Out with the mold
To energy star or not to energy star?
That was the question when our fridge started to die over a month
ago. Refrigerators are the single largest drain of electricity in
most households, sucking up about 14% of your energy usage.
That's money going down the drain and pollutants going into the
air. But could we afford to go green?
You can download
a very useful spreadsheet of energy star appliances' features and
energy ratings here.
I was curious about whether the label was a marketing gimmick, but
perusal of the spreadsheet made it clear that energy star fridges do
save electricity, often 100 KWH per year or more. The problem with energy star
is that new models are out of our price range, with
the cheapest ones going for over $500. No one seems to be willing
to sell used ones at all. Read more....
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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