AirScape Engineer's Blog » epa http://blog.airscapefans.com All About Whole House Fans + bonus opinions on energy. Thu, 22 Dec 2011 23:30:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Energy Star Rated What ? http://blog.airscapefans.com/archives/energy-star-rated-what http://blog.airscapefans.com/archives/energy-star-rated-what#comments Thu, 06 May 2010 21:26:04 +0000 neil http://blog.airscapefans.com/?p=1556 We have always been a bit miffed that whole house fans are not eligible for an Energy Star rating. It was always our impression that the feds were too busy to find the time to recognize and certify one of the best energy saving technologies around. (That’s a Whole House Fan, BTW) So it came as a pleasant surprise, to see that one arm of our government (the GAO Government Accountability Office) was doing its job.

The folks at the GAO submitted several bogus products to test just how carefully the EPA (administrators of the Energy Star Certifcation) examined products and claims. Now, this is where it would be funny if it wasn’t true. Here is one product they submitted:

So that's how you save electricity... make it gas powered ? DUH !

As if this wasn't enough, they also submitted an "Air Room Cleaner". Yes, that is a duster attached to what is apparently a fan/filter unit. (It was also approved.)

What are the lessons to be learned:

  • Make real standards for energy efficiency.
  • Verify performance is to those standards.
  • Fire somebody !

Hats off to the GAO people !  Not so much for the EPA.

See the whole report at: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10470.pdf

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