Energy Star
I don’t know why, but I just went to the energy star web site to try out their “save money with a new fridge” feature. I’m always interested in eeking the most dollar value for using less energy over time (e.g. CFLs and that sort of thing, high up front cost, but lower lifetime cost) and was wondering how my fridge did. Apparently by switching to an energy star fridge I will save up to $25 over five years.
Hmm. Looking back through the energy star records, my fridge missed the rating by a smidge and then was slightly upgraded in 07 to meet the new standard. That had to have been a good deal when they bought it. Much cheaper because it wasn’t energy star, but actually has the same efficiency as an actual energy star fridge. That is pretty awesome. Sort of maximizes two of my interests: long term and short term price management.
May 24th, 2008 at 00:59
I couldn’t access the web site, but I measured my energy costs for my fridge. I think it’s 12 years old, so it doesn’t quite make their “1993″ mark.
It costs me $6/month to run. I have a hard time imagining that I’ll save money by purchasing a new fridge.
-alain
May 25th, 2008 at 21:55
Yeah looking at the web page it seems to be targeting large refrigerators built before the early 90s.