Posts Tagged ‘Televisions’

25 Jan
2010

New Amazon Green Electronics Section

Posted by easy eco blog, January 25th, 2010

Amazon has a new Green Electronics section that features energy efficient ENERGY STAR qualified products. They feature products from Televisions to Home Theater to Computers to Office products.

It is always wise to try to wring every ounce of life out of your Electronics, before you buy new ones.  Buy new energy efficient products and recycle your old electronics.  Try to buy products that will last a long life, rather than just buying the cheapest product.

Among the benefits Amazon touts:

  • TVs that carry the ENERGY STAR label are as much as 30 percent more efficient than conventional models
  • If every Digital To Analog tuner sold as a result of the digital transition were ENERGY STAR qualified, Americans would save approximately $90 million in energy costs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to 100,000 cars
  • On average, ENERGY STAR qualified battery chargers will use 30-35% less energy than conventional models.
  • If every home office product purchased in the U.S. this year was ENERGY STAR qualified, we would save more than $75 million in annual energy costs while preventing 1 billion pounds of greenhouse gases equivalent to emissions of 90,000 cars.
  • If all computers sold in the United States meet the ENERGY STAR requirements, the savings in energy costs will grow to about $2 billion each year and greenhouse gas emissions will be reduced by the equivalent of greenhouse gas emissions from more than 3 million vehicles.