Comments on: How Buying the Right TV Will Save $1.34 Billion in Annual Energy Costs

By: Alex Katzman

Alex Katzman — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 04:36:00 +0000

You’re absolutely right! We are working on a tool for refrigerators and hope to have it released shortly.

By: Alex Katzman

Alex Katzman — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 04:34:00 +0000

The US actually has two different government labeling schemes, Energy Star and EnergyGuide but they do not actually embedded into the online shopping process. Energy Star is a yes/no certification for meeting a minimum threshold and 90% of current TVs sold are Energy Star certified. Not very helpful for comparison purposes as there is still a significant efficiency difference between even Energy Star TVs. EnergyGuide takes shows an estimated annual cost to operate, but this is based on the US average utility rate and national average viewing profile which is often very misleading.

While both of these labels do provide helpful information, the main issue is that they are not integrated into the online shopping experience allowing consumers to easily search for products based on their energy efficiency. Enervee’s goal is to make energy efficiency data tangible and actionable.

By: Alex Katzman

Alex Katzman — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 04:24:00 +0000

For a new LED, the calculator uses the efficiency of the average of all LED TVs on the market.

By: Alex Katzman

Alex Katzman — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 04:23:00 +0000

Actually if you take a look at the data of TVs on the market, you’ll find that on average Plasmas are more efficient than LCDs. And the difference between LCD and LED (yes I’m referring to an LCD that is LED backlit) is significant, LEDs are much more efficient.

By: Mr T

Mr T — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 22:58:00 +0000

Surely Americans have an energy ratings website for appliances? In Australia we have energyrating.gov.au that makes it easy to find the best performers.

This article does read like an advert, and is not very accurate. For instance, “LED” TVs, as he has used the term, is wrong, they are LCDs, just with LED backlighting instead of CCFL backlighting. Samsung was forced to stop calling theirs LED TVs in the UK because they are not LED TVs. The big screens you see at sports arenas and shopping malls are LED TVs, ie the pixels are pure LED.

There are no true LED TVs on the domestic market, except for the very few OLED devices, and they are both expensive and use more energy than a good LED backlit LCD. Indeed, LED backlit LCDs are about as good as the tech is going to get. They are amazingly efficient nowadays, a good 42″ unit will use just 50 watts. My 2 year old 46″ Sony only uses 70 watts on average, so efficient TVs have been available for a while now…

By: freedomev

freedomev — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 03:33:00 +0000

A useless article. They could have mentioned that LCD and LED are close and Plasma is far worse. If more bait and switch articles like this I’ll just stop reading here.

By: Matthew Todd Peffly

Matthew Todd Peffly — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 14:57:00 +0000

Plus the site looks more like a buy here site. The calculator takes no information about what TV you have. Enter New LED and it will give a rating that is lower than those in on sale below section.

By: dcard88

dcard88 — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 13:37:00 +0000

The same article could be written about a lot of items that use energy, but refrigerators will same much more energy than TV’s. I have a 2 year old medium size one that uses about 500 watts per day. If everyone were to get a newer model I would guess we could save at least double the amount of energy used as TV’s.