Are the ratings for clothes washers contained in the EnerGuide Directory still accurate?
Yes, these ratings are still accurate and can be compared to each other because they were calculated using the existing test procedure. However, you may find that an EnerGuide rating for a specific model in the directory is different from the rating on the EnergyGuide label in the store. This is because the United States has allowed early testing of clothes washers using a standard and test procedure that will not come into effect in Canada until at least January 1, 2004. How is the energy efficiency standard being changed? The new standard will allow less energy to be consumed by clothes washers than is currently the case. The end result is that all new residential clothes washers manufactured after January 1, 2004, will have to be 22 percent more energy-efficient than today’s minimally compliant washers in order to be sold in Canada or the United States. This means that many existing clothes washer models will be eliminated from the market and will be replaced by more energy-efficien
