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Maytag named ENERGY STAR™ promotional award winner!
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S.
Department of Energy (DOE) have awarded Maytag Corporation a 2005 National
Product Campaign Award. As a partner in the ENERGY STAR program, Maytag has made
outstanding contributions to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by bringing
information about ENERGY STAR to America's consumers. Maytag's accomplishments
will be recognized at an awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. on March 15, 2005.
Maytag, a partner in the program since 1997, will be honored for its leadership
role in the annual ENERGY STAR Appliance Promotion. The national promotion
encourages consumers to help our country remove old, inefficient appliances from
our electric grid and, when making a replacement, to choose appliances that have
earned the ENERGY STAR to save energy and money.
Maytag offers an extensive laundry lineup -- including more
high-efficiency washers than any other brand, saving consumers money in water
and energy every year.
Most people don't realize that their home can be responsible for twice the
greenhouse gas emissions as their car. Last year alone, Americans, with the help
of ENERGY STAR, saved about $10 billion on their energy bills while reducing the
greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those of 20 million cars.
"ENERGY STAR is a great fit for us," said David Steiner, vice president, governmental affairs, Maytag. "By offering customers products that have earned the ENERGY STAR, we give them resource-friendly product choices that also meet their demand for quality and features."
The National Product Campaign Award is given to organizations that have done an outstanding job of leveraging ENERGY STAR's national product campaigns to educate consumers about the many benefits of making energy-efficient product choices for the home. Award winners are selected from hundreds of organizations that participate in the national product campaigns initiated by the EPA and DOE.
"As an ENERGY STAR partner, Maytag does a great job of demonstrating how organizations can help consumers choose resource-efficient products that save them money and make a difference for our environment," said Kathleen Hogan, director of EPA's Climate Protection Partnerships Division.
"Thanks to Maytag's leadership and the participation of other organizations across the country who promoted ENERGY STAR qualified clothes washers in 2004, our country is realizing an annual savings of more than 320 million gallons of water and 22 million KwH of energy. We're glad to have Maytag on board to make this kind of savings possible."
