Proposed Washing Machine Standards Would Cut Utility Bills and Climate Pollution

The proposed standards would strengthen the separate efficiency Proposed standards would requirements for top-loading and front- save U. [...] 2.5 trillion gallons of water waste and 53 million The proposed standards would ensure metric tons of carbon that all models take advantage of dioxide emissions over 30 proven efficiency improvements, such as years of sales. [...] ASAP organizes and leads a broad-based coalition effort that works to advance, win, and defend new appliance, equipment, and lighting standards that cut emissions that contribute to climate change and other environmental and public health harms, save water, and reduce economic and environmental burdens for low- and moderate-income households. [...] CUT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND WATER WASTE For both top-loading and front-loading machines, improved clothes washer efficiency would reduce the significant energy—electricity or gas—used by water heaters and clothes dryers (since better-spun clothes dry faster). [...] Overall, the proposed standards would save 2.5 trillion gallons of water, which is equivalent to the amount of water in nearly 4 million Olympic-sized swimming pools.