One of the bush’s “light points”
The Energy Star was first established in 1992 under the administration of President George HW Bush, which is the year of the Earth Summit in Rio, where nations around the world joined the first framework convention to tackle climate change.
This international agreement relies on bush, on the strength of Bush, to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases and volunteer action rather than a timetable. Back to home, the Energy Star Program was also a way to encourage energy saving, but not strength,.
“It was like one of his thousand The points of light“Nadeel said.” He did not want to do a serious job about climate change, but a voluntary program to provide information and make users very well in their mindset. “
For the first time, focusing on personal computers, monitors and printers, the energy star extended the energy star to cover more than 50 home appliances from heating and air conditioning system to refrigerators, washer and dryer and lighting. Starting in 1995, the energy star certification was extended to add homes and commercial buildings.
Republican Controlled Congress wrote the Energy Star in the Law A wide -ranging 2005 energy bill The President was signed by George W. Bush. It is unclear whether the Trump administration can end the energy star program, which is administered by both the EPA and the Department of Energy without the new Congress Act.
In a report on the 30th anniversary of the Energy Star in 2022, the Biden administration estimated that the program had reduced the 4 billion metric tonnes of greenhouse gas by helping consumers an energy efficient choice. Nadel said the effects of this are visible in the market, as companies adopt a new standard through EPA through EPA through public notice and comment process, the number of products that meet the standards of the energy star increases the number of selection.
The non -profit alliance to save energy estimates that the energy star program costs about $ 32 million every year on the government, while families save more than $ 40 billion in annual energy costs.
Eliminating the program, Nadeel said, “Millions and billion are stupid.”
“It won’t serve the American public”
The possible death of the Word of Energy Star was circulating weeks ago. On March 20, a vast row of manufacturers and industry associations signed a letter to Zeddon, urging to maintain the energy star program.