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TELEPHONES CAN NOW EARN ENERGY STAR LABEL
Release Date: 02/15/2002
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FOR RELEASE: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2002
TELEPHONES CAN NOW EARN ENERGY STAR LABEL
Dave Ryan 202-564-7827 / ryan.dave@epa.gov
Dave Ryan 202-564-7827 / ryan.dave@epa.gov
Energy efficient cordless telephones, answering machines and combination units may now earn the Energy Star. Nearly 90 percent of the energy used to power these products is expended while they are not in use. EPA has established performance specifications that require phone products earning the label to use about one-third the energy of standard models. If all cordless phones, answering machines and combination units sold in the United States in the next 10 years earn the Energy Star, Americans would save approximately $4 billion on their electricity bills and 66 billion pounds of greenhouse gas emissions -- equivalent to the emissions of more than one million cars -- would be removed from our air. Panasonic, RadioShack Corp., TT Systems LLC (PhoneMate), Uniden America Corp. and VTech Communications Inc. are charter partners with EPA in this effort. For further technical information, call Kate Lewis at 202-564-3531. For more information about ENERGY STARJ, go to: http://www.energystar.gov or call 1-888-STAR-YES.
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