ENERGY STAR® Campaigns

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy is leading the following ENERGY STAR^® campaigns:

ENERGY STAR Recycle My Old Fridge Campaign

Photo of two old refrigerators that were decorated for the Art of Recycling show. The refrigerator on the left side of the image was decorated to look like a juke box with bright colors, an area on the top that appeared to hold single records, a listing in the middle of the refrigerator that appears to display the song titles, and buttons below to make a song selection. The refrigerator on the right side of the image is decorated like a slot machine. It is painted black with a siren on top. On the front of the refrigerator there are logos for Georgia Power and Energy Star, an area in the middle that displays symbols similar to a slot machine, and in bold white text at the bottom of the refrigerator the phrase "JACKPOT = SAVE ENERGY, SAVE MONEY."

Thousands of people visited "The Art of Recycling: The Coolest Show in Town" in Washington, DC featuring decorated fridges from the campaign.
Credit: DOE

An old fridge is an inefficient fridge. In fact, there are more than 47 million refrigerators over 10 years old in the United States, costing consumers $4.7 billion a year in energy costs. ENERGY STAR is fighting back, and we invite you to participate in the Recycle My Old Fridge Campaign.

This national call to action, led by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), encourages consumers to find out just how much energy is used and money spent to power late-model refrigerators, properly recycle inefficient models, and when needed, replace them with new ENERGY STAR refrigerators.

To learn more, visit ENERGY STAR Refrigerators & Freezers and click on the "Recycle My Old Fridge Campaign" button.

ENERGY STAR OPERATION CHANGE OUT - THE MILITARY CHALLENGE

Secretary Bodman kicked off OPERATION CHANGE OUT at Camp Lejeune, where 17,500 inefficient light bulbs were changed to ENERGY STAR qualified bulbs.
Credit: Pineapple Photograph

Changing just one incandescent light bulb to an ENERGY STAR qualified light bulb in every on-base housing unit in the U.S. would save about 62 million kilowatt hours over the lifetime of the bulbs, enough energy to light about 32,000 homes for a year! It would also save nearly $7 million in energy costs over the lifetime of the bulbs and prevent the emissions of more than 95 million pounds of carbon dioxide.

ENERGY STAR OPERATION CHANGE OUT, a joint effort of the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Defense, is the first national, military-focused energy-efficiency campaign to encourage every serviceman and woman to save energy, money, and protect the environment by replacing their inefficient, incandescent light bulbs with ENERGY STAR qualified bulbs. The overarching goal of OPERATION CHANGE OUT is to replace at least one incandescent light bulb with an ENERGY STAR qualified model in each residential unit at participating military installations.

To learn more or to sign up, visit the ENERGY STAR OPERATION CHANGE OUT site.

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