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Combine laundry into suitable full loads
Washing the same amount of laundry in fewer suitable full loads can reduce operating energy.
Your scenario, drawn
Cycles and energy, in one balance
Weekly energy: cycles × energy per cycle. The middle bar is the difference, including any increase.
Operating electricity only, for equivalent service. Manufacturing and conversion into CO₂ are excluded.
Sources and scope ↗Read the values
| Before | 3 kWh |
|---|---|
| After | 2.4 kWh |
| Annual difference | 31.2 kWh |
What changes the result +
ENERGY STAR recommends full loads without overloading. Use the programme’s permitted capacity and comparable cleaning. A full cycle can consume more than a partial one: both measured energy values are editable. Drying is excluded.
Check the permitted load for your programme. Combine compatible clothes without packing the drum tightly, and record the cycles actually used.
03 / Sources and scope
Documented mechanism
What the evidence supports
Washing the same amount of laundry in fewer suitable full loads can reduce operating energy. ENERGY STAR recommends full loads without overloading.
Boundary of the claim
Use the programme’s permitted capacity and comparable cleaning. A full cycle can consume more than a partial one: both measured energy values are editable. Drying is excluded.
- Clothes Washers
Consulted section (original language): Savings tips: full loads; cold water; air-drying
Consultation: Webpage / full text
Avoid counting the same change twice
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