Table of Contents

Appliances and Global Climate Change: Increasing Consumer Participation in Reducing Greenhouse Gases

Foreword      ii

Executive Summary     iii

I. Introduction   1

II. Changing Consumer Purchasing Behavior   2

III. Potential Electricity Savings and Greenhouse Gas Reduction   3

IV. Relevant Appliances, Market Size, and Annual Emissions   5

V. Consumers Save Money through Early Replacements
               and Upgrades   8

VI. Changing Purchasing Patterns   10
            A. Consumer Decisions: Upgrades, Early Replacements, and
                      Retirements     10
            B. Consumer Decisions: Early Retirement   15

VII. Past Efforts to Influence Consumer Choices    16
            A. Financial Incentive Programs   17
            B. Education and Communications Programs   22
            C. New Program Approaches   25

VIII. Effects of Public Policy Programs on Manufacturers     26

IX. Conclusions     29
           A. Upgrade Programs: Buyers and Considerers    29
           B. Early Replacement: Satisfieds and Considerers   30
           C. Retirement   31

Endnotes     32