WWF/Adena presents a report on low consumption home appliances

The report includes appliances from 31 different commercial brands, which represent above 90% of the market in Spain. The analysis has been carried out including more than 2,140 models of refrigerators, freezers, washing machines, driers and dishwashers, with six final categories of energy efficiency corresponding to each of the six types of appliancies studied.

Considering all the models, 72% of the machines studied achieved an A and 16.4% got a B, whereas the least efficient appliances (class C or lower) represented 11.4% of the analyzed sample, with C as the most common class.

Many efficient washing machines
The distribution in energy classes changes according to the brand and the type of appliance. Washing machines are the ones showing a greater share of low-consumption models, between 86 and 88%, and brands such as AEG, Ariston, Balay, Bosch, De Dietrich, Candy, Electrolux, Fagor, Lynx, Miele, Samsung, Siemes, Smeg, Teka and Zanussi are on top of the efficiency list in washing machines and dishwashers.

Refrigerators also have a big share of efficient low consumption machines (78%), albeit the presence of appliances with A+ and A++ classes remains low at only 14.3% of all the A class models. Liebherr, AEG, Miele, Amana, Electrolux and Maytag are the most efficient ones (out of the 31 consulted).

As concerns freezers, low consumption ones are only 40.6% of the sample, although here there is a higher energy quality, with 44% at A+ or A++ classes. Brands with 100% of A class freezers include Miele and Electrolux, while Liebherr is the only brand with A++ models, thus becoming the brand with the most efficient models.

Finally, dryers and drying washing machines are the appliances with the smallest low-consumption equipment share, and notably dryers, with 93% of models within the least efficient classes, even with some models included in the F class.

Energy labelling
According to WWF/Adena, energy labelling is very useful, since it quickly informs of the energy consumption and energy efficiency of appliances. Thanks to the lable we can compare the energy efficiency before purchasing the machine and assess which one best suits our needs. Mar Asunción, WWF/Adena's Climate Change Chief, points out that “when purchasing home appliancesa, the label should be consulted and only A, A+ or A++ class ones should be bought, since they use around half of the energy used by a C class appliance. With a lower energy use, we reduce our CO2 emissions, and thus we fight climate change, besides of being positive for our wallets”.

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WWF/Adena presents a report on low consumption home appliances