Appliance Standards Awareness Project

Amazing showing from 144 legislators across 39 states in support of DOE's gas furnace efficiency proposed rule that, if adopted, will increase the efficiency of furnaces and lead to a reduction in GHG emissions as well as lower consumers' utility bills!

Legislators From 39 States Support DOE’s Proposed Gas Furnace Rule | National Caucus of Environmental Legislators State legislators support a federal gas furnace efficiency rule to benefit the climate, improve health, and lower energy costs Over 140 members of the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators, representing 39 states, have submitted a letter to the U.S. Department of Energy in support of a propos...

Did you know that heating is the largest utility cost for most US households? Outdated, inefficient gas furnaces are simultaneously generating high energy bills that burden low-income households and emitting millions of tons of greenhouse gases.
The Department of Energy is preparing a new furnace efficiency standard—an opportunity to phase out the least efficient models. An updated standard could significantly cut greenhouse gas emissions and reduce the average heating bill by $100/year for households replacing an inefficient furnace. This would be a big win for consumers, the climate, and public health.
Learn more about what is at stake: https://bit.ly/3vczwB8

ASAP is expanding its federal advocacy team and seeks an experienced advocate/organizer! The advocacy campaigns manager will serve as the lead on ASAP’s federal campaigns aimed at persuading the Biden Administration to adopt strong new energy- and water-efficiency standards.

See below for more info. To apply, send a cover letter, resume, and brief (1-2 pages) writing sample to [email protected] by April 28, 2022. Use “ASAP Advocacy Campaigns Manager” in the subject line.

https://www.aceee.org/job/advocacy-campaigns-manager

Advocacy Campaigns Manager Are you interested in leading advocacy campaigns that fight climate change and reduce utility bill burdens? With the Biden administration poised to make critical decisions in the months and years ahead, the Appliance Standards Awareness Project (ASAP), a project of ACEEE, is expanding its federal ad...

Old-Fashioned, Inefficient Light Bulbs Live On at the Nation’s Dollar Stores: A Trump administration weakening of climate rules has kept incandescent bulbs on store shelves, and research shows they’re concentrated in shops serving poorer areas.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/23/climate/led-light-bulbs-dollar-store.html

Old-Fashioned, Inefficient Light Bulbs Live On at the Nation’s Dollar Stores A Trump administration weakening of climate rules has kept incandescent bulbs on store shelves, and research shows they’re concentrated in shops serving poorer areas.

ASAP and our allies at American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, NRDC, National Consumer Law Center, Consumer Federation of America and CLASP urge DOE to finish repealing harmful Trump-administration efficiency standards regulation in this joint letter to the agency.

For some rules, DOE is guaranteed to miss the deadline; for others, there is a very strong likelihood. Delaying these rules delays the entire efficiency standards program, needlessly deferring immense consumer and environmental benefits.

https://www.nrdc.org/experts/joe-vukovich/coalition-urges-doe-address-delays

Coalition Urges DOE to Address Delays NRDC, along with The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, the Appliance Standards Awareness Project, CLASP, the Consumer Federation of America, and the National Consumer Law Center, just submitted a letter to Secretary Granholm at the Department of Energy (DOE)...

The Department of Energy (DOE) finalized a rule today ensuring that showerheads do not needlessly use more water than Congress directed nearly three decades ago, undoing a loophole created by the previous administration. To date, few manufacturers have chosen to produce products that exploit the loophole, but such showerheads could waste water and the energy used to heat it.

https://appliance-standards.org/document/energy-department-fixes-loophole-wasteful-showerheads

Energy Department Fixes Loophole for Wasteful Showerheads | ASAP Appliance Standard Awareness Project Contact: Ben Somberg, 202-658-8129, [email protected]