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Ethiscore Report: Shopping guide to climate-friendly Fridges, from Ethical Consumer.
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Chill out
With climate change high on the agenda, what are companies doing to
make energy efficient products without the use of greenhouse gases? Jane Turner checks out
the coolest of the coolers.
Since we last looked at fridges early in 2001, the bar has been raised on energy use and use of coolant gases.
Consumers can now make significant contributions to reducing environmental impact by considering both these
factors when buying a new fridge.
Best Buys as of Jan/Feb 2005
As our ratings are constantly updated, it is possible
that company ratings on the ethiscore website may have changed since this report was written.
Corporate best buy: The Whirlpool and Servis brands come out best
on the table closely followed by the Smeg and Haier brands.
Environmental best buy: All the A+ and A++, HFC-free brands, especially the A++ ones. Also the LG GR-171 fridge-freezer
which bears the EU Ecolabel.
Overall best buy: Haier and Whirlpool models which are 'A+
or A++ and HFC-free. At the time of writing, Haier did best having 12 models including two
A++ rated models. Whirlpool had five models, none of them A++ rated.
Haier 01527 578 333
Servis 0121 568 8333
Smeg 0870 9909907
Whirlpool 0870 6008989
Read the full Fridges report
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