Understanding Efficiency Labels

There are some tools the federal government provides to make shopping for efficient appliances and vehicles an easier experience. In this video we interpret the Energuide and Energy Star labels to help you in your quest for energy efficiency.

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up so
the time has come to buy some new
appliances and if you like
most diverse you get this story draws
tourists you don't know what to do
how do you make a good decision when it
comes to energy well
what are you buying still I just washer
a washing machine
a deep freeze for refrigerator all you
need to look for
is any guide energy rating labeled
for four key things to look at her guy
trading card
the first is the big number of top miss
shows you how much energy this appliance
continues over one year
period the second key thing is this
scale and what it does is rate this
appliance
relative to others in this category
ideally you want to be looking for
appliances that fall into the low end
that means they're more efficient and
they're gonna cost you must operate
another key pieces whether this card has
the Energy Star logo on it
if you have the energy star logo that
means that this a plant has met the
Government of Canada's
high efficiency standards gives you
confidence that you're buying an
efficient
appliance it also means its gonna cost
less to run the last thing you flip it
over
is the annual cost estimate this allows
you to compare one unit to the next
so you can buy one that is the most
efficient and most cost-effective
now when it comes to color
a choice is up to you better guide
labels are
only for appliances appear out shopping
for a new car you should find in the
window on the passenger side
a label that looks like this this is the
inner guide rating label
for new cars that will be on all new
vehicles in Canada
it just wait a couple other important
things we get the fuel economy in both
city and highway
in liters per 100 kilometers which is
the new mass press Canadians
as well as miles per gallon if you
prefer the old system remember if you're
looking at the leaders per 100
kilometers
a lower number is better its vice versa
for miles per gallon you want a higher
number that means better fuel efficiency
the other key thing that shows up on
these labels is the estimated cost the
run this vehicle per year
so to this number in the middle which
shows you what you expect to spend
on gas the drive the car per year in the
Big Pictures reasoner guide ratings are
used to
pick best in class pupils this is a
system that the federal government uses
this century wars the vehicles that are
the best performers in terms of energy
efficiency
so when shopping for vehicle get online
have a look at those ratings
and see if you can find the best in
class vehicle the difference between the
best and the worst can be as much as 25
percent
picking the best one means you're gonna
have less impact on the environment
more greenhouse gas emissions as well as
warfield build
with a wife for that car