energy Star–qualified products can even get you a tax break. To find out which products qualify and which forms you’ll need to submit to the Internal Revenue Service, visit the Energy Star website at www.energystar.gov. Energy-Efficient Refrigerators How much of a difference does it make to switch to an Energy Star–qualified product? It depends on the product. It can range from a little to a very significant difference. Say you’re thinking about replacing an old refrigerator with a newer model. Replacing a refrigerator bought in 1990 with a newer, Get an Energy more energy-efficient model Star–Qualified would save enough energy to Refrigerator light the average household for COST: $500 and up nearly four months. In a typical household, that fridge is the single biggest energy-consuming appliance in the kitchen. In fact, the refrigerator actually uses 25 percent of the energy consumed in most homes. But even if you can’t replace your current refrigerator, you can still help the one you’ve got use less energy. First, position your fridge so it’s not near a heat source, which makes the fridge work harder to stay cool. You don’t want it right next to the Clean the oven or right next to the dishRefrigerator Coils washer or even in the path of diCOST: free rect sunlight from a window. living like Ed 26 helped Americans reduce greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those from 25 million cars’ r.gov
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