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nothing
here’s
favorite hoodie when it’s WHY YOU MAY BE BETTER OFF to a more convenient place, MODERN TECHNOLOGY
energy-efficient models
quite as comforting
T as pulling on your offer more flexibility.
fresh from the dryer. As • ENERGY STAR certified
much as you love luxuriating UPDATING YOUR dryers come in a variety of
in that warmth and softness, models to meet your needs.
householdDRYER
you may not be aware just If space is tight, compact
how much energy this options are available that
beloved appliance burns are stackable with a washer.
through in a year. When it Those who are doing
comes to energy savings in laundry for a big family can
the laundry room, the dryer find high-capacity models
has long been an obstacle, as well.
and here’s why. There are even more

• Unlike washing machines, benefits of owning one of
refrigerators and other these super-efficient dryers.
common With ENERGY STAR, you
appliances, energy-efficient are also doing your part
dryer models have been for the environment. If all
absent from the market. • According to the EPA, heating. First, the air plenty of choices to meet clothes dryers sold in the
It wasn’t until 2014 the standard clothes dryer is heated through a your unique needs and space U.S. were ENERGY STAR
when the first ENERGY uses more energy than condenser, and then it’s requirements. certified, households would
STAR® Certified dryers any appliance in a typical blown into the drum and save more than $1.5 billion
became available. Products household, including the hot dry air is circulated • The energy savings from each year and 22 billion
that earn the EPA’s the clothes washer and with the clothes absorbing switching to an ENERGY pounds of annual greenhouse
ENERGY STAR label are dishwasher. It uses even some of the water. Instead STAR certified clothes gas emissions would be
independently certified to more than the refrigerator. of venting the warm, dryer can reach 20%. For prevented, equivalent to the
save energy. moist air outside like a additional savings, look for emissions from more than 2
Now that energy-efficient conventional dryer, it is certified ENERGY STAR million vehicles. Even better,
• Before then, dryer dryers are available, here’s a pulled out of the drum and Most Efficient models to many utilities offer generous
technology had stayed look at the core technology through an evaporator, save at least 28% compared rebates, so you can save even
pretty much the same for found in ENERGY STAR which removes the to standard models. To more money.
decades. A standard dryer certified dryers. moisture. The remaining maximize savings, pair it
blows heated air into the warm, dry air is returned with an ENERGY STAR Learn how you can still
drum chamber, removing • Moisture sensors detect to the condenser and the Most Efficient washer. enjoy that warm, fresh-out-
moisture from the clothing. when your clothes are dry, cycle begins all over again. of-the-dryer hoodie while
Then the hot, moist air is triggering the machine to Because the air feeding • Some models require no you save energy and money,
vented out of the machine end the cycle, saving energy into the condenser is ventilation, meaning you and do your part to protect
(and out of the house). and excess wear on your already warm, less energy can put your laundry room the climate. Find available
Because of that constant clothing. is needed to maintain the wherever there’s access to products and rebates near
loss of heat, the machine optimal temperature in the power and water. Whether you by visiting energystar.
works continuously to • Heat pump technology drum for drying clothes. you live in a compact gov/hpdryer. n
resupply the drum with eliminates the need for To save energy in the space or are just looking to
hot air. venting and continuous laundry room, there are relocate your laundry room ©2019 Brandpoint.
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