Major appliance manufacturers are starting to perceive energy efficiency as a key component of consumer buying decisions.
Whirlpool has announced that it will produce one million Smart Energy clothes dryers by the end of 2011 as part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Smart Grid Investment Grant program. The U.S. manufactured dryers will be capable interacting with information communicated by the smart grid to modify their energy consumption to save consumers money on their home electric bills. In markets where utilities offer variable or time-of-use pricing, these dryers could save a typical consumer $20 to $40 per year, while also benefiting the environment.
Now we just need a smart grid.
source: prnewswire/reuters
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Good news. I can’t wait to see clothes dryers that are more energy-efficient in general (though it would also be good to see more people actually using old-fashioned clotheslines).
Agreed. Love those clotheslines. In my apartment, I’ll also dry a lot of clothes by placing them on hangers and lining the hangers along the shower curtain rod in the bathroom.