Appliance Standards Awareness Project

Appliance and equipment efficiency standards reduce energy use, save consumers and businesses money, and cut power plant pollution that harms public health and the environment.

ASAP works to advance and improve standards at both the federal and state levels. Please browse our site to learn more about the past successes and current opportunities in appliance and equipment energy efficiency standards.

There you will find our report on the latest improvements that increase efficiency in appliances and the current lobbying efforts to enact more efficient standards for central air conditioners, clothes washers, fluorescent ballasts and water heaters.