LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 5, 2004--
GE's Appliance and Lighting Products achieve energy efficiency through innovation.
GE Consumer & Industrial (NYSE:GE) lighting and appliances divisions won the prestigious DOE/EPA ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Award for outstanding contributions to environmental protection and energy efficiency in the manufacture of high-efficiency household appliances and lighting products.
GE Consumer & Industrial is strongly committed to producing high-quality products that help preserve the environment and help consumers save on operating costs. GE invested over $26 million in 2003 alone and now offers over 420 appliance and 163 lighting products that are ENERGY STAR-qualified. Since 2001, GE Consumer & Industrial has invested over $500 million in high-efficiency products.
Currently GE offers:
-- 110 ENERGY STAR-qualified dishwashers. Models introduced this year include an optimized dishwasher cycle design that delivers the best wash and sound performance and uses a minimum of 25% less energy than standard models.
-- 247 ENERGY STAR-qualified refrigeration models. Models include the popular Arctica(TM) refrigerators with advanced CustomCool(TM) refrigeration technology.
-- 25 ENERGY STAR-qualified clothes washer models. Innovations like a new agitatorless washer that uses 47% less energy; a dryer which saves 22% in dry time over it's closest competitor; and the patented ExtrAction(TM) basket that removes up to 24% more water than smooth baskets, have not only helped consumer save on energy costs but take better care of their clothes.
-- GE introduced 27 new ENERGY STAR-qualified lighting products including 15 compact fluorescent products, eight traffic light modules and four light fixtures.
-- A GE 42-watt spiral lamp was introduced for the first time in 2003 to replace a 150-watt incandescent lamp with a life of 10,000 hours.
-- 85% of GE Compact Fluorescent products are ENERGY STAR-qualified.
GE has worked closely with DOE officials to develop new and revised ENERGY STAR product categories and has advocated adopting more stringent specification levels and implementation schedules. GE has also aggressively supported the ENERGY STAR program through broad consumer and customer education and has participated in national and regional events promoting ENERGY STAR products to consumers, dealers and homebuilders.
GE Consumer & Industrial spans the globe as an industry leader in major appliance, lighting and integrated industrial equipment, systems and services. Providing solutions for commercial, industrial and residential use in more than 150 countries, GE Consumer & Industrial uses innovative technologies to deliver comfort, convenience and electrical protection and control. General Electric (NYSE:GE) brings imagination to work, selling products under the Monogram(R), Profile(TM), GE(R), Hotpoint(R), SmartWater(TM), and Reveal(R) consumer brands, and Entellisys(TM) industrial brand.
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