Samsung — 2012 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year

March 5th, 2012 by Zachary Shahan

ENERGY STAR awards were announced last week, and there were a ton of them. I imagine all of the companies that won award deserve some praise and recognition for their work and products. But I also imagine that would bore our readers a bit and would mean leaving out some other important stories. But there was one news release regarding these announcements that especially caught my attention — Samsung Electronics was named 2012 Partner of the Year in the Product Manufacturing Category by the EPA.

Samsung, in its news release on the matter, noted that it has “960 ENERGY STAR-qualified models across multiple product categories, including more televisions than all other consumer electronics brands” and that it “was selected out of the 20,000 participating ENERGY STAR organizations for its outstanding contributions in ongoing employee, retailer, and distributor training programs, as well as consumer education campaigns, recycling efforts, and labeling practices.”

I think Samsung really is a leader in this field (and actually have a Samsung TV, partly for that reason) and I think it’s worth giving the company a little recognition for its leadership.

“Under our global Planet First initiative, we are working to manage our operations sustainably while developing not only the most innovative technology, but also the most energy efficient products,” Yangkyu (Y.K.) Kim, President and CEO of Samsung Electronics North America, said. “The four Eco-Design and Sustainability Awards we received from the Consumer Electronics Association earlier this year, together with this strong recognition from the EPA is appreciated as validation of the hard work and dedication of Samsung people around the world.”

Here’s more on some of Samsung’s green efforts:

Building on its multi-year partnership with the EPA, Samsung actively promoted “Change the World, Start with ENERGY STAR.” The company encouraged consumers to pledge small, yet important, steps to fight global climate change at Samsung events including the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the World Cyber Games, and at Boys & Girls Club of America events. Over the past 20 years, American families and businesses have saved nearly $230 billion on utility bills and prevented greenhouse gas emissions equal to that from more than 350 million vehicles with help from ENERGY STAR.

Samsung will formally receive its award at the upcoming ENERGY STAR award ceremony Washington, D.C. on March 15, 2012. This award ceremony will mark the 20^thanniversary of ENERGY STAR.

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Dstp1234

Sorry, wrong company: march 2010…..Choice, an Australian consumer group, caught LG Electronics, the company with the tag line “Life’s Good,” rigging its refrigerators illegally to pass Energy Star testing. The company apparently engineered its refrigerators with an illegal device to save power during the testing!
Still it’s always worth being vigilant and sceptical? (sorry for the spelling, i’m French).
dstp1234

Is’nt Samsung the company that faked the performance of their refrigirator line two or three years ago in order to receive the energy Star much coveted recognition?
There is so much money to be made by blinding well intentioned credulous customers with the energy star certification, that i question myself everytime i see it endorsing a product eversince that Samsung corporate lie.
If i were a reporter, i would scrtach the varnish on this AMAZING performance from Samsung, it’s not above them to fake it sometimes.
- Bob_Wallace
  
  Don’t know anything about the veracity of Samsung, but I did check effeciency ratings for 37″ TVs. (I’d been looking at them at Costco.)
  Both Panasonic and Vizio have models that use significantly less electricity than do any of the Samsung models listed.
Dcard88

number 2 consideration after pic quality is energy consumption.
Samsung wins on both. That is also a nice total package is a bonus