Energy efficiency has become an increasingly important factor for consumers and those looking for small businesses printers alike. As energy costs rise and environmental concerns grow, many are ...

Indiana Michigan Power is encouraging customers to reduce “phantom energy” use — electricity consumed by devices that remain plugged in but not actively operating, according to a community ...

The agency has faced blowback from business leaders and Republicans over plans to end the popular energy efficiency program.

The Trump administration is currently weighing the fate of the Energy Star product efficiency program after previously telling staff it would end it. “No final decision has been made at this ...

TWINSBURG, Ohio — When Judy Sautner recently walked into Power Appliance, a store in a southeastern suburb of Cleveland, she had one goal in mind: replace her daughter’s broken dryer with something ...

An Environmental Protection Agency plan to eliminate its Energy Star offices would end a decades-old program that gave consumers a choice to buy environmentally friendly refrigerators, dishwashers and ...

The Trump administration wants to pull the plug on ENERGY STAR, the federal program behind those familiar blue labels on energy-efficient appliances, homes, and buildings. Launched in 1992, ENERGY ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe and Steven Nadel of the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy talk about the shutting down of Energy Star, which helps consumers identify energy-efficient appliances.

To Deb Cloutier, president and founder of the sustainability firm RE Tech Advisors, the news that the Trump administration is planning to get rid of Energy Star simply didn’t make sense. Trump’s ...

Imagine the following scenario. You are shopping for a new refrigerator. You find a few models that have the same dimensions as your old fridge. One has an ice maker, which might be convenient.