The Year in Green

I read all types of energy awareness literature almost daily. It is encouraging to watch the country slowly becoming aware of conservation. The simple truth is by buying green from EnergyStar washers to compact fluorescent bulbs you will save money and help the environment at the same time.


Consider a couple of simple factoids:

Recycling 1 can will produce enough energy to light a bulb for 20 hours

Just 1 ton of recycled paper will save 17 trees and 7,000 gallons of water..


At Yale alone, we have sold 3,141 number of front load washers, instead of the more conventional washers in 2007


Assuming 7 loads a week, the environmental savings are:

25 gallons per wash x 7 x 3141 = 549,675 gallons saved per year


210 kilowatts saved per machine per year x 3141= 659,610 kilowatts saved


We could add another 40% savings because EnergyStar washers are much larger. Yale is just one store...Imagine how much we could all save by deciding in the new year to be more conservation minded?

Everyone wins....My final thought for 2007


Happy New Year

LG French Door

First a quick review: Refrigerators and appliances in general are manufactured to fit cabinet sizes. The most common cabinet sizes are 30, 33 and 36 inches. Refrigerators are typically 29.5, 32.5 and 35.75 inches to fit into the respective cabinets.

French doors, as we described in previous posts, have a side by side top and a bottom freezer. When the french door was first introduced, it was exclusively 33 and 36 inches, LG has started manufacturing a 30 inch...

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Random Thoughts

The ball dropped on New Years eve in New York will be LED for the very first time. Just another sign of the times.

I am not an endorser of products by nature, but if you want to check an interesting blog...Look at Bostondesignblog.com, its an eclectic mix of stylish products.

I have to ask this question: What is the average life of a major appliance?


BTW, If anyone has a suggestion, I will be writing 2 weeks of blogs in the next 3 days

Bottom Freezer

Lets look at two popular refrigerators, Amana and Maytag...What are the differences?












Actually, it is the same refrigerator. Well almost the same, Maytag has a factory installed icemaker and is $150 higher. I could post 30 similar entries of the same product with different labels. A smart consumer can save some serious money by buying the less expensive label