Selecting an energy efficient appliance

When you're buying a new appliance, it makes good sense to choose the model that uses the least energy while meeting your needs. It helps the environment and it can save you money too.

You can use this website to select an energy efficient electrical appliance. It lists the information found on energy rating labels that are attached to all current models on the market. It also lists those models that have won an energy efficiency award. You can now find the best models on the market on the web before you go into a store to buy so that you can choose more wisely.

This website also lists all models that are currently registered for Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS). State regulations make energy labelling and MEPS mandatory in Australia.

Select an appliance or equipment type through the following links to begin your search.

Lists of appliances that carry an energy label

Single phase air conditioners
Clothes dryers
Clothes washers
Dishwashers
Refrigerators and Freezers

Lists of products registered for MEPS

Electric storage water heaters
Air conditioners
Three phase electric motors
Fluorescent lamp ballasts

Note: Refrigerators and freezers are registered for energy labelling and MEPS in Australia.

Is energy efficiency important to consumers?
Programs for other appliances
Background to the energy labelling program - who runs the program?
History of the energy labelling program
Energy labelling - facts and fiction
How are star ratings calculated?
Tips for purchasing energy efficient appliances
Energy costs - the second price tag
Tips on how to save energy when using an appliance
Why is energy efficiency important?

This page last modified 27 June 2007